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Cision

AI-powered media intelligence for PR and communications teams

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Cision provides media intelligence and communications tools for PR and marketing teams. Its main platform, CisionOne, brings media monitoring, analytics, reporting, journalist outreach, and social listening into one workspace, helping teams track coverage, understand its impact, and manage outreach. Monitoring spans print, online, TV, radio, social, podcast, and magazine coverage in real time.

CisionOne includes modules for media monitoring, instant insights and reporting, journalist outreach, and social listening, with AI-powered tools available across desktop, tablet, and mobile. The company also operates PR Newswire Amplify for press release distribution, Brandwatch for consumer intelligence, influencer marketing, and social media management, and Trajaan for search intelligence across generative AI, social, shopping, and traditional search.

CisionOne is aimed at PR and communications teams. Pricing is not published; the company asks prospective customers to request pricing so a solution can be tailored to a team's needs and budget.

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