Adobe Social vs. SAP Cloud for Social Engagement

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Social
Score 7.8 out of 10
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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…N/A
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Score 8.4 out of 10
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Platform designed to listen for brand mentions and then engage with customers regarding customer service issues. Includes tools for collaboration within teams or across organizations to resolve issues efficiently.N/A
Pricing
Adobe SocialSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe SocialSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Adobe SocialSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Adobe SocialSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.4
9 Ratings
3% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
9.5
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Boolean keyword searches7.58 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam7.57 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Sentiment analysis7.58 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Broad channel coverage7.09 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.4
9 Ratings
8% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Content planning and scheduling7.09 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Audience targeting7.58 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Content optimization7.59 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Workflow management7.59 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.7
8 Ratings
5% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
9.7
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization7.58 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Customer interaction histories8.08 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Bulk actions7.58 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
8.0
8 Ratings
3% above category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
25% above category average
Lead generation8.07 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Content marketing8.08 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Paid media management8.07 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions8.08 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.9
9 Ratings
8% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
9.4
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Twitter8.08 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Facebook8.09 Ratings10.02 Ratings
LinkedIn7.57 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Google+7.09 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Instagram8.57 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Pinterest8.04 Ratings8.01 Ratings
YouTube8.07 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.8
9 Ratings
1% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
24% above category average
Campaign success analytics8.09 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Real-time tracking7.58 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Competitor analysis8.08 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.3
8 Ratings
11% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
21% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges7.58 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile access7.07 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
Adobe SocialSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(16 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.4
(11 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(4 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe SocialSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
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.
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SAP
My company exists within the Hospitality & Tourism industry where we provide Marketing and Event Planning services. SAP Cloud for Social Engagement helps me gain insight into how my vendors and clients feel about my company's brands, categories, products and services while remaining up-to-date with current market issues and trends.
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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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SAP
  • Communication with multiple social media accounts including Facebook,Twitter and LinkedIn.
  • Utilize social preconfigured templates to respond quickly to current and potential clients.
  • Go above and beyond the number of Twitter followers and Facebook likes. Gain real-time insight into key trends and topics being discussed.
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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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SAP
  • Include more social network standard integrations
  • Include more ready to use templates
  • Add more metrics within reports being pulled
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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
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SAP
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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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SAP
I gave SAP Cloud for Social Engagement this rating because of the success I have seen personally within my company. I gave a rating of '10' because I highly recommend this product to others. Having better insight into my client's and vendor's opinion of my company's brand and services has allowed us to market ourselves better
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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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SAP
I provided SAP Cloud for Social Engagement this rating since the product has such a great backing along with the SAP brand itself. There is a lot of support behind this product as it connects with a variety of social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter. The support provided by SAP in terms of tech help is wonderful as well. There is a lot of support from all angles
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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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SAP
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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SAP
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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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SAP
The SAP solution is more complete than others because it includes capabilities for social media listening, real-time social media message response, social profiles and history, and analytics in one system.
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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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SAP
  • Rapid deployment.
  • SAP Cloud for Social Engagement allows you to listen to your customers by locating social media messages that mention key words such as a specific product and prioritize them according to urgency and relevance.
  • Analytics capabilities.
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