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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Later Social

    Score7.4 out of 10
    N/ALater (formerly Latergramme) in Vancouver offers an Instagram focused social media marketing platform, which supports the planning and scheduling of content to Instagram, as well as Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest.

    $25

    per month

    Sniply

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ASniply is a social media management solution built primarily as a content management and marketing tool for social media to drive ROI and leads.

    $29

    per month

    Tailwind

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/ATailwind is a social media marketing solution built specifically for Pinterest marketing. It provides features such as scheduled pins, analytics, and scalable Pinterest activity.

    $14.99

    per month

    Pricing
    Later SocialSniplyTailwind
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $25
    per month
    Growth
    $50
    per month
    Scale
    $100
    per month
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    FREE
    $0
    per month
    BASIC
    $29
    per month
    PRO
    $79
    per month
    BUSINESS
    $149
    per month
    AGENCY
    $299
    per month
    Free
    $0
    billed annually
    Pro
    $24.99
    per month 1 user and profile
    Advanced
    $49.99
    per month 2 users and profiles
    Max
    $99.99
    per month 5 users and 3 profiles
    Tailwind Communities
    $119.88
    billed annually
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Later SocialSniplyTailwind
    Free Trial
    YesNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details33% discount available for annual subscription.
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    Community Pulse
    Later SocialSniplyTailwind
    Considered Multiple Products
    Later
    Chose Later Social
    I've also used Planoly, which is what I switched from. Later by far is easier to use and manage and view. I like all the upgrade options and I like the blog posts to help navigate using the interface and also using Instagram. If I saw more results on Instagram I'd be all in, …
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    Sniply
    No answer on this topic
    Tailwind
    Chose Tailwind
    I think Tailwind is still the best option for scheduling Pins when compared to the alternatives. That said, for some businesses with more limited content available, utilizing the native Pinterest scheduler or another scheduling platform (such as Later, Hootsuite, or even Canva's…
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
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    Features
    Later SocialSniplyTailwind
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Later Social and Sniply and Tailwind
    Feature
    Later Social
    8.7
    2 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Sniply
    -
    Ratings
    Tailwind
    4.7
    12 Ratings
    54% below category average
    Content planning and scheduling10.02 Ratings00 Ratings5.912 Ratings
    Content optimization8.12 Ratings00 Ratings3.812 Ratings
    Workflow management8.02 Ratings00 Ratings5.210 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings00 Ratings3.89 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Later Social and Sniply and Tailwind
    Feature
    Later Social
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Sniply
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Tailwind
    4.0
    12 Ratings
    70% below category average
    Twitter7.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook8.92 Ratings9.01 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    LinkedIn8.72 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram10.02 Ratings00 Ratings4.58 Ratings
    Pinterest10.01 Ratings00 Ratings6.612 Ratings
    YouTube9.62 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Later Social and Sniply and Tailwind
    Feature
    Later Social
    4.0
    1 Ratings
    64% below category average
    Sniply
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Tailwind
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Campaign success analytics4.01 Ratings10.02 Ratings5.29 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings9.01 Ratings7.08 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Later Social and Sniply and Tailwind
    Feature
    Later Social
    6.3
    2 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Sniply
    -
    Ratings
    Tailwind
    3.0
    8 Ratings
    90% below category average
    Mobile access6.32 Ratings00 Ratings5.17 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings00 Ratings1.07 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Later Social and Sniply and Tailwind
    Feature
    Later Social
    -
    Ratings
    Sniply
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Tailwind
    7.7
    8 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings9.02 Ratings5.07 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings5.98 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings9.01 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Later Social and Sniply and Tailwind
    Feature
    Later Social
    -
    Ratings
    Sniply
    -
    Ratings
    Tailwind
    9.2
    4 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings00 Ratings8.93 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings00 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Later Social and Sniply and Tailwind
    Feature
    Later Social
    -
    Ratings
    Sniply
    -
    Ratings
    Tailwind
    5.7
    10 Ratings
    35% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings00 Ratings5.98 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings00 Ratings5.25 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings00 Ratings5.98 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Later SocialSniplyTailwind
    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Later SocialSniplyTailwind
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.8
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Later SocialSniplyTailwind
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Later
    The free version is more than enough for personal use. But if you have a small business or if you're trying to grow your brand, it's better to use one of the premium plans. It's worth it. Later is especially useful if you manage multiple accounts for multiple brands/companies because you'll be managing everything with just one tool
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    Sniply
    Sniply is well suited for large companies with very engaged audiences and brands that attract a lot of attention. It would also work well with single brands that don't have to switch between profiles. For us, it works very well; it is just a little more time consuming than if we were a larger company or had fewer brands.
    Incentivized
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    Tailwind
    Tailwind can schedule your Pinteret pins, but it's an expensive platform to do this, and given it seems to miss many, it does not even do this well. Further, they continue to get you to reconnect, so it is cumbersome and poorly designed. We used it only because our vendors wanted it, but it's been a total waste of money given how poorly designed it is, how buggy it is and how useless the other so-called services they provide are. Go somewhere else as there are way better solutions as we have now found.
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    Pros
    Later
    • Later's easy upload feature (drag and drop) is incredibly helpful, especially for multiple images and videos.
