eClincher aims to be the most powerful, complete and intuitive social media management software. According to the vendor, the product is designed to help users, businesses, and agencies manage social media presence with one platform, and offers the following capabilities: advanced publishing publishing automation (queues, RSS feeds, recycle evergreen content) engagement with unified social inbox & live social feeds monitoring content…
$149
per month
NapoleonCat
Score9 out of 10
N/A
NapoleonCat is a social media management solution built around features such as post publishing and engagement across social media channels, competitor monitoring, and analytics and optimization.
$89
per month users, profile slots & Inbox Capacity
Pricing
eClincher
NapoleonCat
Editions & Modules
Standard
$149
per month
Professional
$349
per month
Enterprise
Contact Vendor
Standard
$89
per month
Pro
$109
per month
Expert
$139
per month
Enterprise
from $465
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
eClincher
NapoleonCat
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Yes
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
A discount is offered for annual billing.
14 days to explore features are included free. No credit card is required. The trial is based on the Expert Plan and includes:
All features: Social Inbox, Auto-moderation, Publisher, Analytics, and Reporting
- 5 seats
- 10 social profile slots
- 25,000-message capacity in the Inbox
- AI Assistant: 100 actions in the Social Inbox and 10 in the Publisher.
Please note: during the trial, downloading reports isn’t available, but reports can be previewed. Contact sales to connect a profile with over 1 million followers or to test a more custom setup.
Digital Marketing Specialist in Marketing at Sysco (Food & Beverages, 10,001+ employees)
Chose NapoleonCat
It's nearly impossible to cover social media monitoring manually and that's why companies need a tool like NapoleonCat to automate all social media marketing processes and get a sneak peek into their competitors and also address a dissatisfied customer directly. Companies that …
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Key User Insights
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Delivers good value for the price
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Happy with the feature set
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Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Implementation went as expected
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Features
eClincher
NapoleonCat
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of eClincher and NapoleonCat
Feature
eClincher
7.0
5 Ratings
9% below category average
NapoleonCat
6.4
1 Ratings
18% below category average
Boolean keyword searches
7.04 Ratings
9.11 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam
7.04 Ratings
7.31 Ratings
Broad channel coverage
7.05 Ratings
4.51 Ratings
Sentiment analysis
00 Ratings
4.51 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of eClincher and NapoleonCat
Feature
eClincher
6.0
6 Ratings
30% below category average
NapoleonCat
10.0
1 Ratings
20% above category average
Content planning and scheduling
8.06 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Audience targeting
1.03 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content optimization
9.04 Ratings
00 Ratings
Workflow management
6.06 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of eClincher and NapoleonCat
Feature
eClincher
6.3
5 Ratings
25% below category average
NapoleonCat
10.0
1 Ratings
21% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization
7.05 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Customer interaction histories
4.83 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Bulk actions
7.05 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of eClincher and NapoleonCat
Feature
eClincher
1.0
3 Ratings
154% below category average
NapoleonCat
6.4
1 Ratings
19% below category average
Lead generation
1.01 Ratings
00 Ratings
Content marketing
1.13 Ratings
00 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions
00 Ratings
6.41 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of eClincher and NapoleonCat
Feature
eClincher
6.8
6 Ratings
20% below category average
NapoleonCat
10.0
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Twitter
7.05 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Facebook
8.06 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
LinkedIn
6.05 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Google+
9.93 Ratings
00 Ratings
Instagram
8.05 Ratings
10.02 Ratings
Pinterest
8.03 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
YouTube
1.03 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of eClincher and NapoleonCat
Feature
eClincher
4.0
6 Ratings
64% below category average
NapoleonCat
10.0
2 Ratings
26% above category average
Campaign success analytics
4.05 Ratings
10.02 Ratings
Real-time tracking
4.06 Ratings
10.02 Ratings
Competitor analysis
00 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of eClincher and NapoleonCat
Feature
eClincher
4.5
6 Ratings
55% below category average
NapoleonCat
10.0
1 Ratings
23% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges
8.06 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
Mobile access
1.16 Ratings
10.01 Ratings
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Best suited for a marketer that cares about reports, needs a social media management platform and doesn't want to pay more for a more aesthetically pleasing version of a platform with the same or less functionality, such as Hootsuite or Sprout Social. For a social media marketer that wants to automate some of their postings, the queues feature is great for this functionality. Not best suited for beginners to social media, as their platform is best utilized with someone familiar with the industry that knows what they are doing. Their chat support team is very good though, but this type of individual might find themselves spending a lot of time on the platform.
