Cost effective, reliable and all inclusive
Social Studio was used by ScS for Social Listening, scheduling and content creation. The platform did everything it advertised, and I had …
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring)Formerly Radian6 + Buddy Media
Starting at $1,000 Per Org Per Month
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What is Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring)?
Radian6 was acquired by Salesforce.com in 2011 and - along with Buddy Media - became Salesforce Social Studio. The product is slated to be retired in November 2024.
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- Content planning and scheduling (10)10.0100%
- Broad channel coverage (10)10.0100%
- Twitter (10)9.090%
- Workflow management (10)8.080%
Pricing
Basic
$1,000.00
Cloud
Per Org Per Month
Pro
$4,000.00
Cloud
Per Org Per Month
Corporate
$12,000.00
Cloud
Per Org Per Month
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- No setup fee
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- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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What is Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring)?
Social Studio (formerly Radian6 and Buddy Media) enables users to listen, engage, and publish within a social media marketing and management suite — and connect enriched social data to marketing with sales and service. Social Studio was the result of Salesforce' combining of Radian6 with the capabilities of Buddy Media, a social media publishing tool acquired by Salesforce in 2012. Social Studio is slated to be retired in November of 2024.
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring) Competitors
- Bottlenose
- Brandwatch
- Verint Messaging
- Digimind Social
- TotalSocial by Engagement Labs
- Engagor (discontinued)
- General Sentiment (discontinued)
- Hootsuite
- ListenLogic
- MutualMind
- Quid
- Social Suite by Reputation.com
- Oracle Social Cloud (legacy)
- PeopleBrowsr
- Social Data Intelligence SM2
- Simplify360
- Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud
- Sparkcentral (discontinued)
- Sprinklr Social
- Synthesio Social Intelligence Suite
- uberVu (discontinued)
- Viralheat (Discontinued)
- Visible Intelligence, discontinued
- muFusion
- Brand24
- Talkwalker
- Ubermetrics
- Tracx
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring) Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
Radian6 was acquired by Salesforce.com in 2011 and - along with Buddy Media - became Salesforce Social Studio. The product is slated to be retired in November 2024.
Bottlenose, Brandwatch, and Verint Messaging are common alternatives for Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring).
Reviewers rate Sentiment analysis and Broad channel coverage and Content planning and scheduling highest, with a score of 10.
The most common users of Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring) are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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June 11, 2019
Cost effective, reliable and all inclusive
Social Studio was used by ScS for Social Listening, scheduling and content creation. The platform did everything it advertised, and I had no issues during my time using the platform, allowing us seamless posting to social when out of the office, and first class competitor monitoring, without breaking the bank.
April 17, 2018
Radian6 - Monitoring of Social Media
We used Radian6 product software for one of the world leading organization who are in Fortune 500, we helped them implement the product. In the current time, social media has become one of the important aspects of any business success. To understand the social buzz and the social trends better, the radian6 was a great choice. Over the course of implementation, we loved the product and the results it has yielded us. The primary focus was to understand where are we stand and how to improve the brand.
April 13, 2018
Jack of all trades, master of none
As Social Studio has capabilities for scheduling and publishing as well as analysis, it is being used by both the marketing department (for monitoring mentions of the company in the media and scheduling of organic brand posting) and the insight team who primarily use the analysis functionality. For the marketing team it appears to be a good solution for ticking multiple boxes in-one, particularly publishing and engaging, while for the insight team the analytics piece helps us keep tabs on multiple brand searches in the media in order to evaluate marketing performance.
March 16, 2018
Social Studio, great for scheduling and analysis
Social Studio is being used by the marketing organization to manage social media channels, including for scheduling posts and analysis. It simplifies social media management.
We use Radian6 to monitor the social media buzz of our brands in the local market. It's very important for us to keep monitoring what's been said about us in general and specifically when we run local campaigns to know the social media impact and reach of our actions. Also in critical scenarios, it helps us to spot when and where we need to act.
December 18, 2017
A great tool for big organizations
Social Studio, AKA Radian6, was initially implemented and used in our company for a big data project; also connected to the decoupling of the social profiles of our customers. After the project was closed, it was mainly used by ICT and commercial communication department to monitor some social indicators and to support the [marketing] plan.
December 05, 2017
Marketing in retail real estate
Social Studio is being used by the organization I work for. It is being used by each property's marketing department so that social boosts are individualized for all properties while still being reviewed by corporate for quality assurance purposes.
August 01, 2017
Social Studio - Good Basic Tool, but Expensive
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We used Social Studio to monitor our brand presence on social media, as well as benchmark our social presence against our main competitors. We also used it to determine trending topics, discover what pieces of our content were resonating with our audience and generate high level reports for our executives, from VPs up to the president of the company.
We currently use social studio in the client services department of our organization - in some cases, we are the account holder and in others we are simply users. For a payroll brand, we utilize both social studio and its counter-part, Radian 6. It allows us to do advanced social listening and modify the boolean searches to our liking - ensuring that we're only getting relevant chatter. This content pulls into streams, creating an efficient checklist and workflow for the social teams on the front line.
April 05, 2017
Social Studio is competent
We used to Social Studio to schedule all of our social media content on Facebook and Twitter. It was only used by our marketing department. It helped me, as the social media manager, keep track of our social calendar and our engagement. It also allowed my managers to keep an eye on our calendar.
