Question: Can you recommend a platform that provides comprehensive media monitoring and analytics across multiple channels?

If you need a full-featured media monitoring and analytics service, Meltwater has a lot to offer. Its suite of tools includes media intelligence monitoring of 270,000 sources around the world, social listening and analytics, social media management, consumer intelligence, influencer marketing and sales intelligence. It's geared for businesses in PR, marketing and communications that need to make decisions and get the best return on investment.

Another big contender is Cision, a public relations software company that offers media monitoring, social listening, media analytics and insights services. It lets you monitor media coverage in real time, spot trends and get advice you can act on. With media intelligence reaching 190+ countries and 96 languages, Cision is geared for people in PR, corporate communications, brand reputation management and crisis communications.

If you want something more customized, CARMA marries automated software with human-led research to offer customized media monitoring and analysis. It covers global print, social, broadcast and online sources and offers PR measurement tools to help you gauge success. It's geared for media, PR, corporate communications and government customers who need to develop communications strategy and improve their media profile.

Last, Talkwalker is a consumer intelligence service that's strong in social listening, media monitoring and social benchmarking. It offers insights to help you develop marketing strategy, develop products and cultivate media partners. It tracks 30 social networks and 150 million websites, and Talkwalker is a leader in AI-powered consumer intelligence, with more than 2,500 brands as customers.