Khoros Marketing vs. SAP Cloud for Social Engagement

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Khoros Marketing
Score 7.8 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) is a social media management platform. Key features include: Plan and Organize Social Campaigns, Manage Real-Time Engagement, and Learn and Prove Social ImpactN/A
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Score 9.1 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
Khoros MarketingSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Khoros MarketingSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Khoros MarketingSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Khoros MarketingSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Marketing
6.9
113 Ratings
12% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
9.5
2 Ratings
20% above category average
Boolean keyword searches7.187 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam6.995 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Sentiment analysis6.786 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Broad channel coverage7.1109 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Marketing
7.3
144 Ratings
8% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Content planning and scheduling8.6142 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Audience targeting7.3108 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Content optimization5.05 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Workflow management8.3126 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Marketing
7.4
109 Ratings
10% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
9.7
2 Ratings
17% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization7.187 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Customer interaction histories7.899 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Bulk actions7.291 Ratings9.02 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Marketing
7.3
101 Ratings
6% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
25% above category average
Lead generation7.245 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Content marketing7.284 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Paid media management7.12 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions7.688 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Marketing
7.7
143 Ratings
9% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
9.4
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Twitter7.8134 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Facebook8.0139 Ratings10.02 Ratings
LinkedIn7.8103 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Google+9.018 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Instagram7.1129 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Pinterest6.745 Ratings8.01 Ratings
YouTube7.533 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Marketing
7.1
128 Ratings
12% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Campaign success analytics7.9118 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Real-time tracking7.0117 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Competitor analysis6.374 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Khoros Marketing
6.6
133 Ratings
20% below category average
SAP Cloud for Social Engagement
10.0
2 Ratings
21% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges7.0129 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile access6.2109 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
Khoros MarketingSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(179 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.9
(34 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(29 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
9.7
(22 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(48 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.9
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
6.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.7
(58 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
5.4
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.4
(117 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Khoros MarketingSAP Cloud for Social Engagement
Likelihood to Recommend
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
Very easy to view the posts in a list/calendar based on a selection of filters. Very easy to find posts based on filters. Publishing is easy, and so is finding data. Editing or deleting after publishing is something the team of Khoros Engineering is working on, and we are looking forward to the update.
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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
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
  • Reporting is great - easy to create bespoke dashboards for multiple ways to view the data and trends in platform
  • Onboarding and training - a good repository of knowledge articles for users to access on most aspects of the platform for self-learning
  • The user-friendly and intuitive interface allows any user to quickly assimilate how to use the platform.
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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
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
  • Look and feel of the interface could use a refresh as it's not very exciting to use
  • Improve analytics features and accuracy
  • Facilitate bulk actions
  • Better alerts/visibility of collaborative actions and assigned tasks
  • Clearer communication around new feature releases and announcements
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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
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
There is no product like Khoros. Our company lives and dies by the analytics, and to date, we have not seen a more comprehensive analytics structure for any social media management tool. Khoros support is also fantastic, responding and resolving any and all questions, ideas, or complaints, usually in 24 hours.
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SAP
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Usability
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
Khoros Marketing is very user-friendly and easy to navigate. The calendar visibility is the view I use most so I can see all posts going out on all of our channels. It allows us to time posts in a proper cadence so we don't overlap with other pressing content.
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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
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
• We still experience a bit of downtime and slowness here but things have drastically improved in the last year with their feature updates and reconfigured hosting.
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SAP
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Performance
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
Khoros has greatly improved the performance of its SaaS products in the last 5 years. Their applications, including Conversations, Intelligence, and Experiences, all load quickly with real-time data. This performance is critical to provide meaningful, social customer support, and marketing. The performance maintains integrity even when you deploy powerful integrations like Salesforce Customer Relationship Manager.
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SAP
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Support Rating
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
Overall, support does a great job and is timely in their responses and efforts. We have had to contact support many times due to the Capture app. Some tickets have remained open for months, while others get resolved quickly. I understand this is not always up to support and they often have to wait for their engineering team to fix issues that we identified, but it's difficult to deal with issues that are affecting our workflow, especially for extended amounts of time.
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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
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
• As a very early customer, we did not undergo formal training but worked closely with the team to get the system set up to do what we wanted. However, online training resources are now available with many blog posts / video lessons and tutorials.
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SAP
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Online Training
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
it is important to note that my perspective is not necessarily common - I'm a geek/nerd/poweruser in general, so I found the online resources to be more than adequate (and often very aesthetically pleasing, too). That said, a less "geeky" person might struggle a bit.
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SAP
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Implementation Rating
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
The implementation team from Khoros were great - they worked hard to understand our somewhat complex organization, and were with us all the way through face to face meetings, user training, and technical training. We had a clearly defined account manager and implementation manager, who worked really effectively together and with us.
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SAP
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Alternatives Considered
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
On some accounts that I am on, I use Asana in place of Khoros marketing but I much prefer Khoros Marketing. I prefer Khoros Marketing over Asana because I can post directly (and schedule posts) on Khoros but not on Asana. Also, I can moderate directly on Khoros but not Asana
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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
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
Khoros seems to struggle a little past a certain level of scale. More than 30 separate per day makes it difficult to view all content in the weekly calendar view, which is frustrating and could cause issues. However, the ability to schedule one post across multiple channels is hugely valuable and cuts down on a lot of duplicative work.
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SAP
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Return on Investment
Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
  • Negatively impacted relationship with Khoros as they're notoriously difficult to engage with or able to produce viable results from our feedback.
  • Negatively impacted KPI reporting, as metrics were inaccurate for six months.
  • Negatively impacted resource management, as there've been so many restrictions with this platform that simple, day-to-day tasks take so much longer.
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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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