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    Echobox Social

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AEchobox is a social media publishing solution designed to understand the meaning of content using in-built AI. With automation that tailors to the user's business, Echobox is designed to share the right content with the right audience at the optimal time, to drive more traffic, higher engagement and greater revenue from social media and emails. Echobox is an automation platform boasting users among more than 2000 brands worldwide, including Newsweek, CNBC, The Guardian,…N/A

    Meta Business Manager

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AMeta Business Manager (formerly Facebook Business Manager, or Pages Manager) is a mobile app that supports management of up to 50 Facebook pages from a smart phone or tablet, allowing social media managers to see activity, post updates, and respond immediately to customers.N/A
    Pricing
    Echobox SocialMeta Business Manager
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    Echobox SocialMeta Business Manager
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Echobox SocialMeta Business Manager
    Considered Both Products
    Echobox
    Chose Echobox Social
    There's no comparison. The number of hours saved with automatic posting and the use of artificial intelligence to optimize schedules and select the correct audience made Echobox a very useful and valuable tool for our portal and we managed to gain a lot of time for other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Echobox Social
    Hootsuite is great for influencers and other types of companies because it allows you to schedule everything in advance. The best part of Echobox is that you can connect it to your website and it will automatically crank out your own content with little difficulty in a way that …
    Incentivized
    Chose Echobox Social
    Echobox provides a streamlined social media [publishing] service which is significantly easier and more suitable for publishing large amounts of content. The customizable cross-posting is something other services lack and saves huge amounts of time and effort.
    Incentivized
    Chose Echobox Social
    FB Pages Manager is too bulky for programming a publication. EB offers a faster way for scheduling and trusting the AI to find the best time slot for fitting into the flow of publications. The other interesting aspect is that EB shows an overview of what is happening at the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Echobox Social
    There are very few platforms that use Artificial Intelligence to optimize the social media strategy of a news or enterprise site. Other platforms do it for a specific social media but Echobox unites the main ones altogether.
    Incentivized
    Chose Echobox Social
    Echobox's AI provides a more well-rounded ability to share across multiple accounts, with more features like AB headline testing and optimal sharing times, while simultaneously allowing journalists to take advantage of automatic posting. We have also previously used a similar …
    Incentivized
    Chose Echobox Social
    Echobox has a different display to Sprinklr, in that the former is a list whereas Sprinklr is displayed like a calendar. The list format is great to find stories quickly and see exactly what the article is about, but Sprinklr’s format had the Facebook posts so you could see …
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    Meta Platforms Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    74 Answers
    77%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    62 Answers
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    19 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    74 Answers
    77%
    Happy with the feature set
    20 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    54 Answers
    76%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
    73%
    Implementation went as expected
    16 Answers
    Features
    Echobox SocialMeta Business Manager
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Echobox Social
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    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    5.7
    44 Ratings
    29% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings5.427 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings4.134 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings5.829 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings7.432 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    7.0
    60 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings7.860 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings7.957 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings6.855 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings5.645 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Manager
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    Echobox Social
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    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    7.1
    52 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.242 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings7.547 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings6.734 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    7.7
    57 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings7.648 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings7.752 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings7.949 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.653 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Manager
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    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    5.8
    60 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Twitter00 Ratings5.512 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings8.359 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings5.512 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings5.57 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings7.945 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings6.514 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    6.9
    58 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings7.757 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings7.353 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings5.736 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Manager
    Feature
    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Manager
    7.9
    59 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings7.656 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.356 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Echobox SocialMeta Business Manager
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    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Echobox SocialMeta Business Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (76 ratings)
    6.2
    (60 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    6.1
