generated: '2026-08-13'
method: searched
source: https://www.cision.com/pricing/
name: Cision Plans and Pricing
description: >-
  Cision publishes NO pricing for CisionOne, the CisionOne API, or the Cision
  Communications Cloud. https://www.cision.com/pricing/ redirects (200 via 302) to
  https://www.cision.com/request-pricing/, a sales-contact form. Every platform
  quote is custom, sales-led and annual, and API access is a contract entitlement
  rather than a purchasable line item — a token whose account lacks it receives HTTP
  403 "Token does not have access to the API". The only Cision-family products with
  published, self-serve prices are the entry-level distribution wires, recorded below
  with the figures live on those pages today.
url: https://www.cision.com/request-pricing/
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-08-13'
plan_count: 5
api_pricing_published: false
api_pricing_note: >-
  There is no API price, no metered rate, no request-quota tier and no overage
  schedule anywhere on Cision's public surface. The only published usage constraint
  is the 10 request/minute rate limit, which is a throttle, not a plan boundary.
plans:
  - name: CisionOne Platform
    description: >-
      Cision's flagship PR and earned-media platform — media monitoring, journalist
      and influencer database, social listening, outreach CRM and analytics. REST API
      access is an entitlement on the enterprise contract.
    url: https://www.cision.com/cisionone/
    published_price: false
    pricing:
      model: custom
      period: annual
      quote_url: https://www.cision.com/request-pricing/
      note: >-
        No public price. Requires a sales consultation and an annual commitment. The
        Master Subscription Agreement states all fees are invoiced annually in
        advance and are non-cancellable and non-refundable unless an Order says
        otherwise.
    features:
      - Media monitoring across print, digital, broadcast and social
      - Journalist and influencer database
      - Social listening and management (Cision Social Listening, powered by Brandwatch)
      - Earned media analytics and reporting (Instant Insights)
      - Outreach CRM and campaign management
      - AI assistance (CisionOne AI / AI Focus Profiles)
      - REST API access for BI integration (contract entitlement)
  - name: Next Generation Cision Communications Cloud
    description: The predecessor/parallel platform whose API is served on api.trendkite.com.
    url: https://cision.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CSM/pages/25765216446/Next+Generation+Cision+Communications+Cloud
    published_price: false
    pricing:
      model: custom
      period: annual
      quote_url: https://www.cision.com/request-pricing/
  - name: PR Newswire Distribution
    description: Press release distribution over the PR Newswire wire service.
    url: https://www.cision.com/pr-distribution-and-placement/prnewswire/
    published_price: false
    pricing:
      model: per-release
      note: >-
        PR Newswire publishes no rate card. https://www.prnewswire.com/pricing/
        returns 404 and distribution is quoted through sales. Per-release figures
        circulating in third-party comparison sites are not sourced from Cision and
        are not recorded here.
  - name: PRWeb Distribution
    description: >-
      Entry-level self-serve press release distribution for small businesses. The one
      Cision-family product with a live public rate card.
    url: https://www.prweb.com/pricing/
    published_price: true
    verified: '2026-08-13'
    pricing:
      model: per-release
      currency: USD
      tiers:
        - {name: Basic, cost: 120, per: release, note: 'Increased search engine visibility; unlimited media assets; 48-hour turnaround'}
        - {name: Standard, cost: 245, per: release, note: 'Increased online visibility; keyword tagging by editorial team; 48-hour turnaround'}
        - {name: Advanced, cost: 360, per: release, note: 'Increased influencer visibility; distribution to a 1200+ website network powered by PR Newswire; 24-hour turnaround'}
        - {name: Premium, cost: 480, per: release, note: 'Largest influencer visibility; proofreading by editorial staff included'}
    features:
      - Online press release distribution
      - Search engine optimization
      - Unlimited media assets
      - Analytics and reporting
  - name: Connectively (formerly HARO)
    description: Journalist/source matching service.
    url: https://www.connectively.us/
    published_price: false
    status: unverified
    pricing:
      model: unknown
    note: >-
      Could not be verified on 2026-08-13 — connectively.us returns HTTP 429 behind a
      Vercel security checkpoint that requires JavaScript. Any tier and price
      previously recorded for this product has been removed rather than carried
      forward unverified.
evidence:
  - {url: 'https://www.cision.com/pricing/', status: 200, note: 'redirects to /request-pricing/, a sales contact form; no tiers, no prices'}
  - {url: 'https://www.cision.com/request-pricing/', status: 200}
  - {url: 'https://www.prweb.com/pricing/', status: 200, note: live rate card with four per-release tiers}
  - {url: 'https://www.prnewswire.com/pricing/', status: 404}
  - {url: 'https://www.cision.com/media-database/', status: 404}
  - {url: 'https://www.connectively.us/', status: 429, note: Vercel security checkpoint}
notes:
  - Cision publishes no platform pricing; every CisionOne and Communications Cloud quote requires sales engagement.
  - API access is an enterprise contract entitlement, not a purchasable plan. HTTP 403 is the runtime signal that an account does not have it.
  - Annual contracts are the standard commercial form; the MSA makes fees non-cancellable and non-refundable absent an Order term to the contrary.
  - >-
    Third-party market estimates of Cision's annual contract value carried in an
    earlier revision of this file have been removed. They were not published by
    Cision, so they do not belong in an artifact that records what the provider
    publishes.