Echobox Social vs. Hootsuite

Echobox Social

104 Reviews and Ratings

Hootsuite

1,188 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Echobox Social	Score9.7 out of 10	N/A	Echobox is a social media publishing solution designed to understand the meaning of content using in-built AI. With automation that tailors to the user's business, Echobox is designed to share the right content with the right audience at the optimal time, to drive more traffic, higher engagement and greater revenue from social media and emails. Echobox is an automation platform boasting users among more than 2000 brands worldwide, including Newsweek, CNBC, The Guardian,…	N/A
Hootsuite	Score7.9 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…	$149 per month Starts at 1 user, 5 social accounts

Pricing

Echobox Social

Hootsuite

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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

Pricing Offerings
Echobox Social	Hootsuite
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	Yes

No setup fee

Optional

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Plans can be paid monthly or annually, with a discount for annual pricing.

Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Echobox Social	Hootsuite
Considered Both Products	Echobox Verified User Chose Echobox Social Echobox Social stands out for its autonomous process of content creation and distribution, encompassing text, newsletter content, subjects, and scheduling times for both newsletter broadcasts and social media posts. Unlike other solutions we considered, such as Hootsuite or … Incentivized Helpful? Alexandre Pelegi diretor in Corporate at diariodotransporte.com.br (Online Media, 1-10 employees) Chose Echobox Social We received a recommendation for this tool (Hootsuite), but whoever gave us the information had not used it. We had difficulty understanding how it works. At the same time, in research done online, we discovered Echobox. We sent an email and were promptly responded to, … Incentivized Helpful? Nuria Leon Bernardo Director of Social Media in Social Media at Polígrafo (Newspapers, 1-10 employees) Chose Echobox Social Echobox AI function (the ability to decide when is the best time to share a post) is a [game-changer] and also the UI is cleaner and easier to use. I found Hootsuite confusing and complicated. It has too many windows and also doesn't pull the articles automatically. There is no … Incentivized Helpful? Janae Smith Digital/Sales Assistant in Sales at Alabama News Network (Broadcast Media, 11-50 employees) Chose Echobox Social Hootsuite is great for influencers and other types of companies because it allows you to schedule everything in advance. The best part of Echobox is that you can connect it to your website and it will automatically crank out your own content with little difficulty in a way that … Incentivized Helpful? Caryn Little Director Of Digital Content in Corporate at Bahakel Communications LTD (Online Media, 201-500 employees) Chose Echobox Social Echobox's custom algorithms allow for our posts to get more engagement than they were getting on Hootsuite or Buffer. We were also limited to only two users being able to stay logged into our account at a time with Hootsuite. Having unlimited user accounts is definitely an … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Echobox Social A few years ago I used Hootsuite. That tool did not have AI to define the level of impact of the content, and I think that from that point of view, Echobox is superior. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Echobox Social The interface for Echobox is smoother, overall it's easier to sue and navigate than Hootsuite. Incentivized Helpful? Aleksandar Ivanisevic CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Research & Development at Public Image (Online Media, 11-50 employees) Chose Echobox Social Like an airplane vs cars Incentivized Helpful? Jon Entine Founder and Executive Director in Corporate at Genetic Literacy Project (Online Media, 1-10 employees) Chose Echobox Social No comparison. Echobox is far more intuitive, and the integration is excellent. Although the cost is higher, the efficiency benefits so far outweigh the minor extra expense. Incentivized Helpful? Axel Vicente Periodista profesional, editor digital, analista de audiencias y analítica at Periódico Prensa Libre (Newspapers, 51-200 employees) Chose Echobox Social Echobox has Artificial Intelligence to help publishers to find better ways to post at social media. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Echobox Social In both products, you can post your different articles, but the big difference it´s that Echobox will choose the best moment to do it and in Zapier the article publish immediately. Incentivized Helpful? Federico Aikawa Social Media Lead at Todo Noticias in Social Media at Artear (Media Production, 501-1000 employees) Chose Echobox Social We use the Echobox ranking for sharing and resharing the content at the best moment, plus we can edit the titles and the images before publishing on social networks. With Zapier, for example, we publish the content when the RSS feed was updated. Now we can reach the best … Incentivized Helpful? Anna Johnstone Head of Social in Social Media at HELLO! (Publishing, 501-1000 employees) Chose Echobox Social Echobox can all be done on one webpage as opposed to needing multiple different tabs open, and also has a seemingly unlimited amount of users that can have an account, which is great for security as not everyone needs access to our actual social profiles. It's a lot more … Incentivized Helpful? Russell Edge Assistant Editor at People Like You Publishing (Writing & Editing, 11-50 employees) Chose Echobox Social Echobox provides a streamlined social media [publishing] service which is significantly easier and more suitable for publishing large amounts of content. The customizable cross-posting is something other services lack and saves huge amounts of time and effort. Incentivized Helpful? Mathias Coeckelbergs Social Media Support in Information Technology at Doorbraak (Newspapers, 51-200 employees) Chose Echobox Social I did not select Echobox specifically, as it was already used by the company I joined. Even though I hadn't used Echobox before, I was amazed at how easily I could get it up and running, with barely any adaptation needed. For me, the clear structure where I can find my own … Incentivized Helpful? Marcos Paradinas Editor in Corporate at elplural.com (Newspapers, 11-50 employees) Chose Echobox Social Echobox centralizes all the work and has an interesting IA that learns about our readers. Incentivized Helpful? Tera Lisicky, M.Ed. Podcast Co-Host in Corporate at BringinitBackwards.com (Entertainment, 1-10 employees) Chose Echobox Social Echobox is unlike any other service in that it syncs up to our fresh content daily for us to auto-feed to our LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and IG Stories. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Echobox Social Echobox is better to manage more than one profile, it lets you edit your post in an easier way and has a better preview system. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Echobox Social Echobox's AI provides a more well-rounded ability to share across multiple accounts, with more features like AB headline testing and optimal sharing times, while simultaneously allowing journalists to take advantage of automatic posting. We have also previously used a similar … Incentivized Helpful?	Hootsuite Thandolwethu Gulwa 🇿🇦 Social Media Designer in Marketing at SmartPractice (Media Production, 11-50 employees) Chose Hootsuite Hootsuite is easy to navigate and very beginner-friendly. It quickly builds an algorithm, allows for bulk scheduling, and saves plenty of time. This app's connectedness to most social media platforms, including being able to schedule stories makes it another go-to. For the … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Delivers good value for the price
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	Happy with the feature set
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

