Percolate, now part of Seismic vs. PromoRepublic

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Percolate, now part of Seismic
Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Percolate was a content marketing platform designed to help large brands create content and manage marketing campaigns. The product's capabilities have been integrated into the Seismic platform's digital marketing capabilities, and Percolate is no longer available for sale standalone.N/A
PromoRepublic
Score 7.5 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
PromoRepublic is a social media marketing solution with content distribution workflows for small businesses, agencies, franchise and multi-location brands. Their products allow users to distribute editable content, schedule it based on AI, manage multiple clients or locations, run local ads, and stay on top of the results. According to the vendor, key capabilities include: AI-driven scheduling to the main social media networks Library with 100,000 posts…
$9
monthly
Pricing
Percolate, now part of SeismicPromoRepublic
Editions & Modules
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Solo
$9
monthly
Standard
$49
monthly
Professional
$99
monthly
Business
$599
monthly
Enterprise
Custom
monthly
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Percolate, now part of SeismicPromoRepublic
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Percolate, now part of SeismicPromoRepublic
Considered Both Products
Percolate, now part of Seismic
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Percolate is the only software I used so far, which allowed me to create marketing campaigns.
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Percolate and Falcon have many similarities and provide many of the same features, however Percolate felt a bit more robust than Falcon, although it does come with a higher price tag to match. Both platforms are excellent for content approval workflows, content scheduling, and …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Social publishing tools are very good, better than competitors. Percolate is constantly adding new features and functionality and can manage the workload and storage that Domo can’t.
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Everything is better than Percolate. It is better than the free version of HootSuite.
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Percolate provided a more robust portfolio of offerings in the social space. We felt that although Percolate was not the cheapest, that it provides the most value to our social strategy and has been instrumental in getting us to the place we are now.
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Percolate has much more functionality than Social Studio. Social Studio is really only meant to be used as a social publishing platform. Percolate does social publishing much better, has a great file management system, has a calendar for more than just social, and has the …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
The free version of Hootsuite does not support the approval process so that did not work for our organization. Percolate was much more user friendly than Spredfast, has a more streamlined calendar view, and has more reporting features for data analysis. The approval workflow …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
I was trained on Percolate from the time I started my position.
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Three major areas separate Percolate from the competition in my POV:
  • They view themselves as truly, an all-in-one SaaS model. Other large, enterprise platforms, like Sprinklr, have the old a la carte approach to their platforms. Everything is extra. Every new addition or …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
I have used tools like HootSuite and trello to manage social media and different tasks and activities respectively. Trello is a great tool to keep track of your projects and campaigns. Unfortunately, Percolate is not that sophisticated. Percolate is slow compared to trello and …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Percolate is more robust and user-friendly than other tools we've used. The collaborative feature in particular was very attractive, and made it stand out for us against products like Sprout Social. The photo editing tool is also very useful and superior to tools that are …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
The main features that attracted us to Percolate were the editorial calendar and the multimedia database. Additionally, the ability to take content beyond the usual social channels and interface with Wordpress AND bring in (paid) third party content made the purchase choice …
PromoRepublic
Chose PromoRepublic
I don't think there is a huge difference between the both, PromoRepublic and NapoleanCat. PromoRepublic takes that edge by having more social media networks, where NapoleanCat has only a few social media networks.
Chose PromoRepublic
Radaars basic functionality does the same thing but it’s more robust than PromoRepublic because it has such features as ability to manage chats across several platforms. Further, Radaar offers the ability to post directly to Tik Tok which PromoRepublic does not do. And given …
Chose PromoRepublic
We primarily use Promo Republic for clients who have smaller budgets as the cost for PromoRepublic is less than some of the competing platforms.

