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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Emplifi

    Score8.9 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Emplifi offers a platform that enables brands to manage social marketing, commerce, and care. At the core of this platform is Emplifi Fuel — the outcome and enablement layer that connects all modules across marketing, commerce, and care. Fuel empowers brands to optimize the customer journey, unifying data, automation, and AI-driven insights to ensure every interaction drives meaningful business outcomes. The platform's core capabilities include:…N/A

    Hootsuite

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AHootsuite is a social media management platform for building brand awareness, engaging with customers, and driving business results. Users can schedule posts across multiple social networks (including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube ), manage organic and paid social content together, keep track of customer conversations, integrate with over 200+ applications, and gain actionable real-time insights from social media to make critical business decisions from…

    $249

    per month per user

    Pricing
    EmplifiHootsuite
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $199
    per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, 10 social accounts
    Advanced
    $399
    per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, unlimited social accounts
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EmplifiHootsuite
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPlans can be paid monthly or annually, with a discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    EmplifiHootsuite
    Considered Both Products
    Emplifi Inc
    Chose Emplifi
    Emplifi seemed a better solution than the others that we trialled when looking for a solution. the reason we chose Emplifi (then Social Bakers) was its slick dashboards, and user-friendliness when it came to setting up dashboards and creating personalised tags on our content. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    Emplifi is better than Hootsuite and Falcon.io in community management, report and calendar
    Sprinklr is the best one but it's more expensive
    We use Brandwatch only for web listening
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    We used Sprout Social in the organization for a few years before switching to Emplifi. We also used a free version of Hootsuite to take advantage of their content streams, but they discontinued that feature so we transitioned away from Hootsuite. We found Sprout Social to be …
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    Socialbakers seems to have all the functionality that Hootsuite did, plus more. The detailed analytics is where it benefits us the most. We are able to review and adjust to maximize our ROI.
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    I think that Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud is unique, has all in one super easy to use and if you are on social media work is a tool that you need to use no only the big brands, Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud is for everyone who want grow up in this industry and doesn't exist …
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    Emplifi's support is responsive and quick to act on our requests, which puts them above competitors in my opinion.
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud it's a more complete tool to manage social media content and data insights and analysis. As a global organization, we do not have so many issues with multiple users, permissions and we can have a big picture of all accounts - as well as their …
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    Emplifi is a more complete tool than others and they're more updated with trends (like scheduling reels)
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    I find Social Marketing Cloud suite easier to use and one of the most updated in terms of KPI available for different channels and formats. It is even one of the most expensive, for this reason the resell to Client is not even easy.
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    In contrast to other tools in this field, Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud scores especially with its user-friendly interface. Very much within the platform is intuitive, so that even newcomers can quickly find their way around it. It is not unnecessarily complicated, but …
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    I evaluated 10 different tools, Emplifi was one of them. What really set Emplifi apart was the user experience, quick turnaround for new features, and robust support. Emplifi allowed us to work most flexibly with the API of all social channels - offering features that other …
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    Having used many similar platforms, I have to say while many do quite similar things, but I feel Emplifi is the most intuitive an reliable. Also it's user management caters to agencies like us where we are a matrixed organisation across markets and need to provide client …
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    Socialbakers Suite has a huge database in all sectors. Best learnings/practices in the platform can be shared as sector reportings regularly.
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    In our view, Socialbakers does not have real competitors. It offers a comprehensive solution for social media analytics and publishing. After thorough market research, we concluded that we would only ask for a bid from Socialbakers.