Echobox Social

Hootsuite

Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Echobox Social and Hootsuite
Feature	Echobox Social - Ratings	Hootsuite 6.6 275 Ratings
Boolean keyword searches	00 Ratings	6.0185 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam	00 Ratings	5.9193 Ratings
Sentiment analysis	00 Ratings	6.1187 Ratings
Broad channel coverage	00 Ratings	8.5255 Ratings

Comparison of Publishing features of Echobox Social and Hootsuite
Feature	Echobox Social - Ratings	Hootsuite 7.5 383 Ratings
Content planning and scheduling	00 Ratings	8.9382 Ratings
Audience targeting	00 Ratings	6.5260 Ratings
Content optimization	00 Ratings	7.0312 Ratings
Workflow management	00 Ratings	7.7322 Ratings

Comparison of Engagement features of Echobox Social and Hootsuite
Feature	Echobox Social - Ratings	Hootsuite 7.8 308 Ratings
Automated routing and prioritization	00 Ratings	7.4220 Ratings
Customer interaction histories	00 Ratings	7.6237 Ratings
Bulk actions	00 Ratings	8.3265 Ratings

Comparison of Marketing features of Echobox Social and Hootsuite
Feature	Echobox Social - Ratings	Hootsuite 7.4 295 Ratings
Lead generation	00 Ratings	6.3177 Ratings
Content marketing	00 Ratings	8.1263 Ratings
Paid media management	00 Ratings	7.6175 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions	00 Ratings	7.6225 Ratings

Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Echobox Social and Hootsuite
Feature	Echobox Social - Ratings	Hootsuite 9.2 376 Ratings
Twitter	00 Ratings	9.0344 Ratings
Facebook	00 Ratings	9.7360 Ratings
LinkedIn	00 Ratings	9.5314 Ratings
Google+	00 Ratings	8.960 Ratings
Instagram	00 Ratings	9.7316 Ratings
Pinterest	00 Ratings	9.2161 Ratings
YouTube	00 Ratings	8.4149 Ratings

Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Echobox Social and Hootsuite
Feature	Echobox Social - Ratings	Hootsuite 8.0 306 Ratings
Campaign success analytics	00 Ratings	8.4282 Ratings
Real-time tracking	00 Ratings	7.6282 Ratings
Competitor analysis	00 Ratings	8.0189 Ratings

Comparison of Account management features of Echobox Social and Hootsuite
Feature	Echobox Social - Ratings	Hootsuite 7.8 316 Ratings
Role-based user permissions & privileges	00 Ratings	8.7268 Ratings
Mobile access	00 Ratings	6.8294 Ratings

User Ratings
	Echobox Social	Hootsuite
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (74 ratings)	8.0 (444 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.4 (4 ratings)	8.6 (89 ratings)
Usability	8.4 (12 ratings)	9.0 (83 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.8 (21 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.8 (19 ratings)
Support Rating	9.8 (20 ratings)	7.0 (263 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	6.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (17 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.0 (1 ratings)	8.0 (39 ratings)
Configurability	- (0 ratings)	7.2 (3 ratings)
Ease of integration	- (0 ratings)	7.6 (2 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	8.1 (3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	- (0 ratings)	8.9 (3 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	- (0 ratings)	8.3 (18 ratings)