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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Researchstream

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AEvalueserve, a multinational headquartered in Switzerland, offers Researchstream, a research approval workflow management platform supporting requests and submissions, reporting, document repository and knowledge management, and feedback.N/A

    Hootsuite

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/AHootsuite is a social media management platform for building brand awareness, engaging with customers, and driving business results. Users can schedule posts across multiple social networks (including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube ), manage organic and paid social content together, keep track of customer conversations, integrate with over 200+ applications, and gain actionable real-time insights from social media to make critical business decisions from…

    $149

    per month Starts at 1 user, 5 social accounts

    Pricing
    ResearchstreamHootsuite
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $99
    per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, 10 social accounts
    Advanced
    $249
    per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, unlimited social accounts
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ResearchstreamHootsuite
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Plans can be paid monthly or annually, with a discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    ResearchstreamHootsuite
    Considered Both Products
    Evalueserve
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    Hootsuite
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    282 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    243 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    287 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    245 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    276 Answers
    Features
    ResearchstreamHootsuite
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Evalueserve Researchstream and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Evalueserve Researchstream
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    6.7
    275 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings6.0185 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings6.0193 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings6.1187 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings8.5255 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Evalueserve Researchstream and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Evalueserve Researchstream
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.5
    383 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings8.9382 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings6.5260 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings6.9312 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings7.7322 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Evalueserve Researchstream and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Evalueserve Researchstream
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.8
    308 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.4220 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings7.6237 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings8.3265 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Evalueserve Researchstream and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Evalueserve Researchstream
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.4
    295 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings6.3177 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings8.1263 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings7.6175 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.6225 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Evalueserve Researchstream and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Evalueserve Researchstream
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    9.2
    376 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings9.0344 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings9.7360 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings9.5314 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings8.960 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings9.7316 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings9.2161 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings8.4149 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Evalueserve Researchstream and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Evalueserve Researchstream
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    8.0
    306 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.4282 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings7.6282 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings8.0189 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Evalueserve Researchstream and Hootsuite
    Feature
    Evalueserve Researchstream
    -
    Ratings
    Hootsuite
    7.8
    316 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings8.7268 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings6.8294 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    ResearchstreamHootsuite
    Small Businesses
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    Sendible
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Vista Social
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ResearchstreamHootsuite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (444 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (89 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (83 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (21 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.8
    (19 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (263 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (17 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (39 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (18 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ResearchstreamHootsuite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Evalueserve
    Evalueserve Researchstream is very helpful for creating presentation slides that require a lot of time to create but where all of the necessary data and information for the slide can be found on the internet. The service is also very helpful for industry research that requires consulting many different sources and compiling and synthesizing the information. Evalueserve Researchstream is much less appropriate for creating any materials that require confidential information to be shared as the team is not under an NDA and thus cannot be made privy to such information.
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    Hootsuite
    Hootsuite is a great starter tool for companies that want to use a scheduling service for their social media content. It allows access to nearly all of the commonly used social media platforms, so no matter where you share content, Hootsuite will allow you to do it with ease.
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    Pros
    Evalueserve
    • Deadlines are almost always met on time.
    • The team replies promptly to emails.
    • The team offers up alternative solutions if the exact details of a request cannot be fulfilled.
    • The team proactively communicates if a request cannot be met in full or will take longer than the deadline initially set by the requestor.
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    Hootsuite
    • Scheduling of content. The ease of use for Hootsuite's planner abilities is top of the industry. It is simple and effective in posting content to different channels and accounts.
    • Analytics are superior on Hootsuite. Their custom reports allow you to view very specific KPI's that you can adjust for each channel or account. The reports are also exportable to be used for others in the company.
    • Inbox management. The inbox manager is superior to any in the industry. Hootsuite allows you to tag certain phrases or keywords to better filter messages based on importance or topic.
