Burrelles
Skip
Confidence: Medium
Burrelles has formally exited the media monitoring business, so there is nothing left to buy.
New check
Comparison
Burrelles vs Cision
Burrelles lands on Skip, and Cision lands on Depends.
Cision
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you're a large comms or PR team that wants media database, monitoring, and newswire under one contract.
| Compare | Burrelles | Cision |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Skip | Depends |
| Who it's not for | Anyone needing active media monitoring . the service has exited | Solo founders doing occasional outreach |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed; company is winding down operations.² | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | No support evidence; company is winding down | No usable evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Sparse reviews praise its reach into small local media, but buyers are now scrambling to replace it after the shutdown.⁴ | Users credit Cision with depth and monitoring strength but repeatedly gripe about price, opaque quoting, and contact data quality.⁸ |
| Biggest gotcha | Contracts, archive access, and support end as the company winds down . migrate data immediately.¹ | Reported ~$7,000 starting cost; custom quotes hide the real total13 |
When Burrelles is not a fit
- Anyone needing active media monitoring . the service has exited
- Teams relying on print-scanning coverage going forward
- Buyers who need long-term vendor stability or support
- Small teams wanting cheap self-serve monitoring
Pick Cision when
- Enterprise comms teams
- PR agencies running large media lists
- Brands wanting monitoring + newswire combined
When Cision is not a fit
- Solo founders doing occasional outreach
- Startups without a real PR budget
- Small teams needing a simple media list
- Anyone wanting transparent, self-serve pricing
Sources
- Burrelles . shutdown announcementburrelles.comofficial
- Burrelles product security pageburrelles.comofficial
review
- Burrelles Review, Pricing, and FAQs . The SMB Guidethesmbguide.comreview
- BurrellesLuce Media Monitoring . GoodFirmsgoodfirms.coreview
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