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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mention

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AMention is a social media monitoring tool. Users can create alerts for their company name, product or competitors. The vendor aims to help companies get updated in real-time by tracking the most relevant mentions over the web and social web. The vendor’s value proposition is that Mention enables companies to react, get statistics, and collaborate with their team, all on the go! According to the vendor, over 650,000 companies use Mention.

    $29

    per month

    Sprout Social

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASprout Social provides social media management, marketing, customer care, data and intelligence, and employee advocacy solutions for brands and agencies, including Ticketmaster, Chipotle, Grubhub, Subaru, and Zendesk. Sprout’s platform is used to simplify social publishing, engagement, reviews, analytics and listening for customers. Sprout also provides customer success and technical support, to deliver consistent value to all users. Any organization, regardless of size or industry, receives…

    $249

    per month per user

    Pricing
    MentionSprout Social
    Editions & Modules
    Solo
    $29.00
    per month
    Starter
    $99.00
    per month
    Company
    Custom
    per month
    Standard
    $199 annual / $249 monthly
    per user/per month
    Professional
    $299 annual / $399 monthly
    per user/per month
    Advanced
    $399 annual / $499 monthly
    per user/per month
    Free Trial
    Free
    for 30 days
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    MentionSprout Social
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Community Pulse
    MentionSprout Social
    Considered Both Products
    Mention
    Chose Mention
    I am feeling Sprout keeps improving while Mention is falling behind.
    Incentivized
    Chose Mention
    Many other tools are large-scale management systems with capabilities to respond. If your focus, however, is more on the monitoring side, then it's not necessary to have such a bulky solution and Mention could be the lightweight solution you need.
    Incentivized
    Chose Mention
    Honestly, I did a little research on different competitors, but my budget was very tight. Mention was the best reviewed and had the best reputation based on the price point. It was really an easy decision as all the other software solutions were charging $100s of dollars a …
    Incentivized
    Sprout Social
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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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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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    MentionSprout Social
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Mention and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.6
    87 Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings7.465 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings7.176 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings7.156 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings8.765 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Mention and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.5
    110 Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings9.5110 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings7.687 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings8.296 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.796 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Mention and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.0
    100 Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.962 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings8.088 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings8.185 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Mention and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.2
    78 Ratings
    Lead generation00 Ratings7.257 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings8.474 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings6.23 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Mention and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.6
    110 Ratings
    Twitter00 Ratings9.098 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings9.2109 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings9.0100 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings7.636 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings9.199 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings8.633 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Mention and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.8
    111 Ratings
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.8103 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings8.6100 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings8.889 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Mention and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Mention
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.8
    104 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings7.999 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.892 Ratings
    User Ratings
    MentionSprout Social
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (22 ratings)
    8.7
    (168 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (65 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (95 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (8 ratings)
    4.2
    (38 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    7.8
    (23 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)