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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Social

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAdobe 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…N/A

    Khoros Service

    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Khoros Service offers omnichannel engagement on publicly available channels like social, digital, chat, and voice, as well as owned online communities like Khoros Communities. The solution offers 1-to-1 and 1-to-many engagement with customers and consumers, bringing together automation through bots and human agents. Customer inquiries and support-related conversations can be routed and prioritized based on a variety of parameters, and the robust agent desktop solution…N/A
    Pricing
    Adobe SocialKhoros Service
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe SocialKhoros Service
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Pricing is variable based on the needs of the customer.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe SocialKhoros Service
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
    No answer on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    89%
    Would buy again
    71 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    50 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    73 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    39 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    44 Answers
    Features
    Adobe SocialKhoros Service
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Adobe Social and Khoros Service
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam7.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Adobe Social and Khoros Service
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization7.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management7.59 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Adobe Social and Khoros Service
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.7
    8 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Adobe Social and Khoros Service
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Lead generation8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Adobe Social and Khoros Service
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.9
    9 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn7.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+7.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram8.57 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Adobe Social and Khoros Service
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.8
    9 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis8.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Adobe Social and Khoros Service
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.3
    8 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Khoros Service
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Adobe SocialKhoros Service
    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Brand Embassy (discontinued)
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe SocialKhoros Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (16 ratings)
    8.5
    (113 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.4
    (11 ratings)
    8.2
    (79 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    Availability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (71 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (78 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe SocialKhoros Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Less Appropriate Scenarios- A fintech company has highly specialized or industry-specific workflows that are not easily accommodated within the standard capabilities of Khoros Care. In such cases, the platform may be less appropriate for businesses with extremely unique processes that require a high degree of customization. Well suited- financial institutions face a high volume of customer inquiries related to account management, transactions, and security concerns. Khoros Care's security features, automation capabilities, and integration with banking systems make it suitable for managing customer interactions in the financial services sector.
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    Pros
    Adobe
    • 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.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Tagging system - it's possible to add a wide variety of labels and categories
    • Search feature - being able to find users by conversation number, username, or keywords makes it easier to navigate old conversations
    • Easy system for assigning conversations to other users
    • When you claim a conversation, it gets removed from the queue. This is much more visually explicit than Khoros Marketing's queue, for example, where all content remains visible in the queue and a bookmark gets moved around to distinguish the point where other users left off
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    Cons
    Adobe
    • 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.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • I would like to be able to see deleted comments/tweets so we can look into the issues.
    • I would like to be able to better customize dashboards for our exact metrics. Some things previously available in Spredfast are no longer available in Care.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Simply, there isn't anything on the market that is quite as personable as Khoros Care. After using a few different client messaging systems, this program gave the closest feel to in-person interaction that we could get during the COVID-19 epidemic and is an important part of our agency still to this day in 2023.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Adobe
    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.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The ability to auto tag, manually tag, make notes, and "snooze" posts is extremely helpful. The efficiency of the work flow for agents is also a huge plus. It keeps agents moving quickly and prioritizing responses for the cases that need it most.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Performance
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No issues.
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    Support Rating
    Adobe
    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.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros Support has always very responsive and helpful when it comes to getting my issue/inquiry addressed. Their ticket portal is great for tracking any open tickets and they can be updated via the portal or by responding to the email thread. Support reps are always extremely knowledgeable and care about getting you taken care of
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    In-Person Training
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The team received training (from the same executive team member who has been supporting us) over the web and this was of very high quality.
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    Online Training
    Adobe
    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.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
    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
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Implementing the platform was not a big hassle for our client, it was seamless and easy we just had to follow a few steps and it was done. Just scaling was a bit of an issue but it got resolved with time and a bit of effort at both ends
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    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.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros is more than just a platform for social publishing. No other competitor provides the in-depth moderation and social listening services that they do. If you're looking for a one-stop-shop of a platform for all things social, this is the tool to be using. Others are better in usability and innovative functionality.
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    Scalability
    Adobe
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Of course as the company grows owing to its growing customer base, they need to think of out-of-the-box solutions to offer its clients and customer satisfaction is one of them. Retention is very much needed in competitive environment like today and hence it becomes imperative for companies to find different ways to reach their client basis and fix their issues
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • 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.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • We have seen a positive shift of customers from reaching out to the Call Centre to the Social Care Team.
    • Monthly and Annual Reporting to keep track of performance and stats related to the team has been much easier to highlight areas for improvement (month2month and anually)
    • CSAT/NPS Survey results have increased via Khoros Care in comparison to the Call Centre.
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    ScreenShots

    Khoros Service Screenshots

    Screenshot of a customer conversation in Agent view. Access past customer conversations and interactions in a single pane of glass.Screenshot of the analytic dashboard used to monitor key metrics across a service organization, such as available agents, time to first response, and agent handle time.Screenshot of Khoros Agent Assist. This feature provides agents with real-time recommendations, reducing the time needed to handle customer inquiries, deliver accurate resolutions, and train new agents.Screenshot of Work Queues under Rules and Routing. This allows admins to build rules around tagging to ensure timely and effective follow-up from agents.