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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Awario

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Awario is a social media and web monitoring tool that businesses use to track mentions of their brand, competitors, industry, or anything else online. Awario is primarily used for reputation management, social customer service, influencer marketing, competitor analysis, market research, and social selling. While presented as an affordable tool, Awario also offers Enterprise-level capabilities, and includes sentiment analysis, mention maps, an influencers report, a Boolean search mode, and…

    $39

    per month

    BuzzSumo

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ABuzzSumo is an influencer marketing platform focused on influencer location, author reports, content analysis for locating trends, and domain comparisons, useful for competitor analysis. The analysis engine is intentioned to track and optimize content marketing efforts. BuzzSumo was acquired by Brandwatch, which is now a Cision company (acquired February 2021).

    $159

    per month

    Pricing
    AwarioBuzzSumo
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $39.00
    per month
    Pro
    $119.00
    per month
    Enterprise
    $399.00
    per month
    Custom
    Contact us
    Content Creation
    $199
    per month
    PR & Comms
    $299
    per month
    Suite
    $499
    per month
    Enterprise
    $999
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AwarioBuzzSumo
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    AwarioBuzzSumo
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    Awario
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    AwarioBuzzSumo
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    Score6.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AwarioBuzzSumo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (2 ratings)
    9.4
    (34 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AwarioBuzzSumo
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Awario
    Awario is incredible for finding just about any odd brand mention online. It even picks up brand mentions on spammy spun content sites. I use it daily for keeping track of everything that's going on with the brands I manage.
    Incentivized
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    Cision
    Pros
    • The real-time data unmatched and Buzzsumo is continually improving their tools and dashboards every year (we've noticed that their team listens to suggestions and often implements new features based on how our industry is evolving).
    Cons
    • The price is a little steep for us. We are a small advertising agency and have a lot of tools to consider to improve our efficiency. We just wish it was a little less expensive.
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    Pros
    Awario
    • Monitor brand mentions & keywords across a number of platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Reddit, and blogs/websites).
    • Advanced filtering by date range, country, negative keywords, domains, and more.
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    Cision
    • Monitors for client PR placements and notifies via email and Slack alerts
    • Helps us research potential journalists writing about the topics relevant to our clients
    • Displays trending web and social content clearly with relevant metrics
    • Allows us to view what's working for our clients' competitors in the media
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    Cons
    Awario
    • A better onboarding process would've gotten me hooked earlier
    • Better ongoing training and support, perhaps a certification process, would make this easier to customize for niche use cases.
    • Using advanced functionality would be easier with more hand-holding
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    Cision
    • Although I think it's hard, I'd like to see it being used for other mediums as well such as Twitch, etc.
    • It could have better backlink data to include more backlinks that each content piece has.
    • One or two more pricing tiers might work.
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    Usability
    Awario
    No answers on this topic
    Cision
    The interface is a little clunky for me, especially on mobile. However, the directions are clear and it didn't take long for me to figure out how to use it. I just wish that things were a little more streamlined.
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    Support Rating
    Awario
    I haven't had any actual issues with Awario, but the few times I have had questions the live chat agents were extremely helpful and quick to respond. They were polite, courteous, and patient when explaining different settings and/or pointing me to articles in the help center/knowledge base. I couldn't have asked for a better experience when it came to getting the help and answers I was looking for.
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    Cision
    The support we have received over the years has been wonderful. They have definitely demonstrated excellent customer service. We find the chat support to be the quickest and most useful for the day-to-day questions. A rep always responds very timely, answers our questions, and sends a follow-up to ensure we're maintaining success
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    Alternatives Considered
    Awario
    There are a lot of excellent options, but Awario has it all. I also originally got it as a lifetime deal, so I don't have to worry about paying for it ongoing.
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    Cision
    Buffer is a tool that can be very useful for certain uses of Twitter, but in reality, it is very limited when you want to demand a little more. The pros actually weigh a lot, but the serious limitations in several regards do not allow us to give it a higher mark.
    I consider that Buffer is a very useful tool that allows you to have an active presence on social networks without having to be glued to them all day. There are others, among which Hootsuite stands out.
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    Return on Investment
    Awario
    • I've been able to find a handful of negative mentions about my brand that wound up being a misunderstanding - by responding to these complaints I was able to clear up misunderstandings, which helped retain customers and bring on new ones - it's hard to calculate exact ROI, but it's definitely been in the positive.
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    Cision
    • It has had a positive return as it has allowed us to create better content and gain popularity online.
    • Though the cost is relatively high in my opinion, it has allowed us to make better organic content than we would have paid this cost on ads.
    • Helps us find influencers for campaigns.
    Incentivized
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