Hootsuite 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
Heropost
Hootsuite
Editions & Modules
Basic
$997
per year
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
Heropost
Hootsuite
Free Trial
No
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
Yes
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
Optional
Additional Details
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Plans can be paid monthly or annually, with a discount for annual pricing.
These other apps like Hootsuite and Metricool are way to over priced and are glitchy to say the least. HeroPost seems to me to be the most solid and reliable work horse in the game. I use it daily and my team use it daily and it never lags or breaks.
Hootsuite was "okay". But when I came across the Heropost offer of lifetime access - to essentially the same toolbox that Hootsuite offered, with a one time purchase (instead of the monthly fees - that kept increasing with Hootsuite) I jumped at the chance. And I haven't …
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Features
Heropost
Hootsuite
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Heropost
7.8
1 Ratings
2% above category average
Hootsuite
6.8
317 Ratings
11% below category average
Boolean keyword searches
7.01 Ratings
6.8208 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam
7.01 Ratings
6.3220 Ratings
Sentiment analysis
8.01 Ratings
6.6218 Ratings
Broad channel coverage
9.01 Ratings
7.7292 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Heropost
9.8
1 Ratings
19% above category average
Hootsuite
7.9
437 Ratings
2% below category average
Content planning and scheduling
10.01 Ratings
8.9436 Ratings
Audience targeting
9.01 Ratings
7.1297 Ratings
Content optimization
10.01 Ratings
7.5359 Ratings
Workflow management
10.01 Ratings
8.0370 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Heropost
9.0
1 Ratings
11% above category average
Hootsuite
7.6
353 Ratings
6% below category average
Automated routing and prioritization
8.01 Ratings
7.5256 Ratings
Customer interaction histories
9.01 Ratings
7.4275 Ratings
Bulk actions
10.01 Ratings
7.8305 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Heropost
6.5
1 Ratings
17% below category average
Hootsuite
6.9
331 Ratings
11% below category average
Lead generation
6.01 Ratings
6.5203 Ratings
Content marketing
7.01 Ratings
7.6298 Ratings
Paid media management
5.01 Ratings
6.8203 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions
8.01 Ratings
6.6252 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Heropost
9.1
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Hootsuite
8.1
429 Ratings
3% below category average
Twitter
9.01 Ratings
7.7387 Ratings
Facebook
10.01 Ratings
8.6412 Ratings
LinkedIn
10.01 Ratings
8.2359 Ratings
Google+
5.01 Ratings
8.960 Ratings
Instagram
10.01 Ratings
8.4366 Ratings
Pinterest
10.01 Ratings
7.6181 Ratings
YouTube
10.01 Ratings
7.6172 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Heropost
7.3
1 Ratings
5% below category average
Hootsuite
7.7
354 Ratings
0% below category average
Campaign success analytics
8.01 Ratings
8.0326 Ratings
Real-time tracking
9.01 Ratings
7.4328 Ratings
Competitor analysis
5.01 Ratings
7.6227 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
It is great for managing multiple poster's social media accounts. I currently have four clients whose social media campaigns I manage. Heropost allows me to set up groups for each client so that I can schedule posts (of all different types of media) for their specific social media mixes. This is a terrific feature and makes my job a LOT easier.
Hootsuite is well-suited for agencies managing multiple clients or scheduling multiple posts regularly across different channels. It's also appropriate for companies where the review process isn't streamlined or well-defined. But it's not well-suited for small brands that aren't regular on social media or for brands that focus heavily on real-time or trend-driven content, like TikTok or Twitter.
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.
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.
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.
Heropost is ALMOST perfect! Content creation, scheduling, posting and analytics are all right there! The ONLY drawback that I have found is that two of our main social media networks are not currently able to connect to Heropost, due to some API changes. I REALLY hope that these can get worked out. If they do, this rating goes to 10!
Hootsuite is straightforward and does a great job of onboarding new users directly within the platform. Connecting social media accounts, regardless of whether you are managing multiple profiles on one platform, is easy enough. You can also easily toggle between platforms to see interactive dashboards showing how people are engaging with your posts.
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!)
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.
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
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.
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.
These other apps like Hootsuite and Metricool are way to over priced and are glitchy to say the least. HeroPost seems to me to be the most solid and reliable work horse in the game. I use it daily and my team use it daily and it never lags or breaks. I would have to say that the heropost user interface is just fantastic
Metricool is free and we can shedule up to 50 posts per month, however Hootsuite allows us to do just a little bit more. For the price Agorapulse and Hootsuite are in tight competition but we prefer the Hootsuite format, although some chamber partners do find it a bit on the older school side we do not. We like the Hootsuite system
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.