    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    We now use Tracx Social Media Listening tool for our competitor analysis and comparison. Tracx is a tool that includes social media listening, social media post scheduling and competitor analysis.
    Incentivized
    Chose Emplifi
    Socialbakers' team is more open to have conversation about the product. They are more helpful and their customer service is way better. They almost do same things, however Socialbakers has a cleaner interface and it is easier to use by the team.
    Incentivized
    Hootsuite
    Chose Hootsuite
    Hootsuite offered everything we needed at a much more competitive price.
    Incentivized
    Chose Hootsuite
    [Hootsuite is much] cheaper than Socialbakers, if you are looking for a very reliable posting tool with some honest analytics, Hootsuite is your choice. But for hardcore analytics you'll need another tool. mLabs hacks your Instagram account and can block your account, I …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    76 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    328 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    63 Answers
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    283 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    80 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    333 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    51 Answers
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    280 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    63 Answers
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    316 Answers
    Features
    EmplifiHootsuite
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Emplifi and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Emplifi
    6.4
    7 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Hootsuite
    7.0
    325 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches6.75 Ratings7.1213 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam6.46 Ratings6.4225 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis5.55 Ratings6.8225 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage7.07 Ratings7.8299 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Emplifi and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Emplifi
    7.3
    8 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Hootsuite
    8.1
    448 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Content planning and scheduling7.38 Ratings9.0448 Ratings
    Audience targeting7.07 Ratings7.2305 Ratings
    Content optimization7.38 Ratings7.7369 Ratings
    Workflow management7.67 Ratings8.4380 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Emplifi and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Emplifi
    7.3
    7 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Hootsuite
    7.6
    360 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization7.37 Ratings7.5261 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories8.25 Ratings7.3281 Ratings
    Bulk actions6.46 Ratings7.8312 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Emplifi and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Emplifi
    7.6
    6 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Hootsuite
    7.0
    339 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Lead generation8.01 Ratings6.6209 Ratings
    Content marketing7.66 Ratings7.6306 Ratings
    Paid media management7.74 Ratings6.8207 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions7.34 Ratings6.8257 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Emplifi and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Emplifi
    5.8
    8 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Hootsuite
    8.1
    439 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Twitter6.18 Ratings7.7394 Ratings
    Facebook7.98 Ratings8.6422 Ratings
    LinkedIn4.17 Ratings8.0370 Ratings
    Google+8.01 Ratings8.960 Ratings
    Instagram7.38 Ratings8.6377 Ratings
    Pinterest3.25 Ratings7.2183 Ratings
    YouTube3.95 Ratings7.6176 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Emplifi and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Emplifi
    6.4
    8 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Hootsuite
    7.9
    361 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Campaign success analytics7.07 Ratings8.2334 Ratings
    Real-time tracking6.78 Ratings7.7336 Ratings
    Competitor analysis5.57 Ratings7.7232 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Emplifi and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Emplifi
    6.7
    8 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Hootsuite
    7.9
    370 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges7.38 Ratings8.3318 Ratings
    Mobile access6.15 Ratings7.5337 Ratings
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    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Vista Social
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    EmplifiHootsuite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (110 ratings)
    8.4
    (511 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    8.6
    (89 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (36 ratings)
    8.3
    (150 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (19 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.8
    (43 ratings)
    7.0
    (263 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (39 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (18 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EmplifiHootsuite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Emplifi Inc
    - Very well suited to grabbing top-level and more in-depth social performance data, across campaigns and BAU activity. - Not as well suited for moments where you need benchmarking or context of your performance compared with a previous time frame. This can be a bit clunky to go back and forth with as it requires multiple dashboards or consistent manual time-frame changes.
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    Hootsuite
    Hootsuite presents my team everything we need to manage the social media function. Even writing the "what can be improved" section strained me, because there really isn't a whole lot to complain about. At this point, I (and my social media manager) need to explore the platform more, specifically OwlyGPT, campaigns, and listening. It's pretty much everything we need right now
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    Pros
    Emplifi Inc
    • Helps us prioritize requests based on urgency and tone
    • Helps us divide work between several teams
    • Helps us keep an eye on how our posts are being recieved and are performing
    • Helps us stay in contact with customers, and helps us understand particular customers needs
    • Helps us separate the chaff from the wheat
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    Hootsuite
    • Reporting. We are able to pull accurate and concise data points on our channels.
    • Planning and calendaring. We love that we are able to have our teams plan out content across months so that we are never feeling behind schedule on getting content out there.
    • Creating content natively in the platform!
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Emplifi Inc
    • Would love more robust search parameters for labels. ex. search for tickets labeled 'Availability' AND 'United States' but excluding any that are only one of those labels
    • Ability to break conversations into multiple tickets; so labels can be more accurate if the same person reaches out again after 3 months with a totally different question
    • The social account quick view doesn't always load the follower count for people reaching out to us. it makes it slower to manager messages from high level creators
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    Hootsuite
    • TikTok is an area for improvement as it's newer to Hootsuite. It would be beneficial to be able to link non-business profiles on TikTok to Hootsuite as many businesses use personal accounts to access TikTok's expansive music library.
    • Hootsuite does have room to improve the analytics capabilities. There could be more ways to customize each aspect of their reports. There isn't much manipulation of data in each type of data set.
