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Featured vs. Honeyjar
Featured and Honeyjar are both AI tools built for PR. Featured is an AI co-pilot that finds media opportunities and drafts pitches, open to anyone, with a free plan and flat plans from $39 a month. Honeyjar is an AI communications partner in private early access, priced at $175 per user a month billed annually. Pick Featured for inbound opportunities and usage-based pricing. Pick Honeyjar for campaign strategy and social monitoring in one workspace.
Updated Prices and plans checked November 10, 2026Sources
The short answer
Two AI tools for PR, built from opposite ends
Featured and Honeyjar belong to the same new category: AI assistants built for PR and communications work. They approach it from different directions.
Featured starts with opportunities. It owns HARO and Connectively, so it has a first-party stream of journalist requests, and it adds podcasts, bylined articles, awards, speaking slots and creator search. You ask in plain language, Featured returns matches and drafts the pitch, and workflows repeat the search on a schedule. Featured is open to everyone, with a free plan and flat-priced plans at $39, $99 and $299 a month.
Honeyjar starts with judgment. Its founders are communications veterans, and the product is pitched as an AI communications partner that plans campaigns, builds media lists, tracks coverage and conversations, and handles recurring tasks, with human approval before anything is sent. Honeyjar is in private early access. Its pricing page lists a Professional plan at $175 per user a month billed annually, or $250 monthly, with a 14-day free trial.
Choose Featured if
- You want to start today without a waitlist.
- You want reporters and podcasts that are already asking for sources. Featured owns HARO and Connectively.
- Several people need a login. Featured Team plans include up to 25 logins for one flat price.
- You want an AI visibility audit across ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini.
Choose Honeyjar if
- You want help turning an idea into a full campaign plan with strategy, pitches and a press release.
- You need monitoring across X, LinkedIn, Reddit and TikTok alongside news.
- You want coverage reports and reporter tracking handled as recurring tasks.
- You are comfortable with per-user pricing and early-access software.
Featured wrote this page, so read it with that in mind. Every Honeyjar fact below comes from Honeyjar's own site or named press coverage, checked on November 10, 2026 and linked in the sources. Honeyjar is in early access, so details may change quickly.
Side by side
Featured and Honeyjar at a glance
| Featured | Honeyjar | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | AI co-pilot for PR | AI communications partner |
| Availability | Open signup | Private early access, with a waitlist |
| Starting price | $0. Free plan | $175 per user a month, billed annually |
| Paid plans | Lite $39, Pro $99, Pro+ $299 a month, flat | Professional: $175 per user (annual) or $250 (monthly). Enterprise: custom |
| Free plan or trial | Free plan, no credit card | 14-day free trial |
| Pricing model | By AI usage | By user |
| Team pricing | From $199 a month for up to 25 logins | Per user |
| Journalist requests | First party. Featured owns HARO and Connectively | Pitch opportunities feed |
| Monitoring | News, blogs, podcasts and YouTube | News, X, LinkedIn, Reddit and TikTok |
| AI visibility audit | Yes. GEO Audit | Not listed |
| Headquarters | Scottsdale, Arizona | San Francisco, California |
Checked November 10, 2026. Sources are listed at the end of this page.
Definitions
What each one is
What is Featured?
Featured is the AI co-pilot for PR. It is a chat-first product: ask for journalist requests on your topic, podcasts that book guests like you, or awards your company can win, and Featured returns a matched list and drafts the pitch. Workflows run the same searches on a schedule and deliver results to Slack or email. Featured relaunched in this form on June 2, 2026. The company also owns and operates HARO (Help a Reporter Out) and Connectively, which supply many of its journalist requests. Featured is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.
What is Honeyjar?
Honeyjar describes itself as the AI communications partner with good instincts. It was founded by communications executives Michelle Masek and Nadia Jamshidi, is based in San Francisco, and announced a $2 million pre-seed round in December 2025. The product builds campaigns and launches, finds journalists, podcasts, Substacks and speaking opportunities, monitors coverage and conversations, and runs recurring jobs such as news scans and coverage reports. Honeyjar says it never sends emails, pitches or posts without approval and does not use customer data to train AI models. In October 2026 the company said its waitlist had passed 10,000 signups and that it was expanding its private beta.