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    Cons
    Evalueserve
    • The final product sent to me was, at times, lacking enough detail or appeared hastily done.
    • The databases and information platforms the Evalueserve Researchstream team has access to are limited, which limited the scope of what I could request and diminished the usefulness of what was sent to me.
    • The Evalueserve Researchstream portal is not the most intuitive or easy to use. If I had not received a tutorial by an Evalueserve Researchstream team member, I would have struggled to understand how to properly uses the services offered by the Company.
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    Hootsuite
    • Because of the way algorithms works, we would have loved to be able to automate making a post with no link and posting the first comment with a link (hello LinkedIn)
    • We would have loved an easy way to post from a main account and repost the post for other accounts we administrate, for instance a corporate post reposted by individuals for LinkedIn, or retweets from one main account by child accounts
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Evalueserve
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    At this time we are satisfied that Hootsuite offers the most of what we are looking for at the most reasonable price point. As the social media landscape and monitoring/scheduling software changes, so do our needs. We re-evaluate our tools semi-annually or as new tools emerge onto the market. If we find at any point that we aren't gaining an advantage, then we are open to switching products.
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    Usability
    Evalueserve
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    The overall usability is awesome, the scheduling, reporting, etc. The spellcheck and feature that used to be a part of it was awesome and we are sad to see that it was taken away. However, we do like the AI feature and emoji customization. The new ad and paid media element is something we are starting to explore, especially for Facebook and Linkedin
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    Reliability and Availability
    Evalueserve
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    Any outages are communicated in advance and have not been a problem. We let our clients know based on communications from HootSuite. Since we operate 24/7 with multiple shifts, planned outages can interfere with our operations, but we can always work around it.
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    Performance
    Evalueserve
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    Hootsuite makes passing on articles from the web very easy- when it works! I have had a number of gliches with Chrome where it does not open properly and the solution (after some toing and froing with support) was to uninstall and reinstall. The support staff are always very helpful (which is great!) but the gliches..... well, they suck when you are already busy!
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    Support Rating
    Evalueserve
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    I can manage all of my accounts on one site! It's absolutely amazing!
    The dashboard is helpful to see how you are doing as well. Still
    getting to understand the analytics and may need to reach out for help
    on this
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    In-Person Training
    Evalueserve
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    Very easy to teach and learn
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    Online Training
    Evalueserve
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    The online training is decent; however, it takes a lot more time to search for answers to my questions. Having a training session with a live person was much more effective as they were able to quickly address the business needs I have.
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    Implementation Rating
    Evalueserve
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    • Combination of vendor and internal. The vendor bumped up our account to the Enterprise version (quite simple and easy) and then set up our organization and team structure. We then had to log in and set up team members and assign members to social media accounts. This was pretty easy to do as they have a great user interface. We simply had to drag and drop people into the correct team giving them access to specific social media accounts.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Evalueserve
    My company ran a trial with Evalueserve Researchstream. During that trial, those at my company, including myself, used Evalueserve's services and were pleased with the product and helpfulness of their team. We also knew Evalueserve Researchstream had a record of helping similar, quality firms in the areas we wanted to use Evalueserve Researchstream for. So, my company moved forward with Evalueserve Researchstream, particularly in light of the fact my company did not find any other direct competitors offering the specific services it needed Evalueserve Researchstream for. My company, however, does use other services, including, but not limited to, Bloomberg and Refinitiv Eikon, for research, insights, and analysis to supplement Evalueserve Researchstream.
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    Hootsuite
    Hootsuite is definitely the most cost effective of the bunch for the goals that my clients have. The AI caption generation is also perfect for cutting down on time. Caption creation actually takes up a lot of time in the scheduling process for content and this feature made Hootsuite stand out to me!
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    Scalability
    Evalueserve
    No answers on this topic
    Hootsuite
    We are only using in marketing and have been able to scale.
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    Return on Investment
    Evalueserve
    • Evalueserve Researchstream has saved junior staff at my company an immense amount of time that would have otherwise been spent on repetitive, lower-value tasks, which has helped with junior work-life balance
    • Evalueserve Researchstream has allowed for more time and focus to be spent on higher value-add and revenue-generating activities
    • Evalueserve Researchstream has given my firm an increased capacity to explore new markets and verticals for growth; the initial screening that the Evalueserve Researchstream team carries out is a helpful component of my company's analysis of such new areas
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    Hootsuite
    • I have been able to evaluate which posts, in general, do well and figure out what types of posts to make (content)
    • It's been harder however to compare on social medial platform compared to another because it's hard to duplicate a post with a new owly (I think you used to be able to) but more so, you also can't assign it a custom owly link so I can see at a glance which owly link was associated with what platform.
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    ScreenShots

    Hootsuite Screenshots

    Screenshot of Monitoring: Monitors social media profiles and tracks the topics that matter to the brand.Screenshot of Publishing: Create, publish and schedule engaging posts across social channels.Screenshot of Customer Engagement: A consolidated stream of messages across networks that can be triaged and assigned to respond to customers faster. Provides optional chatbot handover for automated responses.Screenshot of Scheduling: Social content can be planned as a team with a shared calendar that features collaborative post drafts and built-in approval workflows.Screenshot of Analytics & Reporting: Measures the effectiveness of a social media strategy to help turn strategy into execution with meaningful and actionable insights. Reports can be customized and shared according to unique business goals and objectives.