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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    NapoleonCat

    Score9 out of 10
    N/ANapoleonCat is a social media management solution built around features such as post publishing and engagement across social media channels, competitor monitoring, and analytics and optimization.

    $89

    per month users, profile slots & Inbox Capacity

    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/ASysomos was a social media listening and marketing solution for content discovery, planning, publishing, moderation, and analytics. Sysomos was acquired by Meltwater, and is no longer available, but the features of the former Sysomos are now part of the Meltwater platform.

    $1,000

    per month

    Pricing
    NapoleonCatSysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $89
    per month
    Pro
    $109
    per month
    Expert
    $139
    per month
    Enterprise
    from $465
    per month
    Sysomos
    $1,000.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    NapoleonCatSysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details14 days to explore features are included free. No credit card is required. The trial is based on the Expert Plan and includes: All features: Social Inbox, Auto-moderation, Publisher, Analytics, and Reporting - 5 seats - 10 social profile slots - 25,000-message capacity in the Inbox - AI Assistant: 100 actions in the Social Inbox and 10 in the Publisher. Please note: during the trial, downloading reports isn’t available, but reports can be previewed. Contact sales to connect a profile with over 1 million followers or to test a more custom setup.—
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    Features
    NapoleonCatSysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of NapoleonCat and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    NapoleonCat
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis4.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage4.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of NapoleonCat and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    NapoleonCat
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of NapoleonCat and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    NapoleonCat
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of NapoleonCat and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    NapoleonCat
    6.4
    1 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions6.41 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of NapoleonCat and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    NapoleonCat
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of NapoleonCat and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    NapoleonCat
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of NapoleonCat and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    NapoleonCat
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    NapoleonCatSysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (46 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (28 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    2.0
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    NapoleonCatSysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    NapoleonCat
    It is most effective in tracking the marketing efforts of competitors and gathering of information from social media platforms that is turned into actionable knowledge. NapoleonCat upgrades how we serve our customers and by automating social media marketing processes, time is saved so that teams can concentrate on other strategic tasks
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Sysomos Expion is best suited, in my opinion, to offices where either you have only one moderator/manager OR where multiple users plan to manage a specific channel. Without live updates, it gets far too complicated for multiple users to manage the exact same workload
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    NapoleonCat
    • Multi-hashtag searches
    • Customer service
    • Social campaign management
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Ad-hoc research. During planning phase of a campaign it is a helpful tool to understand the marketplace, key influencers and topics that engage a target demographic.
    • Post-event hashtag analysis. Rapid generation of reporting on efficacy of a campaign, key voices, topics that resonated, viral reach and more.
    • User interface. Friendly and accessible enough to minimize training needs and enable decentralized access, though we have found some hand-holding is still required to get the most out of the platform.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    NapoleonCat
    • "Free Trial" functionality will actually charge users straight away depending on the trial button clicked
    • Changes to plan during a billing cycle are not refunded or credited in any way, including attempting to un-do the change. (So moving down and up again between plans, even if both actions occur within seconds of each other, results in getting charged twice...)
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    Discontinued Products
    • It does not provide a visual for volume over time.
    • The visuals aren't excellent, and would require an export to create better looking graphics.
    • The interface isn't intuitive and sometimes requires clicking around to find things that seem like they should be under a different title.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    NapoleonCat
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    There are two differentiating features that Sysomos MAP has that the competitor tools I have experienced (Radian6, Meltwater Buzz) did not: user-friendly Boolean queries for searches and near-real-time results. The former is important because, of course, your results are only as good as your search/campaign. With Sysomos, once you master Boolean queries (which isn't terribly difficult) you're set for creating any kind of listening report. I strongly prefer this to the "campaign creator" forms that other services provide. Second, Sysomos MAP returns results almost immediately - like a Google search. So if you get your results and see that you need to tweak your query - no big deal. Or if you have a last-minute request for a client - not an issue. Meltwater can take up to 48 hours for a search to fully populate. This is a major issue if you get your full set of results back and see that you need to adjust the query; you're looking at another two days of wait time. A long wait on results can also prove problematic in agency settings where clients or prospective clients often need results with a quick turnaround.
