Hootsuite 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
Meta Business Manager
Score7.8 out of 10
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Meta Business Manager (formerly Facebook Business Manager, or Pages Manager) is a mobile app that supports management of up to 50 Facebook pages from a smart phone or tablet, allowing social media managers to see activity, post updates, and respond immediately to customers.
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Pricing
Hootsuite
Meta Business Manager
Editions & Modules
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
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Meta Business Manager
Free Trial
Yes
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
Optional
No setup fee
Additional Details
Plans can be paid monthly or annually, with a discount for annual pricing.
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Verified User
Chose Hootsuite
With Meta Business Manager, you are limited to posting on Facebook and Instagram. Whereas with Hootsuite, you do not have these limitations and can post beyond these two platforms. I do enjoy using Meta Business Manager. It has some of the same features as Hootsuite and there's …
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Verified User
Chose Hootsuite
Tried trials of other software and was disappointed compared to Hootsuite.com. Buffer and Later.com had limited functionality. MetaBusiness Suite and MailChimp offer a limited number of platforms you can post too. HubSpot and SproutSocial were extremely costly and geared toward …
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Verified User
Chose Hootsuite
There's no doubt that Hootsuite is the industry leader when it comes to social media scheduling and monitoring. I find integrating channels easiest on Hootsuite (once you can find where to do it on your dashboard). In the past year I've also noticed fewer and fewer …
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Verified User
Chose Hootsuite
I'll be honest - my predecessor had Hootsuite and I was stuck with it. But I'm glad I've had it, and compared to the other platforms I've used in the past it's miles better.
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Verified User
Chose Hootsuite
Improvements to the user interface and responsiveness to user needs. Real-time messaging to alert users of network or functionality issues - I know you have my back. Constantly striving for user feedback to improve the product. You are client-centric.
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Director, Marketing & Communications in Marketing at San Miguel High School (E-Learning, 51-200 employees)
Chose Hootsuite
I only use the free versions. I have found it to be the best in this free area. I appreciate the ability to use it right away without having to commit to major marketing uploads, or info needed at the start.
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Chief Marketing Officer in Marketing at Brightside Consulting (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Chose Hootsuite
We used Hootsuite because it was one of the bigger players in the space and we wanted to give it a try due to it's position in the market and the trust others had for it. We found it didn't exactly meet our needs and moved on to something else.
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Verified User
Chose Hootsuite
I like Hootsuite but I don't think it is the best platform to use for free since you have posting limitations. If they removed restrictions then they would have more users who could take advantage of the platform.
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Verified User
Chose Hootsuite
I hadn't thought about it, I guess I could switch to meta instead of paying to use Hootsuite
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Verified User
Chose Hootsuite
Buffer only has a few basic features available. Meta's interface is extremely difficult to use and keeps hanging, it is too slow as well. Later is a good competitor but does not have long-term planning options such as employee advocacy and social listening options available. …
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Marketing Director in Marketing at MGT Films (Construction, 11-50 employees)
Chose Meta Business Manager
Meta Business Manager is free, and I've heard you get more accurate / better results from Meta Business Manager because it is native to the platforms it services. However, it does not offer platforms outside of Facebook, which is a major downside compared to Hootsuite overall. …
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Composer in Professional Services at Rob Gokee Music (Entertainment, 1-10 employees)
Chose Meta Business Manager
While products like Sprout and Hootsuite will manage your Facebook Page along with the rest of your social media presence, using the official Facebook Pages [Manager] is superior when it comes to managing comments, placing ads, and reacting to customers quickly. The mobile app …
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Marketing Communication Specialist - Email, Social Media & Photography in Marketing at Teeter (Consumer Goods, 51-200 employees)
Chose Meta Business Manager
Facebook Pages Manager is the best social scheduling (for Facebook) tool out there, much better than Hootsuite in my opinion. This is because other tools often suffer when Facebook updates their API or rules, so Facebook Pages Manager will always be the best choice for managing …
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Digital Marketing Manager in Marketing at LuccaAM (Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees)
Chose Meta Business Manager
Hootsuite and Buffer are great for certain things, but at the end of the day, for what Facebook Pages Manager does, it's the premium choice for messaging, engagement, analysis and making sure you're not missing a customer. Plus it's free!
