# Meltwater

Meltwater is a media intelligence platform that monitors news, print, broadcast, podcasts and social channels for brand mentions, and measures sentiment, reach and share of voice. Its modules add social listening, AI visibility tracking that shows how AI assistants describe a brand, media relations and influencer marketing. Teams use its dashboards, alerts and reports to track PR and campaign impact.

Page: https://slateindex.ai/brand/meltwater · data of 2026-11-02

## Facts

- Founded: 2001
- Headquarters: San Francisco, California, United States
- Employees: 1,001–5,000
- Company type: Private, private equity-owned
- Latest funding: Private equity investment (Verdane)
- Best for: PR, communications and marketing leaders at growing and global brands, and agencies managing multiple clients
- Compliance: SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, ISO 42001, UK Cyber Essentials

## Products

- Media Monitoring: Tracks mentions across news, social, print, broadcast and podcasts worldwide, with AI analysis and alerts.
- Social Listening: Monitors social conversations and sentiment shifts across channels to show how a brand is perceived.
- AI Visibility Tracking: Shows how AI platforms such as ChatGPT and Gemini portray an organization and which sources they cite.
- Media Relations: Helps PR teams find journalists, personalize outreach and prove the impact of coverage.
- Influencer Marketing: Identifies creators and manages influencer partnerships and campaign measurement.
- Mira: Meltwater's AI assistant that answers questions in plain language and summarizes what changed.
- Meltwater MCP: Lets AI assistants act inside the Meltwater platform.

## Rankings

| Category | Rank | Visibility | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Media Management | 35 of 51 | 0.6 | 1 |

## By engine

| Engine | Visibility | Mention rate |
|---|---|---|
| chatgpt | 0.0 | 0.0% |
| google_ai_mode | 1.7 | 3.7% |
| perplexity | 0.0 | 0.0% |

## Definitions

- Visibility (0–100): how often and how high AI answers name the brand, weighted by position.
- Mention rate: share of collected AI answers that name the brand.
- Share of voice: the brand's mentions as a share of all brand mentions in the category.
- Citation authority: share of answers naming the brand that cite the brand's own site.

Cite as: SlateIndex, “Meltwater AI visibility profile”, https://slateindex.ai/brand/meltwater, data of 2026-11-02. Licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).