# PitchRate: what it sells, price and AI features

URL: https://www.newsprint.com/companies/pitchrate/
Covers: February 2009
Updated: 2026-11-11
License: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Cite as: Newsprint, "PitchRate: what it sells, price and AI features", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/pitchrate/, updated 2026-11-11

> PitchRate is on the PR software map. We record 1 dated launch or event for it. The latest is dated February 2009.

"FREE PR leads to build media connections that make a difference." A free service that matches journalists with experts: reporters post requests for sources, experts get the requests by email and pitch through the platform, and an article database lets experts upload bylined articles for journalists to find. Run by Wasabi Publicity, Inc., a PR firm in North Carolina. Source: [pitchrate.com](https://pitchrate.com/).

## Facts

- Site: [pitchrate.com](https://pitchrate.com/)
- Founded: [2009](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-pitchrate)
- Category: Journalist requests and relationships
- Status: Active
- Price: free for journalists and experts ('It's FREE!' on the sign-up form); no paid tier found

## On the research maps

### [The PR software map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-pitchrate)

"FREE PR leads to build media connections that make a difference." A free service that matches journalists with experts: reporters post requests for sources, experts get the requests by email and pitch through the platform, and an article database lets experts upload bylined articles for journalists to find. Run by Wasabi Publicity, Inc., a PR firm in North Carolina. Source: [pitchrate.com](https://pitchrate.com/).

- Category: Journalist requests and relationships
- Price: free for journalists and experts ('It's FREE!' on the sign-up form); no paid tier found
- Covers: Discover, Search and Pitch
- Scale: No disclosed scale (no current user count; a 2010 release from its then owner Blue Kangaroo, Inc. says it 'has sent out distributions to tens of thousands of experts'; no funding or revenue disclosed)
- Founded: 2009

Sources: [pitchrate.com](https://pitchrate.com/) and [3 more on the map](https://www.newsprint.com/research/pr-software/#co-pitchrate).

## Launches and dated events, newest first

### PitchRate goes online

Product launch, February 2009. PitchRate.com went online in February 2009 as a free service connecting experts with journalists; it was created by L. Drew Gerber of Blue Kangaroo, Inc.

Source: [Newswire.com (Blue Kangaroo release, 2010-04-27)](https://www.newswire.com/news/media-contact-service-moves-to-main-street-176391). From [the launch record](https://www.newsprint.com/launches/).

## Methodology and corrections

How we track launches, and how to report an error: https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology