Notified publishes no prices; Vendr's buyers report a median 25,050 USD a year (5,670 to 55,624). The alternatives depend on what you replace: GlobeNewswire per release (about 350 USD), Business Wire (760 USD) or PR Newswire (805 USD) for regulated disclosures (Prezly, August 2026); PressPilot from 30 EUR, EIN Presswire 149 USD for everything else.
Key takeaways
- 25,050 USD a year is the median Notified contract in Vendr's buyer data, with a low of 5,670 USD and a high of 55,624 USD. That tenfold spread is the negotiation room, and the reason to price each module on its own.
- About 350 USD per release is what GlobeNewswire, Notified's own wire, costs when bought without the platform (Prezly, August 2026). Four earnings releases a year with media come to a few thousand dollars, not 25,000.
- 760 USD and 805 USD are the Business Wire and PR Newswire bases for the same regulated release, both accepted wherever GlobeNewswire is.
- 30 EUR sends a non-regulated release to 100 journalists you chose on PressPilot; 149 USD syndicates it on EIN Presswire. Neither is a wire, neither needs a contract.
- Two owners in a year. Equiniti bought Notified in May 2025, and Bullish was acquiring Equiniti in May 2026 (Prezly). Do not sign a multi-year renewal without price protection.
Summary table
| Tool | Starting price (source, date) | Journalist database size (source) | Contract | Free option | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified, for reference | No public price; median 25,050 USD a year, 5,670 to 55,624Vendr (2 September 2026) | Not documented in the sources we could read | Annual platform contract | No | Listed companies using IR, events and monitoring together |
| PressPilot | 30 EUR for 100 journalist creditspresspilot.io/pricing, September 2026 | 46,701 journalists (live count, September 2026) | None, credits never expire | Free sign-up, pay per send | Non-regulated news that needs a reporter to read it |
| GlobeNewswire, per release | About 350 USD for 400 words, 140 to 175 USD per extra 100Prezly Academy (August 2026) | None: wire syndication | Per release, no rate card | No | The same wire as inside Notified, without the platform |
| Business Wire | 760 USD for 400 wordsPrezly Academy (August 2026), Prowly Magazine (February 2025) | None: wire syndication | Per release, or annual median 19,000 USDVendr (February 2026) | No | Regulated disclosure, logo included |
| PR Newswire | 805 USD national plus 195 USD membershipPrezly Academy (August 2026) | None: wire syndication | Annual membership plus per release | No | Policies that name PR Newswire |
| EIN Presswire | 149 USD per release, 499 USD for 6, 999 USD for 15einpresswire.com (2 September 2026) | None: wire syndication | Per release or pack | No | Cheapest Google News and AP News syndication |
| eReleases | 399, 499 or 699 USD per releaseereleases.com (2 September 2026) | None: PR Newswire distribution resold | Per release | No | PR Newswire reach without the membership |
| Newswire.com | 399 USD Starter, 599 USD State, 659 USD Basic, 965 USD Featurenewswire.com (2 September 2026) | None: wire syndication | Per release, self-serve | No | Long releases with many images |
Why teams leave Notified
- The contract is large and the spread is larger. Vendr's buyers pay a median of 25,050 USD a year for Notified Investor Relations, from 5,670 USD to 55,624 USD. A tenfold range between customers means the price is whatever the sales cycle produced, not a list.
- The wire inside has no rate card. GlobeNewswire quotes run about 350 USD for 400 words and 140 to 175 USD per extra 100 words, with a logo at 100 USD and up and an image at 200 USD (Prezly, August 2026). Bought per release it is cheap; bundled, its cost disappears into the platform line.
- The owner keeps changing. Equiniti paid 534.5 million USD for Notified in May 2025, and Equiniti was being acquired by Bullish in May 2026 (Prezly). Renewal terms and product roadmaps rarely survive two acquisitions unchanged.
Which Notified product are you replacing?
