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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PLANOLY

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/APLANOLY is a social marketing platform boasting over 5 million users to visually plan, schedule, and measure performance across Instagram and Pinterest.

    $16

    per month

    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
    PLANOLYSOCi
    Editions & Modules
    Social Planner Starter
    $16
    per month up to 1 user
    Creator Pro
    $20
    per month
    Social Planner Growth
    $28
    per month up to 3 users
    Social Planner Pro
    $43
    per month up to 6 users
    Creator Pro Plus
    $54
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PLANOLYSOCi
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount offered for annual billing.—
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    Community Pulse
    PLANOLYSOCi
    Considered Both Products
    PLANOLY
    No answer on this topic
    SOCi, Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    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
    PLANOLYSOCi
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of PLANOLY and SOCi
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    27% above category average
    SOCi
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of PLANOLY and SOCi
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    20% above category average
    SOCi
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of PLANOLY and SOCi
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    2% below category average
    SOCi
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of PLANOLY and SOCi
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SOCi
    -
    Ratings
    Lead generation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of PLANOLY and SOCi
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    SOCi
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of PLANOLY and SOCi
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SOCi
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of PLANOLY and SOCi
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    13% above category average
    SOCi
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
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    PLANOLYSOCi
    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
    PLANOLYSOCi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PLANOLYSOCi
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PLANOLY
    Planoly is perfect for managing social media accounts for business or public figures. It would work great for personal use as well but maybe wouldn't be as necessary. For business purposes, it changes the game! Having something that is easy to teach colleagues to use is one of the most important features I looked for when choosing a social media management platform
    Incentivized
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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
    PLANOLY
    • Grid view
    • AI Caption generator
    • Auto post feature
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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
    PLANOLY
    • overall not very many points I would add for improvement
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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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    Usability
    PLANOLY
    PLANOLY is super easy to use. We just need to connect our Instagram account and start working in just a few clicks
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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
    PLANOLY
    The support team was instantly responsive and were always happy to answer even the simplest software question. I knew that my clients would be in good hands should I not be available for any scheduling question through the support team. Everything was always impeccably handled in a timely manner! 100% satisfaction.
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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
    PLANOLY
    I have tried an AI tool called Vocable and used Google Sheets to plan my content. PLANOLY is better because of the visual grid feature. However, vocable is better in terms of the variety of content. With Vocable, we can create text content for Instagram, YouTube, and Linkedin, Product pages, SEO meta titles, descriptions, email newsletters, Blog posts etc. However, PLANOLY is only limited to Instagram and Pinterest.
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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
    PLANOLY
    • It allowed us to engage with potential customers for clients in an easy way
    • Our follower count went up by a steady 100 followers per week
    • Our numbers for viewers on videos and IG Lives doubled
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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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