Hearsay Social vs. Meta Business Manager

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
Meta Business Manager
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Meta 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
Hearsay SocialMeta Business Manager
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Hearsay SocialMeta Business Manager
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Hearsay SocialMeta Business Manager
Considered Both Products
Hearsay Social
Chose Hearsay Social
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 …
Meta Business Manager

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Hearsay SocialMeta Business Manager
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.0
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Meta Business Manager
6.1
35 Ratings
23% below category average
Boolean keyword searches9.01 Ratings6.020 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam9.01 Ratings5.326 Ratings
Sentiment analysis9.01 Ratings7.322 Ratings
Broad channel coverage9.01 Ratings6.025 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.3
1 Ratings
15% above category average
Meta Business Manager
5.9
49 Ratings
30% below category average
Content planning and scheduling10.01 Ratings7.049 Ratings
Audience targeting9.01 Ratings6.046 Ratings
Content optimization8.01 Ratings5.744 Ratings
Workflow management10.01 Ratings4.838 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Meta Business Manager
6.0
42 Ratings
30% below category average
Automated routing and prioritization9.01 Ratings5.334 Ratings
Customer interaction histories9.01 Ratings4.738 Ratings
Bulk actions9.01 Ratings7.825 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.3
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Meta Business Manager
6.1
47 Ratings
25% below category average
Lead generation9.01 Ratings4.838 Ratings
Content marketing9.01 Ratings5.742 Ratings
Paid media management9.01 Ratings6.239 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions10.01 Ratings7.543 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.3
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Meta Business Manager
6.3
49 Ratings
30% below category average
Twitter10.01 Ratings4.010 Ratings
Facebook10.01 Ratings8.148 Ratings
LinkedIn9.01 Ratings5.98 Ratings
Google+8.01 Ratings7.33 Ratings
Instagram9.01 Ratings7.334 Ratings
Pinterest10.01 Ratings6.05 Ratings
YouTube9.01 Ratings5.612 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.0
1 Ratings
13% above category average
Meta Business Manager
5.7
47 Ratings
32% below category average
Campaign success analytics9.01 Ratings7.246 Ratings
Real-time tracking9.01 Ratings5.843 Ratings
Competitor analysis9.01 Ratings4.027 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Hearsay Social
9.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Meta Business Manager
6.2
49 Ratings
27% below category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges9.01 Ratings5.446 Ratings
Mobile access9.01 Ratings6.947 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Hearsay SocialMeta Business Manager
Small Businesses
Publer
Publer
Score 9.7 out of 10
Publer
Publer
Score 9.7 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
User Ratings
Hearsay SocialMeta Business Manager
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
9.3
(49 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.5
(15 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
6.0
(14 ratings)
User Testimonials
Hearsay SocialMeta Business Manager
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.
Read full review
Meta Platforms Inc
If using a desktop, Facebook Business Manage can help integrate and consolidate your workload when managing multiple pages for multiple clients. However, it can also be clunky when trying to use it on the go from a smartphone as the functionality is more limited. For those that sit at desks all day, it's a good program. For those of us that stay mobile, it can be frustrating.
Read full review
Pros
Hearsay Systems
  • Single dashboard of all your social media channels
  • Automation of posts
  • Scheduled posting as per design
  • Great for analytics & customer Interactions
Read full review
Meta Platforms Inc
  • Stats and insights, to have data to back up assumptions and actions.
  • Scheduling posts, which is helpful when you can't always post in real time.
  • Messenger, which allows me to interact directly with potential customers.
  • Roles, which allows me to assign an intern to help manage the profile.
  • Ads, which allows me to target and advertise to potential customers.
  • Pixel, which connects my Facebook data with my website.
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Meta Platforms Inc
  • The only thing I have noticed is when on my device, it calls out a list of names that have shared your post, and it only shows one. On the computer it will let you scroll down and see all of them.
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Meta Platforms Inc
I give Facebook Business Manager this rating because how I am able to edit and customize each client location page easily and can add users as needed without any hoops to jump through. I also appreciate the about of reach that Facebook has, so having a tool like this that's easy to use and can be in control of the backed of what people see is so important.
Read full review
Support Rating
Hearsay Systems
1. Simple to Use. 2. User Friendly Interface 3. Great Features 4. Very Few Limitations. 5. Automates my Tasks
Read full review
Meta Platforms Inc
The few times I've had to reach out for ad questions, Facebook Pages customer service is prompt and friendly with their advice. I've never waited longer than 24 hours to get a response, and generally it's just a few hours. They're also quick at removing spam from my Pages when I've needed them to.
Read full review
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.
Read full review
Meta Platforms Inc
While we looked at different possibilities, it just seemed that this program was designed for our key social media platforms. There really was no point in utilizing a different program when this was designed for these platforms specifically. The mobile app is an added convenience that allows me to manage our social media on the go.
Read full review
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
Read full review
Meta Platforms Inc
  • Most of our leads come from Facebook paid marketing.
  • Our business is centered around our content, which allows us to stand out from the completion. Facebook allows us to get the content in front of our audience.
  • Facebook Marketing is so dynamic that it takes loads of trial and error to get to a winning formula. And the errors can be expensive.
Read full review
ScreenShots