Agorapulse vs. Storify (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Agorapulse
Score 7.5 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Agorapulse is a social media management tool that aims to help mid-sized businesses and agencies better manage their Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube activity. This social media management tool allows users to post content, engage with their community, and download reports from a single dashboard that is designed to be intuitive. Conversations are captured with the inbox -- depending on the social network, it captures comments, mentions, direct/private…
$49
per user
Storify (discontinued)
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Storify was a social curation platform that collects updates from social networks, to create a new story format that is interactive, dynamic and social. It was acquired by Adobe, and has been retired (May 2018).N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
Custom
$0
Standard
$49
per user
Professional
$79
per user
Advanced
$119
per user
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AgorapulseStorify (discontinued)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll plans are free for 30 days. **Standard plan: 10 social profiles, per user pricing **Professional plan: 15 social profiles, per user pricing **Advanced plan: 20 social profiles, per user pricing
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Features
AgorapulseStorify (discontinued)
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Agorapulse
8.9
181 Ratings
15% above category average
Storify (discontinued)
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Ratings
Boolean keyword searches9.8151 Ratings00 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam8.7153 Ratings00 Ratings
Broad channel coverage8.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Agorapulse
8.9
250 Ratings
12% above category average
Storify (discontinued)
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Ratings
Content planning and scheduling9.8247 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience targeting9.7160 Ratings00 Ratings
Content optimization7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management8.9210 Ratings00 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Agorapulse
8.5
245 Ratings
5% above category average
Storify (discontinued)
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Ratings
Automated routing and prioritization7.842 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories8.9222 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk actions8.9203 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Agorapulse
7.5
142 Ratings
2% below category average
Storify (discontinued)
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Ratings
Lead generation7.2110 Ratings00 Ratings
Content marketing7.98 Ratings00 Ratings
Paid media management8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions6.7119 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Agorapulse
9.1
255 Ratings
7% above category average
Storify (discontinued)
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Ratings
Twitter9.5228 Ratings00 Ratings
Facebook9.8255 Ratings00 Ratings
LinkedIn9.8104 Ratings00 Ratings
Google+7.85 Ratings00 Ratings
Instagram9.8241 Ratings00 Ratings
Pinterest9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
YouTube8.127 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Agorapulse
9.5
229 Ratings
19% above category average
Storify (discontinued)
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Ratings
Campaign success analytics9.8198 Ratings00 Ratings
Real-time tracking9.9195 Ratings00 Ratings
Competitor analysis8.8161 Ratings00 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Agorapulse
9.3
244 Ratings
13% above category average
Storify (discontinued)
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Ratings
Role-based user permissions & privileges9.8228 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile access8.9215 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
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Small Businesses
Publer
Publer
Score 9.8 out of 10
Growave
Growave
Score 9.4 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
Enterprises
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.8
(342 ratings)
9.6
(21 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(87 ratings)
8.0
(16 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(66 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.2
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.7
(69 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.3
(6 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Configurability
7.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.6
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Agorapulse
Agorapulse has been a huge benefit to us as a business and is the most comprehensive platform we've used, having previously been with Hootsuite and ContentCal. It is likely to be better for companies that are managing multiple social profiles and want to consolidate these into one manageable platform. Given the amount of features it provides, it might not be suitable for individuals. The reporting is a fantastic part of the platform, which includes brand awareness for certain profiles, the best time to post for engagement, and details that all help with strategising. The inbuilt link shortening and tracking is useful, we've set this up and need to explore its capabilities further. Overall, we would recommend Agorapulse and it's a great asset to our business.
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I would advise that Storify is easy to use and includes many built-in resources, such as search tools, but that its application can be improved even more by combining it with other tools such as Google News (also accessible in Storify, but using standalone site is easy), Twitter (corporate and 3rd party) search tools and media management / "clipping" services like Vocus
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Pros
Agorapulse
  • Calendar sharing - great for internal and external approval
  • Community management - it means we can keep on top of engagement for all of our clients in one place
  • Report - it's really useful for us to be able to create such in depth reports that we can use internally but also share with clients so they can see the results of what we are doing
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  • In today's world, some stories break or even take place on social media. Storify allows journalists to easily curate these conversations about news and shape them into stories.
  • Storify's interface is easy to use and can be taught in minutes. My college journalism students take to it quickly and love working with it.
  • Storify can employ any social media that I can think of. If a story is being discussed in the social media world, you can find it in words, photos, videos, etc.
  • Telling stories through Storify is a creative process that I see becoming more prominent in the future.
  • Products you create in Storify are easy to embed or use for other purposes.
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Cons
Agorapulse
  • Would love to have a draft feature. We often don't schedule things until the assets are ready, or use a placeholder image and swap them afterwards
  • Editing posts intended for multiple channels is not as easy as scheduling them in the first place. I would love to edit and have the same menu I do as when I'm scheduling where I have my base text and then the adjusted text for each social media. It's rare that something I've planned to be a similar post across channels, needs editing, but only for one of those channels. e.g. Correcting mistakes or changing strategies.
  • Currently, I export the analytics and put it in a Google Sheet where I have more control over the data, which I love. For me to use the Agora Reports system, I would need substantial features like comparing metrics in the same charts, using direct line charts instead of smoothed (smoothed charts look nice, but just obfuscate data), separating out paid growth, etc. It's probably too large an ask for what Agora is trying to provide, which is why the export tool is very useful.
  • While I'm talking about it, a slight bug with the export tool is that when you export two things in quick succession, it just sends a duplicate of the first report via email. I'll export a CSV of Global data and then a CSV of Content, and if I do it too quickly, it doubles up the Global data and I don't get the Content until I resend.
  • More specific filtering for listening. Sometimes someone has our brand in their name and we get ALL of their content. We have to add each user like this to the filter instead of being able to filter out usernames that contain it.