Vendr describes Notified as covering IR, PR and events, with social media management, brand monitoring and PR measurement, and lists the contract data under a single product, Notified Investor Relations. That bundle hides three different purchases, and each has a different alternative.
| What you actually use | What replaces it | Cost of the replacement (source, date) |
|---|---|---|
| The wire, for regulated releases | GlobeNewswire per release, or Business Wire or PR Newswire, cheapest quote wins | About 350 USD, 760 USD or 805 USD plus membership for 400 wordsPrezly Academy (August 2026), Prezly Academy (August 2026), Prezly Academy (August 2026) |
| Distribution of non-regulated news | PressPilot for reporters, EIN Presswire or Newswire.com for syndication | 30 EUR per 100 journalists; 149 USD; from 399 USDeinpresswire.com (2 September 2026), newswire.com (2 September 2026) |
| IR website, webcasts, events, monitoring | Priced separately with specialist vendors; none of the seven tools on this page does this | Not covered here; do not let it justify the whole platform |
The 7 alternatives
1. PressPilot: for the releases a reporter should read
PressPilot is the replacement for everything Notified distributes that is not a regulated disclosure. Write the release with AI in English, French, Spanish or Portuguese, pick reporters from 46,701 journalists (live count, September 2026), send, and watch opens and replies. Hosted newsroom, EU data hosting, GDPR. 30 EUR for 100 credits, 135 EUR for 500, 240 EUR for 1,000, 499 EUR for 2,500; 19 EUR a month for 100 credits or 49 EUR a month for 300 (pricing, September 2026). One credit is one journalist contacted; credits never expire.
Strengths:
- Published prices, no contract, no renewal.
- AI draft, newsroom and tracking included at every price.
- Built for getting a named reporter to open the release, which a wire does not attempt.
Limitations:
- Not a wire: no regulated dissemination.
- No investor relations site, no webcasting, no events.
- No media monitoring.
Best for: private companies, startups and agencies; the non-regulated half of a listed company's releases.
2. GlobeNewswire, bought per release: the same wire without the platform
The wire inside Notified can be bought on its own. Buyers report about 350 USD for 400 words, 140 to 175 USD per extra 100 words, 100 USD and up for a logo, 200 USD per image, up to 1,200 USD for a video and 930 USD for a 600-word release with logo and image (Prezly, August 2026). GlobeNewswire's own site timed out for our checks, so ask for every rate in writing. Full breakdown in GlobeNewswire pricing 2026.
Strengths:
- Accepted for regulated disclosure, exactly like the bundled version.
- Cheapest base of the three accepted wires.
- Pay per release: four filings a year cost a few thousand dollars, not a platform contract.
Limitations:
- No rate card, and a 25 percent spread on the word rate.
- Media fees double the base quickly.
- Same sales team as the platform; the per-release quote can drift back into a bundle.
Best for: listed companies that used Notified only for the wire.
3. Business Wire: accepted wire, logo included, contract data public
Business Wirecharges 760 USD for 400 words, 195 USD per extra 100 words, 425 USD for the first attachment, 225 USD for each additional one and 95 USD for amplification, with the logo included (Prezly, August 2026; Prowly, February 2025). Vendr's median annual contract is 19,000 USD, between 14,300 and 29,229 USD (February 2026), which is a useful comparison for a Notified renewal: a wire contract at 19,000 USD buys about 25 short releases.
Strengths:
- Accepted wire, no membership fee.
- Logo included.
- Real buyer contract data to benchmark against.
Limitations:
- Twice GlobeNewswire's base for plain text.
- 425 USD for the first image or file.
- No public rate card either.
Best for: listed companies sending short releases with a logo. See Business Wire pricing.
4. PR Newswire: the wire most policies name
PR Newswire, owned by Cision, charges a 195 USD annual membership (249 USD on invoice), 805 USD for a 400-word US national release, 475 USD plus 140 USD per 100 words on the state and regional circuit, 325 USD per multimedia file, 125 USD per PDF and 495 USD for a logo (Prezly, August 2026).
Strengths:
- Accepted wire; the name compliance teams recognise.
- Regional circuits from 475 USD.
- Membership is the only fixed cost; no platform contract required.
Limitations:
- Most expensive base of the three accepted wires.
- 495 USD for a logo.
- About 1,905 USD for a 600-word release with logo and image, twice GlobeNewswire.
Best for: listed companies whose disclosure policy already names PR Newswire. See PR Newswire pricing.
