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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Heropost

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $997

    per year

    Viralheat (Discontinued)

    Score5.1 out of 10
    N/AViralheat was acquired by Cision in 2015 and rebranded Cision Social Edition. It was later discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    HeropostViralheat (Discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $997
    per year
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HeropostViralheat (Discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Features
    HeropostViralheat (Discontinued)
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Heropost and Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Heropost
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Heropost and Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Heropost
    9.8
    1 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Heropost and Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Heropost
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Heropost and Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Heropost
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Lead generation6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Heropost and Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Heropost
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Heropost and Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Heropost
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Heropost and Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Heropost
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    HeropostViralheat (Discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HeropostViralheat (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HeropostViralheat (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Heropost Media
    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.
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    Discontinued Products
    If social is a big part of your business in more departments than just marketing and communications (marcom), make sure to let the team know and ask how Viralheat can accommodate multiple users and departments. Viralheat was great during the evaluation process because they were willing to show us exactly what they could do for our company - they even customized accounts for us to show us the true value of signing on.
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    Pros
    Heropost Media
    • Multi Platform Integration Of Accounts
    • Publish All Feature to all accounts
    • Many different client accounts on one place
    • Pre made and stored hash tags and captiosn
    • ability to schedule way in the future.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Viralheat’s reporting feature delivers analytics in presentation-grade spreadsheets. I include these images in reports or presentations to different teams.
    • Monitoring is definitely a strong point. I am not limited by a conversation or mention limitation, which is especially important when tracking high-volume products or brands. We are able to quickly identify trends and act accordingly.
    • The user experience is a pleasant one. Viralheat offers many comprehensive features but the layout of the product is simple and intuitive. I’m able to access any feature without having to click around into multiple places.
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    Cons
    Heropost Media
    • Two social media outlets that DID work but no longer connect are Google Business and X (formerly Twitter). These need to be added back in. CRUCIAL!
    • Update Lifetime Access software option instead of abandoning it. Purchasers helped get Heropost off the ground...
    • I don't have any other issues with the software.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Not being able to reference in the native platform (e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook) the name of companies or users referenced in a post.
    • Not being able to embed images natively. (e.g. Image attached to a post on Viralheat shows up as a url link on the native platform).
    • Would love to see a calendar view of the scheduled posts as well as the current list view.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Heropost Media
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Viralheat provided our team with the kind of monitoring tool we were looking for. As an added bonus, they had a member of their team brainstorm the best ways for us to set up our account to ensure we weren’t missing anything. Great customer service.
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    Usability
    Heropost Media
    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!
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    Discontinued Products
    I found it really easy to use and I use it on a daily basis and can easily find my way around. It has the usability of a consumer application for an Enterprise product that does very complex things in a very elegant manner.
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    Support Rating
    Heropost Media
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    The customer success team clearly cares about how well we do. They are quick to get back to us and they always offer to jump on a screen share so we can understand and learn new features.
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    Implementation Rating
    Heropost Media
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We were up and running within an hour.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Heropost Media
    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
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    We chose Viralheat because it allowed us to do multiple things from one tool. We were able to monitor our brand mentions after each video, song, or album release - this provided us with valuable feedback abouout our brand and music. We were also able to connect our accounts and engage directly with our fans as well as post new content. We monitored the analytics around each release and campaign and were able to determine which were successful.
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    Return on Investment
    Heropost Media
    • The speed in which it has increased our work output is amazing
    • could be better with adding more specific bits for facebook and youtube thumbnails on the publish all feature
    • Easy to use and super simple set up!
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Viralheat has helped me understand how real-life users react to things I build and/or test.
    • I’ve gotten a better understanding of my space and the relevant news surrounding it. This helps me build a better product.
    • It saves me a lot of time. I’m able to quickly monitor what’s important to me.
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