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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CoSchedule Marketing Suite

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACoSchedule provides a content calendar, content optimization, and contentmarketing products, with users among 50,000 marketers worldwide, helping them organize their work, deliver projects on time, and prove marketing team value.N/A

    Hootsuite

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AHootsuite is a social media management platform for building brand awareness, engaging with customers, and driving business results. Users can schedule posts across multiple social networks (including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube ), manage organic and paid social content together, keep track of customer conversations, integrate with over 200+ applications, and gain actionable real-time insights from social media to make critical business decisions from…

    $249

    per month per user

    UpContent

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AUpContent is a content discovery tool that focuses on delivering quality results and helping users find precisely the content they need when they need it. The vendor says the that four filters included with their solution help users in the following areas: Recency - sorts content so the most recent is seen first Relevance - sorts content so what's most relevant to the topic is seen first Shareability - uses psychological…

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    Pricing
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteHootsuiteUpContent
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $199
    per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, 10 social accounts
    Advanced
    $399
    per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, unlimited social accounts
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    per year
    Free
    $0
    1 Topic
    Starter
    $7/Month
    3 Topics
    Engager
    $19/Month
    10 Topics
    Leader
    $45/Month
    25 Topics
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteHootsuiteUpContent
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPlans can be paid monthly or annually, with a discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteHootsuiteUpContent
    Considered Multiple Products
    CoSchedule
    Chose CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Hootsuite has gotten soooooo expensive in relation to the functionality it provides. The value is just not there compared to when prices were lower for SMBs.

