Hearsay Social vs. Later Social

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hearsay Social
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Hearsay social is designed to help companies that have both corporate brands and local representatives in highly-regulated industries like banking and insurance. It allows companies to push out social media content for their local representatives to personalize, and then analyze the effectiveness of their campaigns. Clients are large companies in highly-regulated industries, or companies with a large store networks or retail franchise networks.N/A
Later Social
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Later (formerly Latergramme) in Vancouver offers an Instagram focused social media marketing platform, which supports the planning and scheduling of content to Instagram, as well as Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.
$25
per month
Pricing
Hearsay SocialLater Social
Editions & Modules
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Starter
$25
per month
Growth
$45
per month
Advanced
$80
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Hearsay SocialLater Social
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details—33% discount available for annual subscription.
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Community Pulse
Hearsay SocialLater Social
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Hearsay SocialLater Social
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.0
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Later Social
-
Ratings
Boolean keyword searches9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Sentiment analysis9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Broad channel coverage9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.3
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Later Social
-
Ratings
Content planning and scheduling10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience targeting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content optimization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Later Social
-
Ratings
Automated routing and prioritization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk actions9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.3
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Later Social
-
Ratings
Lead generation9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Content marketing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Paid media management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.3
1 Ratings
9% above category average
Later Social
-
Ratings
Twitter10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Facebook10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
LinkedIn9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Google+8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Instagram9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Pinterest10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
YouTube9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.0
1 Ratings
14% above category average
Later Social
-
Ratings
Campaign success analytics9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Real-time tracking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Competitor analysis9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Later Social
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions & privileges9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile access9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Hearsay SocialLater Social
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.8
(15 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.4
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.0
(9 ratings)
User Testimonials
Hearsay SocialLater Social
Likelihood to Recommend
Hearsay Systems
Apart from a few limitations, Hearsay Social is an excellent tool for managing your social media posts in one place. Its user-friendly interface allows you to analyze, track, schedule, and automate social media posts. This is a must in today's age. It saves a lot of stress and handwork and makes you efficient as it gives you tools to analyze the results of your posts in terms of reach, viewership, etc. Thereby helping you to formulate your social media strategy.
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Later
The free version is more than enough for personal use. But if you have a small business or if you're trying to grow your brand, it's better to use one of the premium plans. It's worth it. Later is especially useful if you manage multiple accounts for multiple brands/companies because you'll be managing everything with just one tool
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Pros
Hearsay Systems
  • Single dashboard of all your social media channels
  • Automation of posts
  • Scheduled posting as per design
  • Great for analytics & customer Interactions
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Later
  • Later's easy upload feature (drag and drop) is incredibly helpful, especially for multiple images and videos.
  • The drag and drop option for scheduling content is easy, and images and videos load rather quickly depending on size.
  • Captions can be saved if there are posts or common phrases that repeated and shared out from the content.
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Cons
Hearsay Systems
  • Lacks ability for significant flexibility and customization
  • Mobile app sometimes does not save the posts that are edited
  • It does allow you to tag or hashtag any post.
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Later
  • I wish I could edit the look and feel of my pictures within Later a little easier. There are standard filters, but for brand sake, I need everything to be consistent.
  • I wish there was a direct integration with things like Canva and Lightroom to make uploading and editing my images seamless.
  • The biggest thing I wish Later did was allowing a better threshold for the free accounts. All of the helpful and useful features are for paid only (video posts, multi-image posts, analytics, etc). I can't justify the cost for just a few posts a month. I end up doing all of the video and multi-image posts manually, which lately has me questioning the benefit of Later's free version as a small business.
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Usability
Hearsay Systems
If you wish to reduce stress of managing multiple social media handles from a single place, you can use Hearsay Social. Hearsay Social helps you analyze, automate, schedule posts and even give ideas for posts. Rather than multitasking, one would obliviously choose a single place to track your posts. It also fares greatly as compared to its competitors. It has a great interface. Very easy and simple to use.
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Later
Later is extremely easy to use. I love the visual planner portion of the tool so I can see ahead of time what my images will look like next to and stacked amongst each other! The posts are so easy to set up, tag, and schedule. UX and UI are great!
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Support Rating
Hearsay Systems
1. Simple to Use. 2. User Friendly Interface 3. Great Features 4. Very Few Limitations. 5. Automates my Tasks
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Later
Later are not just a software tool, they also provide marketing advice, tips, and tutorials via their blog. I’ve only had to reach out to them for help a few times and have found them to respond much faster than other tools in their category. I receive weekly emails with updates, marketing tips and invites to online events. I look forward to their emails as I’ve learned a lot of things that I’ve been able to actually implement.
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Alternatives Considered
Hearsay Systems
Facebook Business Manager is also good however it has some limitations like it's very difficult to remove an ad account, we cannot schedule shared posts and the user interface is a bit complicated and not user-friendly. I like the user interface of Hearsay Social. I find it very simple and easy to use. Also, it has all the features that you might require in Social Media Management tool.
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Later
I went with Later for the lower cost subscription. The Hootsuite copy features is missed, but Later has hashtag suggestions which is nice. I really need something to post across multiple platforms. I also needed the ability to schedule more than the 5 free scheduled posts offered by Hootsuite. Later has been working great for what I need it to do to support my small event promotion business.
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Return on Investment
Hearsay Systems
  • It has helped us save time in maintaining our social media handles
  • It gave us a lot of intelligent insights on our posts, thereby helping improve our marketing strategy to perform better every time
  • It helped us design our posts better based on inputs & design ideas based on our past posts
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Later
  • Increased social media involvement - Since utilizing Later and another social media scheduling tool, we have seen our growth rise as much as 12% in just a few months. This includes followers, likes, and engagement. This is huge for us since social media is a great way to generate new customers and increase brand awareness.
  • Easier reporting - Analytics tools on most of the big three (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) are pretty limited. Later is a great way to take a look at our Analytics, and it makes it easy to understand the numbers.
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