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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Podium

    Score7 out of 10
    N/APodium, formerly Repdrive, is a ratings and review management platform from the company of the same name in Provo, Utah.N/A

    Publer

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/APubler is a social media management tool used by individuals and businesses in crafting, scheduling, and analyzing their online presence across various social platforms. Publer aims to simplify the complexity of social media management, as a companion for digital marketers, influencers, and businesses of all sizes. Key Features: Scheduling: Publer enables users to plan and schedule posts across multiple social media platforms, to ensure a consistent…

    $5

    per month per user

    Pricing
    PodiumPubler
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Professional
    $5
    per month per user
    Business
    $10
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PodiumPubler
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—VAT not included in the price. 14 days money back guarantee. Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Features
    PodiumPubler
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Podium and Publer
    Feature
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    9.0
    73 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings9.673 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings8.769 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.767 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Podium and Publer
    Feature
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    8.4
    61 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings8.450 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings8.460 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Podium and Publer
    Feature
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    9.4
    70 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings9.249 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings9.164 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings9.554 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings9.729 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings9.465 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings9.735 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings9.442 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Podium and Publer
    Feature
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    8.0
    54 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.352 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.743 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Podium and Publer
    Feature
    Podium
    -
    Ratings
    Publer
    8.7
    57 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings8.651 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings8.854 Ratings
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    Score7.2 out of 10
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    Score7.8 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    PodiumPubler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.9
    (43 ratings)
    9.5
    (74 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (54 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (13 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PodiumPubler
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Podium
    Podium is well suited for several types of businesses. If you are an entrepreneur or small business owner, Podium would be a great way for you to ask that customers leave you a review online sharing their awesome experience. For medium to large businesses, Podium review invites can be automated through the company's customer management system, allowing the use of Podium to be simple and not timely, even with a large customer base. It may not be appropriate for a large company to manually send out individual review invites
    Incentivized
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    Publer
    Where Publer is well suited: + Organisation of multiple social media accounts for when you have multiple brands + The integration of Google Maps makes it easy to organise multiple locations + Calendar with a nice overview makes it easy to see your social media planning for the following period of time Where it is less suited for: - Comparing competition and ideal posting time is quite a surplus in cost - No native Dutch version
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    Pros
    Podium
    • Maintains conversations indefinitely, so we are able to go back to confirm details from conversations.
    • Provides the ability for our company to have a 'team' messaging platform where we can communicate with one another via single person to a single person, groups where we can add/subtract members of the group... this is invaluable to our organization.
    • Until today(!), we could 'share' or forward a message to one another; oddly, that feature disappeared just today, so I'm hoping it's a glitch!
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    Publer
    • A unified drag-and-drop calendar with genuine native previews allows us to bulk-upload images or videos, shuffle posts between dates and platforms, and see exactly how each platform (FB, IG, TikTok, Threads, etc.) will display before we hit “Schedule.”
    • Role-based approvals that streamline teamwork: interns draft, managers approve, and the audit trail ensures that nothing inconsistent slips through.
    • Quick-glance analytics built right into the calendar, surface engagement spikes, best-time suggestions and post-level stats without exporting to another tool, so we can tweak campaigns on the spot.
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    Cons
    Podium
    • Account manager communications: I had been asking my Podium account manager for integration with our CRM tool for over 8 months before my account manager fell silent. After another 6 months, I proactively reached out only to find out that the integration had been in Beta for months and 8 other companies had already integrated. It was frustrating that my account manager did not remember a key request and make the Beta available to me the minute that it was open.
    Incentivized
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    Publer
    • Some IG features are currently missing, like syncing with trending sounds, but I think that's more of an API limitation than a fault with Publer
    • The website interface can be a bit challenging to navigate. It isn't quite as intuitive as I'd like with where things are placed.
    • Some of the terms are confusing, like "recycling" and "recurring." I wish they'd combine these two particular posting options into one.
    • I'd also love to see better integration with my personalized AI, trained on my business.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Podium
    Again, Podium has been so wonderful in the year and a half we have been using it, we are able to integrate it with our CRM and use alot of the available features. The most helpful has been getting TONS of reviews on MULTIPLE sites through Podium!
    Incentivized
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    Publer
    I love the tool, is simple and useful
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    Usability
    Podium
    While giving our clients the ability to leave a review was there, we had much worse results and got fewer reviews through the Podium portal than we did by sending our clients simple email requests, or simply having our service staff ask for a review while still on the clients' job sites.
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    Publer
    The menu is very clear. The big green button for adding a post makes it obvious where to post from. There are all the tools I might need for scheduling, and more. I gave a 9 instead of 10 because I find the "Explore" menu to be superfluous for the way I use Publer and feel it adds clutter to the experience. But honestly - I can just not go to that menu and it's fine.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Podium
    We haven't had any outages or issues whenever we need it over the last few years of use
    Incentivized
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    Publer
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Podium
    It moves quickly and has no issues with delays. Performance is good as it is a web-based tool
    Incentivized
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    Publer
    The pages do load very quick but in the the iPad form
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    Support Rating
    Podium
    I have to send an email to get information. They have a chat system but I end up having to go through my rep for account questions. It was a little frustrating to not have a direct phone number to call with questions. I would like to see a helpline added.
    Incentivized
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    Publer
    Every time I have contacted Publer, I get answers right away
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    Implementation Rating
    Podium
    We only had a hard time getting our technicians to remember to send the review invites.
    Incentivized
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    Publer
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Podium
    We use Digital Air Strike at our two GM dealerships because it is one of a small list of reputation management companies authorized by GM as part of their SFE program. Digital Air Strike surveys our customers and invites them to write a review about our dealership. It is not as effective or flexible as Podium so we have been using Podium at those dealerships alongside Digital Air Strike. We also recently started a trial use of ReplyPro which is a service that monitors review sites and writes customized responses to positive reviews and suggested responses to negative reviews. I'd like to see Podium add this as part of their service so we can consolidate 3rd party vendors and manage every aspect of online reputation management from one place.
    Incentivized
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    Publer
    In our opinion, Sendible is poorly designed and takes too many menus, clicks, opens and closes to perform a simple task. Their pricing structure changes suddenly with price increases and loss of seats. Socialbee was a contender but had restraints for a multi brand company that we did not want to workaround.
    Incentivized
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Podium
    No answers on this topic
    Publer
    I just used the web integration
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    Scalability
    Podium
    Its easy to scale to different departments as needed. We initially began using it to solve one problem and as new features became available it was easy to scale this and include other departments who could benefit from its tools
    Incentivized
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    Publer
    I think this is well designed product. I really enjoy that I am able to learn it quick, integrate all the socials very easily
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    Return on Investment
    Podium
    • I am glad there are card readers now, sales team members too often try to just send a request instead of taking payment onsite.
    • It's made capturing messaging leads much easier.
    • It's worth the cost but if it did a few more things it would be worth a lot more to us. Document signatures, surveying after jobs, even geotagging of photos/reviews for SEO
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    Publer
    • I can on-charge the price of the subscription within my package, so I can charge it out for what I want, allowing me to make some profit
    • Every one of my clients has loved using it, so they are more inclined to keep using our social media services
    • Publer helps my business to look professional
    Incentivized
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