1. OnlinePRNews.com: Best for Free Short-term Release Publishing

OnlinePRNews^[2].com’s plans range from free to $549 per release. Their free plan offers the ability to publish a press release for 90 days on Online PR Media. Free added features include adding page title and meta tags that reflect your headline and summary, a downloadable PDF of your release, and a live URL link of your release. Paid plans include video and social media releases, multimedia embedding, social media posts, partner site publishing, and performance tracking.

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3. PRLog: Best for Free Press Room for Company Press Releases

PRLog^[4] offers free press release submission to search engines and RSS feeds. They also offer a free press room where you can host all of your company’s press releases. Journalists can follow you to receive your latest press releases. Free press release formats include written and video press releases. You can also include links within your press release.

4. 1888PressRelease.com: Best for Distribution to Search Engines

1888PressRelease^[5] offers both a free plan and paid plans. The free plan offers the ability to distribute your press release to search engines, newswires, and websites for free. The main objective of this service is to give your news visibility in search engines. Their paid plans range from $15 to $249 per press release distribution. Paid plans offer added features like enhanced distribution for greater reach, a company profile page, premium partner distribution, free video creation, and the ability to add tags to your and keywords to your release URL.