    (26 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (20 ratings)
    6.1
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Echobox SocialMeta Business Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Echobox
    Echobox Social is well suited to publishers and media organisations who are publishing daily online content that needs sharing across social platforms. It works best if your social media objective is driving traffic to your articles/website. It would be suitable for both small and large organisations, as it allows multiple users with different access.
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    Meta Business Manger is well suited for large/medium and small organisations with single or multiple stake holders and products. It works very efficiently. Cases where app events are defined for android and iOS, it work wonders for campaign measurement and campaign level targeting. Meta Business Manager is very appropriate for running financial, educational, real estate, e-commerce related ads. Meta Business Manager is not appropriate if you have are into enterprise sales.
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    Pros
    Echobox
    • Echobox automation is invaluable; the fact that it can intelligently automatically schedule articles within seconds of these being published on our website saves us a huge amount of time
    • I find the AI message option particularly useful when rescheduling content. Although it does not always pick out the best quote, most of the time it does a good job and again saves a lot of time
    • Having the option to schedule content immediately as well as in a specific time-slot or day is also very useful
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    • Helps drive more efficient CPCs and CPMs than other social channels
    • Targets users outside of working hours
    • Helps grow Retargeting pools to use on other channels
    • Meta Business Manager's AI does a great job in identifying our ICP based off intent signals
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    Cons
    Echobox
    • Since I'm Brazilian, and our whole team is based in Brazil, would be great if the whole platform was translated for Portuguese. There are no many English speakers in Brazil, to be honest. That would make it easier
    • Tik Tok. Would be nice if somehow Echobox could provide their AI for Tik Tok Users
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    • You have to look in multiple places for a full range of analytics
    • The way it handles ad spend can be unpredictable, so if you're on a budget, you have to make sure you're really watching your ad spend
    • For as much as Meta Business Manager pushes stories, reels, etc., the editing tools for this kind of content are limited or nonexistent.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Echobox
    Because I am totally satisfied with Echobox service. I find it balanced between the service itself and its cost. Compared to its competitors, it is, without a doubt, the best product for small publishers. It only lacks in a greater and more efficient management of statistics which, at the moment, is absent. I will definitely renew Echobox!
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    Meta Platforms Inc
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    Usability
    Echobox
    Setting up can be complicated but their team was on standby to help us with that. The interface was a bit stiff at first but once you are all set up, you won't need to do much since most of it is automated and the more complicated things can be cleared up with customer support.
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    The UI is easy and intuitive for any beginner, but it also has a lot of depth for more advanced users. There have been very few cases where I could not do something I wanted to do regarding media buying. However, there are big limitations regarding account management, admin settings, and user appeals.
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    Support Rating
    Echobox
    When there have been problems, they’ve usually been resolved very quickly. Some issues have occurred such as not being able to download images or posts not going out when the service has crashed, but they’re also very open to feedback. The option to download pictures loaded into the feed stories was my suggestion; saving us time creating new images and getting the posts out quickly
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    Facebook is notoriously difficult to access for help and FBM is no exception. Only the chat feature will get someone in touch with you and then there is very limited help. The most they do is send links from their 'help section' without really offering much help at all. Business owners and directors need a person on the phone that can understand the problem and help fix it, not 'helpful links that have already been tried.
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    Implementation Rating
    Echobox
    You just have to keep in mind that it can take a day or two to have the set up of an account all done.
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    Meta Platforms Inc
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    Alternatives Considered
    Echobox
    Echobox AI function (the ability to decide when is the best time to share a post) is a [game-changer] and also the UI is cleaner and easier to use. I found Hootsuite confusing and complicated. It has too many windows and also doesn't pull the articles automatically. There is no comparison really, Echobox is miles ahead.
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    Facebook is a well-known platform that has to be utilized. It allows us to reach so many new customers and potential patients for our clients. As well as allows us to interact with them consistently and keep them informed or advertise to a new niche of people. The best part about Facebook Business Manager is its usability and reach!
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    Return on Investment
    Echobox
    • Higher click-through rates on articles shared to social.
    • An increased volume of social posts across all pages through automation, leading to more eyes on more articles.
    • Automation has led to more time for other tasks.
    • Digital subscriptions have increased steadily since implementing Echobox.
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    • Pro: It gives me a central place to manage my Page.
    • Pro: There are a lot of options to take advantage of, like Ads, available, which I hope to use more in the future.
    • Pro: The pixel has allowed me to connect Facebook data with my website, and has been a good referral source.
    • Con: There is so much I don't use because it is so complicated. I know I could get more use of it, but it's not going to happen anytime soon, and probably without help.
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