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Khoros Social Media Management

Score6.9 out of 10

301 Reviews and Ratings

What is Khoros Social Media Management?

Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) is a social media management platform. Key features include: Plan and Organize Social Campaigns, Manage Real-Time Engagement, and Learn and Prove Social Impact

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Screenshot of the channel performance dashboard, for monitoring different metrics and comparing the performance of posts by content type and labels to optimize for the audience.
Screenshot of the cross-channel dashboard. It provides a holistic view of paid and organic campaigns, allowing teams to compare performance and optimize for engagement and reach with campaigns.
Screenshot of the cross-channel dashboard. Users can compare the performance of posts across channels, ensuring that time and resources are allocated effectively to reach the target audience.
Screenshot of the calendar view. This presents all scheduled posts by assignee, channel, and tags so that nothing is missed and content is delivered on time.
Screenshot of approval paths in Khoros. Get sign-off and feedback across teams for paid and organic posts to reduce brand risk.

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Screenshot of the channel performance dashboard, for monitoring different metrics and comparing the performance of posts by content type and labels to optimize for the audience.

Top Performing Features

  • Bulk actions

    Users can streamline workflow by taking bulk actions on multiple posts at once, such as archiving mentions, assigning tasks, or labeling sentiment.

    Category average: 8.6

  • Content optimization

    The tool can suggest content, as well as the best days and times for content publication and customer engagement.

    Category average: 8

  • Google+

    The software allows users to monitor, publish and respond via Google+.

    Category average: 8.7

Areas for Improvement

  • LinkedIn

    The software allows users to monitor, publish and respond via LinkedIn, including Groups.

    Category average: 8.5

  • Mobile access

    Users can effectively use the software through a mobile or tablet device.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Pinterest

    The software allows users to monitor, publish and respond via Pinterest.

    Category average: 7.5

A great tool for our use case.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We used Khoros for several years with great success as a social media scheduling tool and for generating reports on social performance. In 2025, that changed, as the tool became "AI-forward", which as far as I could tell involved firing anyone who could help us with it and just letting things break with absolutely no ability to contact anyone or get anything fixed. At one point, they decided to stop paying their X API bill, and without warning, the X integration broke down. It was impossible to reach a human being or get any help during this time, and we were forced to schedule everything on that channel manually.

Pros

  • URL customization
  • Analytics.
  • URL customization.

Cons

  • Actual human beings who can help you
  • Keeping pace with competing tools
  • More reliable infrastructure
  • Better communication

Return on Investment

  • Consistent reporting data that can be reconciled across channels.
  • Content type support across channels has enabled us to plan more dynamic content.

Alternatives Considered

Sprout Social and Hootsuite

Other Software Used

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365

Average product.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Kharos for all social media planning, posting our content on different social media platforms, and social listening. This software helps us measure our performance on different social media platforms. We also used it for competition analysis. Overall, it is a good software for social media management.

Pros

  • Social media listening.
  • Social media content analysis.
  • Social media planning.

Cons

  • Customer care.
  • Improvement in Dashboard.
  • Some metrics are still missing in the dashboard.

Return on Investment

  • Save men hours which impacts the ROI.
  • Easy to use dashboard.
  • All content in one place.

Great tool.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The organization I work for uses Khoros Social for two vastly different clients. We can efficiently moderate, respond to, and escalate multiple issues on various platforms for the client. Thanks to Khoros, we can check multiple platforms within our required SLAs. Escalations can be made promptly as well.

Pros

  • Moderation
  • Data
  • Meets time constraints.

Cons

  • Slightly less options with set up areas.

Return on Investment

  • Improved time it takes our mods to check various channels hourly.

Alternatives Considered

Hootsuite, Sprinklr Insights, Sprinklr Social, Sprinklr Marketing and Sprinklr Service

Other Software Used

Sprinklr Social, Hootsuite

Great experience with Khoros

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Use it for social media cross functional sign offs

Pros

  • Prompts
  • Email notifications

Cons

  • Sends repeat notifications to approve but it’s still pending others to approve

Return on Investment

  • Easy management of organic posts

Would recommend Khoros Social Media Management for crisis management

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Khoros Social Media Management for social listening and crisis management. It helps us to understand brands reputation better and reduce brand risk, by monitoring online conversations and social mentions. We also monitor trends, brands' competitors, and understand what people are telling about the brands we work with in order to maximize positive convos and reduce negative ones.

Pros

  • Social listening
  • Crisis management
  • Competitors monitoring

Cons

  • It could be better at analyzing sentiment
  • I don't really see the benefit of social planning

Return on Investment

  • The ability to quickly address threats
  • The ability to improve competitor analysis

Alternatives Considered

Talkwalker by Hootsuite, Brandwatch and Meltwater

Other Software Used

Talkwalker by Hootsuite