Hootsuite: the easiest solution to social media management (even if you're brand new to the game)
August 06, 2021

Hootsuite: the easiest solution to social media management (even if you're brand new to the game)

John Reardon | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Hootsuite Pro

Overall Satisfaction with Hootsuite

We use Hootsuite to manage and track our clients' social media profiles. Hootsuite has helped us push into social media management. After running multiple accounts without Hootsuite, the change made everyone's lives so much easier. The ability to schedule posts and generate reports under the same platform was genuinely life-changing; anyone asking us for numbers or last-minute posts gets an accurate response or a scheduled post ASAP.
  • Ease of use
  • Post scheduling
  • Social media monitoring
  • Schedule reels/videos separately
  • I wish reports were slightly more in depth
  • I wish I had a better understanding of automatic replies
  • Positive: Data analytics are more accurate; nothing gets missed by Hootsuite
  • Positive: Content is posted at our most active follower times, yielding increased engagement
  • Positive: Scheduling posts saves so much time and effort
Freeware like Square Lovin and similar programs lack the all-in-one features that Hootsuite offers, as well as Hootsuite's up-to-date metrics. The delay between other platforms updating is unacceptable. If someone asks me for this week's metrics, I should be able to send them immediately. I used to have to bounce between all of our accounts and our monitoring software to get a full picture; now it's all located in HootSuite. Not having to have 20 tabs open is a huge time saver.
I've reached out to support a couple times. So far we've been able to fix whatever I couldn't get working within a few minutes. Only once did we hit an issue where support simply told me to wait or try again later.

Do you think Hootsuite delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Hootsuite's feature set?

Yes

Did Hootsuite live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Hootsuite go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Hootsuite again?

Yes

If you manage multiple accounts and would rather schedule posts ahead of time than post individually, Hootsuite is unmatched. Hootsuite makes it extremely easy to post across multiple channels and report results without any extra nonsense. If you've never used anything for monitoring/scheduling, HootSuite's intuitive design makes it easy to get started. Their social media classes are also perfect for anyone new to the program.

Hootsuite Feature Ratings

Boolean keyword searches
Not Rated
Filtering out noise/spam
4
Sentiment analysis
9
Broad channel coverage
9
Content planning and scheduling
10
Audience targeting
7
Content optimization
9
Workflow management
10
Automated routing and prioritization
10
Customer interaction histories
10
Bulk actions
7
Lead generation
7
Content marketing
7
Paid media management
5
Campaigns and promotions
7
Twitter
8
Facebook
10
LinkedIn
7
Instagram
10
Pinterest
5
YouTube
5
Campaign success analytics
10
Real-time tracking
10
Competitor analysis
4
Role-based user permissions & privileges
7
Mobile access
9