Adobe Social, incorporates technology from Context Optional and Efficient Frontier.
Adobe acquired Facebook advertising-management platform Efficient Frontier in November. Six months earlier, Efficient Frontier had acquired Facebook page-management platform Context Optional.
Adobe Social is an enterprise social platform competing with Buddy Media and Involver, enabling things like automated content marketing and social sweepstakes and competitions.
Customers tend to be medium to large…
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Brandle
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Brandle is a social media management platform focused on governance, compliance and minimizing the brand risks involved in social media.
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Community Pulse
Adobe Social
Brandle
Features
Adobe Social
Brandle
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.4
9 Ratings
3% below category average
Brandle
8.3
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Boolean keyword searches
7.58 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam
7.57 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Sentiment analysis
7.58 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Broad channel coverage
7.09 Ratings
6.01 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.4
9 Ratings
9% below category average
Brandle
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Content planning and scheduling
7.09 Ratings
00 Ratings
Audience targeting
7.58 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Content optimization
7.59 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Workflow management
7.59 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.7
8 Ratings
5% below category average
Brandle
8.7
1 Ratings
7% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization
7.58 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Customer interaction histories
8.08 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Bulk actions
7.58 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
8.0
8 Ratings
4% above category average
Brandle
9.3
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Lead generation
8.07 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Content marketing
8.08 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Paid media management
8.07 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions
8.08 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.9
9 Ratings
5% below category average
Brandle
10.0
1 Ratings
18% above category average
Twitter
8.08 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Facebook
8.09 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
LinkedIn
7.57 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Google+
7.09 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Instagram
8.57 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Pinterest
8.04 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
YouTube
8.07 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.8
9 Ratings
1% above category average
Brandle
8.7
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Campaign success analytics
8.09 Ratings
8.01 Ratings
Real-time tracking
7.58 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Competitor analysis
8.08 Ratings
9.01 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
I used Adobe Social when I use to have my own business on social media. After many months I was having no success in finding the correct clients for my products. Using Adobe Social I was able to market and discover different ways of searching for the correct clients and later on helped my business grow.
Brandle is great for any company that doesn't get a lot of exposure. You are able to use this software as a tool in order to expand your sights on the internet. People are more easily able to access social media, websites, and apps. It also is great to use in scenarios where you want to put your company out there and be more visible to others. It may be less appropriate when companies already have a lot of exposure. It would really just be better for statistical purposes at that point.
Adobe Social lacks strengths, as I believe Adobe themselves have acknowledged, given their decision not to continue support or development. But if I need to list three strengths, the first would be it can publish to some social media platforms with a success rate of over 50%. If that's a strength.
It has workflow processes, but they are over-complicated and poorly designed.
It has some basic analytics, but Adobe consultants usually recommend referring to Adobe Analytics instead. Which is great if you actually use Adobe Analytics.
It would be great if Adobe scheduled video uploads for Twitter.
A time change in a social post automatically puts the post back to Level 1 of approvals. It can be a big hassle to have to start the process over for such a small change.
Adobe uses a different algorithm to measure engagement our company does. It would be great to upload your own algorithm into Adobe.
I wasn't in charge of making the actual management decision, but I would absolutely renew Adobe Social. As I mentioned, it provides strong and in-depth analytics and listening tools. The reports that it generates are very thorough and easy to read. I loved the platform and would recommend it to anyone
The reason why I give this rating is that the overall platform is simple to use. You don't need to be tech-savvy or have a vast understanding of how to work a marketing tool. It is very simple to use compared to different platforms and you learn a lot of different ways to build your business.
The reason why I give this a 9 out of 10 in terms of support is because of the mobile app functionality. I have had many issues in terms of logging in and also loading pages. The app overall is easy to use but at what cost? Other than that it is great and I still enjoy Adobe Social.
Training was long and a little confusing. While a number of features carried over, they were still covered in this elongated training. It would have been nice to have training tailored to experience level with the product.
The implementation was done during our POC. We had a very mixed experience here, and have had some issues arise since based on the way the tool was implemented. An Adobe employee went ahead and made a change to our account that was unauthorized (helpful for our implementation) which caused issues in on boarding another team who needed the same change, but could not get it done without costly Adobe certification
Hootsuite Enterprise is superior in many ways, but the biggest factor is probably that it is constantly evolving and adding new features, working directly with social media companies ahead of new releases. Adobe seems to have stopped developing their product.
Brandle stacks up against other apps and software because it offers many different options. You can choose between different packages and you are able to keep track of the status of your social media websites. Brandle is able to help promote your brand in a multitude of ways and places which is why it stacks up against other brand making apps and software.
Although we chose Adobe Social believing it could provide ROI metrics we could not get elsewhere, that turned out not to be the case. Site Catalyst can give us everything we need without Adobe Social
Adobe Social did not create greater efficiencies and speed up our activity within social media. In fact, it has done the oppposite. It is very cumbersome with little clear benefit.