April 22, 2016
Radian6: measurements and insights
When I used Radian6 it was being used by one department/division. It addressed our need for measuring analytics on our social media and digital efforts. We used it to see how we measured up to competitors, and how we could better utilize content to reach our audiences. Radian6 helped us see who was talking about us, and where and when they were talking about us.
January 06, 2016
Radian6 - The Gold Standard for The Enterprise
Radian6 is used across the company to provide research to enterprise clients. The companies we monitor have thousands of mentions daily on social media and blogs. It allows us to identify trends (both positive and negative) before they become too big to manage.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Social Studio allows us to manage publishing, moderations and enquiries on our social media channels. We are also able to listen to conversations about our brand on other public social media channels. The reporting features allow us to analyse our efforts on our own channels and keep track of conversations on external channels. The ability to create numerous user accounts with different access levels and assign engage or publish access, along with approval rules for publishing really helps share the load for social media content creation. The ability to assign enquiries to other users and follow up on workflow through the system is also extremely useful in managing customer service workflow.
March 18, 2015
Review of Radian6
Radian6 allows us insight into identifying potential brand evangelists for our business by targeting relevant keywords. Our strategy was to use these brand evangelists to help build the brand.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Social Studio for posting all of our content to Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. I collaborate with two agencies and having a single interface to work from has increased efficiency and improved the coordination of our efforts. Our support team from SFDC is very strong and they work with us weekly to address any issues and demonstrate best uses and any new features.
October 30, 2014
Radian6 - Strengths and Weaknesses but Still at the Top
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
While Salesforce SRM/CRM tools are being implemented across my organization for use in various departments for customer-facing roles, my review will focus on our use for social media monitoring and engagement. We have a team of seven community managers currently using Radian6 to monitor three Twitter accounts. Also note that this review covers the Radian6 Engagement Console, not their new web version, Social Studio, which is currently in development and launch.
September 12, 2014
Radian6 Experience over the past 3 years
Radian6 has been used for social listening. It is used by the Analytics Department and Consumer Insight Department as well. It address the topics around the brand that raise attention. It also tells us the effect of our social and TV campaigns.
May 14, 2014
Why Radian6 Might Not Be For You
Score 2 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I used Radian6 as a social media manager at a mid-sized company (250-300 employees). Radian6 comes with two key features: a listening platform and an engagement console. The engagement console was only available on a desktop and could not be accessed online, which I found strange and inconvenient. Configuring the listening platform isn't intuitive and several of my coworkers found it confusing to understand. Radian6 allows you to build your own pages with widgets which could have been great, except the widgets didn't fit properly on the screen so things end up looking unorganized and chaotic. I suggest attending their five part webinar series if you're struggling with setting up your account. It especially helped me understand the reporting and analytics portion. The largest hurdle we faced as a company using this software was identifying the right keywords to track, other than our company name, products, and competitors. If your keywords are too broad you will bring in too many search results and exceed your data limit. Radian6 may be a good solution for a bigger company, but it was not the right fit for ours.
May 06, 2014
Radian6 review
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Radian6 for a social media monitoring engine. It is primarily used within our department, though in addition to cross department projects, we will get one off requests. Our department is the only in the company that does have direct access to the tool. Because we are the insights group (research), Radian6, along with other monitoring agents, serve as the base for our report. We use third party aggregators, like Radian6, to capture the universe of conversation pertaining to a set of keywords and then analyze and report on the data.
February 05, 2014
Buddy Media Review (Before & After Acquisition)
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
It was used to both facilitate and schedule Social Media content across multiple departments within the company. More specifically, between Digital, Editorial, and Marketing functions, this tool allowed for synchronization and efficiency in planning of social content. The analytics features allowed for quick, easy to read top-level insights that could be digested across various levels of expertise.
January 29, 2014
Buddy Media Review
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I provided marketing consulting services for clients who were looking to implement this product and we used it at our management consulting company, Bluewolf.
January 23, 2014
Radian6 review
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Radian6 is being used by our customer relations dept. to monitor customer compaints via social media. We log into Radian6 and filter through the posts to see if any pertain to the issues. For example we can see if a customer tweets about CDW in a positve or negative way
January 18, 2014
Buddy Media Survey
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Buddy Media was used on two teams; Social Media team and Campus Recruiting team. I managed and used the tool for the campus recruiting team while I worked at my previous company. The goal of the tool was to increase our candidate engagement from a campus perspective. We utilized the tool to showcase employee profiles, business articles, book reviews, pictures, and engagement questions. It was a way for our candidates to see current Alumni, view pictures from their campuses, and view upcoming campus events. Based on this, I utilized the tool to develop metrics for the business on our weekly calls with our vendor and meetings with the business.
January 17, 2014
Buddy Buddy with Buddy Media
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Buddy Media to track demand and interest generated by our recruiting videos that we post to social media and with minimal display advertising to see the rate of conversion and interest that we get for potential new hires.
January 17, 2014
Buddy Media Great Resource
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We have used Buddy Media for several years in our social media department at AXS Television. At AXS we aimed to have deeper conversations with our customers and Buddy Media made it possible to create a relationship with those customers. Our department had 3 Twitter and Facebook pages that we had to maintain everyday and we aimed to post 12 or so times a day, without Buddy Media that would have been near impossible to do. Buddy Media especially became handy during our live concerts that we would live tweet along with our viewers and the band.