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Comparison · Updated September 2026
Featured.com (the HARO successor) is a source-request marketplace: journalists post questions, you write expert answers, and the best ones get quoted with a link back. Done well it earns real editorial mentions and dofollow links. It is also a different job from Pressfront, and it depends on you writing, and on an editor choosing you. Here is the fair comparison.
Fixed one-time prices. No retainer, no sales call. Publish-or-refund guarantee on everything we name.
Quick answer. Pick Pressfront if you want a guaranteed, documented outcome at a fixed price: your announcement written, distributed, and six outlets named in writing, with a report at the end. Pick Featured.com if you have time to answer journalist questions regularly, want the chance at genuine editorial quotes and dofollow links, and are comfortable that any single mention is never guaranteed.
The short version. Featured.com is earned-media-flavored: you supply expert answers and hope an editor picks them, which can produce excellent, credible mentions but is effort you spend with no guaranteed result. Pressfront is placement: a written announcement distributed and documented, guaranteed on the named outlets. Chance-at-editorial versus guaranteed-placement. Many companies want both.
| Pressfront | Featured.com | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Done-for-you distribution + named outlets | Marketplace to answer journalist questions |
| Coverage type | Press-release placements, syndicated | Editorial quotes and mentions when chosen |
| Pricing | $199 / $799 one time | Free tier, then roughly $50-$100/mo paid tiers |
| Who does the work | We write and distribute; you approve | You write answers, repeatedly, yourself |
| Guaranteed result | Yes on named outlets, $100 back per miss | No; an editor decides if you are used |
| Link type | Nofollow (wire and syndication standard) | Often dofollow when quoted |
| Effort | One intake, one approval | Ongoing: answer many questions to win a few |
| Deliverable | One coverage report, every live URL | Whatever mentions you happen to earn |
| Best for | A guaranteed, documented announcement | Founders who will invest time for earned quotes |
This is the cleanest difference on the whole comparison page: Featured.com is a path to earned mentions, and Pressfront is guaranteed placement. On Featured you answer a journalist's question and might get quoted in a real article with a real link. That is genuine editorial credibility when it lands, and worth having. It is also never guaranteed, because an editor chooses, and most answers are not selected.
Pressfront does not earn you an editorial quote and never claims to. It guarantees placement of your announcement, including six outlets named in writing on Advanced. One is a chance at earned coverage; the other is a documented, purchasable outcome. They are not competing, they are two different instruments.
Featured.com is your time. To win a handful of quotes you answer many questions, well, consistently, over weeks. For a founder who is a strong writer and enjoys it, that is a low-cash, high-credibility channel and a good use of a subscription. For someone without the hours, the subscription quietly becomes a cost with little to show, because the output depends entirely on how much you put in and whether editors bite.
Pressfront is one intake and one approval. You spend minutes, not weeks, and the result does not depend on an editor's mood. If your constraint is time rather than money, that difference is the whole decision.
Same honesty as everywhere on this site: when Featured.com lands you a quote, the link is often dofollow editorial, which is strong for SEO. Pressfront's placements are nofollow by wire and syndication policy. If earning dofollow editorial links is your main goal and you have time to work the platform, Featured.com is built for that and we are not. We would rather say so than dress up nofollow links as something they are not.
What our nofollow placements do instead: guaranteed, immediate, documented presence on sites Google indexes and answer engines read, without waiting on an editor. Different job, done on a schedule you control.
Earned editorial mentions from Featured.com are excellent AI-visibility fuel when you get them, credible third-party pages are exactly what answer engines trust. The catch is you cannot schedule them. Pressfront supplies the off-site presence on demand and starts you with a free AI Visibility Report so you buy from evidence. Neither can promise a model names you. The smart move is often both: guaranteed placement now, earned quotes over time.
Only loosely, because they do different jobs. Featured.com helps you earn editorial quotes by answering journalist questions, which is unguaranteed and takes ongoing effort. Pressfront guarantees placement of your announcement with named outlets and a report. If you want earned mentions and have time, Featured.com is the tool. If you want a guaranteed, documented result quickly, Pressfront is. Many companies sensibly use both.
No, and that is inherent to the model, not a flaw. On Featured.com you submit expert answers to journalist questions, and an editor decides whether to use you, so most answers are not selected and no single mention is guaranteed. Pressfront guarantees placement on six named outlets on Advanced, with $100 back per outlet missing from your report. One is earned and unguaranteed; the other is purchased and guaranteed.
Featured.com has a free tier with a few answers a month, then paid tiers roughly in the $50 to $100 per month range for more volume. Pressfront is one-time, $199 or $799. They are different purchases: Featured is an ongoing subscription whose value depends on your effort, while Pressfront is a one-off with a guaranteed deliverable. Compare what each actually produces for you, not just the price.
For pure SEO, potentially yes, when you land a quote. Featured.com quotes often carry dofollow editorial links that pass authority, while Pressfront's wire and syndication links are nofollow by policy. If dofollow authority is your goal and you have time to earn it, Featured.com is built for that. Pressfront's value is guaranteed, immediate, documented presence for credibility and AI visibility, which is a different objective.
Yes, and it is a strong combination. Use Pressfront for the guaranteed, documented placement behind an announcement and the AI-visibility report, and work Featured.com over time for earned editorial quotes and dofollow links. One gives you presence on demand; the other gives you earned credibility when editors bite. Together they cover both halves of getting known.
Featured.com is a shot at earned quotes. Pressfront is guaranteed, documented placement.
Honest fine print, because it matters: these are press-release distribution and syndication placements, not independent editorial coverage or a journalist writing about you. Outlet names describe where a release can appear or syndicate, based on relevance and each outlet's policies; they are not endorsements. Links are nofollow (the wires' standard policy) and still build brand-search visibility, "as seen on" credibility, and AI discoverability. Exact placements vary by story and availability. Our guarantee covers distribution, live links and a report, or your money back, not rankings, traffic, permanence, or AI citation, which no honest service can promise.
Competitor facts checked September 2026 against public sources: featured.com (source-request model, tiers) · Featured.com review and pricing, Backlinko HARO alternatives. Rivals change their pricing and terms; if a detail here is out of date, tell us at support@pressfront.co and we will correct it.