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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Hootsuite

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AHootsuite 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

    SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)

    Score6.8 out of 10
    N/ASAP Conversational AI was a platform used to build chatbots and digital assistants in SAP integration. Starting January 2023, SAP Conversational AI, SAP’s chatbot building platform has been set to maintenance mode. Existing customers can continue to use the enterprise edition of the product until the end of their contract.N/A
    Pricing
    HootsuiteSAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HootsuiteSAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPlans can be paid monthly or annually, with a discount for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    HootsuiteSAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
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    Hootsuite
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    328 Answers
    94%
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    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    91%
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    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    280 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    98%
    Implementation went as expected
    316 Answers
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    24 Answers
    Features
    HootsuiteSAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Hootsuite and SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    7.0
    324 Ratings
    9% below category average
    SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches7.0212 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam6.4224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis6.7224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage7.7298 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Hootsuite and SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    8.0
    447 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
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    Content planning and scheduling9.0447 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting7.2304 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization7.7368 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management8.3379 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Hootsuite and SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    7.5
    359 Ratings
    8% below category average
    SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
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    Automated routing and prioritization7.4260 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories7.3280 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions7.9311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Hootsuite and SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    7.0
    338 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
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    Lead generation6.6208 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing7.6305 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management6.8206 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions6.7256 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Hootsuite and SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    8.1
    438 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
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    Twitter7.6393 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook8.5421 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn8.0369 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+8.960 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram8.6376 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest7.2182 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube7.6175 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Hootsuite and SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    7.8
    360 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
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    Campaign success analytics8.2333 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking7.7335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis7.6231 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Hootsuite and SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    7.9
    369 Ratings
    0% below category average
    SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges8.3317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access7.5336 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Sendible
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    ZoomInfo Chat
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    ZoomInfo Chat
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    AWS Chatbot
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HootsuiteSAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (510 ratings)
    7.4
    (37 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (89 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (149 ratings)
    7.7
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    9.8
    (19 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (263 ratings)
    6.5
    (32 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (39 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
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    Ease of integration
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    8.3
    (18 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    HootsuiteSAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Hootsuite
    Hootsuite presents my team everything we need to manage the social media function. Even writing the "what can be improved" section strained me, because there really isn't a whole lot to complain about. At this point, I (and my social media manager) need to explore the platform more, specifically OwlyGPT, campaigns, and listening. It's pretty much everything we need right now
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    SAP
    It would be most suitable to help you attain swift conversation flows as you engage with your audiences. The bots are also of indispensable value in handling repetitive tasks around the firm such as automated HR resourcing expeditions or marketing campaigns or any other important but monotonous tasks. I however admit that analyzing the bot's performance is quite complex, have an RPA specialist around.
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    Pros
    Hootsuite
    • 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.
    • Creating content natively in the platform!
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    SAP
    • SAP has helped me manage my teams cost in material management.
    • SAP Conversational AI has provided with the goal of developing bot analytics to respond to common user face issues when reporting troubleshooting issues with software equipment as well as technical equipment.
    • Has helped deploy new bots to increase response time to employees who require assistance with ordering equipment software as well as application development in software ordering.
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    Cons
    Hootsuite
    • 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.
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    SAP
    • SAP can certainly provide better and more clear documentation on how to customize and deploy the chatbot/use SAP Conversational AI.
    • There is lot less developer community around SAP Conversational AI so it is hard to get help from outside developers and experts on best practices, hacks and existing applications/integrations.
    • It is hard to use SAP Conversational AI outside SAP S/4HANA Cloud, for example on AWS or GCP or in a multi cloud environment.
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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
    I will give Hootsuite a rating of 10/10 because it has delivered measurable business impact through social media. It helps centralize and streamline content planning, approvals, scheduling, and reporting in one place. It has significantly reduced manual workload and improved team efficiency. We achieved higher engagement rates, faster customer response times, and improved lead quality through social channels. It has also helped us with centralized reporting across different social media channels.
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    SAP
    Chatbots have already acquired most of the market and are still trending with the needs of changing market everyday. It will keep evolving with AI and NLP more to offer for improvements. SAP CAI is a good product to add to an enterprise using SAP ERP Suite
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    Reliability and Availability
    Hootsuite
    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!)
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    SAP
    Never had an issue. SAP CAI shares the same platform as any other product hosted on SAP Cloud Platform (aka BTP) and depends on your hosting (US, Europe, Asia). Maintenance modes are planned and customers are aware of it well in advance in order to mitigate potential impacts on the service offering.
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    Performance
    Hootsuite
    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.
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    SAP
    It's a pure SaaS platform hosted on SAP Cloud Platform (aka BTP). The experience is pretty much seamless with minimum loadings or noticeable lags. The hosting depends on your location so you may want to make sure the instance is available on a server close to you, such as the USA, Europe or Asia.
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    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
    Great support from the people of SAP Conversational AI as of the community. Sometimes it takes a little while for folks of the SAP Conversational AI team to answer but this has mostly to do with the overload of questions and users the product has. The gold-support channel within Slack that SAP Conversational AI has, is a great help to distinguish more professional usage and therefore more urgent questions.
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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
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    Implementation Rating
    Hootsuite
    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Hootsuite
    Hootsuite offers a wide range of tools at a somewhat steeper cost. If you manage multiple platforms and want to survey the content being shared and interacted with across all of them, Hootsuite seems to have an easier platform to do that with. HubSpot CRM allows us to integrate our social platforms into our existing CRM, which is a cost saver, but Hootsuite is social media-focused, so the set-up is easier.
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    SAP
    The platforms have similarities in terms of making the organization more data-driven. However, the use cases are different. SAP Analytics Cloud is used for reporting, deploying dashboards, and scheduling timely delivery of reporting and analytics. SAP Conversational AI is a more front-end product that end users can directly use to navigate the web application better. Both have strengths in their respective areas. Conversational AI is more recent and cutting edge.
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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
    • The impact has been very positive for our business objectives. Through the chatbot, our clients can have an immediate response to any of their requests without the need of an intervention of a person or without the use of the telephone or email. Customer satisfaction has been much higher.
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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.

    SAP Conversational AI (discontinued) Screenshots

    Screenshot of Transform your customer and employee experience with SAP Conversational AI, which combines a powerful bot building platform and a digital assistant nicknamed CoPilot.Screenshot of Bot Training – Plug human-like understanding in your chatbots.Screenshot of Bot Builder – Build adaptable conversational flows through a powerful and visual tool.Screenshot of SAP Conversational AI provides a powerful building platform that allows the building of end-to-end chatbots as well as the customization of your digital assistant.Screenshot of Leverage the power of our highly performing NLP technology capable of building human-like AI chatbots in any language.Screenshot of Understand how your chatbot is used and leverage that data to improve the performance of your dataset.