    In contrast, CoSchedule Marketing Suite provides huge value for the price and the tiered pricing based on users, number …
    Incentivized
    Chose CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    CoSchedule offers a lot more than some of its competitors, but you have to evaluate what your organization needs and doesn't need. For some organizations, they only need a content planner for social media, and CoSchedule might not be the best fit due to price compared to some …
    Incentivized
    Chose CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    CoSchedule provides collaborative planning of projects. The calendar view is very well designed. Meetings and tasks can be scheduled and tracked easily. Whatever is being done, no matter how big the task/project is, it gives a bird-eye view of everything. Additionally, it also …
    Incentivized
    Chose CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    After trying other social media scheduling tools, CoSchedule is my favorite. Like I said previously, it fills the gaps I've found in other tools. I feel more organized with CoSchedule and prefer their mobile app as well.
    Incentivized
    Hootsuite
    Chose Hootsuite
    Our team had a budget of $1000 annually for a social media management tool. We wanted functionality like Sprout Social but we couldn't afford the price tag. Hootsuite was our next best because we got almost all or similar functions of Sprout Social within our budget and more! …
    Incentivized
    UpContent
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    328 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    283 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
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    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    333 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    280 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
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    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    316 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteHootsuiteUpContent
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Hootsuite and UpContent
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Hootsuite
    -
    Ratings
    UpContent
    -
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    Ideation5.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content collaboration7.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content calendar10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Hootsuite and UpContent
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Hootsuite
    -
    Ratings
    UpContent
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Content distribution10.01 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Content promotion10.01 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Content automation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content hub00 Ratings00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Hootsuite and UpContent
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    30% above category average
    Hootsuite
    -
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    UpContent
    -
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    Closed-loop tracking and reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content performance analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Hootsuite and UpContent
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.0
    325 Ratings
    9% below category average
    UpContent
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings7.1213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings6.4225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings6.8225 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings7.8299 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Hootsuite and UpContent
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    8.1
    448 Ratings
    1% below category average
    UpContent
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings9.0448 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings7.2305 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings7.7369 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.4380 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Hootsuite and UpContent
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.6
    360 Ratings
    7% below category average
    UpContent
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.5261 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings7.3281 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings7.8312 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Hootsuite and UpContent
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.0
    339 Ratings
    10% below category average
    UpContent
    -
    Ratings
    Lead generation00 Ratings6.6209 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings7.6306 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings6.8207 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings6.8257 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Hootsuite and UpContent
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    8.1
    439 Ratings
    3% below category average
    UpContent
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter00 Ratings7.7394 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings8.6422 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings8.0370 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings8.960 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings8.6377 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings7.2183 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings7.6176 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Hootsuite and UpContent
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.9
    361 Ratings
    2% above category average
    UpContent
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.2334 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings7.7336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.7232 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Hootsuite and UpContent
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.9
    370 Ratings
    0% below category average
    UpContent
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings8.3318 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.5337 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Optimizely Content Marketing Platform
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
    PathFactory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteHootsuiteUpContent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.4
    (511 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (89 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (150 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.0
    (263 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (39 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (18 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteHootsuiteUpContent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CoSchedule
    CoSchedule is great for businesses or agencies who need an overview of all their marketing efforts, and who want to establish collaboration between multiple departments. The calendar view is one of the best we've worked with and makes it easy to see exactly what's happening. There is some slight clunkiness when it comes to admin-related tasks, and a few things aren't easy to find, but there's great support.
    Incentivized
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    Hootsuite
    Hootsuite presents my team everything we need to manage the social media function. Even writing the "what can be improved" section strained me, because there really isn't a whole lot to complain about. At this point, I (and my social media manager) need to explore the platform more, specifically OwlyGPT, campaigns, and listening. It's pretty much everything we need right now
    Incentivized
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    UpContent
    UpContent is effective for helping you:
    • Gather information several different content sources
    • Leverage curated content with social media, email newsletters, and on your website to help you provide audiences with important information
    • Curate content topics by vertical for use in ABM -- you can give reps topic hubs to keep themselves up-to-date. Plus, it's a great way for them to find content to use as "conversation starters with their prospects.
    I love that UpContent integrates with HubSpot, Rasa.io, SocialBee and other tools that we use on a daily basis.
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    Pros
    CoSchedule
    • Best time to post is great at updating to when we get the most engagement by platform
    • Requeue tool to slate out additional posts for a given piece of content is a huge time saver
    • Aggregate analytics tool shows us a peek across our posts on a given platform that's actually easier to read than the platform itself
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    Hootsuite
    • Reporting. We are able to pull accurate and concise data points on our channels.
    • Planning and calendaring. We love that we are able to have our teams plan out content across months so that we are never feeling behind schedule on getting content out there.
    • Creating content natively in the platform!
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    UpContent
    • Organize content from multiple sources
    • Helps you leverage curated content more easily for use on social media
    • Allows you to quickly share articles with your audience that you think will resonate with them
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    Cons
    CoSchedule
    • The platform seems sluggish as of late, likely as a result of the robust amount of data we are entering and the number of filters we're creating.
    • Social media scheduling exists, but we do run into publishing errors more often then we'd like.
    • Task templates when updated are not retroactive, so when you create projects for an entire year and then change a template, you need to go back and change them manually.
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    Hootsuite
    • TikTok is an area for improvement as it's newer to Hootsuite. It would be beneficial to be able to link non-business profiles on TikTok to Hootsuite as many businesses use personal accounts to access TikTok's expansive music library.
