One of the world's largest newswires, built for listed companies and financial disclosure.
Website: globenewswire.com
What it is: Press release distribution
Best for: Listed companies and large teams that need global circuits and regulatory disclosure.
Starting price: No published price — third-party estimates $350–$900 per release
Website: pressfudge.com
What it is: Press release distribution + Media List Services
Best for: Startups, agencies and growing brands that want guaranteed placements and a media database at a published price.
Starting price: $149 per PR · Media Lists from $10
GlobeNewswire is a full newswire built for disclosure at enterprise scale — and priced like one, by quote. PressFudge is built for teams that want a published per-release price, a guaranteed placement count and a live-link report, without a sales call or a contract. If your announcement is a regulated disclosure, get the GlobeNewswire quote. If it is a launch, a raise or a milestone you want published and proven, PressFudge starts at $149 per PR with the price on the page.
| Feature | GlobeNewswire | PressFudge |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | No published price (estimates $350–$900) | From $149 per PR · Media Lists from $10 |
| How you pay | Per release, by quote | Per release at a published price; media plans per period, never auto-rebilled |
| Guaranteed placement count | Not stated | Yes — 300 to 1,300+ placements per package |
| Live-link placement report | ✓ | Yes — every placement with a live link |
| Single outlet booking | — | Yes — 43 outlets from $25 |
| PR writing service | Partial / add-on | Yes — +$99 on any package |
| Media database (journalists) | — | Yes — 11,636 journalists |
| Podcast database | — | Yes — 120 podcasts |
| Pitching campaigns from your mailbox | — | Yes — 1–3 steps, 300/day, max 5 campaigns |
| Newsroom | ✓ | Yes — every distributed release published |
| Free preview / free plan | — | Yes — first page free, contacts masked |
| Auto-renewal / contract | Volume programmes available | None — no subscription for distribution |
Competitor details are from public pricing and product pages, checked October 2026 — "not stated" means the vendor does not publish it, not that it does not exist. PressFudge details are from pressfudge.com today. If a competitor's price has changed since, the vendor's current page wins.
If you are paying for disclosure-grade circuits you do not need, yes — you get a published price, a placement-count guarantee and a live-link report from $149 per PR. If you need regulated disclosure distribution, keep GlobeNewswire for those announcements and use PressFudge for everything else.
Yes. Many teams run disclosure announcements on a newswire and marketing announcements on PressFudge, because the two jobs have different price and proof requirements.
$149–$2,749 per PR and Media Lists from $10 — no quote, no membership, no surprise add-ons.
300 to 1,300+ placements per package, depending on the plan you choose.
Every placement report carries a live link for every single placement.
Distribution and Media Lists under one login, with credits and access that never expire on distribution.
Press release distribution · Published starting price $475 (400 words, US local circuit)
Compare →Press release distribution · Published starting prices $355 (state) / $650 (top markets) / $850 (national, 400 words)
Compare →Press release distribution · Published $149 for 1 release · $499 for 5 (+1 free) · $999 for 15
Compare →Media database + pitching + monitoring · No public price — custom quote, reported from ~$5,000/year
Compare →Media database + pitching + distribution · Free plan · Pro $79/month · Pro+ $149/month (provider-supplied)
Compare →Media database + pitching + newsroom (Semrush AI PR Toolkit) · From $149/month (Base) · Pro $279 · Business $499 (Semrush plan guide)
Compare →Newsroom + CRM + pitching software · From $120/month billed annually (Essential) · Standard $300/month
Compare →From global exchanges to local champions - teams that trusted PressFudge to carry their story to the news.
MX Global
FlexFunding
One-time pricing, guaranteed placements, and a live-link report for every campaign. No retainers, no subscriptions.
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