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Street Outreach Coordinator in Human Resources at Family Youth Interventions (Mental Health Care, 11-50 employees)
Chose Meta Business Manager
Hootsuite lets you schedule posts and check multiple social media sites. We never used the paid version so analytics were not used. Hootsuite was a bit advanced as well. Facebook Pages Manager is easy to use and a beginner can navigate it. Facebook Pages Manager is more …
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Customer Service Manager in Customer Service at North Atlantic Imports DBA Blackstone Products (Wholesale, 51-200 employees)
Chose Meta Business Manager
I have used Buffer, Hootsuite, and Later.com. We selected Pages Manager because it is so user friendly and the people we have using it vary in backgrounds, ages, education level, and electronics experience. Pages is very easy to learn and has everything we need at this time.
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Digital Event Marketing Manager in Marketing at AIIM (Information Technology and Services, 11-50 employees)
Chose Meta Business Manager
I like how big the dashboard is on Sprout and Hootsuite, however, I prefer Facebook Pages Manager for my ability to track and promote my campaigns. I like the overall look of Hootsuite and Sprout as well but using Facebook directly for managing and monitoring makes me more …
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Administrative Assistant at Curris Center Administration Office, Murray State University (Higher Education, 51-200 employees)
Chose Meta Business Manager
I have used Hootsuite to monitor my business profiles on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. There is a content stream from all of your platforms in one screen. Content is easily created through this software and it saves so much time flipping between platforms when posting the …
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Verified User
Chose Meta Business Manager
Our team actively uses Meta Business Manager, Hubspot, and Active Campaign for different reasons, audiences, and types of content. Of these platforms, Hubspot tends to be my go-to platform. It has effectively the same limitations as Meta Business Manager (limited analytics, the …
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Verified User
Chose Meta Business Manager
While we looked at different possibilities, it just seemed that this program was designed for our key social media platforms. There really was no point in utilizing a different program when this was designed for these platforms specifically. The mobile app is an added …
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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
Verified User
Chose Meta Business Manager
I selected Facebook pages manager because it is an easy product to learn and doesn’t involve having an additional login or account to use. This is simple for busy business owners and takes a little more off of their plate.
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Verified User
Chose Meta Business Manager
Facebook Pages Manager is a lot more mobile-friendly in general if you're offering up stats at a meeting, talking to your CEO, or just curious to see how your post is performing over your lunch hour. It's also a lot more convenient when you're handling an above average level of …
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Chief Executive Officer in Marketing at Edge One Media (Design, 1-10 employees)
Chose Meta Business Manager
Facebook Pages Manager does a lot of things right in content publishing and page administration (and is necessary for some native functionality within Facebook). I wish it was easier to schedule across different platforms (if even just on Instagram which is a Facebook …
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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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Meta Business Manger is well suited for large/medium and small organisations with single or multiple stake holders and products. It works very efficiently. Cases where app events are defined for android and iOS, it work wonders for campaign measurement and campaign level targeting. Meta Business Manager is very appropriate for running financial, educational, real estate, e-commerce related ads. Meta Business Manager is not appropriate if you have are into enterprise sales.
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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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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A de minimis incentive was given to thank the reviewer for their time. The incentive was not used to bias or drive a particular response, nor was the incentive contingent on a positive endorsement. More Info
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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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
The UI is easy and intuitive for any beginner, but it also has a lot of depth for more advanced users. There have been very few cases where I could not do something I wanted to do regarding media buying. However, there are big limitations regarding account management, admin settings, and user appeals.
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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.
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!
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
Facebook is notoriously difficult to access for help and FBM is no exception. Only the chat feature will get someone in touch with you and then there is very limited help. The most they do is send links from their 'help section' without really offering much help at all. Business owners and directors need a person on the phone that can understand the problem and help fix it, not 'helpful links that have already been tried.
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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.
• 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.
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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Facebook is a well-known platform that has to be utilized. It allows us to reach so many new customers and potential patients for our clients. As well as allows us to interact with them consistently and keep them informed or advertise to a new niche of people. The best part about Facebook Business Manager is its usability and reach!
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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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Pro: It gives me a central place to manage my Page.
Pro: There are a lot of options to take advantage of, like Ads, available, which I hope to use more in the future.
Pro: The pixel has allowed me to connect Facebook data with my website, and has been a good referral source.
Con: There is so much I don't use because it is so complicated. I know I could get more use of it, but it's not going to happen anytime soon, and probably without help.
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