    • Hootsuite does have room to improve the analytics capabilities. There could be more ways to customize each aspect of their reports. There isn't much manipulation of data in each type of data set.
    • Simplicity is an area of improvement for Hootsuite. The streams are one example of an area that is super cluttered and difficult to view. Their platform could really use an aesthetic overhaul to make things look more pleasing.
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    UpContent
    • I'd like an option to use UpContent to curate content into a blog post -- to make it easy to do "news round-up" type posts.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CoSchedule
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    At this time we are satisfied that Hootsuite offers the most of what we are looking for at the most reasonable price point. As the social media landscape and monitoring/scheduling software changes, so do our needs. We re-evaluate our tools semi-annually or as new tools emerge onto the market. If we find at any point that we aren't gaining an advantage, then we are open to switching products.
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    UpContent
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    CoSchedule
    The interface is very intuitive, from setting up social profiles, to posting, to tags, to optimizing for best day/time to post. It's super easy to scan the aggregate analytics. The calendar is very easy to grok at a glance, and the more advanced functionality is intuitive to set up.
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    Hootsuite
    I will give Hootsuite a rating of 10/10 because it has delivered measurable business impact through social media. It helps centralize and streamline content planning, approvals, scheduling, and reporting in one place. It has significantly reduced manual workload and improved team efficiency. We achieved higher engagement rates, faster customer response times, and improved lead quality through social channels. It has also helped us with centralized reporting across different social media channels.
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    UpContent
    No answers on this topic
    Reliability and Availability
    CoSchedule
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    Gliches have made it a bit of a bind, particularly when you just want to 'click and send' a web article after you have read it - and then you have to deal with support (a great team but not always able to solve the problems with the gliches). Gliches with it loading properly, gliches with 'double ups in FB on the posts (the personal page and the business page if both clicked will lead to 2 lots of postings to each page!)
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    UpContent
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    CoSchedule
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    HootSuite does everything it is designed to do very well: the product's performance is very reliable and efficient. Like other tools, there is always a room for new developments and updates, and the HootSuite team recognizes this and focuses on new development as well.
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    UpContent
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    CoSchedule
    I didn't have to use their official support, but I can say that they put out a lot of content online to help users. Their YouTube page has quite an array of tutorial videos explaining how things work and how to get the most out of their tools. If you're struggling, before picking up a phone or blasting off an email, try searching for your problem on YouTube or their forums.
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    Hootsuite
    I can manage all of my accounts on one site! It's absolutely amazing!
    The dashboard is helpful to see how you are doing as well. Still
    getting to understand the analytics and may need to reach out for help
    on this
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    UpContent
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    CoSchedule
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    Very easy to teach and learn
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    UpContent
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    CoSchedule
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    The online training is decent; however, it takes a lot more time to search for answers to my questions. Having a training session with a live person was much more effective as they were able to quickly address the business needs I have.
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    UpContent
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    CoSchedule
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    Simple and easy to use, and have never had any issues. We like how it saves me time and allows me to plan in advance. I plan on using this for as long as I can and will encourage others to use it too. If you haven't tried it you should. I hope my review is helpful to everyone.
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    UpContent
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    CoSchedule
    CoSchedule provides collaborative planning of projects. The calendar view is very well designed. Meetings and tasks can be scheduled and tracked easily. Whatever is being done, no matter how big the task/project is, it gives a bird-eye view of everything. Additionally, it also integrated very well with WordPress. Their customer service team is also very helpful.
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    Hootsuite
    Hootsuite offers a wide range of tools at a somewhat steeper cost. If you manage multiple platforms and want to survey the content being shared and interacted with across all of them, Hootsuite seems to have an easier platform to do that with. HubSpot CRM allows us to integrate our social platforms into our existing CRM, which is a cost saver, but Hootsuite is social media-focused, so the set-up is easier.
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    UpContent
    Scoop.it allows you to create blog posts that pertain to a specific piece of curated content. This is not a feature in UpContent.
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    Scalability
    CoSchedule
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    We are only using in marketing and have been able to scale.
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    UpContent
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    CoSchedule
    • It has saved me about 1 hour per day to keep things organized from Asana to WordPress.
    • By not having a functioning Google Doc import feature, it costs me about 30 minutes for each blog post to copy paste all the content, images, etc.
    • By bundling too many features into their plans, many of which we don't use (e.g. social media scheduling), we lose a little ROI because we are not using the full feature set. We use and prefer Buffer for social media, so when CoSchedule raised their price $40+ per month on features we would not be using, that hurt.
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    Hootsuite
    • For our organization, all ROI was on time saved and efficiency: for creating posts, for scheduling and publishing, for interacting with users, and for analyzing performances. It all comes in one place and this makes a very huge difference in your workflows. We would say that Hootsuite went beyond our expectations on this front, for example with the dynamics UTMs and the media library. Saving time was the main reason why we wanted to purchase the platform and it did not disappoint at all.
    • The ROI in time was also fast to get. The learning curse is very short and this is also an important element. Benefiting from the platform did not take long to be experienced.
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    UpContent
    • We are able to gain efficiency in our social media efforts
    • Improve productivity when it comes to developing newsletters
    • Help us build our thought leadership with curated content
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    CoSchedule Marketing Suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of Calendar Organizer: Visualizes everything in real time, and shows every project on a unified calendar of record. Helps to keep stakeholders in the know and pivot quickly when priorities change.Screenshot of Content Organizer: Eliminates content bottlenecks from idea to promotion. Optimizes the editorial process, and centralizes publishing and promotion by connecting marketing tools.Screenshot of Work Organizer: Maximizes resources by implementing consistent, defined workflows to speed up production and identify how urgent changes impact proactively planned work.Screenshot of Asset Organizer: Catalogs and maintains control of brand assets with customized taxonomies to find, update, and share files. Folders and files can be shared with stakeholders to make sure work is up-to-date.Screenshot of Idea Board: Used to write down ideas, take in requests, and prioritize the projects that are up-next, before giving them a publish date and putting them on the calendar organizer.Screenshot of An AI-powered Marketing Intelligence Assistant that can be used to write first-draft copy, complete work faster, and generate new ideas.

    Hootsuite Screenshots

    Screenshot of Monitoring: Monitors social media profiles and tracks the topics that matter to the brand.Screenshot of Publishing: Create, publish and schedule engaging posts across social channels.Screenshot of Customer Engagement: A consolidated stream of messages across networks that can be triaged and assigned to respond to customers faster. Provides optional chatbot handover for automated responses.Screenshot of Scheduling: Social content can be planned as a team with a shared calendar that features collaborative post drafts and built-in approval workflows.Screenshot of Analytics & Reporting: Measures the effectiveness of a social media strategy to help turn strategy into execution with meaningful and actionable insights. Reports can be customized and shared according to unique business goals and objectives.

    UpContent Screenshots

    Screenshot of UpContent's search results page - 3 columns.