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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    CoSchedule Marketing Suite

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACoSchedule provides a content calendar, content optimization, and contentmarketing products, with users among 50,000 marketers worldwide, helping them organize their work, deliver projects on time, and prove marketing team value.N/A

    Percolate, now part of Seismic

    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Percolate was a content marketing platform designed to help large brands create content and manage marketing campaigns. The product's capabilities have been integrated into the Seismic platform's digital marketing capabilities, and Percolate is no longer available for sale standalone.N/A
    Pricing
    CoSchedule Marketing SuitePercolate, now part of Seismic
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CoSchedule Marketing SuitePercolate, now part of Seismic
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
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    Features
    CoSchedule Marketing SuitePercolate, now part of Seismic
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    8.6
    12 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Ideation5.01 Ratings8.610 Ratings
    Content collaboration7.01 Ratings8.110 Ratings
    Content calendar10.01 Ratings8.512 Ratings
    Approval workflows00 Ratings8.612 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    8.4
    12 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Content distribution10.01 Ratings8.611 Ratings
    Content promotion10.01 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Content automation10.01 Ratings8.511 Ratings
    Content hub00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of CoSchedule Marketing Suite and Percolate, now part of Seismic
    Feature
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Percolate, now part of Seismic
    9.4
    12 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting10.01 Ratings9.110 Ratings
    Content performance analytics10.01 Ratings10.012 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings9.12 Ratings
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    CoSchedule Marketing SuitePercolate, now part of Seismic
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    Score7.1 out of 10
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    CoSchedule Marketing SuitePercolate, now part of Seismic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    8.5
    (13 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CoSchedule Marketing SuitePercolate, now part of Seismic
    Likelihood to Recommend
    CoSchedule
    CoSchedule is great for businesses or agencies who need an overview of all their marketing efforts, and who want to establish collaboration between multiple departments. The calendar view is one of the best we've worked with and makes it easy to see exactly what's happening. There is some slight clunkiness when it comes to admin-related tasks, and a few things aren't easy to find, but there's great support.
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    Very useful for the management, planning, and programming of all social networks, as well as marketing campaigns. One of the best tools to make life easier for community managers and automate daily tasks such as content publishing. It is my favorite for managing my clients' networks.
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    Pros
    CoSchedule
    • Best time to post is great at updating to when we get the most engagement by platform
    • Requeue tool to slate out additional posts for a given piece of content is a huge time saver
    • Aggregate analytics tool shows us a peek across our posts on a given platform that's actually easier to read than the platform itself
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    • Create social content from briefing all the way through to the approval process.
    • Social planner for managing topics and content streams across multiple channels.
    • Robust API and integrations.
    • Image library (with cost-free access/rights to stock photo libraries).
    • Frequent updates to the platform.
    • Built-in community management.
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    Cons
    CoSchedule
    • The platform seems sluggish as of late, likely as a result of the robust amount of data we are entering and the number of filters we're creating.
    • Social media scheduling exists, but we do run into publishing errors more often then we'd like.
    • Task templates when updated are not retroactive, so when you create projects for an entire year and then change a template, you need to go back and change them manually.
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    • A lot of the features in Percolate are very well built, but only provide the bare minimum as features go. Its editorial calendar for example lacks export/import features and its multimedia repository only supports images. In many ways, Percolate is trying very hard to be too much at the same time.
    • At the moment, Percolate lacks user level management. We can add users who need to be moderated before posting, but it is for example not possible to add users just for one specific function (like the multimedia database).
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    Likelihood to Renew
    CoSchedule
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    Discontinued Products
    Percolate is a great tool for us, because we need the approval process workflows. The training was great when we first signed on, and the interface is very user friendly. We have trained our interns to use it as well with no issues. It makes keeping up with our content calendar a breeze and we can easily see what posts have been approved and which ones are still pending at a quick glance
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    Usability
    CoSchedule
    The interface is very intuitive, from setting up social profiles, to posting, to tags, to optimizing for best day/time to post. It's super easy to scan the aggregate analytics. The calendar is very easy to grok at a glance, and the more advanced functionality is intuitive to set up.
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    Support Rating
    CoSchedule
    I didn't have to use their official support, but I can say that they put out a lot of content online to help users. Their YouTube page has quite an array of tutorial videos explaining how things work and how to get the most out of their tools. If you're struggling, before picking up a phone or blasting off an email, try searching for your problem on YouTube or their forums.
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    Implementation Rating
    CoSchedule
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Rarely has a company shown this much support during implementation. This almost got to the point where it was too much hand holding. Sometimes, social teams just want the keys to the car so they can drive it themselves instead of waiting on someone to drive along with them...
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    Alternatives Considered
    CoSchedule
    CoSchedule provides collaborative planning of projects. The calendar view is very well designed. Meetings and tasks can be scheduled and tracked easily. Whatever is being done, no matter how big the task/project is, it gives a bird-eye view of everything. Additionally, it also integrated very well with WordPress. Their customer service team is also very helpful.
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    Percolate and Falcon have many similarities and provide many of the same features, however Percolate felt a bit more robust than Falcon, although it does come with a higher price tag to match. Both platforms are excellent for content approval workflows, content scheduling, and community management. Percolate offers additional features such as an Asset Management Library and a section for creative briefs and collaboration with internal teams.
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    Return on Investment
    CoSchedule
    • It has saved me about 1 hour per day to keep things organized from Asana to WordPress.
    • By not having a functioning Google Doc import feature, it costs me about 30 minutes for each blog post to copy paste all the content, images, etc.
    • By bundling too many features into their plans, many of which we don't use (e.g. social media scheduling), we lose a little ROI because we are not using the full feature set. We use and prefer Buffer for social media, so when CoSchedule raised their price $40+ per month on features we would not be using, that hurt.
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    • Percolate has made it much easier to communicate between teams and has provided a return on investment in that area in particular.
    • Percolate also helps save time because you are able to schedule social media posts across channels easily.
    • It has also been an easy way to work with remote team members, which is very helpful.
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    ScreenShots

    CoSchedule Marketing Suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of Calendar Organizer: Visualizes everything in real time, and shows every project on a unified calendar of record. Helps to keep stakeholders in the know and pivot quickly when priorities change.Screenshot of Content Organizer: Eliminates content bottlenecks from idea to promotion. Optimizes the editorial process, and centralizes publishing and promotion by connecting marketing tools.Screenshot of Work Organizer: Maximizes resources by implementing consistent, defined workflows to speed up production and identify how urgent changes impact proactively planned work.Screenshot of Asset Organizer: Catalogs and maintains control of brand assets with customized taxonomies to find, update, and share files. Folders and files can be shared with stakeholders to make sure work is up-to-date.Screenshot of Idea Board: Used to write down ideas, take in requests, and prioritize the projects that are up-next, before giving them a publish date and putting them on the calendar organizer.Screenshot of An AI-powered Marketing Intelligence Assistant that can be used to write first-draft copy, complete work faster, and generate new ideas.

    Percolate, now part of Seismic Screenshots

    Screenshot of Percolate's integrated marketing calendarScreenshot of Percolate's integrated marketing calendar