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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

    Ziflow

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AZiflow online proofing creates a single source of truth and streamlines the review and approval process for creative content to deliver marketing projects faster for agencies and brands.

    $249

    per month

    Pricing
    HootsuiteZiflow
    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
    Standard
    $249
    per month 15 users
    Pro
    $399
    per month 20 users included
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HootsuiteZiflow
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional DetailsPlans can be paid monthly or annually, with a discount for annual pricing.Educational discounts are available for the Business and Enterprise editions. Up to a 20% discount is available for annual pricing.
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    Features
    HootsuiteZiflow
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Hootsuite and Ziflow
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    7.0
    324 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Ziflow
    -
    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 Ziflow
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    8.0
    447 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Ziflow
    -
    Ratings
    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 Ziflow
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    7.5
    359 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Ziflow
    -
    Ratings
    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 Ziflow
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    7.0
    338 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Ziflow
    -
    Ratings
    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 Ziflow
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    8.1
    438 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Ziflow
    -
    Ratings
    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 Ziflow
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    7.8
    360 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Ziflow
    -
    Ratings
    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 Ziflow
    Feature
    Hootsuite
    7.9
    369 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Ziflow
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges8.3317 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access7.5336 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    HootsuiteZiflow
    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Medium-sized Companies
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    HootsuiteZiflow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (510 ratings)
    9.6
    (226 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (89 ratings)
    9.1
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (149 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.8
    (19 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (263 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (39 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.3
    (18 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HootsuiteZiflow
    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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    Ziflow
    We work with a lot of cross functional teams, so it is nice to have them review things on their own and provide feedback all in the one place for our team to review. It helps cut back on meetings and emails full of feedback that gets lost. This is especially helpful when we are working on our catalogs. We do reviews on Ziflow all the way from rough layouts to proofreading.
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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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    Ziflow
    • Simple and user friendly interface with little if no learning curve.
    • Accurate and specific change requests are especially enhanced when using the markup tools.
    • Nice to be able to assign who the decision maker is and also be able to change project participants easily, like when someone goes on holiday or sick leave.
    • SOCD (sent, opened, comment, decision) progress indicators provide an awesome 'at a glance' view of project participants activity.
    • Email notifications and integration with ASANA is brilliant.
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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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    Ziflow
    • Comments with instances that span multiple pages force you to zoom out, which can be rough on multi-page proofs. We end up making a comment on each instance for ease of review.
    • Maybe it is in there, but I would love to be able to upload a new version and review/make comments before any of the other reviewers can see it—to double-check for errors. Maybe there is a verification stage first before releasing it to the other reviewers.
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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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    Ziflow
    Ziflow is easy to use, efficient and now is also part of our daily lives. Hence, the teams are already adapted to the tool and willing to work with it. The features are according to all what was expected and we had a great experience until the moment with the tool
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    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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    Ziflow
    The tool is easy to use for digital oriented people. For the ones not used to this kind of environment, it could look a bit complicated at the beginning, but following the instructions and tutorials and performing it once makes you get a grip of it in just one use.
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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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    Ziflow
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Ziflow
    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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    Ziflow
    The ZIflow support team has always been very responsive to my questions, issues and other problems. The good thing is I have never had to use their support team all that much because Ziflow has been for the most part trouble free. If it had been error prone, we would have dropped it long ago.
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    In-Person Training
    Hootsuite
    Very easy to teach and learn
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    Ziflow
    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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    Ziflow
    They were friendly and took the time to go through everything, especially relating to how we would use the system.
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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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    Ziflow
    It was seemless! Things got instantly better when we started using Ziflow!
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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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    Ziflow
    I found Ziflow to be much better than PageProof in several ways. The tools available for making comments and edits are more intuitive and there is a greater variety of tools and the version control features worked much better as well. Also their customer service was far better when it was necessary to interact with the company
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    Scalability
    Hootsuite
    We are only using in marketing and have been able to scale.
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    Ziflow
    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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    Ziflow
    • Improved efficiency and time saved in making proofs and adding people to proofs with staging and template features.
    • Robust proofreading features for reviewers like comparing previous versions.
    • In my experience, customer service is quick to help with issues or outages (which aren't often).
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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.

    Ziflow Screenshots

    Screenshot of Ziflow's  markup tools, which enables stakeholders of all abilities to circle, highlight, draw, point, and overall produce feedback that doesn’t leave creatives guessing.Screenshot of Ziflow’s workflow automation and templates, for creative teams that constantly repeats tasks when setting up review workflows.Screenshot of where users can see different versions side-by-side to compare changes to a project over time, and automatically highlight version differences, all the way down to the pixel with the auto-compare capability.Screenshot of frame-accurate commenting on video and motion projects. Feedback can be viewed on a specific video frame to remove any chance of confusion. Ziflow Safe Zones are used to make sure crucial content remains in-frame on every device, and to see likely cut-off points at industry-standard aspect ratios. Users can review projects from a web browser on any device - no app download is required.Screenshot of Ziflow, on mobile devices. Team members can access proofs via proof notification emails on their devices. Comments and decisions can be made via the device's native browser, with Ziflow's HTML5-based Proof Viewer.Screenshot of ZiflowAI: Creative collaboration, powered by artificial intelligence. It is a chatbot designed to drive review and approval processes forward.