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What Is Cision?
Cision Ltd. (NYSE :CISN) is a leading global provider of earned media management software and services to public relations and marketing communications professionals. Cision's software allows modern communicators to target key influencers, distribute strategic content, track and measure meaningful impact through text and images. Cision has over 4,000 employees with offices in 15 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For more information about its award-winning products and service.
Who Uses Cision?
Whether you're a communications professional or a member of the media, Cision brings together all the elements you need to get your story out.
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Cision
Founded in 1867
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Cision Details
Cision
Founded in 1867
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Free Version
Free Trial
Cision deployment and support
Support
- Email/Help Desk
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- iPhone (Mobile)
- iPad (Mobile)
Training
- In Person
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
Cision Features
Content Marketing Software
- AB Testing
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Audience Targeting
- Brand Management
- Calendar Management
- Campaign Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Campaign Planning
- Campaign Scheduling
- Categorisation/Grouping
- Content Library
- Content Management
- Conversion Rate Optimisation
- Conversion Tracking
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Data Visualisation
- Distribution Management
- Drag & Drop
- Editorial Calendar
- Email Marketing
- Engagement Tracking
- Filtering
- Interactive Content
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Campaigns
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Publish Scheduling
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Reporting & Statistics
- SEO Management
- Social Advertising
- Social Media Integration
- Social Media Management
- Social Media Monitoring
- Social Promotion
- Tagging
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Video Management
- Visual Analytics
- Website Analytics
- Workflow Management
Public Relations Software
- @mentions
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Approval Process Control
- Article Author Database
- Auto Update
- Calendar Management
- Campaign Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Campaign Planning
- Clippings Management
- Communication Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Content Library
- Content Management
- Customer Segmentation
- Customisable Reports
- Data Import/Export
- Data Visualisation
- Digital Asset Management
- Direct Mail Management
- Distribution Management
- Email Distribution
- Filtering
- Interactive Content
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Distribution
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Newsletter Management
- Press Monitoring
- Press Release Builder
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Reporting
- Reporting & Statistics
- SEO Management
- Scheduling
- Search/Filter
- Sentiment Analysis
- Social Media Integration
- Social Media Monitoring
- Social Performance Management
- Social Promotion
- Subscription Management
- Tagging
- User Management
- Visual Analytics
- Widgets
Reputation Management Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Alerts / Escalation
- Alerts/Notifications
- Benchmarking
- Brand Tracking
- CRM
- Campaign Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Campaign Scheduling
- Content Management
- Customisable Branding
- Customisable Reports
- Customisable Templates
- Data Visualisation
- Email Alerts
- Engagement Tracking
- Gamification
- Keyword Tracking
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multi-Location
- Ratings / Reviews
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Response Management
- Review Generation
- Review Monitoring
- SEO Management
- SMS Messaging
- Search/Filter
- Sentiment Analysis
- Social Media Integration
- Social Media Monitoring
- Social Performance Management
- Social Promotion
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Third Party Integrations
- Trend Analysis
- Visual Analytics
- Widgets
Social Media Monitoring Software
- @mentions
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts / Escalation
- Audience Targeting
- Benchmarking
- Campaign Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Campaign Scheduling
- Commenting/Notes
- Competitive Analysis
- Configurable Alerts
- Content Library
- Content Management
- Customer Engagement
- Customisable Reports
- Dashboard
- Data Visualisation
- Email Alerts
- Engagement Tracking
- Filtering
- Impact Measurement
- Influencer Tracking
- Keyword Tracking
- Mobile Alerts
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Performance Metrics
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reputation Management
- Sentiment Analysis
- Social Advertising
- Social Listening
- Social Media Integration
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- Social Performance Management
- Social Promotion
- Tagging
- Third Party Integrations
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- Reviewed on 06/11/2019
"One stop shop for PR professionals"
Comments: Use it as a daily tool for media and influencer outreach.
Pros: You get contact info from journalist that you wouldn't be able to find online. And they all have opted in. Great search tool to find new outlets and great monitoring service.
Cons: Expensive software but you are purchasing a lot of contact information. Great if you have a big PR initiative, otherwise it's hard to validate the expense
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- Reviewed on 06/11/2019
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- Reviewed on 19/05/2021
"No longer the industry leader for media research"
Comments: Every serious agency needs a media research tool in order to build and execute media relations campaigns; we're no exception. Media research is largely the only thing we've used from Cision. Our team has become disillusioned with how difficult it has become to create meaningful media lists. So much so that we're likely to transition away from Cision when our contract expires.
Pros: Cision has always been the gold standard for media research. The robust platform boasted hundreds of updates daily, and the media list output has been largely reliable.
Cons: Unfortunately, Cision either suffers from poor leadership, poor vision, a lack of care for its customers, or some combination of all the above. Aside from the fact that the results are no longer as reliable as they used to be, each and every update to the user interface has made the platform worse. The UX is not intuitive or easy to use. The customer service is not remarkable in any way. The technical support is a bit of a disaster.
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- Reviewed on 19/05/2021
Cris R.
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- Reviewed on 30/08/2021
"Great tool for PR"
Pros: We use this to help build our media lists to reach out to media with
Cons: I feel like the breadth of reporters on this database is not good as some other reporter databases.
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- Reviewed on 30/08/2021
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- Reviewed on 10/07/2020
"Quality of information gathering seems to have gone down"
Comments: We use Cision to monitor media mentions and for their media database
Pros: I've used Cision on and off throughout my (long) career. It has always been 'on top of things'. I always felt it was innovative and did a good job of gathering media data.
Cons: I've found that the database isn't as user friendly as some of the other databases that are out there. I also have a subscription to a competitor and have found that Cision does not pull in the same articles as this competitor.
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- Reviewed on 10/07/2020
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- Reviewed on 29/07/2021
"Solid, Basic Monitoring Software"
Comments: Overall, Cision is an imperfect but very necessary tool for anyone in the PR and communications field.
Pros: Cision allows us to track the online conversation surrounding a certain topic, and allows us to keep a pulse on how our company and products are being discussed.
Cons: Sentiment is an issue. Cision automatically grades content as positive, negative, or neutral, but it is FAR from a perfect process. Often times, certain trigger words result in something being graded a certain way, but the context is not interpreted. For instance, a headline may read "XYZ platform prevents bad customer experiences" but because the Cision software sees "bad customer experiences" it is automatically graded as a negative sentiment, despite being positive. This creates a decent amount of manual effort to sort through all content.
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- Reviewed on 29/07/2021
