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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Heropost

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $997

    per year

    Khoros Social Media Management

    Score8 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    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 ImpactN/A
    Pricing
    HeropostKhoros Social Media Management
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $997
    per year
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    HeropostKhoros Social Media Management
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
    HeropostKhoros Social Media Management
    Considered Both Products
    Heropost Media
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    89%
    Would buy again
    105 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    75 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    107 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    Features
    HeropostKhoros Social Media Management
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Heropost and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Heropost
    7.8
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.9
    120 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Boolean keyword searches7.01 Ratings9.093 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam7.01 Ratings6.9102 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis8.01 Ratings8.991 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage9.01 Ratings7.0113 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Heropost and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Heropost
    9.8
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.6
    151 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling10.01 Ratings9.5149 Ratings
    Audience targeting9.01 Ratings8.0115 Ratings
    Content optimization10.01 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Workflow management10.01 Ratings8.0133 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Heropost and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Heropost
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.8
    116 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization8.01 Ratings8.594 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories9.01 Ratings8.0106 Ratings
    Bulk actions10.01 Ratings9.997 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Heropost and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Heropost
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.6
    106 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Lead generation6.01 Ratings8.050 Ratings
    Content marketing7.01 Ratings7.589 Ratings
    Paid media management5.01 Ratings7.12 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions8.01 Ratings8.093 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Heropost and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Heropost
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.5
    150 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Twitter9.01 Ratings8.0141 Ratings
    Facebook10.01 Ratings8.0146 Ratings
    LinkedIn10.01 Ratings6.0107 Ratings
    Google+5.01 Ratings9.018 Ratings
    Instagram10.01 Ratings8.5135 Ratings
    Pinterest10.01 Ratings6.048 Ratings
    YouTube10.01 Ratings7.333 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Heropost and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Heropost
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.9
    134 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Campaign success analytics8.01 Ratings8.5124 Ratings
    Real-time tracking9.01 Ratings9.4123 Ratings
    Competitor analysis5.01 Ratings8.979 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Heropost and Khoros Social Media Management
    Feature
    Heropost
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.0
    139 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges10.01 Ratings9.0135 Ratings
    Mobile access10.01 Ratings7.0114 Ratings
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    Sendible
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Vista Social
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Vista Social
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HeropostKhoros Social Media Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (187 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (29 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.7
    (11 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.0
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (24 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (125 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HeropostKhoros Social Media Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Heropost Media
    It is great for managing multiple poster's social media accounts. I currently have four clients whose social media campaigns I manage. Heropost allows me to set up groups for each client so that I can schedule posts (of all different types of media) for their specific social media mixes. This is a terrific feature and makes my job a LOT easier.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    While I cannot say any scenarios where Khoros wouldn't be useful (when it comes to social media moderation), I can say it is very well suited for clients who have time constraints on their work. With the speed Khoros can pull in new content, we see issues for the client almost immediately.
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    Pros
    Heropost Media
    • Multi Platform Integration Of Accounts
    • Publish All Feature to all accounts
    • Many different client accounts on one place
    • Pre made and stored hash tags and captiosn
    • ability to schedule way in the future.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Reporting is great - easy to create bespoke dashboards for multiple ways to view the data and trends in platform
    • Onboarding and training - a good repository of knowledge articles for users to access on most aspects of the platform for self-learning
    • The user-friendly and intuitive interface allows any user to quickly assimilate how to use the platform.
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    Cons
    Heropost Media
    • Two social media outlets that DID work but no longer connect are Google Business and X (formerly Twitter). These need to be added back in. CRUCIAL!
    • Update Lifetime Access software option instead of abandoning it. Purchasers helped get Heropost off the ground...
