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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

    SE Ranking

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    An SEO toolset for agency and in-house pros.

    $65

    per month

    Pricing
    Adobe SocialSE Ranking
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essential
    $65
    per month
    Pro
    $119
    per month
    Business
    $259
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe SocialSE Ranking
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—SE Ranking’s subscription plans are available at a 20% discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe SocialSE Ranking
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
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    SE Ranking
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    Adobe SocialSE Ranking
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Adobe Social and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    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 SE Ranking
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    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 SE Ranking
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.7
    8 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    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 SE Ranking
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    8.0
    8 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    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 SE Ranking
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.9
    9 Ratings
    5% below category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    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 SE Ranking
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.8
    9 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    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 SE Ranking
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    7.3
    8 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SE Ranking
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    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges7.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access7.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Adobe Social and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    -
    Ratings
    SE Ranking
    7.9
    16 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Keyword analysis00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Backlink management00 Ratings7.316 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Page grader00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Competitive analysis00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Site recommendations00 Ratings8.412 Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Adobe Social and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    -
    Ratings
    SE Ranking
    8.1
    14 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Local SEO00 Ratings8.111 Ratings
    Mobile SEO00 Ratings8.112 Ratings
    Global SEO00 Ratings8.213 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Adobe Social and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Adobe Social
    -
    Ratings
    SE Ranking
    8.4
    14 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Multi-domain support00 Ratings8.512 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings8.413 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Adobe SocialSE Ranking
    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Adobe SocialSE Ranking
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.5
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    5.4
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Adobe SocialSE Ranking
    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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    SE Ranking
    SE Ranking is a fantastic tool if you are a marketing agency or freelancer looking for a single tool for the majority of your SEO work. It also includes B2B tools like their lead generation widget and white label reports that can help you generate new leads for your business. It would get 10 stars if their database was larger to accommodate research for small geographic areas, but they are always expanding their database so it may just be a matter of time. Research SE Ranking has pricing plans available for every budget.
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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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    SE Ranking
    • Rank racking. It’s really important for us that the ranks are tracked accurately.
    • Monitoring of changes made on the website. We’ve found this feature really useful.
    • Reports. This includes auto reports and manuals. We can easily and quickly create reports to check our SEO progress month by month.
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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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    SE Ranking
    • I really don't think SE Ranking has many flaws. They are also rolling out an app at the moment - SE Ranking Pro - need to test that one.
    • Some more video tutorials on the site on how to use some tools would be helpful.
    • More in-system popups would be more helpful too.
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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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    SE Ranking
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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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    SE Ranking
    They had a huge update recently and the platform is now even better. Although not all the tools are yet in the new design.
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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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    SE Ranking
    The support is great but they don't have 24/7 support. And time zones can also be an issue sometimes. On the other hand there are plenty of guides and videos around to get yourself started. I never really needed support for "big" issues. And the help I got was good enough.
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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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    SE Ranking
    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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    SE Ranking
    No answers on this topic
    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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    SE Ranking
    SE Ranking is better than Serpstat or MOZ or Ahrefs when it comes to tracking keyword rankings, but it lacks in every other SEO category, such as onsite and offsite SEO metrics, content analysis, etc... It's a good choice for agencies that are interested in tracking keywords for their clients, but other than that it underperforms in every other SEO category.
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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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    SE Ranking
    • The website "health" report has allowed us to fix things that Google might find strange or cause us to lose rankings, which has been very helpful.
    • It's given us more visibility into what exactly our SEO management company is doing and how they are performing, and if things are changing or not. It's very easy to see right from the dashboard.
    • Being able to see how our competitors stack up against us has helped us know where to improve, what to focus on, and how to be even better.
    Incentivized
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