Opal is a platform for brands, used to plan, create, and calendar their content - across teams and channels. Opal aims to enable tight alignment and high levels of efficiency. Marketing teams from companies such as Starbucks, Microsoft, and Target use Opal to collaborate, plan, and visualize, while ensuring an always-unified brand voice. Users can: Plan every facet of the brand experience, to ensure consistency throughout every moment and across every…
I've used Percolate and it's said to be a competitor of Opal, but in reality, it's a tool I've struggled with. It's fine for day-to-day scheduling and publishing, but lacks the flexibility and functionality of Opal. Opal really feels like it was built by storytellers where …
I have used Kapost, which has a better editorial calendar sharing functionality for non users, but which is not as good for social, content planning or publishing.
Opal is the most streamlined and visual of the options I've seen. In a high-speed industry where collaboration platforms MUST work quickly and be highly visual, the platform's attention to UX is a game-changer.
If a team can afford to pay for Opal and dedicate resources to properly onboard everyone and maintain organization, I'd absolutely highly recommend it.
I would love it if Opal integrated social publishing into their tool.
It would be beneficial if at least some basic analytics were brought back into the tool so we could then review content performance within the same tool as creative teams.
I've felt like at times the process of creating and sharing presentations was a bit tedious. It'd be nice if was a bit simpler.
I've used Percolate and it's said to be a competitor of Opal, but in reality, it's a tool I've struggled with. It's fine for day-to-day scheduling and publishing, but lacks the flexibility and functionality of Opal. Opal really feels like it was built by storytellers where Percolate feels like it was built purely by an engineering team.