Critical Mention vs. Sprinklr Social

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Critical Mention
Score 5.3 out of 10
N/A
Critical Mention headquartered in New York offers their eponymous media monitoring platform for public relations and crisis management.N/A
Sprinklr Social
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Sprinklr Social’s platform empowers enterprise teams of all sizes to deliver a consistent brand experience across 35+ digital and social channels to drive engagement and revenue, with capabilities across publishing, engagement, listening, analytics, employee advocacy, influencer marketing and commerce. Content planning and scheduling using an editorial calendar, with a digital asset manager and the ability to publish across channels at AI…
$299
per month per seat
Pricing
Critical MentionSprinklr Social
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr Social Self-Serve Plan
$299
per month per seat
Sprinklr Social Enterprise Plan
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Critical MentionSprinklr Social
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Critical MentionSprinklr Social
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Critical MentionSprinklr Social
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Critical Mention
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Ratings
Sprinklr Social
7.7
51 Ratings
1% above category average
Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings8.644 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings8.247 Ratings
Sentiment analysis00 Ratings6.148 Ratings
Broad channel coverage00 Ratings7.847 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Critical Mention
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
8.0
51 Ratings
1% above category average
Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings8.148 Ratings
Audience targeting00 Ratings7.943 Ratings
Content optimization00 Ratings8.041 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Critical Mention
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
7.7
50 Ratings
5% below category average
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings6.343 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings8.049 Ratings
Bulk actions00 Ratings8.646 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Critical Mention
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
6.8
43 Ratings
12% below category average
Lead generation00 Ratings6.330 Ratings
Content marketing00 Ratings5.636 Ratings
Paid media management00 Ratings7.331 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings8.237 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Critical Mention
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
8.5
54 Ratings
0% below category average
Twitter00 Ratings9.152 Ratings
Facebook00 Ratings8.352 Ratings
LinkedIn00 Ratings8.339 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings8.126 Ratings
Instagram00 Ratings8.751 Ratings
Pinterest00 Ratings8.227 Ratings
YouTube00 Ratings9.137 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Critical Mention
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
7.5
53 Ratings
5% below category average
Campaign success analytics00 Ratings7.349 Ratings
Real-time tracking00 Ratings8.152 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.235 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Critical Mention
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
7.4
51 Ratings
9% below category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings8.650 Ratings
Mobile access00 Ratings6.144 Ratings
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Critical MentionSprinklr Social
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Score 7.5 out of 10
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Score 9.8 out of 10
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Newswire
Newswire
Score 8.3 out of 10
Social Suite by Reputation.com
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Critical MentionSprinklr Social
Likelihood to Recommend
1.8
(21 ratings)
7.8
(79 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(7 ratings)
7.0
(29 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Availability
8.0
(1 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.9
(34 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Critical MentionSprinklr Social
Likelihood to Recommend
Critical Mention
Critical Mention is great for schools/businesses/etc. that want to know when they are in the news. Sometimes a brand's reputation can suffer greatly if you are not aware of an issue that was posted by a competitor or media outlet If you are not in the news a lot, there is no need for this product.
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Sprinklr
In my perspective, I would say Sprinklr Modern Sales &
Engagement is best suited for teams and organizations who are more involved in
automating social media activities, getting a great analytical report on
activity engagement, and generating lists and bolds that helps determine the
trends and events, etc. One of the best tools that one could use for clients
with every information they would need.
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Pros
Critical Mention
  • Critical Mention's customer service is excellent. Any time we've had a challenge finding a clip or anything, they are on top of it and go above and beyond to make sure we have what we are looking for quickly.
  • The ability to create tailored clips of each mention and quickly share them is unparalleled.
  • The reporting feature is fantastic. It makes it very simple to pull detailed reports and share them with interested parties.
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Sprinklr
  • Customization - Through Sprinklr's rules and robust custom field creation, you really can create a lot of customization for every facet of your business.
  • Listening - Their Listening Engine and Explorer are fantastic ways to proactively find engagement-friendly conversations, in addition competitively research your brand.
  • Care - Using their case formatting, messages and customer contacts can be routed and assigned easily to available reps, and their bot builder can help to automate your contacts without sacrificing a personal touch.
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Cons
Critical Mention
  • I believe the one frustration I have with searching in general that if the closed captioning is not correct on the broadcast end Critical Mention will miss that data. Which is not a Critical Mention issue and does overcome depending on the search. Also, it would be great if you wanted to capture a complete 30 minutes newscast, it could be done by using the search. The clips need to be about to handle 30-minute programs.
  • One nagging issue when using Critical Mention is that it does not save e-mail addresses when sending a report and this requires a waste of time having to type in e-mails that should be able to be pulled from the customers' contacts.
  • Also, it would be great if you wanted to capture a complete 30 minutes newscast, it could be done by using the search. The clips need to be able to handle 30-minute programs.