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  • We like to live-tweet academic conferences and events. We think of it as collaborative note-taking. Storify is a great place to "file" these notes for later reference, but it falls a bit short as a place to go during the live-tweeted event. This is due to the fact that it is slow to refresh, if I add a tweet to the story, it can take up to a few minutes for it to appear for other users viewing that story. So we definitely use Storify in these events, but it's an after thought rather than an integrated part of the live activity.
  • Storify is not as powerful as other social media platforms when it comes to driving new audiences to our content. Facebook, Twitter, and Google + help us expand our networks. Storify is more functional as an organization tool that we can use to engage our existing network.
  • Each Storify story seems to exist in a silo. It does not make natural connections between stories that might be emerging around the same interest or topic. In academics for example, we have created Storify stories around the value of a Liberal Arts Education. It turns out that others were doing the same, but we only discovered that by accident; Storify was not connecting the dots for us.
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Likelihood to Renew
Agorapulse
The decision has been made. It's time to get to work--no steps back. I feel confident this product is well suited to help me make progress. I want to get down business and utilize the functionality of this product to meet my marketing goals. I feel very comfortable with the choice I have made.
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Storify is worth it if you and your organization is creating a lot of social media buzz. If there are less than 15 people that are a part of the social media conversation, you really don't need to use this tool. It's most effective as an organizational storytelling tool, so you need to find a way to get people talking about you before you implement it.
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Usability
Agorapulse
Any time I onboard a new team member, they are very quick to adapt to Agora's user interface and therefore require a very quick onboarding process from me, which is a massive plus. While I think having an all-in-one platform would be ideal, there is something to be said about only having a few bells and whistle so that my team can focus on what is most important to us and our clients, content
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From the day I first started using it, Storify has always made total sense. It's not the kind of product that forces you grit your teeth a lot or go into cumbersome customer support areas or fumble around forever only to be unhappy with the end result. I have been able to successfully use the product from the beginning
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Reliability and Availability
Agorapulse
Agorapulse occasionally has outages or shuts down. It never interferes with my use of the application or any of my posts
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Performance
Agorapulse
Agorapulse has generally had great performance. Occasionally I have issues with my videos being posted on Instagram. I still am not sure why. the format of the videos is the same as the videos that are going through.
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Support Rating
Agorapulse
The support from Agorapulse is excellent. Any time we have made contact they have been quick to reply, and given added extra information to help. The initial sales experience was also good. Not pushy like a lot of other companies, more that they would like to help. And they certainly did for us at a difficult time which built a fantastic relationship with us from the very start. Communication is great too, with just the right amount of emails and updates. Overall we feel that they genuinely care about their clients and users.
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In-Person Training
Agorapulse
I did not train in person
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Online Training
Agorapulse
The staff walked me through the whole platform and asked me if I had any questions. They were very helpful in answering any questions I had.
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No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Agorapulse
Be sure of the game play mechanics you need to achieve your objectives, it will help significantly in setting up the game and creating the assets
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Practice makes perfect. The more often any new tool is used, the more comfortable the implementer is with the tool. Also, there is a natural tendency with any new tool, to want to use it a great deal. Identifying proper uses as they relate to your overall marketing goals is key to any decision to use a tool.
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Alternatives Considered
Agorapulse
Want to post the same content on different profiles? Don't duplicate your posts, you can just select what platform to post them onto! You can even change around the copy/hashtags/etc to optimize the posts for each platform.
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I addressed this in an earlier comment, but Storify is truly the best that I have found for displaying things in a narrative form. Other alternatives are more visually pleasing (like Tint, RebelMouse), but don't handle the narrative form so well. Those other platforms also do not display text only social posts quite as well.
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Scalability
Agorapulse
I'm not sure I understand what is meant by scalability.
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Return on Investment
Agorapulse
  • It has saved our company a lot of time digging through all different social medias to be responsive to consumers
  • It has helped us be more responsive to prospects, so better lead generation
  • Agorapulse allows us to be in touch quicker with our prospects, meaning better lead to appointment generation as well.
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  • My Storify stories ran the gamut of thousands of readers to a few dozen. That was on me as far as how engaging the content was/interest in the topic I came up with, probably the length of the Storify stories as well, and how much my stories were shared by others. Those reader numbers were not unique by the way, and unfortunately counted when I looked at my own story (even though I was logged in and they could tell it was me).
  • My objectives were to let people in on a narrative story they may have missed and to cement a passing social conversation into something more long-lasting. These Storify stories are now a part of a Tumblr blog and thus can be more easily accessed. Those aren't hard and fast numbers, but Storify helped me reach my objectives nonetheless.
  • As somewhat of a disclaimer, my use of Storify was not conducted for a client but as a social media experiment so I could interact with some digital transmedia storytelling. Storify was simply one piece of an integrated online persona. That being said, it was easy to track how many people had seen my Storify stories to see which were the most popular.
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ScreenShots

Agorapulse Screenshots

Screenshot of Through a bulk or one-by-one upload, queued content can be organized into categories that make sense for the business and content strategy. Download a CSV of the queued content to share with teammates or clients.Screenshot of Agorapulse's reports helps to discover trends in a company's social media performance and offers actionable tips to optimize its social presence.Screenshot of The tool's built-in CRM keeps track of fans and followers (and detractors).Screenshot of Agorapulse's reports helps to discover trends in a company's social media performance and offers actionable tips to optimize its social presence.Screenshot of A drag-and-drop calendar displays at glance published, scheduled, queued, and assigned content. Hovering on a date instantly creates content for that day.Screenshot of The Agorapulse  inbox captures incoming conversations for each social profile. Users can get CRM data on who is sending messages, and send them a saved reply or assign the conversation to a teammate.