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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SocialPilot

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ASocialPilot, a group.one solution (acquired 2025) offers a centralized platform for managing different social media channels and publishing across the channels simultaneously.

    $30

    per month

    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/ASysomos was a social media listening and marketing solution for content discovery, planning, publishing, moderation, and analytics. Sysomos was acquired by Meltwater, and is no longer available, but the features of the former Sysomos are now part of the Meltwater platform.

    $1,000

    per month

    Pricing
    SocialPilotSysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $30.00
    per month 1 user 7 profiles
    Standard
    $50.00
    per month 3 users and 15 profiles
    Premium
    $100.00
    per month 6 users and 25 profiles
    Ultimate
    $200
    per month unlimited users and 50 profiles
    Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    unlimited users and profiles
    Sysomos
    $1,000.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SocialPilotSysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing. Additional users cost $5/user and additional profiles cost $4/profile.—
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    SocialPilotSysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of SocialPilot and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    SocialPilot
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management7.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of SocialPilot and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    SocialPilot
    10.0
    4 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Bulk actions10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of SocialPilot and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    SocialPilot
    2.0
    4 Ratings
    118% below category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Content marketing2.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management2.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of SocialPilot and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    SocialPilot
    9.0
    4 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of SocialPilot and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    SocialPilot
    10.0
    3 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of SocialPilot and Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Feature
    SocialPilot
    7.5
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SocialPilotSysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.0
    (46 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (28 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    2.0
    (8 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (8 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SocialPilotSysomos, now part of Meltwater
    Likelihood to Recommend
    group.one
    Content creators who want to be everywhere at once with limited time! Or those who really see the importance in a content calendar (I know for most it's important - for me, not so much)
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    Sysomos Expion is best suited, in my opinion, to offices where either you have only one moderator/manager OR where multiple users plan to manage a specific channel. Without live updates, it gets far too complicated for multiple users to manage the exact same workload
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    group.one
    • Scheduled Posting
    • Multi Platform Posting
    • Analytics and Reporting
    • Multi User Accounts with different user privileges
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    • Ad-hoc research. During planning phase of a campaign it is a helpful tool to understand the marketplace, key influencers and topics that engage a target demographic.
    • Post-event hashtag analysis. Rapid generation of reporting on efficacy of a campaign, key voices, topics that resonated, viral reach and more.
    • User interface. Friendly and accessible enough to minimize training needs and enable decentralized access, though we have found some hand-holding is still required to get the most out of the platform.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    group.one
    • [I feel] Instagram analytics are lacking
    • The free plan is not complete
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    • It does not provide a visual for volume over time.
    • The visuals aren't excellent, and would require an export to create better looking graphics.
    • The interface isn't intuitive and sometimes requires clicking around to find things that seem like they should be under a different title.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    group.one
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    There are two differentiating features that Sysomos MAP has that the competitor tools I have experienced (Radian6, Meltwater Buzz) did not: user-friendly Boolean queries for searches and near-real-time results. The former is important because, of course, your results are only as good as your search/campaign. With Sysomos, once you master Boolean queries (which isn't terribly difficult) you're set for creating any kind of listening report. I strongly prefer this to the "campaign creator" forms that other services provide. Second, Sysomos MAP returns results almost immediately - like a Google search. So if you get your results and see that you need to tweak your query - no big deal. Or if you have a last-minute request for a client - not an issue. Meltwater can take up to 48 hours for a search to fully populate. This is a major issue if you get your full set of results back and see that you need to adjust the query; you're looking at another two days of wait time. A long wait on results can also prove problematic in agency settings where clients or prospective clients often need results with a quick turnaround.
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    Usability
    group.one
    Due to the huge advancements in AI now, while I still love SocialPilot and have no intention of leaving, I'm excited and hopeful that SocialPilot is working on more AI integrations to build up this platform as a better, well-rounded tool for creators. For example, Beacons is inspirational regarding the all-in-one tools (not the same, nor a competitor, but worth checking out).
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    The product is very easy to use. The platform is visual and data is easy to read. Boolean construction can sometimes be difficult, but the boolean constructor tool is helpful for boolean beginners. For more experienced boolean constructors, the boolean display at the top is very helpful in identifying where there may be holes in the construction
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    Reliability and Availability
    group.one
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Not really an availability issue, but concurrency licensing rules mean that only one user can be logged in at a time.
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    Performance
    group.one
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    This has not been an issue. It is actually beating TweetDeck when we are tagged within a post that TweetDeck is monitoring.
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    Support Rating
    group.one
    I've not had to use support
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    Unfortunately, we have not had a great experience with customer support from Klear. In the sales process, they were very responsive and helpful, but when onboarded, it definitely changed. We are based in the US and our customer service rep is based in Israel, meaning our work hours barely overlap. Oftentimes we're waiting 24+ hours for a response, and when it's a time-sensitive issue (like the platform not pulling in Instagram Story data) we want it to be resolved as quickly as possible. Klear also has a chat feature for more immediate help, but we've experienced a similar situation there where it takes 12+ hours to get a response and it's usually from our customer service rep. Our rep is very nice, but also doesn't seem very knowledgeable about the platform, and usually can't provide an immediate answer to a question we ask and has to "check with her team."
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    group.one
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    We had a kick-off training with the whole team where they walked us through the functionality. This was a pretty effective and comprehensive training.
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    Implementation Rating
    group.one
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Implementation was so easy I dont even remember it!
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    group.one
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Discontinued Products
    We've used Sprout Social & Hootsuite in the past -- and they all stack up pretty evenly. Sysomos has the same features as Sprout or Hootsuite, except their reports and analytics are a little more detailed. Hootsuite has a better social media management software and dashboard though
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    group.one
    • Scheduling and posting in bulk
    • Saves time through content recycling
    • The affordable marketing solutions have promoted the business
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Lowered costs and overhead when Expion got introduced as we now use one centralized solution for all of our social media work
    • We can finally calculate ROI with ease and understand our campaign performance through proper tracking and analytics
    • Competition tracking was never easier
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots

    SocialPilot Screenshots

    Screenshot of CalendarScreenshot of AnalyticsScreenshot of DashboardScreenshot of LibrariesScreenshot of Post ComposerScreenshot of Social Inbox

    Sysomos, now part of Meltwater Screenshots

    Screenshot of TOP CONTENT: See the best performing content from all your social media channels in one view plus compare it against your competitors’ pages.Screenshot of FAN MODERATION: Sysomos Expion makes it easy to know who to speak to, when to engage in conversation and can even be integrated with customer care centers.Screenshot of PUBLISH: Easily plan, schedule and publish content from a simple drag-and-drop calendar with workflow that’s easy to track and review.Screenshot of OPTIMIZE PAID ADS: Optimize paid ads with smarter analytics and trending triggers so you can better understand how organic and paid content are working together.Screenshot of DYNAMIC DASHBOARDS: Powerful marketing analytics shows that it’s not just about creating a report or crunching some numbers - but about telling a story.  You’ll discover patterns, breakouts, and trends in real time to capitalize on opportunities.