Last updated 15 Oct 2026 · reviewed by the Essentras editorial team

Pricing

Cision pricing 2026

Cision publishes no price list. Checked 14 Oct 2026cision.com/pricing Grade X

Cision sells CisionOne (media database, monitoring and distribution through PR Newswire) as an annual subscription with no published price: its pricing page asks you to request one. AuthorityTech, citing Vendr contract data, puts small deployments near $15,000 a year and enterprise programs above $200,000. PRWeb, a Cision brand, lists $120 to $480 per release.

Entry price: Not published
National or top tier: Annual quote
Word limit: Not applicable
Membership: Annual subscription

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No published price

Cision does not publish a rate card, so there is no list to show. Below are the figures third parties publish, each with its source, date and our evidence grade. None is a Cision price.

What third parties report

What third parties report
Source	Figure	Date	Grade
AuthorityTech, citing Vendr contract dataUpdated 25 Aug 2026, read 15 Oct 2026	About $15,000 a year for smaller deployments, $30,000 to $80,000 for some small to midsize multi-module teams, above $200,000 for broad enterprise programs	Updated 25 Aug 2026, read 15 Oct 2026	Grade C
Rephonic, citing Reddit posts it could not confirmUpdated 2 Apr 2026, read 15 Oct 2026	$3,500 a year (media database, 2 users) to $23,000 (database, monitoring and social listening, 5 users)	Updated 2 Apr 2026, read 15 Oct 2026	Grade C
CapterraSeen in a search summary on 14 Oct 2026	A $1 placeholder plan; the real price is on request	Seen in a search summary on 14 Oct 2026	Grade D

Grade C: a third-party page we read
Grade D: a third-party claim seen only in a search summary

What the price page does not tell you

•No plan names or prices: every button on its pricing page asks you to request pricing (our check of 4 Oct 2026). Source
•Fees are invoiced annually in advance and are non-cancellable and non-refundable unless your order says otherwise, per its Master Subscription Agreement (our check of 4 Oct 2026). Source
•Third-party ranges span more than 10 times from low to high, because modules, seats and term drive the quote.
•PR Newswire releases inside a Cision program are quoted too; only PRWeb publishes per-release prices ($120 to $480).

What a typical release really costs

Worked from verified prices only.

A CisionOne subscription

Not modelled. Cision publishes no price; use the sourced third-party ranges only as a planning boundary.

A single release on a Cision network at a published price

PRWeb Standard, $245, which adds a 1,200+ website network powered by PR Newswire.

A single release through a PR Newswire reseller

eReleases Buzz Builder, $399 for 400 words.

Before you accept a price, ask for

Modules: database, monitoring, social listening, distribution and reporting, priced line by line.
Seats: how many users the price covers, and the cost of each extra seat.
Distribution: how many PR Newswire releases are included, on which circuit.
Term: contract length, renewal notice period and any automatic price increase.
Exit: what happens to your lists and reports if you leave.

What Cision does well

✓A single contract for a media database, monitoring, analytics and distribution.
✓Distribution runs through PR Newswire, and PRWeb offers published per-release prices inside the same group.
✓Built for teams that run media relations all year, not for a single release.

Watch out for

•No published price at any tier. Source
•Annual fees, invoiced in advance, non-cancellable and non-refundable unless the order says otherwise. Source
•Read the renewal clause before signing; ask for the notice period in writing.

Cision vs buying named outlets directly

Cision is a subscription platform, not a single release, so there is no like-for-like outlet comparison. If what you need from it is a handful of named placements, price those first.

Buy Cision when a team runs media relations all year and needs the database, monitoring and reporting.
Buy direct when the goal is a few named placements: an AP News press release costs $317 and a Yahoo News/Finance press release $667 in our catalog.

Outlet prices are live catalog prices, read 27 Oct 2026. A wire tier sends your release across a circuit; each Essentras placement is a single named page, with the live URL delivered, or a full refund if it does not publish. Outlet lists in wire tiers are the vendors' own claims.

Outlets in the Cision orbit, priced one by one

Each can be bought on its own at the price shown. You choose the outlet before you pay and get the live URL when it publishes; if it does not publish, you get a full refund.

Outlet	Price	DA	Turnaround	Link
PRNewsWire / Yahoo Finance Article	$667	93	3-5 business days	Nofollow
AP News Press release	$317	92	3-5 business days	Nofollow
Business Insider Article	$420	94	3-5 business days	Nofollow
MSN Article	$833	94	3-5 business days	Dofollow
Street Insider Press release	$1,047	83	3-5 business days	Nofollow

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FAQ

Cision pricing, FAQ

How much does Cision cost per year?▾

Cision publishes no price for CisionOne; you get a quote after a sales call. AuthorityTech, citing Vendr contract data, puts smaller deployments around $15,000 a year and broad enterprise programs above $200,000 (updated 25 Aug 2026). Rephonic collects Reddit reports from $3,500 to $23,000 a year. None is a Cision price list.

Is Cision the same as PR Newswire?▾

PR Newswire and PRWeb are Cision brands. CisionOne bundles the media database, monitoring and distribution through PR Newswire. PR Newswire releases are quoted; PRWeb releases have published prices from $120 to $480.

Can I cancel a Cision contract?▾

Cision's Master Subscription Agreement says fees are invoiced annually in advance and are non-cancellable and non-refundable unless the order says otherwise (our check of 4 Oct 2026). Read the renewal clause before you sign.

What is the cheapest way to use a Cision network?▾

PRWeb, a Cision brand, sells single releases from $120, and from $245 adds a network powered by PR Newswire. eReleases says it distributes nationally through Cision PR Newswire from $399.

Cision vs Meltwater pricing?▾

Both are quote-only platforms: neither pricing page showed a price when we checked on 4 Oct 2026. Compare written quotes for the same seats, modules and term, and read each renewal clause.

Sources and change log

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Changes

14 Oct 2026: new page. Cision publishes no price, so it shows sourced third-party ranges only.

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