    • I don't have any other issues with the software.
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Look and feel of the interface could use a refresh as it's not very exciting to use
    • Improve analytics features and accuracy
    • Facilitate bulk actions
    • Better alerts/visibility of collaborative actions and assigned tasks
    • Clearer communication around new feature releases and announcements
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Heropost Media
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    There is no product like Khoros. Our company lives and dies by the analytics, and to date, we have not seen a more comprehensive analytics structure for any social media management tool. Khoros support is also fantastic, responding and resolving any and all questions, ideas, or complaints, usually in 24 hours.
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    Usability
    Heropost Media
    Heropost is ALMOST perfect! Content creation, scheduling, posting and analytics are all right there! The ONLY drawback that I have found is that two of our main social media networks are not currently able to connect to Heropost, due to some API changes. I REALLY hope that these can get worked out. If they do, this rating goes to 10!
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros Marketing is very user-friendly and easy to navigate. The calendar visibility is the view I use most so I can see all posts going out on all of our channels. It allows us to time posts in a proper cadence so we don't overlap with other pressing content.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Heropost Media
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • We still experience a bit of downtime and slowness here but things have drastically improved in the last year with their feature updates and reconfigured hosting.
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    Performance
    Heropost Media
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros has greatly improved the performance of its SaaS products in the last 5 years. Their applications, including Conversations, Intelligence, and Experiences, all load quickly with real-time data. This performance is critical to provide meaningful, social customer support, and marketing. The performance maintains integrity even when you deploy powerful integrations like Salesforce Customer Relationship Manager.
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    Support Rating
    Heropost Media
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Overall, support does a great job and is timely in their responses and efforts. We have had to contact support many times due to the Capture app. Some tickets have remained open for months, while others get resolved quickly. I understand this is not always up to support and they often have to wait for their engineering team to fix issues that we identified, but it's difficult to deal with issues that are affecting our workflow, especially for extended amounts of time.
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    In-Person Training
    Heropost Media
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • As a very early customer, we did not undergo formal training but worked closely with the team to get the system set up to do what we wanted. However, online training resources are now available with many blog posts / video lessons and tutorials.
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    Online Training
    Heropost Media
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    it is important to note that my perspective is not necessarily common - I'm a geek/nerd/poweruser in general, so I found the online resources to be more than adequate (and often very aesthetically pleasing, too). That said, a less "geeky" person might struggle a bit.
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    Implementation Rating
    Heropost Media
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    The implementation team from Khoros were great - they worked hard to understand our somewhat complex organization, and were with us all the way through face to face meetings, user training, and technical training. We had a clearly defined account manager and implementation manager, who worked really effectively together and with us.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Heropost Media
    These other apps like Hootsuite and Metricool are way to over priced and are glitchy to say the least. HeroPost seems to me to be the most solid and reliable work horse in the game. I use it daily and my team use it daily and it never lags or breaks. I would have to say that the heropost user interface is just fantastic
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    On some accounts that I am on, I use Asana in place of Khoros marketing but I much prefer Khoros Marketing. I prefer Khoros Marketing over Asana because I can post directly (and schedule posts) on Khoros but not on Asana. Also, I can moderate directly on Khoros but not Asana
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    Scalability
    Heropost Media
    No answers on this topic
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    Khoros seems to struggle a little past a certain level of scale. More than 30 separate per day makes it difficult to view all content in the weekly calendar view, which is frustrating and could cause issues. However, the ability to schedule one post across multiple channels is hugely valuable and cuts down on a lot of duplicative work.
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    Return on Investment
    Heropost Media
    • The speed in which it has increased our work output is amazing
    • could be better with adding more specific bits for facebook and youtube thumbnails on the publish all feature
    • Easy to use and super simple set up!
    Incentivized
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    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    • Negatively impacted relationship with Khoros as they're notoriously difficult to engage with or able to produce viable results from our feedback.
    • Negatively impacted KPI reporting, as metrics were inaccurate for six months.
    • Negatively impacted resource management, as there've been so many restrictions with this platform that simple, day-to-day tasks take so much longer.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Khoros Social Media Management Screenshots

    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.