Bambu by Sprout Social vs Iconosquare

Likelihood to Recommend

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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Christina Bouwens

Sales Enablement Systems Specialist

Service ExpressInformation Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees

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Brands that are looking for in-depth Instagram analytics would benefits from Iconosquare. The platform monitors and tracks a multitude of metrics that can help inform marketing and social strategies. Iconosquare is also a great platform for those looking to better manage their Instagram—features such as scheduling posts, getting a preview of feeds, importing pictures in bulk, and so on, can all help visually inform your brand's account.

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Verified User

Employee in Marketing

Museums & Institutions Company, 201-500 employees

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Pros

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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Kelsey Kruzel

Manager, Social Media

CDK GlobalComputer Software, 5001-10,000 employees

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Provides in-depth analytics on engagement.
Provides in-depth analytics on consistencies among your follower base.
Provides insight into ways to grow your followership and refine your content.

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Jared DeLong

Communications Manager

Both Hands FoundationNon-Profit Organization Management, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Add feature to track clock-ins and clock-outs.
Show when employees are not available due to time -off
If you miss the notification to sign a document, it is very hard to find it following common sense.

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Alvaro Gomez

Email Support Associate

PartnerHeroOutsourcing/Offshoring, 501-1000 employees

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Manipulating data can be difficult.
Paid and organic posts couldn't be separated.
Tracking story posts you wanted to group is messy.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Airlines/Aviation Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Bambu by Sprout Social Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$0 per month

Iconosquare Editions & Modules

Edition

Pro	$49¹
Advanced	$79¹
Enterprise	Custom¹

per month

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Support Rating

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Iconosquare 9.4

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We never had a problem with customer support, nor really needed it. The UX of the site was easy to follow and simple to use.

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Verified User

Employee in Marketing

Museums & Institutions Company, 201-500 employees

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Alternatives Considered

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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Gita Sukhraj

Content Marketing Manager

IMPACTMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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We focus primarily on Instagram with our social media strategy, so Iconosquare delivers the best experience by far for that platform

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Verified User

Professional in Marketing

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Company, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Social presence for those who did not have one before.
Additional brand awareness via our sales and partners who use the platform.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Information Technology & Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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It's allowed us to view IG story metrics even after they have passed over the 14 day review in Instagram Insights
The graphs are easy for us to send to clients as they are not very complex or complicated to read
There have been no issues or errors with retrieving data with a quick turnaround.

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Kelcey Zacarese

Analytics Manager, Social

Havas FormulaMarketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Bambu by Sprout Social vs Iconosquare