Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Klue
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
Klue is a competitive intelligence software designed to help marketing and enablement teams collect, curate, and deliver intel to enterprise sales teams to close more deals. Track Competitors Klue tracks relevant news and data and combines it with internal sources. Deeper competitive intelligence can provide an edge against top rivals and growing threats. Centralize Competitive Content Update sales battlecards collaborate and deliver consumable competitive…N/A
Resolver
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Crisp is a Social Media Safety and crisis monitoring firm, boasting technology that is trusted by some of the world’s largest, most well-known brands to provide fast, precise detection of critical issues and crises. Crisp is a Kroll company since the May 2022 acquisition.N/A
Sprout Social
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Sprout Social provides social media management, marketing, customer care, data and intelligence, and employee advocacy solutions for brands and agencies, including Ticketmaster, Chipotle, Grubhub, Subaru, and Zendesk. Sprout’s platform is used to simplify social publishing, engagement, reviews, analytics and listening for customers. Sprout also provides customer success and technical support, to deliver consistent value to all users. Any organization, regardless of size or industry, receives…
$249
per month per user
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Essentials
$79 per seat/per month annual / $99 per seat/per month monthly
Standard
$199 annual / $249 monthly
per user/per month
Professional
$299 annual / $399 monthly
per user/per month
Advanced
$399 annual / $499 monthly
per user/per month
Free Trial
Free
for 30 days
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoNoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
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Features
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SEO
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Klue
9.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
Resolver
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Sprout Social
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Competitive analysis9.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Market Research
Comparison of Market Research features of Product A and Product B
Klue
10.0
1 Ratings
12% above category average
Resolver
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Sprout Social
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Competitor Research10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Competitor alerts10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Market Insights and Reports10.01 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Listening/monitoring
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Klue
-
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Resolver
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Sprout Social
7.3
113 Ratings
4% below category average
Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings00 Ratings7.179 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings00 Ratings7.095 Ratings
Sentiment analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings7.276 Ratings
Broad channel coverage00 Ratings00 Ratings8.189 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Klue
-
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Resolver
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Sprout Social
8.2
143 Ratings
1% above category average
Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings00 Ratings9.2143 Ratings
Audience targeting00 Ratings00 Ratings7.2110 Ratings
Content optimization00 Ratings00 Ratings8.2126 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings00 Ratings8.4125 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Klue
-
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Resolver
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Sprout Social
7.9
130 Ratings
3% below category average
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings00 Ratings7.685 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1115 Ratings
Bulk actions00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1114 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Klue
-
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Resolver
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Sprout Social
7.1
95 Ratings
8% below category average
Lead generation00 Ratings00 Ratings6.969 Ratings
Content marketing00 Ratings00 Ratings8.191 Ratings
Paid media management00 Ratings00 Ratings6.23 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
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Klue
-
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Resolver
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Sprout Social
8.4
142 Ratings
1% above category average
Twitter00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8124 Ratings
Facebook00 Ratings00 Ratings8.8141 Ratings
LinkedIn00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7128 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings00 Ratings7.846 Ratings
Instagram00 Ratings00 Ratings8.7130 Ratings
Pinterest00 Ratings00 Ratings8.346 Ratings
YouTube00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
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Klue
-
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Resolver
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Sprout Social
8.3
144 Ratings
7% above category average
Campaign success analytics00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6136 Ratings
Real-time tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings8.1132 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings8.0119 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Klue
-
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Resolver
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Sprout Social
8.0
136 Ratings
1% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings00 Ratings8.6130 Ratings
Mobile access00 Ratings00 Ratings7.3123 Ratings
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Conductor
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Score 9.4 out of 10
Forcepoint DLP
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Score 8.2 out of 10
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Conductor
Conductor
Score 9.4 out of 10
Forcepoint DLP
Forcepoint DLP
Score 8.2 out of 10
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
KlueResolverSprout Social
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(3 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.4
(201 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(67 ratings)
Usability
6.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(128 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
-
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7.7
(8 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
2.5
(39 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
-
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1.0
(12 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(42 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
-
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
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9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Klue
I dont know how useful it is for a bdr. I think it is more suited for an AE postion where you need indepth information instead of quick on the run information to book someone in the phone. I think it is better for case building to have that amount of information
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Kroll
At $95 per month for unlimited seats, it's the cheapest solution for both support and marketing/sales teams if you need multiple seats. At the same time, everything works so smoothly and efficiently that you'd never believe it is such a cheap tool. Small teams could leverage their Free plan or the Pro tier, however, to get access to advanced features like chatbots or CRM integrations you'd need to get the unlimited package. Magic Browsing is another top feature that allows support teams to see what the client is doing on the website and guide him through the needed steps to troubleshoot any issues
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Sprout Social
Sprout is typically the first platform that comes to mind when I think of social media content scheduling/platform management/social media management. However, Sprout is very pricey, and I don’t think there’s an obvious standout element that helps differentiate it from other scheduling platforms. For organizations with only a few social media profiles, I’d be more likely to recommend lower-cost or free platforms as opposed to Sprout. I’d probably only recommend Sprout for organizations with dozens or hundreds of social media accounts
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Pros
Klue
  • Gathering publicly available intelligence - news, blogs, reports, etc.
  • Organizing intel into customized, meaningful buckets by the competitor.
  • Creating useful battle cards for sales.
  • Capturing news and info as you come across it online.
