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Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring)

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring)
Formerly Radian6 + Buddy Media

Overview

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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Pricing

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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

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee

Offerings

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

Listening/monitoring

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

8.8
Avg 7.7

Publishing

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

8
Avg 8.1

Engagement

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

9
Avg 8.1

Marketing

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

8.3
Avg 7.7

Channel coverage/integration

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

8.3
Avg 8.4

Reporting/analytics

8.3
Avg 7.8

Account management

Users can manage access to multiple social media accounts.

8.5
Avg 8.1
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Product Details

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) Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

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 Broad channel coverage and Bulk actions and LinkedIn 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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Comparisons

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Reviews From Top Reviewers

(1-5 of 52)

Easy To Use

Rating: 8 out of 10
October 18, 2013
JB
Vetted Review
Verified User
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring)
2 years of experience
  • It allows companies to easily publish engaging content on their Facebook page. Whether it was a sweepstakes, poll or photo contest, we were able to turn them around on a dime.
Cons
  • The only issue we experienced was during publishing status updates. There were times when it wouldn't publish to the entire public.

Buddy used to be a Leader; SalesForce Over Promises Under Delivers

Rating: 5 out of 10
July 15, 2013
DP
Vetted Review
Verified User
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring)
2 years of experience
  • If your company needs a complex role-based permission set for seeding social posts, scheduling, work flow, Buddy is pretty good.
Cons
  • What used to be leading edge on deploying engagement widgets (aka sapplets) has become too cumbersome for simple deployments, usually requiring help from Buddy to put it together.
  • Since being bought by SalesForce and marketed as a bundle with Radian6, they force you into the bundle when nothing is integrated, not even billing.
  • Buddy along with most platforms in this category are still using number of social accounts as the threshold for increases in costs. When this is taken to scale for large brands like QSR's this is not a feasible or cost effective solution. This puts Buddy in direct conflict with Facebook and G+'s move towards hyper local (which by the way other than reviews I'm against)

Apps made easy

Rating: 7 out of 10
March 31, 2014
PT
Vetted Review
Verified User
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring)
1 year of experience
  • It makes creating Facebook applets really easy, it takes away the the hassle of doing all that work on Facebook itself.
Cons
  • Customizing is a pain, or I should say used to be. The support team is great and tried to help me with whatever issue I had but some features were just missing back then

Buddy Media Review (Before & After Acquisition)

Rating: 6 out of 10
February 05, 2014
Vetted Review
Verified User
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring)
4 years of experience
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.
  • Clear, concise functions and navigation. The ease of use was a strong-selling point.
  • Assigning tasks to different users within your team was simple and hassle-free.
  • Analytics were top level, easily digestible and actionable.
Cons
  • Deep analytic capabilities still lacking.
  • Still primarily an engagement platform, only. The added components of analytics, sentiment analysis, and NLP are a far ways away.
  • Salesforce acquisition caused disconnect when it comes to persona/reliable customer service.
For an an engagement and publishing tool that is highly efficient, easy to set up, and simple to manage - Buddy Media excels. For strategic, digitally-advanced, and analytic teams, the social listening needs that Buddy Media offers seem to lack to those of other proficient vendors in the space. Overall, it is an affordable solution for all management and content-driven functions within an organization.

Robustly Glitchy

Rating: 3 out of 10
November 04, 2013
Vetted Review
Verified User
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring)
5 years of experience
  • Nice looking charts.
  • Responsive to Twitter complaints.
  • Simple to use.
Cons
  • Not enough data pull options.
  • Too many glitches - The other day I did a 90 day pull and it said "0 posts" when there were thousands just the day before.
I would say to steer clear of Radian6. For the same reasons I gave in my last response, I wouldn't recommend them. There are so many other options out there that are better for social media analytics and monitoring that are more accurate. I would most likely recommend Crimson Hexagon.
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