HeyOrca vs. Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HeyOrca
Score 9.2 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
HeyOrca is a solution that allows an agency’s clients to review and approve upcoming social media content. The vendor aims to help agencies save time by moving away from using spreadsheets and docs to communicate and obtain approvals from their clients. With this solution, no logins or spreadsheets are needed. Agencies can invite clients into a visual stakeholder-friendly view where they can approve and provide feedback without needing to sign up. Agencies can also record every change made to…
$99
Per Calendar per month
Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
Actiance was a social media compliance and archiving platform acquired by Smarsh in November 2017. It is now part of the technology underlying the Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform. Actiance products Vantage and Socialite are now Connected Capture. Actiance Alcatraz is now Connected Archive.N/A
Pricing
HeyOrcaSmarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)
Editions & Modules
Annual Price
$99.00
Per Calendar per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HeyOrcaSmarsh Communications Intelligence Platform
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPlans start at: $99 USD Per Month. From there, the price scales according to your needs, up to a maximum of $499 USD per month.
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Community Pulse
HeyOrcaSmarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
HeyOrcaSmarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
HeyOrca
8.3
6 Ratings
4% above category average
Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)
-
Ratings
Content planning and scheduling10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Audience targeting7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
HeyOrca
9.0
5 Ratings
11% above category average
Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)
-
Ratings
Bulk actions9.05 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
HeyOrca
9.3
6 Ratings
9% above category average
Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)
-
Ratings
Twitter10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Facebook9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
LinkedIn9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Instagram9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
HeyOrca
8.0
6 Ratings
1% below category average
Smarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)
-
Ratings
Role-based user permissions & privileges9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile access7.06 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
HeyOrcaSmarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(1 ratings)
8.1
(2 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HeyOrcaSmarsh Communications Intelligence Platform (with Actiance)
Likelihood to Recommend
HeyOrca
HeyOrca is perfect for the social post editing. For example, when I send the content link to my clients, they can easily go in and comment on posts that need editing rather than having to email me changes. Essentially it streamlines client/agency communication. It is perfect for a smaller agency who has less than 20 clients. I think HeyOrca is not for those whose main content is blogs and corresponding social posts. WordPress isn't Integrated, making it inconvenient to manage.
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Smarsh
This appliance is well suited for organizations that have a need to monitor, moderate, or log social networking site use or the use of any website. It is a very solid tool for any information security department to have at their disposal.
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Pros
HeyOrca
  • Provides client friendly view that allows clients to easily see what content will look like on their social platforms.
  • Provides a one-stop option for multiple client and platform content to live.
  • Great customer service and extremely responsive help center.
  • Easy to use and learn interface.
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Smarsh
  • Discovery: It allows for easy discoveries by the compliance and cyber security departments.
  • Ethical walls: This keeps certain departments from talking to each other.
  • Very granular control. This is a big product meaning you can get very detailed with it.
  • Once it's configured and running, we hardly ever have any issues.
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Cons
HeyOrca
  • We had some issues with the timing of posts and posts not going out when they updated their platform recently.
  • Missing out on posting directly to Instagram (we have to use another platform for this).
  • Doesn't support Instagram stories, so we have to denote which ones are for Instagram stories and which ones are for Instagram newsfeed.
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Smarsh
  • Its configuration options were very large and required a good deal of time to learn all of the various settings.
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Likelihood to Renew
HeyOrca
We decided today that we were renewing our use
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Smarsh
It's the only product at this time that meets all of our requirements.
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Usability
HeyOrca
Hey Orca has a lot of really great features, they make the workflow really easy and are extremely available for help with questions. I think there are some minor workflow issues that it could overcome and features it could add on that are available in other apps. It definitely doesn't offer the best analytics and also hasn't offered single image direct publishing like hootsuite does. Yet, it's benefits outweigh those minor inconveniences for our team
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Smarsh
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
HeyOrca
Support is really helpful and always giving their best to assist us.
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Smarsh
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
HeyOrca
HeyOrca is definitely more for the agency level than Hootsuite. Hootsuite is fairly limited, even at its larger plans. HeyOrca is geared towards agencies, and that is definitely clear in the interface and arrangement. Hootsuite sure seems like more of a consumer product than a B2B product in my opinion.
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Smarsh
This was the only appliance of its kind that I have used. Other devices have different capabilities for web filtering such as the checkpoint firewalls, but none of them offered the overall solution that was deployed with this product at that time.
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Return on Investment
HeyOrca
  • Sustains our clients due to its layout and user-friendliness
  • Doesn't really allow for a lot of SEO work in the platform which doesn't help get clients
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Smarsh
  • Faster investigative work has led to increased employee efficiency when working on security investigations.
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