NetBase is a great social listening tool.
- Dashboard widget allows you to filter data based on specific time ranges, which is especially useful for generating reports.
- NetBase is good at mining data and is able to pull in details that other social media analytic softwares don't offer, like influencers by rank.
- NetBase offers visual aids, which again, is great for compiling reports for clients.
Cons
- Need to set your own sentiments. For users just starting out in social media, this could be especially difficult if you're not sure what you're looking for.
- Depending on the volume of information you're trying to pull in, Netbase has the tendency to lag.
- NetBase isn't intuitive so when you are building a new profile to track, you have to figure out broad keywords and then add additional sentiments through trial and error process, which may be time consuming.