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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 Suite

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/AFormerly known as Facebook Business Suite or Facebook for Business, a solution for small businesses used to manage all business activity on Facebook, Messenger and Instagram from one place. It is presented as a one-stop shop where business owners can manage all marketing and advertising activities on Facebook and Instagram. It centralizes tools that help the user to connect with customers on all apps and get better business results.N/A
    Pricing
    Echobox SocialMeta Business Suite
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    Echobox SocialMeta Business Suite
    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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    Community Pulse
    Echobox SocialMeta Business Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Echobox
    Chose Echobox Social
    Echobox can all be done on one webpage as opposed to needing multiple different tabs open, and also has a seemingly unlimited amount of users that can have an account, which is great for security as not everyone needs access to our actual social profiles. It's a lot more …
    Incentivized
    Chose Echobox Social
    Crowdfire, Kontentino etc. but Echobox is just a different field with its AI.
    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
    Echobox centralizes all the work and has an interesting IA that learns about our readers.
    Incentivized
    Chose Echobox Social
    Echobox has a much more intuitive user experience, and also offers a range of optimization features, as well as A/B testing. Especially Facebook's own tool for posting is very inefficient to use as a team.
    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
    I think it's the only product of this kind Radio France has used.
    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
    Chose Meta Business Suite
    Echobox is very similar to Facebook for Business in that you can switch between Facebook pages and reschedule and edit posts. It’s a better form of Business, as we can quickly edit posts’ captions and images without having to wait 10 minutes to put them out, and we can tweak …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
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    65%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    62 Answers
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    74 Answers
    70%
    Happy with the feature set
    16 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    54 Answers
    70%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    14 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
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    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    17 Answers
    Features
    Echobox SocialMeta Business Suite
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    6.6
    13 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings6.410 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings6.810 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings6.312 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    7.3
    15 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings7.212 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings6.310 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Suite
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    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    7.1
    12 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.18 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings7.011 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings7.010 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    7.4
    15 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings7.614 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings7.013 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings7.714 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.212 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    8.5
    13 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings8.812 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings8.413 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    8.0
    15 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.215 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings8.015 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Echobox Social and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Echobox Social
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    8.0
    13 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings8.113 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Echobox SocialMeta Business Suite
    Small Businesses
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    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Echobox SocialMeta Business Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (76 ratings)
    7.4
    (108 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    6.7
    (17 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.8
    (20 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Echobox SocialMeta Business Suite
    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 Suite has been highly effective in exposing our brand and our clients' brands to a large audience. It is also one of the most cost-effective ad platforms for B2B marketing campaigns. The issue is filtering out low-quality leads from a B2B lead generation process, as you often receive as many poor-quality leads as high-quality ones.
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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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    • Segmentation is HUGE. You can segment by almost anything you want, be it demographic, sociological, behavioral... you name it. You can also create targets based on your visitors and their actions. Even custom lists.
    • They are very good at optimizing your campaigns automatically. This is so important because it will improve your ROI in several multiples otherwise
    • Managing ads in general works fine, and the data, even though is not exactly as accurate as Analytics, it's pretty decent.
    • Gives you placements and different ad types so you can get the most out of it.
    • Pixel and catalog integration are very powerful. You can almost instantly start tracking and catalog fetches your site daily for updates.
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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
    • The planner enables timings of others' posts to be seen easily, but an easier view of that content (eg by hovering over it) would be preferable
    • Insights gives detailed information on the performance of posts, but could be more intuitive - and it would be helpful if it flagged particularly good performers or practices.
    • Sometimes using @ tags is a little slow - and it's not always easy to tell which ones you want without opening another window and testing them yourself.
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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
    We have to continue using this tool in order to be effective on this marketing platform. Though there are several changes I wish we could see, the fact is that we will still need to use this product to provide customers with the information they need.
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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
    Meta Business Suite is a solid, centralized tool that covers the core needs of social media planning and publishing. However, some limitations — like inconsistent Reels functionality, clunky previews, and lack of creative asset organization — hold it back from being a seamless, end-to-end solution. There's a lot of potential with continued improvements.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Echobox
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    I've only dealt with the API having issues a couple times, but as you can imagine an outage is not something an advertiser would find acceptable, especially during any ecommerce-heavy time of year. The overall platform could use some help with availability when it comes to authentication, as it struggles with consistency in authentication.
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    Performance
    Echobox
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    There are a lot of shortcomings when it comes to performance. There are pages that I do not expect to have much information to load on the page, yet it takes an incredibly long time (10+ secondes). I have not had experience with the integration slowing other platforms down too much.
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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
    I've found the Facebook for Business support to be hit or miss. For billing questions they're timely and helpful. For complex questions about specific services I've often received a longer wait and a less helpful experience. I'm often redirected to their docs, which are often not particularly helpful.
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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
    Take all of the training offered through Facebook first before attempting to create a page on the platform. Learn all of the capabilities available to you. Learn about the different types of audiences who might be interested in seeing your page. Create short video clips as though they are viewed at a much higher rate than anything else. Offer free giveaways or raffles to further build to your list of prospects and drive traffic to your website
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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
    Compared to the other tools listed above, Meta Business Suite has good navigation, great interest audience-building tools, okay ad analytics, a great messaging system, and below-average customer support. We chose Meta Business Suite for its massive user base and for its industry-leading targeting functionality (which is a result of that massive user base!).
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    Scalability
    Echobox
    No answers on this topic
    Meta Platforms Inc
    This product is definitely able to run at scale, but it would be wise to have enough eyeballs to oversee it and the tools for keeping the campaigns, adsets, and ads organized could use some improvement. I can also see the UI interfering with usability at greater amounts of scale.
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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
    • Overall positive ROI has been achieved using this platform. You must have a clear understanding of where your CPL maximums are to remain profitable and either optimize to success or pull the plug on campaigns that are bleeding spend.
    • This is a great platform to build new audiences or grow existing ones.
    • Building audience segments via pixel tracking is a huge win for this platform.
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