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PLANOLY vs. Zoho Social

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PLANOLY
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
PLANOLY is a social marketing platform boasting over 5 million users to visually plan, schedule, and measure performance across Instagram and Pinterest.
$16
per month up to 1 user
Zoho Social
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Zoho Social is a comprehensive social media management platform designed for businesses of all sizes and agencies. It is used to schedule and publish posts, manage conversations—including direct messages, comments, and mentions—across multiple platforms, track keywords, competitors, and hashtags, and generate reports from one dashboard. Supported platforms: Meta (Facebook, Instagram, and Threads), Google Business Profile, YouTube, Pinterest, Mastodon, X (formerly Twitter),…
$0
per month per user
Pricing
PLANOLYZoho Social
Editions & Modules
Social Planner Starter
$16
per month up to 1 user
Creator Pro
$20
per month
Social Planner Growth
$28
per month up to 3 users
Social Planner Pro
$43
per month up to 6 users
Creator Pro Plus
$54
per month
Free
$0
per month per user
Standard
$15
per month per user
Professional
$40
per month per user
Premium
$65
per month 3 users
Agency
$320
per month 5 users
Agency Plus
$460
per month 5 users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PLANOLYZoho Social
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount offered for annual billing.Add Ons Users at $10 / user / month Brands $10 / brand / month Discount available for annual pricing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
PLANOLYZoho Social
Considered Both Products
PLANOLY
Namrata Agarwal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Namrata Agarwal
Managing Director
Chose PLANOLY
I have tried an AI tool called Vocable and used Google Sheets to plan my content. PLANOLY is better because of the visual grid feature. However, vocable is better in terms of the variety of content. With Vocable, we can create text content for Instagram, YouTube, and Linkedin, …
Chose PLANOLY
Planoly was the most cost effective option for me and my clients and allowed us to use a grid view to see how our content would show up on the feed. Grid view was very important when choosing the software for us. It was also allowed us to schedule stories as well and some other …
Zoho Social
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho Social
Honestly the primary benefit to Zoho Social is that It is a far cheaper alternative to Hootsuite, though it seems to do many of the same things!
Jermaine Wright | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jermaine Wright
Digital Marketer
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho Social is more reliable than Buffer. Buffer sometimes has technical issues where posts don't go out after being scheduled.