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Sprinklr
  • Overall, Sprinklr rewards users to do a lot of digging on their own to get to the more in-depth functionalities. For instance, the asset manager feature leads you to a dashboard with all the content you ever published but doesn't tell you what to do next or how to organize it
  • Sprinklr offers basic social listening features, but it is much more limited than other pure social listening players like Crimson Hexagon or Brandwatch. It is perfectly usable for a quick search but I wouldn't recommend it as your sole social listening platform
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Likelihood to Renew
Critical Mention
I gave this a 5 only because I do not make the decisions to renew. When I used this at my previous company, I also recommended to the decision maker to renew this tool as it was a crucial piece to the overall client objective
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Sprinklr
I really do feel that Sprinklr is the most complete enterprise social media program. It covers everything you would need to do to run a strategic social media program. On top of that, the success managers are really the best. Our success manager goes above and beyond for us and has been so helpful to us with setting up some very specific repots and profiles. Paul (our CSM) has been great about keeping us up to date on the latest features and functionality as well as helping us set up innovative dashboards as need
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Usability
Critical Mention
It's great for quickly looking up a specific clip, but this platform makes it difficult to select and accurately report on a high volume of clips
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Sprinklr
It's simple to learn and easy to use. Compared to other social media monitoring tools like it, it has less of a learning curve than most. Between the filters, macros, tagging, and ability to like or reply to posts, it seems pretty comprehensive. At the very least, it accomplishes everything that my organization uses it for
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Reliability and Availability
Critical Mention
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
Our account partners at Sprinklr are not only responsive to out needs, both domestically and internationally, but have consistently approached us with ideas on how to improve our communication and collaboration in a proactive manner.
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Performance
Critical Mention
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
Perfornace is not aan issue. The issues/bugs with this software are few and far between. And when one pops up the 24/7 support team is helpful, quick and informative.
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Support Rating
Critical Mention
Look, Critical Mention follows up on an or phone call immediately or in the AM the following business day. I have called them after hours and get a live person to work through any issues that may have come up. Support seems to be job one with Critical Mention.
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Sprinklr
Support is amazing. We have had to reach out [to] them only a few times in the past few years. Each time, they were back in touch with us within the hour or two, no matter the time. We've always had our issues addressed quickly and promptly corrected. They are a great team to work with.
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In-Person Training
Critical Mention
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
I don't recall our training in detail. I know we met in person a few times, and did some over-the-phone product walk-throughs. It may have been somewhat informal -- I don't recall having any takeaways to refer to.
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Online Training
Critical Mention
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
Through multiple webinars, easily accessible training documents, and ad-hoc sessions with my account manager I am never left in the dark when I have a question.
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Implementation Rating
Critical Mention
Critical Mention implementation was easy and fast. Their support and training were awesome.
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Sprinklr
The implementation personnel at Sprinklr are top-notch. They will work with you to make sure they setup Sprinklr in a way that best aligns with your structural needs
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Alternatives Considered
Critical Mention
Burrelles is confusing and outdated. Critical Mention works on the side of the account team and understands our needs better. I was able to share hundreds of outlets that I wanted to be included in my online search and Critical Mention added all of them in less than a day I was seeing better results in my searches. The possibilities with Burrelles seem limited while Critical Mention's online monitoring service really lets me craft reports the way I want to
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Sprinklr
As much as I get frustrated with Sprinklr, Sprinklr is a much cleaner platform than others I have used and I do obtain good data from the reports due to my custom filters, allowing me to pass along education onto product teams in regards to their specific lines.
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Scalability
Critical Mention
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
Always start simple with Sprinklr, e.g. one client. You can easily grow over time adding products/units/regions, etc
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Return on Investment
Critical Mention
  • Every week the department I am a part does dozens of searches on Critical Mention. We use it as our primary search engine for all things broadcast.
  • One negative aspect is that we do not know where Critical Mention gets their audience viewing numbers from so we just have to take it as their word.
  • Another negative aspect is that we are limited on the amount of time that one clip can be so we have to share several clips of the same show with our clients.
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Sprinklr
  • Reports can be customized and exported easily in many different formats. I especially like the PowerPoint version of reports. It quickly and professionally creates a custom slideshow to show the metrics of the platforms and time periods you choose. This is a great way to keep your company's C-level executives informed on your team's progress and investing in your efforts. This is especially true for executives that do not personally use or understand the value of social media.
  • Brand reputation management is always a great investment. The dashboard alerts you in real-time when your brand or product is mentioned across any of the platforms and offers a quick and efficient way to respond. The Sprinklr customer experience cloud can be implemented across your entire organization, including CRM and email systems.
  • If you're not growing you're dying. That alone helps me with the ROI of using Sprinklr for my client's business objectives.
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