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It is most effective in tracking the marketing efforts of competitors and gathering of information from social media platforms that is turned into actionable knowledge. NapoleonCat upgrades how we serve our customers and by automating social media marketing processes, time is saved so that teams can concentrate on other strategic tasks
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eClincher supports nearly every social network and connects to a large number of sources (blogs, bit.ly, Google Analytics, Google My Business). This makes workflow tremendously easy.
Posting Groups. At higher levels of service, eClincher allows you to set-up individual brand accounts. My agency isn't at that level, so we utilize eClincher's posting groups to make 1-click groups that post to all of the profiles for each client. This allows us to quickly post a cohesive message across all channels.
Workflow management: eClincher adds plenty of additional tools to make your workflow fast. Connections to free stock photo services make it easy to add generic pictures to your content. Google Analytics and bit.ly can keep track of statistics and measure success. The Inbox allows you to handle all your clients' accounts from one screen (including comments, messages, reviews, and more). The Feeds and Influencers tabs allow you to understand your market and what's being said. Altogether, eClincher makes a 1-app solution for Social Media Management.
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It's not very visually appealing, but this is not a dealbreaker.
The reporting features could definitely use some work. I still get more value from the native SNS pages, but this is quickly changing. They removed the "export to CSV" functionality, but they plan to reintroduce it soon. As mentioned previously, they really respond to criticism well and update the tool constantly.
The inbox could use some work. I don't like being directed offsite to view certain comments deemed "requests for further info" when they could just easily display them there.
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"Free Trial" functionality will actually charge users straight away depending on the trial button clicked
Changes to plan during a billing cycle are not refunded or credited in any way, including attempting to un-do the change. (So moving down and up again between plans, even if both actions occur within seconds of each other, results in getting charged twice...)
Unless the price of eClincher moves to a point where it is too much to justify, I don't see any reason why we wouldn't continue to use eClincher for our agency. The value at this price-point is unbelievable and we'd be foolish to move to a pricier program purely for the sake of slicker graphics or UI. eClinchers pricing is fantastic, and is only matched by its functionality—it matches or beats any of the major Social Media Manager SaaS programs out there for a fraction of the cost. This tool is great for growing agencies, but would also be useful for any marketing department or large agency that wants to streamline their social media workflow.
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Its usability was good until they changed their plans and stopped their LTD program for its early adopters who helped raise the tool by giving it positive reviews. I don't think eClincher is ethical in any sense based on the recent actions.
NapoleonCat is easy to implement and use. Users can manage all their social media activities from a single online dashboard that also includes reporting. Users can manage posts while on the go using the mobile app.
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[In my experience,] due to the fact that they did a bait and switch on their plans and blamed AppSumo for the lifetime program ending is simply wrong. [I believe that] it's unethical to get support and reviews from their early adopters then take the plan away later.
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Be patient. eClincher isn't perfect and has some software issues. These issues will be exacerbated if you get frustrated or have a slow connection. If something "breaks" or locks up, just refresh the page and re-do that step. It may take your team a couple weeks to get use to using the new system. Once they've gotten the hang of it, I'm sure they'll love the amount of time they save. I'd recommend taking your time with the set-up. Though there aren't a lot of steps to get everything squared away, you can break the process into small chunks to make sure you're managing your time. To just hook-up all the social accounts, it may only take an hour or so. But, if you want to set-up all the extra tools (such as user accounts, listening feeds, posting groups, schedules, etc.) it'll take longer. I think it took around a day to set-up completely, but your mileage my vary.
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There are loads of social scheduling tools out there. I was using Buffer but then found it was limited in terms of listening and reporting so I started to look at a more professional software. I tried Hootsuite but hated the interface, way too busy with the primary focus being on feeds rather than scheduling. Sprout Social I found clunky and hard to use. eClincher was recommended to me by a friend. I think the interface (desktop and mobile) is easy to use but what sets it apart is its support - the live chat is brilliant.
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Use this service instead... Far more transparent and also supports modern account security features like 2-factor authentication. (Lack of 2fa puts all social profiles in NepoleonCat at increased risk of being hijacked...)
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