5. EIN Presswire: syndication for 149 USD
EIN Presswire publishes 149 USD for one release, 499 USD for five plus one free and 999 USD for fifteen, and cites AP News, Google News and the Bloomberg Terminal on its pricing page (read 2 September 2026).
Strengths:
- Cheapest syndication with published prices.
- Packs bring the unit cost under 70 USD.
- Self-serve, no contract.
Limitations:
- Not an accepted wire for regulated disclosure.
- No journalist is contacted.
- Financial terminal reach is thinner than the accepted wires.
Best for: non-regulated releases that must be indexed somewhere public. See EIN Presswire pricing.
6. eReleases: PR Newswire distribution, resold
eReleases packages PR Newswire distribution at 399 USD (Buzz Builder), 499 USD (Newsmaker) and 699 USD (PR Pro), with writing at 300 USD (read 2 September 2026).
Strengths:
- PR Newswire network without the 195 USD membership or the 495 USD logo fee.
- Published package prices.
- Writing service for teams without a writer.
Limitations:
- Above EIN Presswire and above GlobeNewswire's base per release.
- Whether a resold release satisfies a disclosure policy is for counsel to confirm.
- Syndication only.
Best for: occasional senders who want the PR Newswire name.
7. Newswire.com: fixed prices, unlimited words and images
Newswire.com, a separate company from PR Newswire and from Notified, lists Starter 399 USD, State 599 USD, Basic 659 USD and Feature 965 USD per release, all with unlimited words and images and a checkout link (read 2 September 2026).
Strengths:
- Fixed public prices; no quote.
- Unlimited words and images, the opposite of GlobeNewswire's per-block pricing.
- State plan for regional news.
Limitations:
- Not positioned as an accepted wire.
- Starter is above GlobeNewswire's base for a plain release.
- Reach claims are the vendor's own.
Best for: media-heavy releases that do not need regulated dissemination.
Replace or complement Notified?
| Your situation | Replace Notified with | Keep Notified and add |
|---|---|---|
| Private company on a Notified contract | PressPilot for outreach, EIN Presswire or Newswire.com for syndication; no wire needed | Nothing: there is no regulated release to justify it |
| Listed company using only the wire | GlobeNewswire per release, benchmarked against Business Wire and PR Newswire quotes | PressPilot for the non-regulated releases |
| Listed company using IR site, webcasts and monitoring daily | Not on this page: those modules need specialist vendors | PressPilot for brand news, so the wire count in the contract drops |
| Agency with one listed client and nine private ones | PressPilot credits across all clients | A per-release accepted wire for the listed client only |
Which one for your team
| Priority | Tool to evaluate |
|---|---|
| Keep regulated dissemination at the lowest price | GlobeNewswire per release, with Business Wire and PR Newswire quotes as benchmarks |
| Get journalists to open and reply | PressPilot |
| Cheapest indexing in Google News | EIN Presswire |
| PR Newswire name without the membership | eReleases |
| Long, image-heavy releases at a fixed price | Newswire.com |
| Accepted wire with the logo included | Business Wire |
Notified vs PressPilot
Notified is an annual platform for listed companies: wire, IR, events and monitoring, at a median of 25,050 USD a year in Vendr's data. PressPilot is a pay-per-send outreach tool from 30 EUR that writes, sends and tracks a release to named reporters. One does regulated dissemination; the other gets a reporter to read the news. The head-to-head, with the feature table and three priced scenarios, is in Notified vs PressPilot.
Migration checklist: leaving Notified in six steps
- Read the contract for the renewal window and what it bundles. Find the notice period and the list of modules: wire releases, monitoring, IR site, events. You are about to replace each module separately, so you need to know what each one is worth to you.
- Count the releases that legally needed a wire. Earnings, guidance, M&A and filing-triggering changes over the last 12 months. That number, and only that number, goes into a wire budget. For most companies it is between zero and eight.
- Get per-release quotes from all three accepted wires. GlobeNewswire (about 350 USD base), Business Wire (760 USD) and PR Newswire (805 USD plus 195 USD membership), per Prezly, August 2026. Ask each for the word rate and media fees in writing. Multiply by your count from step 2.