    • Simplicity is an area of improvement for Hootsuite. The streams are one example of an area that is super cluttered and difficult to view. Their platform could really use an aesthetic overhaul to make things look more pleasing.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Emplifi Inc
    the balance between quality and price si perfectperfect for agency that have many client to manage, because it helps us to save time (we don't have to plan content from every single account, only one click to look at different community and moderate...)it also help the team works: senior can review content direcly from emplifi; labeling DM/comments as done help us to track where a collegue stop and we have to startIt makes the content approval from clients very easy
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    Hootsuite
    At this time we are satisfied that Hootsuite offers the most of what we are looking for at the most reasonable price point. As the social media landscape and monitoring/scheduling software changes, so do our needs. We re-evaluate our tools semi-annually or as new tools emerge onto the market. If we find at any point that we aren't gaining an advantage, then we are open to switching products.
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    Usability
    Emplifi Inc
    Since the main use of the Live Advisor is on the website that doesn't have e-commerce capabilities, it has been challenging to attach an specific metric to Emplifi's solutions and their usability in our websites. The Live Advisor is helping us to deliver our unique sale proposition in digital channels, which is great, but it is difficult to assign a higher mark in usability due to the limitation just explained.
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    Hootsuite
    I will give Hootsuite a rating of 10/10 because it has delivered measurable business impact through social media. It helps centralize and streamline content planning, approvals, scheduling, and reporting in one place. It has significantly reduced manual workload and improved team efficiency. We achieved higher engagement rates, faster customer response times, and improved lead quality through social channels. It has also helped us with centralized reporting across different social media channels.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Emplifi Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    Gliches have made it a bit of a bind, particularly when you just want to 'click and send' a web article after you have read it - and then you have to deal with support (a great team but not always able to solve the problems with the gliches). Gliches with it loading properly, gliches with 'double ups in FB on the posts (the personal page and the business page if both clicked will lead to 2 lots of postings to each page!)
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    Performance
    Emplifi Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    HootSuite does everything it is designed to do very well: the product's performance is very reliable and efficient. Like other tools, there is always a room for new developments and updates, and the HootSuite team recognizes this and focuses on new development as well.
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    Support Rating
    Emplifi Inc
    We have a dedicated Customer Success manager, and that is very helpful. Anytime we have questions or need support, they are always there to answer. If thety do not know the solution, they always go around the bend to find one and provide it to us. They are always very kind.
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    Hootsuite
    I can manage all of my accounts on one site! It's absolutely amazing!
    The dashboard is helpful to see how you are doing as well. Still
    getting to understand the analytics and may need to reach out for help
    on this
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    In-Person Training
    Emplifi Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    Very easy to teach and learn
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    Online Training
    Emplifi Inc
    The online training was fine but, in the end, the best way to learn any product is by actually using it.
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    Hootsuite
    The online training is decent; however, it takes a lot more time to search for answers to my questions. Having a training session with a live person was much more effective as they were able to quickly address the business needs I have.
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    Implementation Rating
    Emplifi Inc
    The platform is so easy to understand that no "expensive consulting firm" is necessary to implement it!
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    Hootsuite
    Simple and easy to use, and have never had any issues. We like how it saves me time and allows me to plan in advance. I plan on using this for as long as I can and will encourage others to use it too. If you haven't tried it you should. I hope my review is helpful to everyone.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Emplifi Inc
    We have used Sprinklr to source UGC content as well, but found the platform to be much more time intensive when searching for the desired images. Additionally, Emplifi's UGC tool has incremental tools the other platforms do not provide, including the ability to share images on digital screens within the property and put carousels on our websites.
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    Hootsuite
    Hootsuite offers a wide range of tools at a somewhat steeper cost. If you manage multiple platforms and want to survey the content being shared and interacted with across all of them, Hootsuite seems to have an easier platform to do that with. HubSpot CRM allows us to integrate our social platforms into our existing CRM, which is a cost saver, but Hootsuite is social media-focused, so the set-up is easier.
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    Scalability
    Emplifi Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    We are only using in marketing and have been able to scale.
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    Return on Investment
    Emplifi Inc
    • reporting - this has massively reduced the time spent on creating reports for social media activities
    • paid ads - has provided detailed analysis of how our ads are performing
    • community - reduced the time taken to respond to social messages, resulting in more leads
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    Hootsuite
    • For our organization, all ROI was on time saved and efficiency: for creating posts, for scheduling and publishing, for interacting with users, and for analyzing performances. It all comes in one place and this makes a very huge difference in your workflows. We would say that Hootsuite went beyond our expectations on this front, for example with the dynamics UTMs and the media library. Saving time was the main reason why we wanted to purchase the platform and it did not disappoint at all.
    • The ROI in time was also fast to get. The learning curse is very short and this is also an important element. Benefiting from the platform did not take long to be experienced.
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    ScreenShots

    Emplifi Screenshots

    Screenshot of Emplifi Fuel Command CenterScreenshot of Emplifi Fuel ObjectivesScreenshot of Emplifi Unified AnalyticsScreenshot of social listening with AI-Powered Spike Alerts.Screenshot of the integrated social care interface.

    Hootsuite Screenshots

    Screenshot of Monitoring: Monitors social media profiles and tracks the topics that matter to the brand.Screenshot of Publishing: Create, publish and schedule engaging posts across social channels.Screenshot of Customer Engagement: A consolidated stream of messages across networks that can be triaged and assigned to respond to customers faster. Provides optional chatbot handover for automated responses.Screenshot of Scheduling: Social content can be planned as a team with a shared calendar that features collaborative post drafts and built-in approval workflows.Screenshot of Analytics & Reporting: Measures the effectiveness of a social media strategy to help turn strategy into execution with meaningful and actionable insights. Reports can be customized and shared according to unique business goals and objectives.