Key differences
Five differences that decide it
- 1
Featured is open. Honeyjar is in private early access.
Anyone can sign up for Featured and use the free plan. Honeyjar's site invites visitors to join a private beta waitlist, and its pricing page describes a private early access program with a 14-day free trial on the Professional plan.
- 2
Featured charges for usage. Honeyjar charges per user.
Featured's individual plans are flat: $39, $99 or $299 a month, differing by daily AI usage. Team plans start at $199 a month and include up to 25 logins sharing a usage pool. Honeyjar's Professional plan is $175 per user a month billed annually, or $250 monthly. For one person the two are in the same range. For a five-person team, Honeyjar Professional comes to $875 a month on annual billing, while Featured Team Lite is $159 a month on annual billing. The plans are not like for like, because Featured meters usage and Honeyjar meters seats, so compare them against how your team works.
- 3
Featured owns its source of journalist requests.
Featured owns and operates HARO, the journalist request newsletter founded in 2008, and Connectively. Requests from both flow into Featured alongside requests posted on Substack, X and LinkedIn. Honeyjar's site highlights journalist discovery, a pitch opportunities feed and premium media data. It does not describe a first-party journalist request network.
- 4
Honeyjar leans into strategy. Featured leans into discovery and automation.
Honeyjar's pitch is that it carries the judgment of senior communicators: launch planning, campaign management, executive visibility and a daily comms radar. Featured's pitch is that it finds specific openings and keeps finding them, across 14 feature areas and 13 scheduled workflows, from journalist requests to awards to newsjacking. If you need a thinking partner for a launch, Honeyjar is built for that. If you need a steady flow of places to be quoted, booked or published, Featured is.
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Monitoring covers different ground.
Honeyjar lists monitoring across news, X, LinkedIn, Reddit and TikTok, plus coverage reports. Featured monitors news, blogs, podcasts and YouTube, adds a competitor visibility workflow, and includes a GEO Audit for AI answers. Honeyjar's pricing page does not list an AI visibility audit.
Features
Featured vs. Honeyjar: feature comparison
| Feature | Featured | Honeyjar |
|---|---|---|
| Availability and price | ||
| Access | Open signup | Private early access, waitlist |
| Free plan | Yes | No. 14-day free trial |
| Entry paid price | $39 a month | $175 per user a month, billed annually |
| Team pricing | From $199 a month for up to 25 logins | Per user. Enterprise is custom |
| Finding opportunities | ||
| Journalist requests | Yes. From HARO, Connectively, Substack, X and LinkedIn | Pitch opportunities feed |
| Journalist discovery and media lists | Yes | Yes |
| Podcasts | Yes. 814,000 active shows | Yes |
| Substack and independent writers | Yes | Yes |
| Speaking opportunities | Yes | Yes |
| Awards | Yes | Yes |
| Creator and influencer search | Yes | Not listed |
| Doing the work | ||
| AI-drafted pitches | Yes | Yes |
| Campaign and launch planning | Not a focus | Yes |
| Scheduled, recurring tasks | Yes. 13 workflow templates | Yes. News scans, coverage reports, reporter alerts |
| Press release distribution | Yes. Through newswire partners | Not listed. Drafts press releases |
| Sending | Drafts for you to review and send | Nothing is sent without your approval |
| Monitoring | ||
| Media monitoring | News, blogs, podcasts and YouTube | News, X, LinkedIn, Reddit and TikTok |
| Coverage reports | Alerts and digests | Yes |
| AI visibility audit | Yes. GEO Audit | Not listed |
“Not listed” means the feature does not appear on the vendor’s public pricing or product pages as of November 10, 2026.
