Alternatives to Cision
Other Social listening vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Cision does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 19 that differ from Cision on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Cision has 10 gaps in what we could measure: Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116), Notice before subprocessors change. The column “publishes and Cision does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Cision does not | Cision publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meltwatermeltwater.com | 52/100 | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history, +1 | nothing | Compare |
| Determdeterm.com | 39/100 | 3 Data processing agreement, Public pricing, Notice before subprocessors change | 1 Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Presspagepresspage.com | 39/100 | 3 Data location stated, Status page with history, Public pricing | 1 Named privacy contact | Compare |
| YouScanyouscan.io | 35/100 | 3 Status page with history, Public pricing, Certifications named | nothing | Compare |
| Brand24brand24.com | 32/100 | 2 Data location stated, Public pricing | 1 Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Onclusiveonclusive.com | 13/100 | 2 Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Awarioawario.com | 17/100 | 1 Public pricing | 1 Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Buzzsumobuzzsumo.com | 17/100 | 1 Public pricing | 1 Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Signal AIsignal-ai.com | 17/100 | 1 Data location stated | 1 HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Exploding Topicsexplodingtopics.com | 9/100 | 1 Public pricing | 2 HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| GummySearchgummysearch.com | 9/100 | 1 Public pricing | 2 HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | Compare |
| Mentionmention.com | 9/100 | 1 Status page with history | 2 HTTPS enforced with HSTS, Named privacy contact | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.