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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

    Later Social

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ALater (formerly Latergramme) in Vancouver offers an Instagram focused social media marketing platform, which supports the planning and scheduling of content to Instagram, as well as Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.

    $25

    per month

    Tailwind

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ATailwind is a social media marketing solution built specifically for Pinterest marketing. It provides features such as scheduled pins, analytics, and scalable Pinterest activity.

    $14.99

    per month

    Pricing
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteLater SocialTailwind
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter
    $25
    per month
    Growth
    $50
    per month
    Scale
    $100
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Free
    $0
    billed annually
    Pro
    $24.99
    per month 1 user and profile
    Advanced
    $49.99
    per month 2 users and profiles
    Max
    $99.99
    per month 5 users and 3 profiles
    Tailwind Communities
    $119.88
    billed annually
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteLater SocialTailwind
    Free Trial
    NoYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—33% discount available for annual subscription.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteLater SocialTailwind
    Considered Multiple Products
    CoSchedule
    No answer on this topic
    Later
    Chose Later Social
    I've also used Planoly, which is what I switched from. Later by far is easier to use and manage and view. I like all the upgrade options and I like the blog posts to help navigate using the interface and also using Instagram. If I saw more results on Instagram I'd be all in, …
    Incentivized
    Tailwind
    Chose Tailwind
    I think Tailwind is still the best option for scheduling Pins when compared to the alternatives. That said, for some businesses with more limited content available, utilizing the native Pinterest scheduler or another scheduling platform (such as Later, Hootsuite, or even Canva's…
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    93%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
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    Features
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteLater SocialTailwind
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Later Social and Tailwind
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Later Social
    -
    Ratings
    Tailwind
    -
    Ratings
    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 Later Social and Tailwind
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Later Social
    -
    Ratings
    Tailwind
    -
    Ratings
    Content distribution10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content promotion10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content automation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Later Social and Tailwind
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    30% above category average
    Later Social
    -
    Ratings
    Tailwind
    -
    Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content performance analytics10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Later Social and Tailwind
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Later Social
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Tailwind
    4.7
    12 Ratings
    54% below category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings10.02 Ratings5.912 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings8.12 Ratings3.812 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings5.210 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings00 Ratings3.89 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Later Social and Tailwind
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Later Social
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Tailwind
    4.1
    12 Ratings
    68% below category average
    Twitter00 Ratings7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings8.92 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings10.02 Ratings4.58 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings10.01 Ratings6.612 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Later Social and Tailwind
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Later Social
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    64% below category average
    Tailwind
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings4.01 Ratings5.29 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Later Social and Tailwind
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Later Social
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Tailwind
    3.0
    8 Ratings
    90% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings6.32 Ratings5.17 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Later Social and Tailwind
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Later Social
    -
    Ratings
    Tailwind
    9.2
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Later Social and Tailwind
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Later Social
    -
    Ratings
    Tailwind
    5.7
    10 Ratings
    35% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings00 Ratings5.98 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings00 Ratings5.25 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings00 Ratings5.98 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Later Social and Tailwind
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Later Social
    -
    Ratings
    Tailwind
    7.7
    8 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings00 Ratings5.07 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings00 Ratings5.98 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteLater SocialTailwind
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    5.9
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CoSchedule Marketing SuiteLater SocialTailwind
    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.
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    Later
    The free version is more than enough for personal use. But if you have a small business or if you're trying to grow your brand, it's better to use one of the premium plans. It's worth it. Later is especially useful if you manage multiple accounts for multiple brands/companies because you'll be managing everything with just one tool
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    Tailwind
    Tailwind can schedule your Pinteret pins, but it's an expensive platform to do this, and given it seems to miss many, it does not even do this well. Further, they continue to get you to reconnect, so it is cumbersome and poorly designed. We used it only because our vendors wanted it, but it's been a total waste of money given how poorly designed it is, how buggy it is and how useless the other so-called services they provide are. Go somewhere else as there are way better solutions as we have now found.