Pricing
Featured vs. Honeyjar: pricing
Both companies publish prices. Featured charges a flat price by usage. Honeyjar charges per user.
Featured pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Billed annually | What changes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | Every feature, with a starter daily allowance |
| Lite | $39 | $29 a month ($348 a year) | 5x the AI usage of Free |
| Pro | $99 | $79 a month ($948 a year) | 5x the usage of Lite |
| Pro+ | $299 | $239 a month ($2,868 a year) | 20x the usage of Lite |
| Team Lite | $199 | $159 a month ($1,908 a year) | Up to 25 logins sharing one usage pool |
| Team Pro | $499 | $399 a month ($4,788 a year) | 5x the pool of Team Lite |
| Team Pro+ | $1,499 | $1,199 a month ($14,388 a year) | 20x the pool of Team Lite |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom | Unlimited members, usage billed at API rates |
Every Featured plan includes every feature. Plans differ only by daily AI usage. Source: featured.com/pricing.
Honeyjar pricing
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Professional | $175 per user a month billed annually, or $250 per user monthly | Journalist, podcast, Substack and speaking discovery, monitoring, coverage reports and campaign building. 14-day free trial |
| Enterprise | Custom | Organization-wide onboarding, custom integrations and workflows, dedicated account support |
Honeyjar describes the product as in private early access. Source: honeyjar.ai/pricing.
FAQ
Featured vs. Honeyjar: frequently asked questions
What is Honeyjar?
Honeyjar is an AI communications partner for PR and communications work. It plans campaigns, finds journalists, podcasts, Substacks and speaking opportunities, monitors coverage and runs recurring tasks such as coverage reports. It was founded by communications executives Michelle Masek and Nadia Jamshidi and is based in San Francisco.
How much does Honeyjar cost?
Honeyjar's pricing page lists a Professional plan at $175 per user a month billed annually, or $250 per user on monthly billing, with a 14-day free trial. Enterprise pricing is custom.
Is Honeyjar available to everyone?
Not yet. As of November 2026, Honeyjar is in private early access. Visitors can join a waitlist, and the pricing page offers a 14-day free trial of the Professional plan.
What are the alternatives to Honeyjar?
Featured is an alternative with open signup and a free plan. Other AI tools for PR include Propel, and the AI features inside PR suites such as Muck Rack and Meltwater.
How much does Featured cost?
Featured has a free plan. Paid individual plans are Lite at $39 a month, Pro at $99 and Pro+ at $299, or $29, $79 and $239 a month when billed annually. Team plans include up to 25 logins and start at $199 a month. Every plan includes every feature. Plans differ by daily AI usage.
Which is better for a PR agency, Featured or Honeyjar?
It depends on headcount and workflow. An agency with many logins pays less per person on Featured's team pricing, which covers up to 25 people for one flat price, and can answer inbound journalist requests for every client. Agencies that want campaign planning and client coverage reports in one workspace may prefer Honeyjar.
Does either tool send pitches automatically?
No. Honeyjar says it never sends emails, pitches or posts without your approval. Featured drafts pitches for you to review and send.
Which AI PR tool includes journalist requests from HARO?
Featured. It owns and operates HARO and Connectively and includes their journalist requests in every plan.
Sources
Sources and how we checked
Featured wrote this page. Facts about Featured come from our own product and pricing pages. Facts about Honeyjar come from Honeyjar's website and pricing page, its October 2026 press release and Axios's December 2025 report, all checked on November 10, 2026. Honeyjar is in early access, so we rechecked its pricing page on the day of publication.
- Featured pricing (plans, prices, usage multipliers)
- Featured features (feature list and data sources)
- Featured workflows (workflow templates)
- Honeyjar pricing (plans, trial, early access status)
- Honeyjar home page (positioning, capabilities, approval and data policies)
- Honeyjar Launches an AI Communications Partner Built on Expert Judgment (PR Newswire, October 2026)
- Axios: Honeyjar AI raises $2 million in pre-seed funding (December 4, 2025)
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