PromoRepublic does make it easier to track separate locations/pages that may fall under one company. This can be great for an …
Chose PromoRepublic
I enjoy PromoRepublic and would probably choose it over any of the other scheduling tools I've tried, because of the quick support, ease of use, and other benefits I've spoken about in this review. It definitely makes working with freelancers easier, as creating notes for them, …
Chose PromoRepublic
PromoRepublic is more built for agencies and was also more affordable than Hootsuite and Buffer. Price was a factor in my search, but usability was just as important. PromoRepublic created ease by separating each of my clients' accounts. Can save posts so I could reuse at …
Chose PromoRepublic
Ultimately I selected PR because I was able to get it for a one-time cost rather than a subscription, but now that I'm used to it I couldn't imagine life without it. I've only used the free versions of the other platforms, so my experience with PR is obviously superior. …
Chose PromoRepublic
The post ideas and creator definitely make PromoRepublic more of a one-stop shop. I can create, post, and study analytics all in one spot.
Chose PromoRepublic
Hootsuite is what my office primarily uses and it's good. I just prefer the way you can see all the posts in the calendar dashboard on PromoRepublic and I like that it has fresh curated content for me to peruse.
Features
Percolate, now part of SeismicPromoRepublic
Content Creation
Comparison of Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Percolate, now part of Seismic
8.6
Ratings
7% above category average
PromoRepublic
-
Ratings
Ideation8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Approval workflows8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Content collaboration8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Content calendar8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Network for content licensing/production9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Publishing
Comparison of Content Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Percolate, now part of Seismic
8.4
Ratings
4% above category average
PromoRepublic
-
Ratings
Content hub7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Content distribution8.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Content promotion9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Content automation8.50 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Percolate, now part of Seismic
9.4
Ratings
18% above category average
PromoRepublic
-
Ratings
Closed-loop tracking and reporting9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Content performance analytics10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaign optimization dashboard9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
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Percolate, now part of SeismicPromoRepublic
Small Businesses
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Growave
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Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
Echobox Social
Echobox Social
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
Vyond
Vyond
Score 8.7 out of 10
Sprout Social
Sprout Social
Score 8.6 out of 10
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User Ratings
Percolate, now part of SeismicPromoRepublic
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
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7.5
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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-
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Usability
-
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8.0
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Implementation Rating
9.0
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Very useful for the management, planning, and programming of all social networks, as well as marketing campaigns. One of the best tools to make life easier for community managers and automate daily tasks such as content publishing. It is my favorite for managing my clients' networks.
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PromoRepublic is excellent for collaboration, such as working with freelancers, or clients who want to leave notes and be responsible for final approval. It's also good for brands who need ideas about what to post on a daily basis, as their idea library is quite extensive. The image creation tool is also good for beginners, with plenty of templates, though it isn't as extensive as Canva. It's definitely a solid option for social media management. Can't think of a situation where it wouldn't be appropriate.
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Pros
  • You can schedule all the planning done for each social network, with the date and time you want to publish, without any inconvenience.
  • It has many templates of campaigns and content for social networks, which facilitates the work and the workload of designers and community managers.
  • The management of the marketing campaign is very efficient, as it monitors the progress, performance, and progress of the campaign also presents a complete statistical report that helps to improve the plans and strategies used.
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  • Generates post ideas and curated content. If I'm out of ideas on content for the week/month I can usually peruse their prepared content to generate ideas.
  • Timed posting based on our current engagement rates. Helps me to decide the ideal times to post to ensure the greatest amount of engagement.
  • Easy post editor. Has a plethora of images and fonts I can use to make an eye-catching copy for our social media.
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Cons
  • Data is a mess. So unreliable. Takes so much time to create a concrete report.
  • There is no ability to export anything. No calendar PDFs, no data Excel sheets, nothing.
  • No paid management functionality.
  • Hated their listening tool abilities relative to other tools I've used.
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  • I'd like to be able to drag and drop posts to different dates and times from the calendar view.
  • I'd like to be able to duplicate an entire post from the calendar view and drag it to another date and time.
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Likelihood to Renew
As we have grown to implement Percolate with more and more people within our company, we have also run into more features we'd like to see in the app. The Percolate team has been extremely understanding about these requests, and even visited our offices to sit and listen to exactly what we are looking for. Assuming these new features make it into production with them, we'll definitely stay with Percolate for the long term
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Usability
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The user interface is very straight forward and easy to use. They also make it incredibly simple edit premade post ideas as well as create your own. You can connect all of the basic social media platforms which makes it great for individuals looking to streamline their scheduling process to get more content out
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Implementation Rating
Rarely has a company shown this much support during implementation. This almost got to the point where it was too much hand holding. Sometimes, social teams just want the keys to the car so they can drive it themselves instead of waiting on someone to drive along with them...
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Alternatives Considered
Three major areas separate Percolate from the competition in my POV:
  • They view themselves as truly, an all-in-one SaaS model. Other large, enterprise platforms, like Sprinklr, have the old a la carte approach to their platforms. Everything is extra. Every new addition or component comes at a cost and does not automatically update your license. Percolate has a different approach. If it is an update and it is good for the platform, you should get it. Therefore, they update the tool OFTEN and always evolving the functionality.
  • Which leads to my next point, Percolate wants to build the best-in-class social content management tool, period. Therefore, they are not chasing ways to upcharge you with new functions and modules. They focus on their core product and make it better and better.
  • Lastly, the pricing is simple and easy to understand. The cost is the cost.. no hidden details. Good luck getting that transparency with platforms like Sprinklr or Radian6.
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I don't think there is a huge difference between the both, PromoRepublic and NapoleanCat. PromoRepublic takes that edge by having more social media networks, where NapoleanCat has only a few social media networks.
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Return on Investment
  • Percolate has made it much easier to communicate between teams and has provided a return on investment in that area in particular.
  • Percolate also helps save time because you are able to schedule social media posts across channels easily.
  • It has also been an easy way to work with remote team members, which is very helpful.
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  • Has made our social channels come alive
  • PR allows us to get away without needing a dedicated SMM on staff
  • Has increased our online profile and credibility
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ScreenShots

Percolate, now part of Seismic Screenshots

Screenshot of Percolate's integrated marketing calendarScreenshot of Percolate's integrated marketing calendar

PromoRepublic Screenshots

Screenshot of Content planning & social media calendarScreenshot of Graphics editor to edit ready-made templates or create your ownScreenshot of Ads and retargeting automation for Facebook & InstagramScreenshot of Social Media CalendarScreenshot of Content OrganizerScreenshot of Work Coordinator