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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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    Later
    • Later's easy upload feature (drag and drop) is incredibly helpful, especially for multiple images and videos.
    • The drag and drop option for scheduling content is easy, and images and videos load rather quickly depending on size.
    • Captions can be saved if there are posts or common phrases that repeated and shared out from the content.
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    Tailwind
    • The extension for Chrome and Safari has been EXTREMELY helpful. Through research and continuing education, we frequently see information we'd like to share with our audience and the extension has made this so easy.
    • The SmartLoop feature is great for times when we get busy and may not have the time to add new things to our queue. I know even if I had zero time to devote to social media that day, I was still active and getting information to our candidates.
    • Interface is extremely user friendly. A lot of time these programs that are supposed to help us and bring ease to our workload are so complicated and intense that they cause more stress than they relieve. This is not true with Tailwind. Tailwind is easy to use and truly does take a load of stress off us as an organization.
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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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    Later
    • I wish I could edit the look and feel of my pictures within Later a little easier. There are standard filters, but for brand sake, I need everything to be consistent.
    • I wish there was a direct integration with things like Canva and Lightroom to make uploading and editing my images seamless.
    • The biggest thing I wish Later did was allowing a better threshold for the free accounts. All of the helpful and useful features are for paid only (video posts, multi-image posts, analytics, etc). I can't justify the cost for just a few posts a month. I end up doing all of the video and multi-image posts manually, which lately has me questioning the benefit of Later's free version as a small business.
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    Tailwind
    • When you add a link to your post and add the caption, it goes to the first line and not where I had the cursor. I do not want the link to be the first thing people read.
    • The Tailwind Create is fun and helpful but still hard to use.
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    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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    Later
    The desktop site is almost perfect, I love it. I love that I can drag and drop, I love that I can easily and quickly switch to analytics and switching profiles... love the ease of link in bio. so great!
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    Tailwind
    Tailwind is great when it focuses on it's core functionality. However, in my opinion, Tailwind isn't great at listening to their customers and instead likes to add features that are not beneficial and tend to "break" the other features that ultimately sell it's product. In my opinion, it has lost ROI over time and was much better 3-4 years ago.
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    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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    Later
    Later are not just a software tool, they also provide marketing advice, tips, and tutorials via their blog. I’ve only had to reach out to them for help a few times and have found them to respond much faster than other tools in their category. I receive weekly emails with updates, marketing tips and invites to online events. I look forward to their emails as I’ve learned a lot of things that I’ve been able to actually implement.
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    Tailwind
    I have received wonderful support from Tailwind. Recently when I was on their new Tailwind Create and was looking at their site photos, I had a question and I received an answer in less than 24 hours. They have also been receptive to comments and ideas to make the product better and they used some of the ideas as well giving us a discount for the help.
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    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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    Later
    I went with Later for the lower cost subscription. The Hootsuite copy features is missed, but Later has hashtag suggestions which is nice. I really need something to post across multiple platforms. I also needed the ability to schedule more than the 5 free scheduled posts offered by Hootsuite. Later has been working great for what I need it to do to support my small event promotion business.
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    Tailwind
    When I was looking for a solution for Instagram, neither Buffer nor Hootsuite were offering the ability to post directly to Instagram. That may have changed recently, but in my opinion, Tailwind is a much more user-friendly, less (unnecessarily) complex solution for Instagram management. I don't need a ton of in-depth analytics; I just need to be able to be efficient, consistent and engaging in my posts. Tailwind allows me to do that without getting bogged down in all the bells and whistles on Hootsuite or Buffer.
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    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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    Later
    • Increased social media involvement - Since utilizing Later and another social media scheduling tool, we have seen our growth rise as much as 12% in just a few months. This includes followers, likes, and engagement. This is huge for us since social media is a great way to generate new customers and increase brand awareness.
    • Easier reporting - Analytics tools on most of the big three (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) are pretty limited. Later is a great way to take a look at our Analytics, and it makes it easy to understand the numbers.
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    Tailwind
    • Definitely an ROI - We have increased our clicks on our website due to traffic from Pinterest, primarily from our Smart Loop.
    • We have increased Pinterest following due to our intensive use of Smart Loop, which has led to #1 (increased website traffic).
    • Organization and time management has been a massive advantage of utilizing Tailwind. Because I can set Smart Loop and not worry about it, I can dedicate my time to other areas of the business.
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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.