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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CloseFactor

    Score9 out of 10
    N/APresented as a compass for a sales team. CloseFactor automates sales research and delivers contextual insights, with the goal of giving sellers an unfair advantage.N/A

    Khoros Social Media Management

    Score6.6 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) is a social media management platform. Key features include: Plan and Organize Social Campaigns, Manage Real-Time Engagement, and Learn and Prove Social ImpactN/A
    Pricing
    CloseFactorKhoros Social Media Management
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CloseFactorKhoros Social Media Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    CloseFactorKhoros Social Media Management
    Considered Both Products
    CloseFactor
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    88%
    Would buy again
    107 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    77 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    109 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    Features
    CloseFactorKhoros Social Media Management
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of CloseFactor and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    CloseFactor
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.9
    123 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings7.296 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings6.5105 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings7.194 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings6.9116 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of CloseFactor and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    CloseFactor
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.2
    153 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings8.8151 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings8.0116 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings9.010 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings7.1136 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of CloseFactor and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    CloseFactor
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.5
    118 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings6.996 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings6.6108 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings9.199 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of CloseFactor and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    CloseFactor
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.7
    108 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings6.252 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings6.491 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings7.12 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.195 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of CloseFactor and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    CloseFactor
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.0
    152 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Twitter00 Ratings7.9143 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings6.2148 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings6.0109 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings7.3137 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings5.450 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of CloseFactor and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    CloseFactor
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.0
    136 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings6.9126 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings7.5125 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings6.581 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of CloseFactor and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    CloseFactor
    -
    Ratings
    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.5
    141 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings7.2137 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings5.8116 Ratings
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    Score7.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Paperflite
    Score8 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Scratchpad
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    User Ratings
    CloseFactorKhoros Social Media Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (189 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (24 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (127 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CloseFactorKhoros Social Media Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CloseFactor
    CloseFactor has been a great way to target contacts by company and be able to filter down by other characteristics, such as seniority, specific role, or other keywords. There is still some manual work to push contacts to a CRM or contact tool (SalesLoft, Outreach) but being able to do this in bulk rather than one by one saves a lot of time when finding quality prospects.
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    While I cannot say any scenarios where Khoros wouldn't be useful (when it comes to social media moderation), I can say it is very well suited for clients who have time constraints on their work. With the speed Khoros can pull in new content, we see issues for the client almost immediately.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    CloseFactor
    • Identifying target contacts
    • Integrate with LinkedIn and SFDC
    • Contact info validation
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Reporting is great - easy to create bespoke dashboards for multiple ways to view the data and trends in platform
    • Onboarding and training - a good repository of knowledge articles for users to access on most aspects of the platform for self-learning
    • The user-friendly and intuitive interface allows any user to quickly assimilate how to use the platform.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    CloseFactor
    • Joint workspace (AE and BDR)
    • Outreach from the tool
    • Sorting of contacts based on filters
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Look and feel of the interface could use a refresh as it's not very exciting to use
    • Improve analytics features and accuracy
    • Facilitate bulk actions
    • Better alerts/visibility of collaborative actions and assigned tasks
    • Clearer communication around new feature releases and announcements
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CloseFactor
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    There is no product like Khoros. Our company lives and dies by the analytics, and to date, we have not seen a more comprehensive analytics structure for any social media management tool. Khoros support is also fantastic, responding and resolving any and all questions, ideas, or complaints, usually in 24 hours.
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    Usability
    CloseFactor
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros Marketing is very user-friendly and easy to navigate. The calendar visibility is the view I use most so I can see all posts going out on all of our channels. It allows us to time posts in a proper cadence so we don't overlap with other pressing content.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    CloseFactor
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • We still experience a bit of downtime and slowness here but things have drastically improved in the last year with their feature updates and reconfigured hosting.
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    Performance
    CloseFactor
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros has greatly improved the performance of its SaaS products in the last 5 years. Their applications, including Conversations, Intelligence, and Experiences, all load quickly with real-time data. This performance is critical to provide meaningful, social customer support, and marketing. The performance maintains integrity even when you deploy powerful integrations like Salesforce Customer Relationship Manager.
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    Support Rating
    CloseFactor
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Overall, support does a great job and is timely in their responses and efforts. We have had to contact support many times due to the Capture app. Some tickets have remained open for months, while others get resolved quickly. I understand this is not always up to support and they often have to wait for their engineering team to fix issues that we identified, but it's difficult to deal with issues that are affecting our workflow, especially for extended amounts of time.
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    In-Person Training
    CloseFactor
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • As a very early customer, we did not undergo formal training but worked closely with the team to get the system set up to do what we wanted. However, online training resources are now available with many blog posts / video lessons and tutorials.
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    Online Training
    CloseFactor
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    it is important to note that my perspective is not necessarily common - I'm a geek/nerd/poweruser in general, so I found the online resources to be more than adequate (and often very aesthetically pleasing, too). That said, a less "geeky" person might struggle a bit.
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    Implementation Rating
    CloseFactor
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The implementation team from Khoros were great - they worked hard to understand our somewhat complex organization, and were with us all the way through face to face meetings, user training, and technical training. We had a clearly defined account manager and implementation manager, who worked really effectively together and with us.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    CloseFactor
    CloseFactor builds on tools like LinkedIn Sales Navigator. Rather than comb through contacts one by one, CloseFactor identifies all contacts that satisfy certain criteria and allows us to bulk push them into our CRM. There is also a component of validating contact info that is imported with the contact, which LinkedIn lacks entirely
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    At the time of purchase, Khoros met a specific technical need that other vendors couldn't provide for us. Now, however, Sprout Social has this same capability, and Khoros is massively inferior to it on everything but price and some minor UX issues. At this point Khoros seems to be lagging badly behind most competing products
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    Scalability
    CloseFactor
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Again, I am a fairly new employee to The Social Lights (I've only been here for 11 months) and I am also fairly new to the workforce (I've only just graduated from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities) so it's hard for me to talk too much about the scalability of businesses; however, I feel like this would help
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    Return on Investment
    CloseFactor
    • Reduce prospecting time by more than 3x
    • Allows us to target more organizations more quickly
    • Sometimes put too many contacts in and it effects email filters
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Negatively impacted relationship with Khoros as they're notoriously difficult to engage with or able to produce viable results from our feedback.
    • Negatively impacted KPI reporting, as metrics were inaccurate for six months.
    • Negatively impacted resource management, as there've been so many restrictions with this platform that simple, day-to-day tasks take so much longer.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Khoros Social Media Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of the channel performance dashboard, for monitoring different metrics and comparing the performance of posts by content type and labels to optimize for the audience.Screenshot of the cross-channel dashboard. It provides a holistic view of paid and organic campaigns, allowing teams to compare performance and optimize for engagement and reach with campaigns.Screenshot of the cross-channel dashboard. Users can compare the performance of posts across channels, ensuring that time and resources are allocated effectively to reach the target audience.Screenshot of the calendar view. This presents all scheduled posts by assignee, channel, and tags so that nothing is missed and content is delivered on time.Screenshot of approval paths in Khoros. Get sign-off and feedback across teams for paid and organic posts to reduce brand risk.