Onclusive is a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for PR & Media Monitoring Tools
Recognized for Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.
About the report
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant™ reports are a graphical presentation of companies‘ Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute their vision compared to market standards and other technologies in a specific market.
For the first time, Gartner evaluated 11 vendors in the PR & Media Monitoring Tools market, placing each as a:
- Leader
- Challenger
- Visionary
- Niche Player
Why we believe we were named a Leader
Built, not bolted together
What it means for you
One platform, one login, one roadmap. New capabilities arrive as part of the product you already use, not as another tool to integrate.
Broadcast, captured in-house
What it means for you
You see your brand on screen even when no one says its name, and you know who said what about you on air, as it happens.
One dataset behind everything
What it means for you
Your monitoring, outreach, and measurement all draw on the same data, so the numbers match across every report, team, and market.
Where Onclusive Stands Out
Competitive intelligence
See how competitors are covered, and how they show up in AI-generated answers, in one view.
Media relations workflow and governance
Give every region one record of outreach, interactions, and approved messaging.
Other platform strengths
Contextual Analytics
Go beyond counting mentions. AMEC-aligned charts, Power of Voice benchmarking and AI-generated summaries show what your coverage means, not just how much there is.
Integration and Extensibility
Bring Onclusive data where your teams already work. Our Data-as-a-Service offering feeds enriched media data directly into your own systems and workflows.
Data Depth & Access
More than 28 million pieces of media content a day across 110+ markets, with TV and radio captured in-house, all in one dataset.
Native Localization & Global NLP
Monitor and analyze coverage across 110+ markets, so global teams work from the same insights in every region.
Technology and expertise, together
AI is excellent at scale: reading vast volumes of coverage and flagging what has changed. But knowing whether a story will escalate, or how to frame coverage for a board, takes human judgement.
That’s why you choose how you work with us:
- Self-serve in the platform
- Supported by our specialists
- Fully managed by Onclusive Insights analysts, delivering curated briefings and strategic advice
Fast signals from the technology. Expert judgement on what to do next.
Where We're Headed
We’re building toward a platform that takes routine work off your team’s plate, while keeping human expertise available where it matters most.
Our vision is simple: Onclusive intelligence should be available wherever communications work happens. In our platform, in the AI tools your teams already use, and in your own systems.
In the Onclusive platform
Monitoring, media relations, AI search visibility and measurement in one workspace, built on one dataset. Next, agentic AI that handles routine work like briefs and alerts, with human expertise available where it matters most.
In your AI assistant
Onclusive’s MCP connector brings Onclusive media intelligence directly into your team’s AI workflows. More than 55 pre-built Skills, from a Morning Media Brief to Journalist Coverage Profiles and Pitch Fit Scoring, turn questions about coverage, journalists and messaging into answers in seconds.
In your own systems
Through Data-as-a-Service, organizations integrate Onclusive’s enriched media data directly into their own platforms, models and dashboards, drawing on the same global dataset that powers our platform.
Our Roadmap Focuses on Three Areas
Agentic AI
Agentic AI that takes on routine work, such as building briefs or flagging emerging issues, through pre-built, easy-to-use skills and tools, so teams can spend more time on strategy.
Deeper AI Visibility
Deeper AI visibility across the platform, so earned media and AI search performance can be planned and measured together.
Partnerships & Integrations
More partnerships and integrations, so Onclusive data flows into the tools you already use.
See the platform Gartner recognized
One platform, one dataset, every channel. Find out what that means for your team.
FAQs
About the report
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant evaluates vendors in a defined market on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision. Gartner evaluated 11 vendors in the PR & Media Monitoring Tools market, placing each as a Leader, Challenger, Visionary or Niche Player.
You can view the report at Gartner’s website, look for the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for PR & Media Monitoring Tools.
Gartner, Magic Quadrant for PR & Media Monitoring Tools, Amber Gallihar Boyes, Paul Swiergosz, Elizabeth Kilbride, October 20, 2026
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