Appcast vs. Bambu by Sprout Social

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Appcast
Score 7.9 out of 10
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Appcast is a recruiting software solution offered by Appcast, Inc.
$0
Pay-Per-Applicant
Bambu by Sprout Social
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Bambu is a social media marketing tool from Sprout Social that leverages employee advocacy. It allows users to organize and encourage distribution of company blog posts, press releases, news and articles, thought leadership, and customer case studies through employees' personal social networks on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. There are three main use cases for Bambu: Marketing, HR, and Sales. In terms of Marketing, Bambu aims to leverage employee advocacy to increase brand awareness…N/A
Pricing
AppcastBambu by Sprout Social
Editions & Modules
Appcast Exchange
$0
Pay-Per-Applicant
Clickcast
$0
License
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AppcastBambu by Sprout Social
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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Medium-sized Companies
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Score 7.8 out of 10
Influitive
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User Ratings
AppcastBambu by Sprout Social
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(7 ratings)
User Testimonials
AppcastBambu by Sprout Social
Likelihood to Recommend
Appcast, Inc.
It has allowed me to streamline my job ad buying and selling process all in one dashboard.
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Sprout Social
Routinely sharing job postings from Bambu by Sprout Social to LinkedIn, using the canned content our Marketing team provides and revising so that it "sounds like me" prior to sharing on LI. Cadencing my content shares for the week in the "Scheduling" option Creating a new link to share content via Bambu by Sprout Social to LI, to position myself as a thought leader in my space
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Pros
Appcast, Inc.
  • Makes it easy to manage job feeds.
  • Makes it easy to manage traffic acquisition from multiple publishers.
  • Easy to use reporting dashboard for you and your customers.
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Sprout Social
  • Ease of use. It creates a user-friendly experience that allows employees to understand and share.
  • Customer support & feedback.
  • Understanding the power of social media and building their tool around its use.
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Cons
Appcast, Inc.
  • Need to be more open to suggestions from clients.
  • Need to get better customer service turnaround time.
  • Need more knowledgeable staff.
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Sprout Social
  • Sprout to Bambu integration is not what was depicted in trial and is not used because of this
  • Missing functionality: LinkedIn tagging
  • Missing functionality: posting videos
  • Missing functionality: posting something without a link. Example: picture from an event or community outreach
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Alternatives Considered
Appcast, Inc.
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Sprout Social
It was similar in that it helped us push prewritten messages out to our team, but the UX/UI was far more dated and not as intuitive. It's mobile app also wasn't very useful; made it difficult to edit messages and would constantly need you to log back in. The two things GaggleAMP had over Bambu however was more comprehensive analytics and the ability to automatically push out social posts
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Return on Investment
Appcast, Inc.
  • Positive sales margins.
  • Positive time allocation.
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Sprout Social
  • The social amplification effects of our employees sharing brand content helped us achieve a 400% increase in website visits following our re-brand.
  • With some "Executive nudging" when we announced that Bambu would be used as our internal comms tool, and that we would only be sharing real-time updates via the mobile apps push notifications, we were able to double the # of employees who use the App in addition to the desktop application. Mobile users aside, another positive side effect of using Bambu as an internal comms tool is that it exposes users (the non-social butterflies who don't like to share) to all other content that has been curated into the system and has helped garner more social impressions.
  • The majority of our employees come from the BabyBoom/Gen X generation and didn't come of age in the world of social media, which has presented some challenges in user adoption rates.
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Screenshot of The Appcast Dashboard: Real-time reporting across all recruitment marketing channels.Screenshot of Appcast Dashboard: Source Report