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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Piano Amplifier

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AA solution to amplify content with AI-powered social publishing. Used to grow and engage an audience through real-time data and machine-learning optimization, guiding users to content, and to just the right place in the social conversation. Socialflow was acquired by Piano in 2022, and is now a Piano solution.N/A

    SOCi

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ASOCi, including the former Brandify (acquired July 2021) presents a range of local marketing solutions, such as store locators, local SEO driven landing pages, local advertising, and brand reputation management.N/A
    Pricing
    Piano AmplifierSOCi
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Piano AmplifierSOCi
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Piano AmplifierSOCi
    Considered Both Products
    Piano Software
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    SOCi, Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Piano AmplifierSOCi
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Piano Amplifier and SOCi
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    42% below category average
    SOCi
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    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam4.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Piano Amplifier and SOCi
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    46% below category average
    SOCi
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    Content planning and scheduling5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Piano Amplifier and SOCi
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.0
    3 Ratings
    48% below category average
    SOCi
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    Automated routing and prioritization5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories4.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Piano Amplifier and SOCi
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    41% below category average
    SOCi
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    Lead generation5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Piano Amplifier and SOCi
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.7
    3 Ratings
    37% below category average
    SOCi
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    Twitter5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Piano Amplifier and SOCi
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    41% below category average
    SOCi
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    Campaign success analytics5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking5.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis5.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Piano Amplifier and SOCi
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    7.1
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    SOCi
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    Role-based user permissions & privileges7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Piano AmplifierSOCi
    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Google Business Profile
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Google Business Profile
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Piano AmplifierSOCi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.4
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    5.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Piano AmplifierSOCi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Piano Software
    SocialFlow is well suited for Platform & keyword research : 1. In-depth research to identify requisite platforms & channels and the pertaining keywords, followed by query building to create search profiles & topic tags Social mediaplatforms Professional review forums Industry-focused discussion sites E-commerce websites Content streaming platforms data extraction​ 2. Setting up processes and tools for data extraction such as –-Social intelligence tools-Web scraping-Custom crawlers-Manual minimum (if applicable)
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    SOCi, Inc
    SOCi is a fantastic tool for a franchise business because it provides the ability to post in bulk while also posting localized content. So, you can share the same basic content across all of your locations, but SOCi's tagging system inserts a location's phone number or website for each individual location. This helps create a localized feel and personalized touch -- but you only schedule one post, making it easy and efficient to localize content in mass posting. This principle applies to paid ads as well. Because of these features, SOCi may not be the best platform for companies with just one location
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    Pros
    Piano Software
    • Posts without human input.
    • Monitors algorithms.
    • Easy to use interface.
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    SOCi, Inc
    • Firstly, as a user of Brandify, I am really fond of their after-sales support services because as a user these services matter a lot.
    • Brandify has made the work so much easier as it avoids spending time looking for better options.
    • It is very helpful platform for the growth of a company.
    • Its analysis helps us in foreseeing situations that can be either good or bad and ensure that we think of a possible solution.
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    Cons
    Piano Software
    • I'd like to open up windows for more than one account/platform at time.
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    SOCi, Inc
    • Their analytics are sub-par to other tools that I use.
    • Their website can be a little clunky until you learn to navigate it.
    • It takes a long time to be fully on-boarded and running on the platform with all information syncing together.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Piano Software
    • Clarity of communication
    • Quality of product
    • Its sheer utility
    • How we now rely on it greatly
    • Reasonable price point
    Incentivized
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    SOCi, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Piano Software
    I give this rating as an outcome to understand competitor social strategy to improve strategic positioning. Drive improvement by benchmarking and serving to compete on content Identify trends, topics/themes, potential threats, etc. Improve campaigns by measuring and comparing audience reach, Interaction, etc. Measure engagement rate to analyze audience association.​ What themes/topics are generating higher engagement Insights to assist marketing teams in planning future campaigns
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    SOCi, Inc
    There are some aspects of the scheduling of posts that could be more user friendly for the less tech-savvy users.
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    Support Rating
    Piano Software
    They don’t seem to understand the issues when we explain them.
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    SOCi, Inc
    We have not had to contact support so there is nothing to say in response to this question. We are sure that if we needed to contact them we would be able to get any issues resolved quickly
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    Alternatives Considered
    Piano Software
    We've also evaluated HootSuite and Sprout Social, and we used both in the past. SocialFlow is superior in its content system for creating, editing, and publishing posts. It's ideal for a team of our size. The cost is fair. It was overall the best option in all of the categories we were looking for.
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    SOCi, Inc
    Soci is a lot better. It’s more user friendly and it makes better for one platform to have all my accounts on
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    Return on Investment
    Piano Software
    • Increased engagement
    • ROI
    • Efficiency
    • Transparency/data/insight
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    SOCi, Inc
    • Brandify allows us to analyze the reputation of the business and how happy our customers are with us.
    • It is a affordable local marketing software.
    • It has reliable and efficient support.
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