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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

    Viralheat (Discontinued)

    Score5.1 out of 10
    N/AViralheat was acquired by Cision in 2015 and rebranded Cision Social Edition. It was later discontinued.N/A
    Pricing
    Piano AmplifierViralheat (Discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Piano AmplifierViralheat (Discontinued)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
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    Features
    Piano AmplifierViralheat (Discontinued)
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Piano Amplifier and Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    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 Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    46% below category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    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 Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.0
    3 Ratings
    48% below category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    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 Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    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 Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.7
    3 Ratings
    37% below category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    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 Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    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 Viralheat (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Piano Amplifier
    7.1
    3 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Viralheat (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Piano AmplifierViralheat (Discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    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
    Enterprises
    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
    Piano AmplifierViralheat (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.3
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.3
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    5.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Piano AmplifierViralheat (Discontinued)
    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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    Discontinued Products
    If social is a big part of your business in more departments than just marketing and communications (marcom), make sure to let the team know and ask how Viralheat can accommodate multiple users and departments. Viralheat was great during the evaluation process because they were willing to show us exactly what they could do for our company - they even customized accounts for us to show us the true value of signing on.
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    Pros
    Piano Software
    • Posts without human input.
    • Monitors algorithms.
    • Easy to use interface.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Viralheat’s reporting feature delivers analytics in presentation-grade spreadsheets. I include these images in reports or presentations to different teams.
    • Monitoring is definitely a strong point. I am not limited by a conversation or mention limitation, which is especially important when tracking high-volume products or brands. We are able to quickly identify trends and act accordingly.
    • The user experience is a pleasant one. Viralheat offers many comprehensive features but the layout of the product is simple and intuitive. I’m able to access any feature without having to click around into multiple places.
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    Cons
    Piano Software
    • I'd like to open up windows for more than one account/platform at time.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Not being able to reference in the native platform (e.g. LinkedIn, Facebook) the name of companies or users referenced in a post.
    • Not being able to embed images natively. (e.g. Image attached to a post on Viralheat shows up as a url link on the native platform).
    • Would love to see a calendar view of the scheduled posts as well as the current list view.
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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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    Discontinued Products
    Viralheat provided our team with the kind of monitoring tool we were looking for. As an added bonus, they had a member of their team brainstorm the best ways for us to set up our account to ensure we weren’t missing anything. Great customer service.
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    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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    Discontinued Products
    I found it really easy to use and I use it on a daily basis and can easily find my way around. It has the usability of a consumer application for an Enterprise product that does very complex things in a very elegant manner.
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    Support Rating
    Piano Software
    They don’t seem to understand the issues when we explain them.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    The customer success team clearly cares about how well we do. They are quick to get back to us and they always offer to jump on a screen share so we can understand and learn new features.
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    Implementation Rating
    Piano Software
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We were up and running within an hour.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    We chose Viralheat because it allowed us to do multiple things from one tool. We were able to monitor our brand mentions after each video, song, or album release - this provided us with valuable feedback abouout our brand and music. We were also able to connect our accounts and engage directly with our fans as well as post new content. We monitored the analytics around each release and campaign and were able to determine which were successful.
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    Return on Investment
    Piano Software
    • Increased engagement
    • ROI
    • Efficiency
    • Transparency/data/insight
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Viralheat has helped me understand how real-life users react to things I build and/or test.
    • I’ve gotten a better understanding of my space and the relevant news surrounding it. This helps me build a better product.
    • It saves me a lot of time. I’m able to quickly monitor what’s important to me.
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