    • The drag and drop option for scheduling content is easy, and images and videos load rather quickly depending on size.
    • Captions can be saved if there are posts or common phrases that repeated and shared out from the content.
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    Sniply
    • Using the 'Call to Action' feature means I set specific text to drive people to my blog.
    • 1000 clicks for free is an excellent price point for independent consultants and small businesses and the price points to upgrade make a lot of sense too.
    • It's super easy to track clicks and conversions to your website.
    • Super easy integration with Buffer which is fantastic.
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    Tailwind
    • The extension for Chrome and Safari has been EXTREMELY helpful. Through research and continuing education, we frequently see information we'd like to share with our audience and the extension has made this so easy.
    • The SmartLoop feature is great for times when we get busy and may not have the time to add new things to our queue. I know even if I had zero time to devote to social media that day, I was still active and getting information to our candidates.
    • Interface is extremely user friendly. A lot of time these programs that are supposed to help us and bring ease to our workload are so complicated and intense that they cause more stress than they relieve. This is not true with Tailwind. Tailwind is easy to use and truly does take a load of stress off us as an organization.
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    Cons
    Later
    • I wish I could edit the look and feel of my pictures within Later a little easier. There are standard filters, but for brand sake, I need everything to be consistent.
    • I wish there was a direct integration with things like Canva and Lightroom to make uploading and editing my images seamless.
    • The biggest thing I wish Later did was allowing a better threshold for the free accounts. All of the helpful and useful features are for paid only (video posts, multi-image posts, analytics, etc). I can't justify the cost for just a few posts a month. I end up doing all of the video and multi-image posts manually, which lately has me questioning the benefit of Later's free version as a small business.
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    Sniply
    • Packages. We are a medium-sized company but we manage small brands who do not get a lot of clicks. Because of this, the current packages don't work for our purposes.
    • Integrations. We use Sniply inside of Sendible and the integration is a bit clunky when you have more than one account.
    • Customization. Snips are look the same, it would be helpful if there were more customization options.
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    Tailwind
    • When you add a link to your post and add the caption, it goes to the first line and not where I had the cursor. I do not want the link to be the first thing people read.
    • The Tailwind Create is fun and helpful but still hard to use.
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    Usability
    Later
    The desktop site is almost perfect, I love it. I love that I can drag and drop, I love that I can easily and quickly switch to analytics and switching profiles... love the ease of link in bio. so great!
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    Sniply
    Makes it super easy
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    Tailwind
    Tailwind is great when it focuses on it's core functionality. However, in my opinion, Tailwind isn't great at listening to their customers and instead likes to add features that are not beneficial and tend to "break" the other features that ultimately sell it's product. In my opinion, it has lost ROI over time and was much better 3-4 years ago.
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    Support Rating
    Later
    Later are not just a software tool, they also provide marketing advice, tips, and tutorials via their blog. I’ve only had to reach out to them for help a few times and have found them to respond much faster than other tools in their category. I receive weekly emails with updates, marketing tips and invites to online events. I look forward to their emails as I’ve learned a lot of things that I’ve been able to actually implement.
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    Sniply
    No answers on this topic
    Tailwind
    I have received wonderful support from Tailwind. Recently when I was on their new Tailwind Create and was looking at their site photos, I had a question and I received an answer in less than 24 hours. They have also been receptive to comments and ideas to make the product better and they used some of the ideas as well giving us a discount for the help.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Later
    I went with Later for the lower cost subscription. The Hootsuite copy features is missed, but Later has hashtag suggestions which is nice. I really need something to post across multiple platforms. I also needed the ability to schedule more than the 5 free scheduled posts offered by Hootsuite. Later has been working great for what I need it to do to support my small event promotion business.
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    Sniply
    Sniply has a lot more data and customization features. Bitly does not have the features we need in the version we use. Sniply's UI is a lot more clean and user friendly then Bitly and is easier to use. Also, the integration with Sendible makes Sniply much more convenient for us to use
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    Tailwind
    When I was looking for a solution for Instagram, neither Buffer nor Hootsuite were offering the ability to post directly to Instagram. That may have changed recently, but in my opinion, Tailwind is a much more user-friendly, less (unnecessarily) complex solution for Instagram management. I don't need a ton of in-depth analytics; I just need to be able to be efficient, consistent and engaging in my posts. Tailwind allows me to do that without getting bogged down in all the bells and whistles on Hootsuite or Buffer.
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    Return on Investment
    Later
    • Increased social media involvement - Since utilizing Later and another social media scheduling tool, we have seen our growth rise as much as 12% in just a few months. This includes followers, likes, and engagement. This is huge for us since social media is a great way to generate new customers and increase brand awareness.
    • Easier reporting - Analytics tools on most of the big three (Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter) are pretty limited. Later is a great way to take a look at our Analytics, and it makes it easy to understand the numbers.
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    Sniply
    • I use the free version and so far my conversion rate (people who click my call to action) is 0.71%. This is a low number but also represents 3 people who might not ordinarily have visited my website so that's a good return to me.
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    Tailwind
    • Definitely an ROI - We have increased our clicks on our website due to traffic from Pinterest, primarily from our Smart Loop.
    • We have increased Pinterest following due to our intensive use of Smart Loop, which has led to #1 (increased website traffic).
    • Organization and time management has been a massive advantage of utilizing Tailwind. Because I can set Smart Loop and not worry about it, I can dedicate my time to other areas of the business.
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