DataEQ vs. Hootsuite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DataEQ
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
BrandsEye is a South African reputation management and social media monitoring system competing with vendors like Trackur. BrandsEye scours the social web for mentions and uses crowdsourced analysis to judge sentiment.N/A
Hootsuite
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
Hootsuite is a social media management platform for building brand awareness, engaging with customers, and driving business results. Users can schedule posts across multiple social networks (including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube ), manage organic and paid social content together, keep track of customer conversations, integrate with over 200+ applications, and gain actionable real-time insights from social media to make critical business decisions from…
$99
per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, 10 social accounts
Pricing
DataEQHootsuite
Editions & Modules
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Standard
$99
per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, 10 social accounts
Advanced
$249
per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, unlimited social accounts
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DataEQHootsuite
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsEnterprise focused solution, with pricing based on data volumesPlans can be paid monthly or annually, with a discount for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
DataEQHootsuite
Features
DataEQHootsuite
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
DataEQ
-
Ratings
Hootsuite
6.6
Ratings
16% below category average
Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings5.70 Ratings
Sentiment analysis00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Broad channel coverage00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
DataEQ
-
Ratings
Hootsuite
7.6
Ratings
6% below category average
Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Audience targeting00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Content optimization00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
DataEQ
-
Ratings
Hootsuite
7.7
Ratings
3% below category average
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Bulk actions00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
DataEQ
-
Ratings
Hootsuite
7.5
Ratings
3% below category average
Lead generation00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
Content marketing00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Paid media management00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
DataEQ
-
Ratings
Hootsuite
9.2
Ratings
9% above category average
Twitter00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Facebook00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
LinkedIn00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Instagram00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Pinterest00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
YouTube00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
DataEQ
-
Ratings
Hootsuite
8.1
Ratings
2% above category average
Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Real-time tracking00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
DataEQ
-
Ratings
Hootsuite
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Mobile access00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
User Ratings
DataEQHootsuite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.7
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
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8.9
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Availability
-
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9.8
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
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9.8
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
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6.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
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7.2
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Ease of integration
-
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7.6
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
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8.1
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
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8.9
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Vendor pre-sale
-
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8.3
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DataEQHootsuite
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are looking for an analytics product that doesn't just monitor, but also listens to online conversations then BrandsEye is the ideal tool.
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Hootsuite is a great tool and we prefer it to some of the others out there. The only negative is the price point and the fact that it keeps going up with no regard to the small non-profits that have been using it for years. After mentioning that the system is great and the fact that we can integrate and customize the posting for each social media site without having to be jumping from one system to the other makes it ideal for a small team doing multiple projects or things at the same time.
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Pros
  • Ease of use
  • Reporting
  • Scalability
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  • The product has a really interactive media library which is very helpful even when we are out of images.
  • Customer support of this tool is also very understandable and interactive due to which the experience goes very smoothly.
  • It would not be wrong to say that the usability of this product is one of the greatest strengths of Hootsuite.
  • With this tool modification of scheduled posts is just so simple and easy to do which yields great results as well.
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Cons
  • Explaining the Advert Value Equivalent
  • A more user-friendly system
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  • Because of the way algorithms works, we would have loved to be able to automate making a post with no link and posting the first comment with a link (hello LinkedIn)
  • We would have loved an easy way to post from a main account and repost the post for other accounts we administrate, for instance a corporate post reposted by individuals for LinkedIn, or retweets from one main account by child accounts
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Likelihood to Renew
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At this time we are satisfied that Hootsuite offers the most of what we are looking for at the most reasonable price point. As the social media landscape and monitoring/scheduling software changes, so do our needs. We re-evaluate our tools semi-annually or as new tools emerge onto the market. If we find at any point that we aren't gaining an advantage, then we are open to switching products.
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Usability
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Hootsuite is probably the easiest to use social media scheduler of all the ones that I've used. It's been easy to teach clients how to use the software themselves and it can be accessed easily on anyone's phone through their mobile app. Highly recommend for anyone that wants a software that is easy to learn!
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Reliability and Availability
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Gliches have made it a bit of a bind, particularly when you just want to 'click and send' a web article after you have read it - and then you have to deal with support (a great team but not always able to solve the problems with the gliches). Gliches with it loading properly, gliches with 'double ups in FB on the posts (the personal page and the business page if both clicked will lead to 2 lots of postings to each page!)
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Performance
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HootSuite does everything it is designed to do very well: the product's performance is very reliable and efficient. Like other tools, there is always a room for new developments and updates, and the HootSuite team recognizes this and focuses on new development as well.
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Support Rating
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I can manage all of my accounts on one site! It's absolutely amazing!
The dashboard is helpful to see how you are doing as well. Still
getting to understand the analytics and may need to reach out for help
on this
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In-Person Training
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Very easy to teach and learn
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Online Training
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Would rate it a 10. We received two hours of online training and it was of very high-quality. HootSuite also offers HootSuite University which is an extremely comprehensive training portal with self-paced quizzes, training webinars and videos, best-practice papers, product certification, and access to a network of external experts. This is a fantastic resource.
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Implementation Rating
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Simple and easy to use, and have never had any issues. We like how it saves me time and allows me to plan in advance. I plan on using this for as long as I can and will encourage others to use it too. If you haven't tried it you should. I hope my review is helpful to everyone.
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Alternatives Considered
BrandsEye has a better UI, better support, more knowledgeable staff when it comes to support and much better reputation on the whole.
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Hootsuite offers a wide range of tools at a somewhat steeper cost. If you manage multiple platforms and want to survey the content being shared and interacted with across all of them, Hootsuite seems to have an easier platform to do that with. HubSpot CRM allows us to integrate our social platforms into our existing CRM, which is a cost saver, but Hootsuite is social media-focused, so the set-up is easier.
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Scalability
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It does more than I need.
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Return on Investment
  • Thanks to Brandseye's unique offering and structured reporting capabilities, I was able to provide accurate insights to my client throughout their marketing campaign, which allowed the extended team to make informed communication and business decisions. In addition, we are now able to provide current event partners with an accurate measure of their brand reach.
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  • Hootsuite has positively improved our overall engagement of our accounts. We went from an average of a 5% engagement rate across all accounts to a 12% engagement.
  • Hootsuite has positively improved our ability to target certain demographics on social media advertising through their analytics. We have seen CTR increase of 2% which is impressive for our industry.
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ScreenShots

DataEQ Screenshots

Screenshot of Various Dashboard WidgetsScreenshot of BrandsEye dashboard

Hootsuite Screenshots

Screenshot of Monitoring: Monitors social media profiles and tracks the topics that matter to the brand.Screenshot of Publishing: Create, publish and schedule engaging posts across social channels.Screenshot of Customer Engagement: A consolidated stream of messages across networks that can be triaged and assigned to respond to customers faster. Provides optional chatbot handover for automated responses.Screenshot of Scheduling: Social content can be planned as a team with a shared calendar that features collaborative post drafts and built-in approval workflows.Screenshot of Analytics & Reporting: Measures the effectiveness of a social media strategy to help turn strategy into execution with meaningful and actionable insights. Reports can be customized and shared according to unique business goals and objectives.