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    Usability
    NapoleonCat
    NapoleonCat is easy to implement and use. Users can manage all their social media activities from a single online dashboard that also includes reporting. Users can manage posts while on the go using the mobile app.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    The product is very easy to use. The platform is visual and data is easy to read. Boolean construction can sometimes be difficult, but the boolean constructor tool is helpful for boolean beginners. For more experienced boolean constructors, the boolean display at the top is very helpful in identifying where there may be holes in the construction
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    Reliability and Availability
    NapoleonCat
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Not really an availability issue, but concurrency licensing rules mean that only one user can be logged in at a time.
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    Performance
    NapoleonCat
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    This has not been an issue. It is actually beating TweetDeck when we are tagged within a post that TweetDeck is monitoring.
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    Support Rating
    NapoleonCat
    Over the course of our campaign, the team went out of their way to fix and correct glitches in the interface that I pointed out to them.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Unfortunately, we have not had a great experience with customer support from Klear. In the sales process, they were very responsive and helpful, but when onboarded, it definitely changed. We are based in the US and our customer service rep is based in Israel, meaning our work hours barely overlap. Oftentimes we're waiting 24+ hours for a response, and when it's a time-sensitive issue (like the platform not pulling in Instagram Story data) we want it to be resolved as quickly as possible. Klear also has a chat feature for more immediate help, but we've experienced a similar situation there where it takes 12+ hours to get a response and it's usually from our customer service rep. Our rep is very nice, but also doesn't seem very knowledgeable about the platform, and usually can't provide an immediate answer to a question we ask and has to "check with her team."
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    NapoleonCat
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We had a kick-off training with the whole team where they walked us through the functionality. This was a pretty effective and comprehensive training.
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    Implementation Rating
    NapoleonCat
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Implementation was so easy I dont even remember it!
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    NapoleonCat
    Use this service instead... Far more transparent and also supports modern account security features like 2-factor authentication. (Lack of 2fa puts all social profiles in NepoleonCat at increased risk of being hijacked...)
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    Discontinued Products
    We've used Sprout Social & Hootsuite in the past -- and they all stack up pretty evenly. Sysomos has the same features as Sprout or Hootsuite, except their reports and analytics are a little more detailed. Hootsuite has a better social media management software and dashboard though
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    NapoleonCat
    • Maintaining a positive brand image
    • Identifying potential influencers
    • Spying on competitors
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Lowered costs and overhead when Expion got introduced as we now use one centralized solution for all of our social media work
    • We can finally calculate ROI with ease and understand our campaign performance through proper tracking and analytics
    • Competition tracking was never easier
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    NapoleonCat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Social Inbox, Auto-moderation, AI Assistant, Social CRM,  Schedule & Publish, Analytics, ReportingScreenshot of Social Inbox: Engage communities and manage social customer serviceScreenshot of Analytics: Measure social media marketing performanceScreenshot of Schedule & Publish: Schedule content across platformsScreenshot of AI Assistant:Automate, analyze, and secure social mediaScreenshot of Auto-moderation: Automate conversations on social media

    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater Screenshots

    Screenshot of TOP CONTENT: See the best performing content from all your social media channels in one view plus compare it against your competitors’ pages.Screenshot of FAN MODERATION: Sysomos Expion makes it easy to know who to speak to, when to engage in conversation and can even be integrated with customer care centers.Screenshot of PUBLISH: Easily plan, schedule and publish content from a simple drag-and-drop calendar with workflow that’s easy to track and review.Screenshot of OPTIMIZE PAID ADS: Optimize paid ads with smarter analytics and trending triggers so you can better understand how organic and paid content are working together.Screenshot of DYNAMIC DASHBOARDS: Powerful marketing analytics shows that it’s not just about creating a report or crunching some numbers - but about telling a story.  You’ll discover patterns, breakouts, and trends in real time to capitalize on opportunities.