- Move every other release to targeted outreach. Product, funding, partnership and hiring news reaches reporters by email, not by feed. On PressPilot that is 30 EUR per 100 journalists, with AI drafting, a hosted newsroom and open and reply tracking. Run one release in parallel with Notified before the renewal to compare replies.
- Decide on monitoring and events on their own merits. If the team uses brand monitoring or webcasting daily, price those separately. If not, do not let them justify the platform renewal. PressPilot does neither, and says so.
- Send written non-renewal before the notice date. Then compare the total of steps 3 and 4 with the Vendr range of 5,670 to 55,624 USD. Most private companies land under 1,000 EUR a year; most listed companies under the 25,050 USD median.
Frequently asked questions
- What are the best Notified alternatives?
- Seven, sorted by what you are replacing. For the wire: GlobeNewswire bought per release (about 350 USD base), Business Wire (760 USD) and PR Newswire (805 USD plus 195 USD membership), per Prezly, August 2026. For syndication without an accepted wire: EIN Presswire (149 USD), eReleases (from 399 USD) and Newswire.com (from 399 USD). For getting a journalist to read the release: PressPilot from 30 EUR per 100 journalists.
- How much does Notified cost?
- Notified does not publish prices, and notified.com returned a 403 to our checks on 2 September 2026. Vendr's buyer contract data is the only public figure: a median of 25,050 USD per year, a low of 5,670 USD and a high of 55,624 USD for the product Vendr lists as Notified Investor Relations. The page carries no date, so treat it as indicative.
- Why would I leave Notified?
- Three reasons show up in the sources. The contract: a 25,050 USD median with a tenfold spread between the lowest and highest buyer (Vendr). The wire inside it: GlobeNewswire has no rate card and buyers report a 140 to 175 USD per 100 words range (Prezly, August 2026). The ownership: Equiniti bought Notified for 534.5 million USD in May 2025, and Equiniti was being acquired by Bullish in May 2026 (Prezly), which is two renewals under two different owners.
- Is there a cheaper version of Notified?
- Yes: buy the wire without the platform. GlobeNewswire per release starts around 350 USD for 400 words (Prezly, August 2026), so four earnings releases a year cost roughly 1,400 to 4,000 USD with media, against a 25,050 USD median platform contract (Vendr). For the non-regulated releases, PressPilot costs 30 EUR per 100 journalists, and EIN Presswire syndicates for 149 USD.
- Can I replace Notified with PressPilot?
- Only for the releases that are not regulated disclosures. PressPilot sends a release to journalists you choose from 46,701 contacts (live count, September 2026), writes it with AI and hosts it on your newsroom, from 30 EUR. It is not a wire, does not provide regulated dissemination and has no investor relations or events features. A listed company keeps an accepted wire for the filings and uses PressPilot for the rest.
- What is the difference between Notified and GlobeNewswire?
- GlobeNewswire is the wire; Notified is the company that owns it and sells it inside a platform. Vendr describes Notified as covering IR, PR and events, with social media management, brand monitoring and PR measurement, and lists a median contract of 25,050 USD per year. GlobeNewswire on its own is bought per release, about 350 USD for 400 words plus words and media (Prezly, August 2026).
- Who owns Notified?
- Equiniti, since May 2025, for 534.5 million USD, according to Prezly. Prezly also reports that Equiniti was itself being acquired by Bullish as of May 2026. Two changes of owner in a year are worth a price protection clause on any renewal.
- What is the best Notified alternative for a startup?
- PressPilot, because a startup has no regulated disclosures and no use for an investor relations platform. 30 EUR sends a release to 100 journalists with AI writing and a newsroom included, no contract. Add EIN Presswire at 149 USD if the release must be indexed in Google News. Neither replaces a wire for a listed company, which a startup is not.
Related guides
- Notified vs PressPilot
- GlobeNewswire pricing 2026
- GlobeNewswire alternatives
- Newswire alternatives: when you do not need a wire
- Business Wire pricing 2026
- What is a news wire? (glossary)
Pay per release for the filings. Pay per journalist for the rest.
PressPilot writes the release with AI, sends it to the journalists you pick from 46,701 contacts, hosts it on your newsroom and shows who opened and replied. 30 EUR per 100 journalists, no contract. Not a wire, and not for regulated disclosures.