Hootsuite has gotten way too expensive.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho Social
Cheaper and simpler to use and understand
Benjamin Townsend | TrustRadius Reviewer
Benjamin Townsend
Real Estate Agent
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho Social is a much easier and integrated tool that accomplishes my tasks at a way faster rate. If you are busy like me but still enjoy running your own marketing this is the platform you are looking for. It Is a real treasure for small businesses and owner operated marketing.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho Social is cheaper and gives more flexibility than Hootsuite in my opinion. Hootsuite is bigger and sleeker in design, but I appreciate the functionality that Zoho Social offers.
Shreya S | TrustRadius Reviewer
Shreya S
Founder and Editor in Chief
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho Social is reliable, affordable, and has everything I need for managing multiple channels and consistent posting.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho Social
This is the first product I have tried based on reviews of a range of similar products.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho Social is far easier to use and much better priced.
RC
Roberta Coleman
Executive Director
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho Social's payment structure is much more affordable than Hootsuite. As a nonprofit, we were paying $37.50 a month, and then Hootsuite increased the monthly payment amount, doubling it to $75 a month. As a small, self-funded nonprofit, we could not continue using Hootsuite …
Magali Moreels | TrustRadius Reviewer
Magali Moreels
Marketing & Communication Manager
Chose Zoho Social
Kontentino is nothing compared to Zoho Social. It's good for their approval flow of your posts but that's like it. They only show the posts and analytics of the posts you published through their platform and not many to no competitors analytics. Hootsuite is good but …
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho Social
Zoho Social can do nearly everything Hootsuite can for a fraction of the cost. For small businesses like ours, it is a no-brainer to go with Zoho Social which clearly understands the needs of mom and pop businesses like ours!
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho Social
Loomly is so far the best out of all the platform options. However, Zoho is a strong contender. Loomly has more features. Pricing also comes into play.
Chose Zoho Social
I have had to reconnect many of them or just have them bog down and freeze. The only one that doesn't give me problems in Meta, but it only posts to the two platforms. I love that Zoho Social lets me post to so many platforms at one time.
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho Social
Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit (discontinued)
Verified User
Anonymous
Chose Zoho Social
I would say it is right on par with hubspot regariding social media and, in my opinion, analytics. However, the only aspect and caveat that gets me is the analytics compared to hootsuite. If Zoho Social can get the analytics to be as close as possible to hootsuite I would use …
Features
PLANOLYZoho Social
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
10.0
Ratings
26% above category average
Zoho Social
8.2
Ratings
6% above category average
Boolean keyword searches10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Sentiment analysis10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Broad channel coverage10.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
10.0
Ratings
22% above category average
Zoho Social
8.8
Ratings
9% above category average
Content planning and scheduling10.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Audience targeting10.00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Content optimization10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Workflow management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
8.0
Ratings
1% above category average
Zoho Social
8.6
Ratings
8% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization10.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Customer interaction histories7.10 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Bulk actions7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Zoho Social
8.8
Ratings
13% above category average
Lead generation7.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Content marketing7.10 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Paid media management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
10.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Zoho Social
9.3
Ratings
10% above category average
Twitter10.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Facebook10.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
LinkedIn10.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Instagram10.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Pinterest10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
8.0
Ratings
1% above category average
Zoho Social
8.4
Ratings
6% above category average
Campaign success analytics8.00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Real-time tracking8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
9.0
Ratings
12% above category average
Zoho Social
9.1
Ratings
13% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges10.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Mobile access8.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
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PLANOLYZoho Social
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Medium-sized Companies
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CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.4 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
PLANOLYZoho Social
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
9.2
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.2
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.3
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
3.6
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PLANOLYZoho Social
Likelihood to Recommend
The visual grid feature is my favourite feature of PLANOLY as it allows me to see how my content will look before I post it. I haven`t found this feature with other social media planners
Namrata Agarwal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Namrata Agarwal
Managing Director
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n a crowded landscape of scheduling software options, this particular solution stands out as a beacon of simplicity and user-friendliness. What truly sets it apart is its ability to strike a delicate balance between ease of use and content flexibility. Unlike some other platforms that may impose restrictions on content size and compromise quality during scheduling, this software manages to preserve the integrity of the content while offering an intuitive interface.
MP
Marko Popovic
Marketing Associate
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Pros
  • Grid view
  • AI Caption generator
  • Auto post feature
Namrata Agarwal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Namrata Agarwal
Managing Director
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  • Zoho Social helps us develop posts, and it facilitates the automated publishing, which is vital in sharing the content we want.
  • Besides, Zoho Social is fruitful in customer engagement plan, where the software manages different accounts, and there is free communications throughout.
  • Finally, there is social media evaluation, monitoring, and analytics, and all of them brings to us an inference that is accurate and digital.
JM
Johnston Mukwi
IT Support
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Cons
  • overall not very many points I would add for improvement
MT
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  • The Calendar view displaying published posts would be a great feature. You can view published posts displayed in a list, but when scheduling and arranging posts based on a calendar, seeing upcoming posts as well as past posts can be very helpful.
Terone Allen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Terone Allen
CEO / Creative Director
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Likelihood to Renew
No answers on this topic
I am enjoying using Zoho Social and I look forward to really unwrapping what it has to offer. I need to be able to essentially offload all my social media posting and work so that I can do the actual work of sewing clothes, which is what my business actually does. This way, I can spend a few weeks making different types of content while also sewing clothes and post the content in a way that builds a story for my business and is entertaining.
AP
Amanda Playwythe
Owner / operator
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Usability
PLANOLY is super easy to use. We just need to connect our Instagram account and start working in just a few clicks
Namrata Agarwal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Namrata Agarwal
Managing Director
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I think it provides good value for money, a streamlined, intuitive, user friendly platform, with lots of features I'm still discovering. The social media publishing is easy and effective to use. We would love to see the monitoring feature included in the basic package but for the price you can't ask much more, really
Martín López Saiz | TrustRadius Reviewer
Martín López Saiz
Coordinador del Departamento de Operaciones
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Support Rating
The support team was instantly responsive and were always happy to answer even the simplest software question. I knew that my clients would be in good hands should I not be available for any scheduling question through the support team. Everything was always impeccably handled in a timely manner! 100% satisfaction.
MT
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The guys at Zoho are amazing. They are always in touch and are willing to help. They regularly send support emails to find out how they can help. They send tips and information on updates. When you need help, they don't hesitate to call. Support is really great from Zoho.
Anthony Chisha | TrustRadius Reviewer
Anthony Chisha
Corporate Accounts Manager
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Alternatives Considered
Planoly was the most cost effective option for me and my clients and allowed us to use a grid view to see how our content would show up on the feed. Grid view was very important when choosing the software for us. It was also allowed us to schedule stories as well and some other softwares did not.
MT
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Zoho Social is more practical. It has the features we need. We just want to share content on our social media accounts and view the post-share stats. The integration process is easy, the sharing process is easy, and these are the key features we need at the moment. Also, we can manage our team and responsibilities by Zoho Social's permission system quite efficiently.
Murat YAKIN | TrustRadius Reviewer
Murat YAKIN
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
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Return on Investment
  • It allowed us to engage with potential customers for clients in an easy way
  • Our follower count went up by a steady 100 followers per week
  • Our numbers for viewers on videos and IG Lives doubled
MT
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  • Zoho Social allows me to "see" my messaging planning weeks into the future. I can create themes for a week or month and easily see how it performs.
  • Having all my social accounts in one place saves me time.
  • It is too early for any ROI from Zoho but the amount of content I am putting out has increased by at least 400%.
AM
Andrew Maher
Co-Founder
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ScreenShots

Zoho Social Screenshots

Screenshot of the Zoho Social interface, which appears when logging into an account. It provides navigation to switch between brands, monitor follower growth, and analyze post performance across connected channels—offering a unified view of an organization's social media health, posts, and interactions.Screenshot of the interface to publish content across all connected channels at once, or by selecting specific ones individually. It also offers the option to schedule posts for later or use SmartQ to automatically pick the best time for optimal engagement.Screenshot of the interface to manage all social media conversations, including direct messages, comments, and mentions, across all channels in a single unified inbox.Screenshot of the Monitor feature, used to track keywords, relevant accounts, and content, with notifications.Screenshot of an example of Zoho Social's data-driven insights, used to crunch numbers and generate reports.Screenshot of the Social Media Calendar, used to plan and deliver experiences.