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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Zoho Social

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AZoho 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),…

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    Sprout SocialZoho Social
    Editions & Modules
    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
    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
    Sprout SocialZoho Social
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAdd Ons Users at $10 / user / month Brands $10 / brand / month Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Sprout SocialZoho Social
    Considered Both Products
    Sprout Social
    Chose Sprout Social
    For my clients who are using Sprout Social over the other available options, it came down to ease of setup and use, the insane quality of customer support, their social reporting, and analysis, influencer identification, social measurement, and engagement, scheduling, and …
    Incentivized
    Zoho
    Chose Zoho Social
    Zoho Social is a great social media management tool that allows businesses, and individuals, to manage multiple social media accounts, schedule posts, track analytics, and engage with followers. It competes well with other social media management tools such as Hootsuite, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    More cost-effective than Sprout Social and easier to use than Hootsuite.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social

    The Analytics are better in Sprout Social, but that comes at a cost.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    Zoho doesn't offer all of the bells and whistles that you get from Sprout Social but it is a lot cheaper at the same time – I find Sprout to be more intuitive and more comprehensive. I evaluated and considered both tools before going with Zoho, in the end I felt Zoho offered …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    I have used Sprout Social in the past, which is a great product in itself and covers almost every aspect that Zoho Social covers in terms of social media channels. However, Sprout Social is really expensive as a sole product, and also doesn't have integrations with other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    I've tried the free trial of Sprout Social, loomly, and Hootsuite. Sprout had a confusing dash, loomly doesn't post natively to Instagram, and Hootsuite wouldn't start my free trial and kept telling me there was an error. Honestly, I just like Zoho [Social]. It was the easiest …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    I have used Sprout Social before which is much more complex than Zoho Social. The functionality is greater but it is a lot more expensive. I think that for Zoho if they were to improve their social listening functions then this would make the platform a lot more attractive to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    Zoho Social is reliable, affordable, and has everything I need for managing multiple channels and consistent posting.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    It is comparable but I think Zoho Social is more affordable for small business.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    Zoho has the exact same feature but it can be better with AI integration and stock image collection.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    Just was better for my use case than the competition
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    Cheaper, simpler, more appropriate for my needs and, so far, less glitchy.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    They offer the same features but Zoho Social is priced way better.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    They have far more tools than just social, so we thought we would try them and if we liked them we could use the rest of their suite too. Turns out we liked them a lot
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    We have tried other online social media management platforms such as Hootsuite however Zoho Social is the best platform we've used so far for a number of reasons. We have found it much easier to navigate across the Zoho Social platform and also more useful when it comes to the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    Sprout is very expensive for what it offers, it could be a great product, but it doesn't offer much more than Zoho does and it is actually harder to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    Highly affordable for a small business compared to some of the bigger guys out there. At our stage of business, we don't necessarily need all the features. Zoho Social does just enough to help us grow and manage what we have with a small team.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    Zoho is more user-friendly and easier to learn.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    It's in another league as far as I'm concerned. One point I forgot to mention was the Canva integration where you can pull designs/creative directly from your account or create a new design within.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    I'd tried Zoho initially for enterprise management solutions. After several years of trusted service and their awards in the industry, I gave it a closer look. Many social tools have come and gone or increased prices while downgrading services for the people who helped them …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    Zoho Social is similar to Buffer in price but you get more channels for the costs, while Buffer allows for Pinterest. Zoho is more difficult to customize posts based on social media channels than Buffer, but easier to schedule posts for all channels at once. Zoho is cheaper …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    Zoho [Social] doesn't require you to use their scheduling function in order to collect data on posts.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    We either trialed, did extensive research on these other products or talked to people who use them. Some of them may have better analytics and targeting than Zoho for large enterprises, but we are not a large enterprise. We are also a B2B company so we are less concerned about …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    Absolutely positive - all in one place to plan and post and analyse all my online content. Interactive medium, easy to use and easy to manage. This is all that any social media manager may ever want and look for. This is truly amazing! I highly recommend it to the ones who are …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoho Social
    When it comes to pricing vs. features, there's no contest, Zoho wins hands down
    Incentivized
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    Sprout SocialZoho Social
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Sprout Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Sprout Social
    7.6
    87 Ratings
    Zoho Social
    8.1
    372 Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches7.465 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam7.176 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis7.156 Ratings7.9266 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage8.765 Ratings8.3366 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Sprout Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Sprout Social
    8.5
    110 Ratings
    Zoho Social
    8.9
    446 Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling9.5110 Ratings9.2444 Ratings
    Audience targeting7.687 Ratings8.4313 Ratings
    Content optimization8.296 Ratings8.9366 Ratings
    Workflow management8.796 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Sprout Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Sprout Social
    8.0
    100 Ratings
    Zoho Social
    8.6
    361 Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization7.962 Ratings8.3306 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories8.088 Ratings8.8340 Ratings
    Bulk actions8.185 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Sprout Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Sprout Social
    7.2
    78 Ratings
    Zoho Social
    8.9
    313 Ratings
    Lead generation7.257 Ratings8.6233 Ratings
    Content marketing8.474 Ratings9.1304 Ratings
    Paid media management6.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions7.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Sprout Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Sprout Social
    8.6
    110 Ratings
    Zoho Social
    9.2
    437 Ratings
    Twitter9.098 Ratings9.2389 Ratings
    Facebook9.2109 Ratings9.2428 Ratings
    LinkedIn9.0100 Ratings9.2384 Ratings
    Google+7.636 Ratings9.3247 Ratings
    Instagram9.199 Ratings9.3359 Ratings
    Pinterest8.633 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Sprout Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Sprout Social
    8.8
    111 Ratings
    Zoho Social
    8.4
    358 Ratings
    Campaign success analytics8.8103 Ratings8.6356 Ratings
    Real-time tracking8.6100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis8.889 Ratings8.2219 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Sprout Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Sprout Social
    7.8
    104 Ratings
    Zoho Social
    9.1
    391 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges7.999 Ratings9.1298 Ratings
    Mobile access7.892 Ratings9.2373 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Sprout SocialZoho Social
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (168 ratings)
    9.2
    (452 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.5
    (65 ratings)
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (95 ratings)
    9.2
    (279 ratings)
    Availability
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.2
    (38 ratings)
    9.3
    (220 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.8
    (23 ratings)
    3.6
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)