# What Claude (Anthropic) with web search answered for press release distribution services (small businesses) on 2026-09-12

## In short

On 2026-09-12, Claude (Anthropic) with web search was asked "best press release distribution services for small businesses". It named 7 brands, in this order: Cision, PR Newswire, EIN Presswire, Business Wire, you're, PRWeb.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Question | best press release distribution services for small businesses |
| Asked on | 2026-09-12 |
| Engine | Claude (Anthropic) with web search |
| Model | claude-opus-5 |
| Brands named | 7 |
| Sources cited | 8 |
| Audience | small businesses |
| Coverage | Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included. |
| Last verified | 2026-09-12 |

Page: https://bikoosh.com/answers/s/press-release-distribution-services-small-businesses-2026-09-12
Coverage: Claude (Anthropic) with web search. Other engines not included.

## The answer, as recorded

Asked on 2026-09-12 through Claude (Anthropic) with web search (model claude-opus-5).

> ## The short version
> 
> For a small business, **eReleases** is the one I'd name first, and honestly most people should stop there.
> 
> **1. [eReleases](https://www.ereleases.com/) - $399-$699/release.** It's a reseller of Cision PR Newswire, so your release lands on the actual national wire (AP members, Yahoo Finance, hundreds of legitimate outlets) at roughly a quarter to a third of what PR Newswire charges direct. You also get a human editor reviewing your copy before it goes out, which matters more than people expect - most small-business releases get ignored because they read like ad copy. Watch the add-on upsells; the quoted price isn't always the final price.
> 
> **2. [EIN Presswire](https://www.prezly.com/academy/ein-presswire-reviews) - $149/release, less in bulk.** The cheapest option that isn't junk. Transparent all-in pricing, gets you indexed in Google News and Bing News, decent syndication footprint. It is *not* the AP wire and won't get a reporter to call you. Use it when the goal is "there's a credible, dated, third-party-hosted record of this announcement" - funding news, a new location, an award, something you want to link to.
> 
> **3. [PR Newswire](https://pressonify.ai/blog

## Brands named, in the order the engine gave

| Position | Brand | How it was named |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cision | mentioned |
| 2 | PR Newswire | mentioned |
| 3 | EIN Presswire | mentioned |
| 4 | Business Wire | compared |
| 5 | you're | mentioned |
| 6 | PRWeb | compared |
| 7 | RedPress | mentioned |

## Sources the engine cited

- https://www.ereleases.com/ (other)
- https://www.prezly.com/academy/ein-presswire-reviews (other)
- https://pressonify.ai/blog/press-release-distribution-pricing-comparison-2026 (other)
- https://www.instantpress.co/blog/press-release-wire-services-compared (other)
- https://thenextweb.com/news/the-10-best-press-release-distribution-services-for-2026 (other)
- https://www.prezly.com/academy/best-press-release-distribution (other)
- https://www.openpr.com/news/4447292/best-press-release-distribution-services-for-small-businesses (other)
- https://www.barchart.com/story/news/1050328/best-press-release-distribution-services-for-small-businesses-in-2026 (other)

The question page: https://bikoosh.com/answers/q/press-release-distribution-services/small-businesses

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