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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Khoros Social Media Management

    Score6.6 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

    Parse.ly

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AParse.ly is a content optimization platform for online publishers. It provides in-depth analytics and helps maximize the performance of the digital content. It features a dashboard geared for editorial and business staff and an API that can be used by a product team to create personalized or contextual experiences on a website.

    $499

    per month

    Pricing
    Khoros Social Media ManagementParse.ly
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Khoros Social Media ManagementParse.ly
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
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    Community Pulse
    Khoros Social Media ManagementParse.ly
    Considered Both Products
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Parse.ly
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    88%
    Would buy again
    107 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    78 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    77 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    47 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    90%
    Happy with the feature set
    109 Answers
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    76 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    52 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    55 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
    Features
    Khoros Social Media ManagementParse.ly
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Khoros Social Media Management and Parse.ly
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.9
    123 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Parse.ly
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    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches7.296 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam6.5105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis7.194 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage6.9116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Khoros Social Media Management and Parse.ly
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.2
    153 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Parse.ly
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    Content planning and scheduling8.8151 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting8.0116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization9.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management7.1136 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Khoros Social Media Management and Parse.ly
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.5
    118 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Parse.ly
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    Automated routing and prioritization6.996 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories6.6108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions9.199 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Khoros Social Media Management and Parse.ly
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.7
    108 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Parse.ly
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    Lead generation6.252 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing6.491 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions7.195 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Khoros Social Media Management and Parse.ly
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.0
    152 Ratings
    17% below category average
    Parse.ly
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    Ratings
    Twitter7.9143 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook6.2148 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn6.0109 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+9.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram7.3137 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest5.450 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube7.333 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Khoros Social Media Management and Parse.ly
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.0
    136 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Parse.ly
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    Campaign success analytics6.9126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking7.5125 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis6.581 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Khoros Social Media Management and Parse.ly
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    6.5
    141 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Parse.ly
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    Role-based user permissions & privileges7.2137 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access5.8116 Ratings00 Ratings
    Web Analytics
    Comparison of Web Analytics features of Khoros Social Media Management and Parse.ly
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
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    Ratings
    Parse.ly
    7.6
    7 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Lead Conversion Tracking00 Ratings6.23 Ratings
    Bounce Rate Measurement00 Ratings6.85 Ratings
    Device and Browser Reporting00 Ratings8.36 Ratings
    Pageview Tracking00 Ratings8.26 Ratings
    Event Tracking00 Ratings7.85 Ratings
    Reporting in real-time00 Ratings8.46 Ratings
    Referral Source Tracking00 Ratings7.66 Ratings
    Customizable Dashboards00 Ratings7.66 Ratings
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    Score8.9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Khoros Social Media ManagementParse.ly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.8
    (189 ratings)
    7.8
    (82 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    8.7
    (32 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (29 ratings)
    7.7
    (35 ratings)
    Availability
    9.7
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (31 ratings)
    7.8
    (35 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.5
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (127 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Khoros Social Media ManagementParse.ly
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    While I cannot say any scenarios where Khoros wouldn't be useful (when it comes to social media moderation), I can say it is very well suited for clients who have time constraints on their work. With the speed Khoros can pull in new content, we see issues for the client almost immediately.
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    Parse.ly
    Parse.ly is a great tool for publishers who want to track engagement and audience behaviour across websites. With Parse.ly, we can easily track metrics like pageviews, time spent on page, and scroll depth to see which content is resonating with our audience and optimize our content strategy accordingly. Our marketers found Parse.ly to be an excellent tool for tracking the effectiveness of our campaigns. We can use Parse.ly to track metrics like referral sources, conversion rates, and engagement by audience segment to see which channels and tactics are driving the most engagement and conversions.
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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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    Parse.ly
    • Firstly, the platform is super easy to use, it is user-friendly and easy to navigate through.
    • Secondly, the platform also provides you the option to use filters to your best fit and adjust the filters according to what data you want to look at.
    • Thirdly, it enables the user to have live feedback on their articles and see what can be improved going forward to address the need of the readers.
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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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    Parse.ly
    • A more readily understandable visual guide to a visitor's pathway through your site would help understand what keeps a reader on-site.
    • The total page view number for the day should be more readily visible--on the overview page, not just by going to Posts>Historical.
    • Maintain the archive for longer than a year under all plans--it's a shame to lose year-on-year data quickly.
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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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    Parse.ly
    As an employee, this is difficult for me to comment as I am not directly funding or making these business decisions. However, it is a tool many get on with for surface level data that is useful to editorial teams.
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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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    Parse.ly
    The Parse.ly platform is very user-friendly and easy to use. User management is simple, and reporting setup only takes a few minutes. They provide very helpful documentation for implementing the scripts on your site and have great customer support to help with custom development such as implementing their content recommendation engine.
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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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    Parse.ly
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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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    Parse.ly
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Parse.ly
    I rate this question this way solely because I haven't requested any support. I feel where I will eventually get support would be when we take Parse.ly up on some training that is being offered. We are looking to do that at some point after the first of the year and when our schedules support it.
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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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    Parse.ly
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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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    Parse.ly
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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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    Parse.ly
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    Alternatives Considered
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    At the time of purchase, Khoros met a specific technical need that other vendors couldn't provide for us. Now, however, Sprout Social has this same capability, and Khoros is massively inferior to it on everything but price and some minor UX issues. At this point Khoros seems to be lagging badly behind most competing products
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    Parse.ly
    Parse.ly does pretty well compared to Chartbeat, particularly when it comes to historical information and analysis options that are easy for employees to use after some short training. The onboarding for Parse.ly is intuitive, and the scheduled reports take away basically all of the inconvenience associated with regular metrics reviewing. But Chartbeat wins in its social audience tracking because it can source traffic to a specific social post, which can show you exactly how your audience is coming to your content and where you need to put your content to be sure you get that audience.
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    Scalability
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Again, I am a fairly new employee to The Social Lights (I've only been here for 11 months) and I am also fairly new to the workforce (I've only just graduated from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities) so it's hard for me to talk too much about the scalability of businesses; however, I feel like this would help
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    Parse.ly
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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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    Parse.ly
    • Sometimes in meetings our editorial director will point out stories that didn't perform well. To us, that means readers don't really care about the topic, so we'll pivot away from writing about that in the future. That might not be "business objectives" though.
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    ScreenShots

