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Overview

What is Hootsuite?

Hootsuite is a social media management platform for building brand awareness, engaging with customers, and driving business results. Users can schedule posts across multiple social networks (including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube ), manage organic and paid…

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Recent Reviews

It’s a hoot of a time

10 out of 10
November 01, 2023
Hootsuite helps me plan and execute our social media planning and marketing campaigns. It allows me to look at a months worth at a time …
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Facebook (348)
    9.1
    91%
  • Content planning and scheduling (367)
    8.9
    89%
  • Twitter (333)
    8.9
    89%
  • Workflow management (309)
    8.2
    82%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Video Reviews

7 videos

User Review: Hootsuite Helps Keep Content Scheduling on Track
02:07
User Review: Hootsuite Takes Social Media Management to Next Level with Cross Posting Capabilities
02:13
User Review: Hootsuite Optimizes Company's Ability to Drive a Social Strategy
03:43
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Pricing

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Professional

$99

Cloud
per month

Team

$249

Cloud
per month

Business

$739

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://hootsuite.com/plans?utm_campaig…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $99 per month
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Product Demos

Hootsuite Dashboard Interactive Demo

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Features

Listening/monitoring

Using complex keyword searches to surface insights from social media conversations.

7.6
Avg 7.6

Publishing

Scheduling posts to various social media channels and profiles from one interface.

8.3
Avg 7.9

Engagement

Engaging with customers and responding to comments and inquiries via social media channels.

7.8
Avg 8.1

Marketing

Using the software to increase customer engagement and grow customer base via social media channels.

7.4
Avg 7.7

Channel coverage/integration

Effective integration with social media networks, including the ability to monitor, publish and respond.

8.6
Avg 8.5

Reporting/analytics

7.8
Avg 7.8

Account management

Users can manage access to multiple social media accounts.

8.1
Avg 8.2
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Product Details

What is Hootsuite?

Brands can use Hootsuite’s tools and expertise to launch social campaigns, deliver social commerce experiences, and manage customer conversations in one place.

With Hootsuite, users can schedule posts across multiple social networks (including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube ), manage organic and paid social content together, keep track of customer conversations, and gain actionable real-time insights from social media to make critical business decisions from one dashboard.

Hootsuite Academy helps thousands of professionals and organizations boost their social IQ with free online education and paid certifications in social media marketing, social selling, and the Hootsuite platform.

Key Benefits of leveraging Hootsuite:

  • Saves time by crafting and scheduling posts for Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Youtube from one dashboard.

  • Supports team collaboration by assigning tasks, managing approvals, and monitoring team performance.

  • Reach more customers, grow engagement, and drive conversions by automating posts to reach the audience at the best times.

  • Turn real-time data into strategic insights by monitoring mentions of a brand, key industry topics, and competitors.

  • Streamline how users deliver customer care and support by sending incoming messages across social profiles to the right people in an organization.

  • Offers a better understanding of what customers want with analytics and gather those insights into customizable reports.

  • Reaches beyond dedicated followers and drive new customers to a brand by managing and reviewing social advertising performance.

  • Level up skills with certifications, training, and strategic coaching with Hootsuite experts.

  • Manages and maintains a social presence from anywhere, at any time, with the Hootsuite mobile app.

  • New tools—or connect existing technology—with 200+ technology partners and applications in the Hootsuite ecosystem.


Hootsuite Features

Listening/monitoring Features

  • Supported: Boolean keyword searches
  • Supported: Filtering out noise/spam
  • Supported: Sentiment analysis
  • Supported: Broad channel coverage

Publishing Features

  • Supported: Content planning and scheduling
  • Supported: Audience targeting
  • Supported: Content optimization
  • Supported: Workflow management

Engagement Features

  • Supported: Automated routing and prioritization
  • Supported: Customer interaction histories
  • Supported: Bulk actions

Marketing Features

  • Supported: Lead generation
  • Supported: Content marketing
  • Supported: Paid media management
  • Supported: Campaigns and promotions

Channel coverage/integration Features

  • Supported: Twitter
  • Supported: Facebook
  • Supported: LinkedIn
  • Supported: Instagram
  • Supported: Pinterest
  • Supported: YouTube

Reporting/analytics Features

  • Supported: Campaign success analytics
  • Supported: Real-time tracking
  • Supported: Competitor analysis

Account management Features

  • Supported: Role-based user permissions & privileges
  • Supported: Mobile access

Additional Features

  • Supported: TikTok

Hootsuite Screenshots

Screenshot of Monitoring: Monitors social media profiles in one place and tracks the topics that matter to the brand.Screenshot of Publishing: Create, publish and schedule engaging posts across social channels.Screenshot of Customer Engagement: A consolidated stream of messages across networks that can be triaged and assigned to respond to customers faster. Provides optional chatbot handover for automated responses.Screenshot of Scheduling: Social content can be planned as a team with a shared calendar that features collaborative post drafts and built-in approval workflows.Screenshot of Analytics & Reporting: Measures the effectiveness of a social media strategy to help turn strategy into execution with meaningful and actionable insights. Reports can be customized and shared according to unique business goals and objectives.Screenshot of Best Time to Publish: Helps to find the best time to publish so posts are seen more often by fans and followers.

Hootsuite Videos

How to Use Hootsuite | An Overview of the Hootsuite Dashboard
How to Use Hootsuite's Advanced Features in 13 Minutes

Hootsuite Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android, Blackberry
Supported LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, Arabic, Dutch, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Catalan, Indonesian, Turkish, Russian, Polish

Frequently Asked Questions

Hootsuite is a social media management platform for building brand awareness, engaging with customers, and driving business results. Users can schedule posts across multiple social networks (including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube ), manage organic and paid social content together, keep track of customer conversations, integrate with over 200+ applications, and gain actionable real-time insights from social media to make critical business decisions from one dashboard.

Hootsuite starts at $99.

Reviewers rate Facebook highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of Hootsuite are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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