Hootsuite vs. SAP Cloud for Social Engagement

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hootsuite
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
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…
$1,188
per year 1 User, 10 Social accounts
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Platform designed to listen for brand mentions and then engage with customers regarding customer service issues. Includes tools for collaboration within teams or across organizations to resolve issues efficiently.N/A
Pricing
HootsuiteSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Editions & Modules
Professional
$99
per month (billed annually) 1 User, 10 Social accounts
Team
$249
per month (billed annually) 3 Users, 20 Social accounts
Enterprise
Custom Pricing
per year
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HootsuiteSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
HootsuiteSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
HootsuiteSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
7.7
262 Ratings
0% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
9.5
2 Ratings
21% above category average
Boolean keyword searches7.7177 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam7.2185 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Sentiment analysis7.5180 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Broad channel coverage8.3245 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
8.2
368 Ratings
0% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
20% above category average
Content planning and scheduling8.8367 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Audience targeting8.2252 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Content optimization7.8300 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Workflow management8.2309 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
7.8
295 Ratings
5% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
9.7
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization7.7213 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Customer interaction histories7.7230 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Bulk actions8.1253 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
7.5
285 Ratings
5% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Lead generation6.5171 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Content marketing7.8255 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Paid media management7.6170 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions7.9218 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
8.7
364 Ratings
2% above category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
9.4
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Twitter8.8333 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Facebook9.1348 Ratings10.02 Ratings
LinkedIn8.7304 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Google+8.960 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Instagram8.7307 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Pinterest8.3157 Ratings8.01 Ratings
YouTube8.4144 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
7.8
292 Ratings
2% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Campaign success analytics7.7268 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Real-time tracking7.9269 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Competitor analysis7.9182 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
8.2
304 Ratings
0% above category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
20% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges8.5257 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile access7.9282 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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Score 9.4 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
HootsuiteSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(427 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.2
(89 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(66 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
9.6
(21 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.6
(19 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.2
(263 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(17 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.1
(39 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.6
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.3
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HootsuiteSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Likelihood to Recommend
Hootsuite
Hootsuite is a great tool and we prefer it to some of the others out there. The only negative is the price point and the fact that it keeps going up with no regard to the small non-profits that have been using it for years. After mentioning that the system is great and the fact that we can integrate and customize the posting for each social media site without having to be jumping from one system to the other makes it ideal for a small team doing multiple projects or things at the same time.
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SAP
My company exists within the Hospitality & Tourism industry where we provide Marketing and Event Planning services. SAP Cloud for Social Engagement helps me gain insight into how my vendors and clients feel about my company's brands, categories, products and services while remaining up-to-date with current market issues and trends.
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Pros
Hootsuite
  • Scheduling of content. The ease of use for Hootsuite's planner abilities is top of the industry. It is simple and effective in posting content to different channels and accounts.
  • Analytics are superior on Hootsuite. Their custom reports allow you to view very specific KPI's that you can adjust for each channel or account. The reports are also exportable to be used for others in the company.
  • Inbox management. The inbox manager is superior to any in the industry. Hootsuite allows you to tag certain phrases or keywords to better filter messages based on importance or topic.
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SAP
  • Communication with multiple social media accounts including Facebook,Twitter and LinkedIn.
  • Utilize social preconfigured templates to respond quickly to current and potential clients.
  • Go above and beyond the number of Twitter followers and Facebook likes. Gain real-time insight into key trends and topics being discussed.
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Cons
Hootsuite
  • The ability to tag people or companies across all the social platforms (instagram and Linkedin)
  • If you're scheduling a post that is going out across all your social channels it would be good to be able to bulk move them if you have to post them on a new date instead of having to do it manually one by one
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SAP
  • Include more social network standard integrations
  • Include more ready to use templates
  • Add more metrics within reports being pulled
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Likelihood to Renew
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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SAP
No answers on this topic
Usability
Hootsuite
Hootsuite is probably the easiest to use social media scheduler of all the ones that I've used. It's been easy to teach clients how to use the software themselves and it can be accessed easily on anyone's phone through their mobile app. Highly recommend for anyone that wants a software that is easy to learn!
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SAP
I gave SAP Cloud for Social Engagement this rating because of the success I have seen personally within my company. I gave a rating of '10' because I highly recommend this product to others. Having better insight into my client's and vendor's opinion of my company's brand and services has allowed us to market ourselves better
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Reliability and Availability
Hootsuite
Any outages are communicated in advance and have not been a problem. We let our clients know based on communications from HootSuite. Since we operate 24/7 with multiple shifts, planned outages can interfere with our operations, but we can always work around it.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Performance
Hootsuite
Hootsuite makes passing on articles from the web very easy- when it works! I have had a number of gliches with Chrome where it does not open properly and the solution (after some toing and froing with support) was to uninstall and reinstall. The support staff are always very helpful (which is great!) but the gliches..... well, they suck when you are already busy!
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
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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SAP
I provided SAP Cloud for Social Engagement this rating since the product has such a great backing along with the SAP brand itself. There is a lot of support behind this product as it connects with a variety of social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter. The support provided by SAP in terms of tech help is wonderful as well. There is a lot of support from all angles
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In-Person Training
Hootsuite
Very easy to teach and learn
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Online Training
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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SAP
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Hootsuite
• Combination of vendor and internal. The vendor bumped up our account to the Enterprise version (quite simple and easy) and then set up our organization and team structure. We then had to log in and set up team members and assign members to social media accounts. This was pretty easy to do as they have a great user interface. We simply had to drag and drop people into the correct team giving them access to specific social media accounts.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Hootsuite
Hootsuite's free account was sufficient for use on behalf of our client. When they restructured their pricing model and eliminated free and affordable subscriptions suitable for a small business, we found that Zoho Social was an excellent replacement. The interface was simpler and the pricing was affordable and suitable for a small business.
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SAP
The SAP solution is more complete than others because it includes capabilities for social media listening, real-time social media message response, social profiles and history, and analytics in one system.
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Scalability
Hootsuite
We are only using in marketing and have been able to scale.
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SAP
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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SAP
  • Rapid deployment.
  • SAP Cloud for Social Engagement allows you to listen to your customers by locating social media messages that mention key words such as a specific product and prioritize them according to urgency and relevance.
  • Analytics capabilities.
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ScreenShots

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.