    Khoros Social Media Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of the channel performance dashboard, for monitoring different metrics and comparing the performance of posts by content type and labels to optimize for the audience.Screenshot of the cross-channel dashboard. It provides a holistic view of paid and organic campaigns, allowing teams to compare performance and optimize for engagement and reach with campaigns.Screenshot of the cross-channel dashboard. Users can compare the performance of posts across channels, ensuring that time and resources are allocated effectively to reach the target audience.Screenshot of the calendar view. This presents all scheduled posts by assignee, channel, and tags so that nothing is missed and content is delivered on time.Screenshot of approval paths in Khoros. Get sign-off and feedback across teams for paid and organic posts to reduce brand risk.

    Parse.ly Screenshots

    Screenshot of Overview in full-screen mode: Many Parse.ly pages, like the Overview, are TV-ready. Keep your entire team up-to-date with live, full-screen dashboards on TVs in your office.Screenshot of Overview screen: See a snapshot of what your audience is paying attention to today so you can make fast decisions about what content to produce or distribute. Customize it to show only what your team cares about by filtering it to a particular author, section, or tag. You can pick what stats and listings are displayed.Screenshot of Real-time posts page: See what’s gathering steam so you can capitalize on attention to every post, campaign, or section.
Real-time data includes the last 24 hours and updates every five seconds. It can be seen, filtered, and sorted on most screens.Screenshot of Historical posts page: Explore historical trends by post, author, section, topic, referrer, or campaign. Compare today’s performance to last week, month, or year.Screenshot of Campaign tracking: Easily tie in your off-site promotion to engagement with your on-site content using UTM parameters.Screenshot of Multi-channel tracking: Track all your content in one place, no matter where it lives.
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