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Kroll
  • Intuitive chatbot functionality
  • Unlimited number of live agents at one fixed price
  • Real-time assistance with cobrowsing feature
  • A decent number of integrations with popular tools
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Sprout Social
  • Social Scheduling: Sprout Social makes it easier than any platform I've used to schedule posts with each, and to batch-schedule the same post to run on multiple dates. The scheduling platform is intuitive and easy to understand.
  • Social Reporting: With just a few clicks of the button, you can easily export reports that are easy for both social media experts and complete novices to understand. I like how you can get a report within 60 seconds or so if needed.
  • Customer Service/Help: Whenever I've had a question, both my Sprout Social rep and the Help Center have been extremely easy to contact and quick to reply. Problems are solved very fast and it's made easy to understand.
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Cons
Klue
  • Interactivity and continued relevance after creation of battlecards
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Kroll
  • Number of native integrations could be bigger
  • Additional features for improving conversions like popup banners or guided tours to allow clients to combine multiple tools into one (like Intercom does)
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Sprout Social
  • I would like for Personal Instagram Accounts to be able to integrate with Sprout Social's Employee Advocacy platform. You are able to connect personally accounts to Sprout Social itself, which is great, but for employee re-sharing internal stories, this is not possible unless it is with a Business Instagram account.
  • I would like for the left hand tool bar to be more user friendly. There are so many tools and settings that are available, and I would like for it to be simplified in a way that makes it less cluttered.
  • An improvement can be made with the Sprout Social Mobile App. The user friendliness of the app does not allow as much autonomy as the regular webpage.
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Likelihood to Renew
Klue
No answers on this topic
Kroll
No answers on this topic
Sprout Social
Sprout Social is the best platform out there for social-media management, and now that I have all my clients using Sprout Social, it would be sort of silly for me to walk away format at this juncture. The only cloud on the horizon would be if Salesforce bought it (as has been rumored) and put it inside its walled garden.
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Usability
Klue
It is a bit overwhelming to have that amount of information in the same place. And sometimes it can be a bit tricky to find the relevant information you need at the time you need it. It is nice to have that level of information but it kind of useless if you dont know where it is.
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Kroll
No answers on this topic
Sprout Social
Sprout Social is straightforward to use - built for anyone regardless of tech experience to be able to navigate. It integrates pretty seamlessly to the native platforms and brings a lot of things together to make a seamlessly experience for seasoned social media managers.
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Reliability and Availability
Klue
No answers on this topic
Kroll
No answers on this topic
Sprout Social
Uptime was OK, but given the fact that we are in Europe, there were some specific problems: They tended to take the system down for maintenance during the night in the US, which was during our workday. This was definitely problematic and hard to explain to our clients.
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Performance
Klue
No answers on this topic
Kroll
No answers on this topic
Sprout Social
It is quick to post, however you have to refresh the page every time you add a new scheduled item.
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Support Rating
Klue
No answers on this topic
Kroll
No answers on this topic
Sprout Social
The chat and online resources are great. The managers are too. They go through account reps pretty fast. Also, not a lot of onboarding once a product or service is sold. The ticket request system is terrible, they have too many people switching off roles, they take a long time to get back to you and don't plan on anything being fixed over a weekend - even if you have a problem. Their customer service via tickets is the worst.
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Online Training
Klue
No answers on this topic
Kroll
No answers on this topic
Sprout Social
Their training is good, but the promotion of it is even better. I don't need or have the time for training, but I was always happy to know it was there. They did a great job sending updates out and making me aware when there was a new feature that I may want training for. As for the training I never used it, so I can't comment on that
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Implementation Rating
Klue
No answers on this topic
Kroll
No answers on this topic
Sprout Social
Make sure you do it all the way. Do not break it into phases. Pour yourself a coffee, start it in the morning and you'll be done before you finish that coffee.
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Alternatives Considered
Klue
Klue seems much easier to use, and also had a better engagement experience during our trial period. They're insanely customer focused.
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Kroll
Crisp has fewer auxiliary features that Intercom (popup builder and guided tours is something that comes to mind), however [I feel it] has MUCH better pricing tiers. It does 95% of things Intercom can do at 5% of the price. Both Drift and Freshworks provide similar solutions which are more expensive, but also have technical issues, which resulted in poorer performance of our website
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Sprout Social
We started this agency using Later and switched to Iconosqaure because we needed more in-depth reporting. We switched from Iconosquare to Sprout Social because of the continuous scheduling bugs/issues we were having with our account and our terrible experience with their Customer Service team. We are planning to close our Sprout Social account and move to HeyOrca because of cost, ease of use, and the basic scheduling features Sprout Social doesn't offer.
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Return on Investment
Klue
  • Positive in terms of alignment around product messaging
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Kroll
  • Radically increased conversion rates due to proactive chat bots
  • Increased customer satisfaction due to stellar support (built in screen share saves a ton of time for troubleshooting, unlimited number of agents helps to improve response times etc)
  • Saved hours of time of support team
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Sprout Social
  • One positive impact has been a huge time saver for our team. Where we once had multiple systems and delays from producing content to approval to publishing, now everything is seamless.
  • Another positive impact is streamlining the onboarding process for new team members. Sprout Social is user-friendly and intuitive, making it easy to study even for someone completely new to social media.
  • One negative impact has been the time it takes to wade through irrelevant social listening posts. The filtering is not effective enough to eliminate the noise.
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ScreenShots

Sprout Social Screenshots

Screenshot of Sprout’s social media publishing tools, used to schedule and post messages to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn simultaneously from a single Compose window.