What does competitive- and media-intelligence software actually cost?
Crayon, Klue, Kompyte, Contify, and Meltwater all hide pricing behind a demo request — the last question a buyer asks before choosing is the one nobody in this category answers. These pages answer it honestly: what each vendor publicly discloses, what buyer transaction data shows, what the buying process looks like, and where nothing attributable exists, a plain “not publicly disclosed” instead of a guess.
Independent research · Solvenq is not affiliated with any vendor named here · every number linked to a named, dated public source · last verified August 2026
How much does Crayon cost?
No published pricing. Best attributable public signal — median annual contract: $30,000 / year (buyer transaction data, Vendr marketplace).
Sources last verified August 2026
How much does Klue cost?
No published pricing. Best attributable public signal — median annual contract: $30,000 / year (buyer transaction data, Vendr marketplace).
Sources last verified August 2026
How much does Kompyte cost?
No published pricing — not publicly disclosed. See the page for what is and isn't publicly known.
Sources last verified August 2026
How much does Contify cost?
No published pricing — not publicly disclosed. See the page for what is and isn't publicly known.
Sources last verified August 2026
How much does Meltwater cost?
No published pricing — not publicly disclosed. See the page for what is and isn't publicly known.
Sources last verified August 2026
How to think about a competitive-intelligence budget
Across the five vendors, the quote is driven by the same handful of levers wearing different names: how many competitors (or how much coverage) you track, how many people consume the output, and how much enablement or distribution machinery — battlecards, win-loss programs, integrations, onboarding — comes wrapped around the research. Seat-metered models reward a big audience; per-competitor or per-module models reward a narrower scope; every model is quoted rather than listed, and where buyer transaction data exists (Klue), it shows closed prices routinely landing below the first quote.
So before requesting quotes, decide which of the two things you are actually buying: the research (answers about specific rivals, kept current) or the distribution (arming a sales org with cards and feeds). Teams that need the second should compare the enterprise suites above on their own terms. Teams that mainly need the first are the reason self-serve tools exist — start with the alternatives roundups to see the whole field, from enterprise platforms to the free baseline, before anchoring on any one vendor’s quote.
Every dollar figure carries a named, dated, publicly reachable source — a vendor’s own page, buyer transaction data, or a software-directory listing field — rendered next to the number. Third-party estimates are not republished, however widely they circulate. Where nothing attributable exists, the page says “not publicly disclosed” rather than guessing, and tells you how to get a real quote.
Where does Solvenq sit? Solvenq publishes its pricing: Self-serve from $0. Starter $39/mo, Pro $99/mo, Team $299/mo — start without a sales call. See the pricing page for plans and credit packs, or the comparison hub for how Solvenq differs from each vendor above.