13 HARO Alternatives for Your 2025 Digital PR Strategy

One of the best alternatives to HARO is Qwoted. Marketers, writers, and PR professionals can sign up for free, and can even manage accounts for people they represent, or just themselves. Under the free plan, you are able to pitch your answer to three “premium” sources, but there are others that are free to respond to. Similar to HARO, you can receive customized emails on queries that are related to your interests.

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Featured

Newer to the marketing scene is Featured. It’s free to sign up, with paid plans available, and you are able to reply to requests from various niches similar to HARO (business, health, home and garden, real estate, and more). They also include pitches that are local to Arizona, which can be an asset for businesses out west looking for more local link opportunities.

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Buzzstream

Buzzstream is a tool that does research into relevant influencers in a certain niche. You can also organize outreach, reach prospects, and follow up with influencers.

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Meltwater

More than 30,000 companies use Meltwater to stay up to date on the latest conversations within a preferred industry. The three features include monitoring to receive daily digests, analyzing media coverage patterns, and distributing your content to the right audience.

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Ninja Outreach

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BuzzSumo

BuzzSumo analyzes a lot of content and makes it accessible to numerous businesses. It will show you the most shared links and industry experts on each topic. Backlinks are shown per connection you make, too!

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SourceBottle

SourceBottle is a free platform that allows journalists and bloggers to find knowledgeable sources. Just like HARO, it gives industry experts publicity and shows off their knowledge. You can either find a source or be a source. The topics found on the platform, which you can tailor to your preference and expertise, include:

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Pitch Rate

Another site that connects experts and journalists is Pitch Rate. For free, you can start building your connections with experts to be the go-to credible source for reporters. The categories of expertise range from business to design/architecture to love and relationships. On Pitch Rate, you are sure to find a query to fit your expertise!

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Qwoted

One of the best alternatives to HARO is Qwoted. Marketers, writers, and PR professionals can sign up for free, and can even manage accounts for people they represent, or just themselves. Under the free plan, you are able to pitch your answer to three “premium” sources, but there are others that are free to respond to. Similar to HARO, you can receive customized emails on queries that are related to your interests.

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OnePitch.co

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JustReachOut

As stated in the name, JustReachOut allows you to pitch yourself, as well as your work. So, whether you want to pitch yourself as a potential podcast guest, or even pitch a blog post you wrote that could replace a broken backlink, you have the ability to communicate directly with journalists that can use you as a source.

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Help a B2B Writer

Help a B2B Writer is like HARO but without the hassle of giving and receiving requests that do not align with your expertise. Writers and sources will be able to sign up, submit requests for sources, and even register as a source in some of the following fields:

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