Percolate, now part of Seismic vs. UpContent

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Percolate, now part of Seismic
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Percolate was a content marketing platform designed to help large brands create content and manage marketing campaigns. The product's capabilities have been integrated into the Seismic platform's digital marketing capabilities, and Percolate is no longer available for sale standalone.N/A
UpContent
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
UpContent is a content discovery tool that focuses on delivering quality results and helping users find precisely the content they need when they need it. The vendor says the that four filters included with their solution help users in the following areas: Recency - sorts content so the most recent is seen first Relevance - sorts content so what's most relevant to the topic is seen first Shareability - uses psychological…
$0
1 Topic
Pricing
Percolate, now part of SeismicUpContent
Editions & Modules
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Free
$0
1 Topic
Starter
$7/Month
3 Topics
Engager
$19/Month
10 Topics
Leader
$45/Month
25 Topics
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Percolate, now part of SeismicUpContent
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Percolate, now part of SeismicUpContent
Considered Both Products
Percolate, now part of Seismic
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Percolate is the only software I used so far, which allowed me to create marketing campaigns.
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Percolate and Falcon have many similarities and provide many of the same features, however Percolate felt a bit more robust than Falcon, although it does come with a higher price tag to match. Both platforms are excellent for content approval workflows, content scheduling, and …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Social publishing tools are very good, better than competitors. Percolate is constantly adding new features and functionality and can manage the workload and storage that Domo can’t.
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Everything is better than Percolate. It is better than the free version of HootSuite.
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Percolate provided a more robust portfolio of offerings in the social space. We felt that although Percolate was not the cheapest, that it provides the most value to our social strategy and has been instrumental in getting us to the place we are now.
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Percolate has much more functionality than Social Studio. Social Studio is really only meant to be used as a social publishing platform. Percolate does social publishing much better, has a great file management system, has a calendar for more than just social, and has the …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
The free version of Hootsuite does not support the approval process so that did not work for our organization. Percolate was much more user friendly than Spredfast, has a more streamlined calendar view, and has more reporting features for data analysis. The approval workflow …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
I was trained on Percolate from the time I started my position.
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Three major areas separate Percolate from the competition in my POV:
  • They view themselves as truly, an all-in-one SaaS model. Other large, enterprise platforms, like Sprinklr, have the old a la carte approach to their platforms. Everything is extra. Every new addition or …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
I have used tools like HootSuite and trello to manage social media and different tasks and activities respectively. Trello is a great tool to keep track of your projects and campaigns. Unfortunately, Percolate is not that sophisticated. Percolate is slow compared to trello and …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
Percolate is more robust and user-friendly than other tools we've used. The collaborative feature in particular was very attractive, and made it stand out for us against products like Sprout Social. The photo editing tool is also very useful and superior to tools that are …
Chose Percolate, now part of Seismic
The main features that attracted us to Percolate were the editorial calendar and the multimedia database. Additionally, the ability to take content beyond the usual social channels and interface with Wordpress AND bring in (paid) third party content made the purchase choice …
UpContent
Chose UpContent
Scoop.it allows you to create blog posts that pertain to a specific piece of curated content. This is not a feature in UpContent.
Features
Percolate, now part of SeismicUpContent
Content Creation
Comparison of Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Percolate, now part of Seismic
8.5
Ratings
8% above category average
UpContent
-
Ratings
Ideation7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Approval workflows9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Content collaboration9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Content calendar8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Network for content licensing/production9.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Publishing
Comparison of Content Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Percolate, now part of Seismic
7.8
Ratings
1% below category average
UpContent
9.5
Ratings
19% above category average
Content hub8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Content distribution8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Content promotion7.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Content automation8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Content Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Percolate, now part of Seismic
7.3
Ratings
2% below category average
UpContent
-
Ratings
Closed-loop tracking and reporting7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Content performance analytics7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaign optimization dashboard8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Percolate, now part of SeismicUpContent
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Percolate, now part of SeismicUpContent
Likelihood to Recommend
Very useful for the management, planning, and programming of all social networks, as well as marketing campaigns. One of the best tools to make life easier for community managers and automate daily tasks such as content publishing. It is my favorite for managing my clients' networks.
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UpContent is effective for helping you:
  • Gather information several different content sources
  • Leverage curated content with social media, email newsletters, and on your website to help you provide audiences with important information
  • Curate content topics by vertical for use in ABM -- you can give reps topic hubs to keep themselves up-to-date. Plus, it's a great way for them to find content to use as "conversation starters with their prospects.
I love that UpContent integrates with HubSpot, Rasa.io, SocialBee and other tools that we use on a daily basis.
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Pros
  • You can schedule all the planning done for each social network, with the date and time you want to publish, without any inconvenience.
  • It has many templates of campaigns and content for social networks, which facilitates the work and the workload of designers and community managers.
  • The management of the marketing campaign is very efficient, as it monitors the progress, performance, and progress of the campaign also presents a complete statistical report that helps to improve the plans and strategies used.
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  • Organize content from multiple sources
  • Helps you leverage curated content more easily for use on social media
  • Allows you to quickly share articles with your audience that you think will resonate with them
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Cons
  • Data is a mess. So unreliable. Takes so much time to create a concrete report.
  • There is no ability to export anything. No calendar PDFs, no data Excel sheets, nothing.
  • No paid management functionality.
  • Hated their listening tool abilities relative to other tools I've used.
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  • I'd like an option to use UpContent to curate content into a blog post -- to make it easy to do "news round-up" type posts.
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Likelihood to Renew
As we have grown to implement Percolate with more and more people within our company, we have also run into more features we'd like to see in the app. The Percolate team has been extremely understanding about these requests, and even visited our offices to sit and listen to exactly what we are looking for. Assuming these new features make it into production with them, we'll definitely stay with Percolate for the long term
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Usability
Easy to set up approval flows, but not always necessary to follow all the requires steps
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Implementation Rating
Rarely has a company shown this much support during implementation. This almost got to the point where it was too much hand holding. Sometimes, social teams just want the keys to the car so they can drive it themselves instead of waiting on someone to drive along with them...
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Alternatives Considered
Three major areas separate Percolate from the competition in my POV:
  • They view themselves as truly, an all-in-one SaaS model. Other large, enterprise platforms, like Sprinklr, have the old a la carte approach to their platforms. Everything is extra. Every new addition or component comes at a cost and does not automatically update your license. Percolate has a different approach. If it is an update and it is good for the platform, you should get it. Therefore, they update the tool OFTEN and always evolving the functionality.
  • Which leads to my next point, Percolate wants to build the best-in-class social content management tool, period. Therefore, they are not chasing ways to upcharge you with new functions and modules. They focus on their core product and make it better and better.
  • Lastly, the pricing is simple and easy to understand. The cost is the cost.. no hidden details. Good luck getting that transparency with platforms like Sprinklr or Radian6.
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Scoop.it allows you to create blog posts that pertain to a specific piece of curated content. This is not a feature in UpContent.
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Return on Investment
  • Percolate has made it much easier to communicate between teams and has provided a return on investment in that area in particular.
  • Percolate also helps save time because you are able to schedule social media posts across channels easily.
  • It has also been an easy way to work with remote team members, which is very helpful.
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  • We are able to gain efficiency in our social media efforts
  • Improve productivity when it comes to developing newsletters
  • Help us build our thought leadership with curated content
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ScreenShots

Percolate, now part of Seismic Screenshots

Screenshot of Percolate's integrated marketing calendarScreenshot of Percolate's integrated marketing calendar

UpContent Screenshots

Screenshot of UpContent's search results page - 3 columns.