Hootsuite vs. ZoomSphere

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hootsuite
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
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…
$99
per month (billed annually) Starts at 1 user, 10 social accounts
ZoomSphere
Score 9.1 out of 10
N/A
ZoomSphere is a social media scheduling and management solution designed for teams to plan, schedule, auto-publish, and analyze their social media content across multiple platforms. ZoomSphere is primarily used by social media managers, marketing teams, and agencies to streamline content workflows, improve collaboration, and track performance across various social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X. The software helps users automate…
$29
per month
Pricing
HootsuiteZoomSphere
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
Leads Manager
$29
per month
ZoomSphere
$199
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HootsuiteZoomSphere
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsPlans can be paid monthly or annually, with a discount for annual pricing.Two month discount available for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
HootsuiteZoomSphere
Features
HootsuiteZoomSphere
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
6.6
Ratings
16% below category average
ZoomSphere
-
Ratings
Boolean keyword searches6.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam5.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Sentiment analysis6.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Broad channel coverage8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
7.6
Ratings
6% below category average
ZoomSphere
8.0
Ratings
0% below category average
Content planning and scheduling8.90 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Audience targeting6.60 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Content optimization7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management7.80 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
7.7
Ratings
3% below category average
ZoomSphere
-
Ratings
Automated routing and prioritization7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk actions8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
7.5
Ratings
3% below category average
ZoomSphere
9.0
Ratings
15% above category average
Lead generation6.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Content marketing8.20 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Paid media management7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
9.2
Ratings
9% above category average
ZoomSphere
8.4
Ratings
0% below category average
Twitter8.90 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Facebook9.70 Ratings10.00 Ratings
LinkedIn9.40 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Google+8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Instagram9.70 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Pinterest9.20 Ratings00 Ratings
YouTube8.40 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
8.0
Ratings
1% above category average
ZoomSphere
8.3
Ratings
5% above category average
Campaign success analytics8.40 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Real-time tracking7.70 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Competitor analysis8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Hootsuite
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
ZoomSphere
8.5
Ratings
6% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges8.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile access6.80 Ratings7.00 Ratings
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Small Businesses
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
CoSchedule Marketing Suite
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.4 out of 10
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
HootsuiteZoomSphere
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.6
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.8
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.8
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
6.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
7.2
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.6
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.9
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HootsuiteZoomSphere
Likelihood to Recommend
Hootsuite is a great tool and we prefer it to some of the others out there. The only negative is the price point and the fact that it keeps going up with no regard to the small non-profits that have been using it for years. After mentioning that the system is great and the fact that we can integrate and customize the posting for each social media site without having to be jumping from one system to the other makes it ideal for a small team doing multiple projects or things at the same time.
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ZoomSphere is suited for all companies - from small to big, for one brand or more brands within company. With ZoomSphere you can leverage your social media presence - but you need to use lot of apps ZoomSphere has. I think that ZoomSphere is not suited for company that want to use ZoomSphere for only one purpose, for example content creation and publishing. There are plenty of ways how to use ZoomSphere more complex.
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Pros
  • The product has a really interactive media library which is very helpful even when we are out of images.
  • Customer support of this tool is also very understandable and interactive due to which the experience goes very smoothly.
  • It would not be wrong to say that the usability of this product is one of the greatest strengths of Hootsuite.
  • With this tool modification of scheduled posts is just so simple and easy to do which yields great results as well.
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  • Content Creation and Publishing
  • Analytics and Reporting
  • Workflow management
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Cons
  • 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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  • Community Management
  • Viewable backlog or product roadmap
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Likelihood to Renew
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
Hootsuite is probably the easiest to use social media scheduler of all the ones that I've used. It's been easy to teach clients how to use the software themselves and it can be accessed easily on anyone's phone through their mobile app. Highly recommend for anyone that wants a software that is easy to learn!
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There is always a space for improvement, but overall I see ZoomSphere as a valuable partner and tool for our business on social media. Maybe in a future rest of the apps in tool (community management, social media listening,...) will be on a same level as competitors and we will use only one tool for whole social media management. But if not, ZoomSphere is still awesome for the most of it
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Reliability and Availability
Gliches have made it a bit of a bind, particularly when you just want to 'click and send' a web article after you have read it - and then you have to deal with support (a great team but not always able to solve the problems with the gliches). Gliches with it loading properly, gliches with 'double ups in FB on the posts (the personal page and the business page if both clicked will lead to 2 lots of postings to each page!)
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Performance
HootSuite does everything it is designed to do very well: the product's performance is very reliable and efficient. Like other tools, there is always a room for new developments and updates, and the HootSuite team recognizes this and focuses on new development as well.
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Support Rating
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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Whenever I contacted customer service, I had a great response within minutes. Sometimes was not easy to solve, but somehow we figured it out. I would like to reccommend more proactive communication with clients regarding product roadmap, for example "In 1Q we will launch XY,..." Client should know that before implementation - client can prepare for news, client can test something,...
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In-Person Training
Very easy to teach and learn
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Online Training
Would rate it a 10. We received two hours of online training and it was of very high-quality. HootSuite also offers HootSuite University which is an extremely comprehensive training portal with self-paced quizzes, training webinars and videos, best-practice papers, product certification, and access to a network of external experts. This is a fantastic resource.
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Implementation Rating
Simple and easy to use, and have never had any issues. We like how it saves me time and allows me to plan in advance. I plan on using this for as long as I can and will encourage others to use it too. If you haven't tried it you should. I hope my review is helpful to everyone.
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Alternatives Considered
Hootsuite offers a wide range of tools at a somewhat steeper cost. If you manage multiple platforms and want to survey the content being shared and interacted with across all of them, Hootsuite seems to have an easier platform to do that with. HubSpot CRM allows us to integrate our social platforms into our existing CRM, which is a cost saver, but Hootsuite is social media-focused, so the set-up is easier.
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We see ZoomSphere as a better option than Kontentino. They are almost the same in way you can use the tool, but ZoomSphere has better UI and UX and also customer service. We also know that pricing levels are better with ZoomSphere than Kontentino. But both tools are quite awesome for social media management. Just book a demo, have a trial and you will see by yourself.
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Scalability
It does more than I need.
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Return on Investment
  • Hootsuite has positively improved our overall engagement of our accounts. We went from an average of a 5% engagement rate across all accounts to a 12% engagement.
  • Hootsuite has positively improved our ability to target certain demographics on social media advertising through their analytics. We have seen CTR increase of 2% which is impressive for our industry.
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  • Possitive effect into measure all awareness effects on social channels
  • Time effectiveness
  • Faster workflow management and realtime communication
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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.

ZoomSphere Screenshots

Screenshot of ZoomSphere Workspaces, which lets the user keep clients and projects organized. A separate workspace can be set up for each client with only needed apps—no extra clutter. Each workspace comes with a built-in Chat for easy communication and a Files section to store everything from images and videos to presentations and reports, keeping work in one place.Screenshot of ZoomSphere Scheduler, which simplifies social media planning and publishing across platforms like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X. Users can manage formats like stories, carousels, and short videos, or set up a custom approval flow for fast approval from a manager or client, and enjoy features like Instagram grid preview, post performance panel, and bulk actions.Screenshot of a Kanban-style interface to streamline task management. Here, users can create tasks, set deadlines, attach files, and discuss each task card with a team to keep everything on track. With clear task organization, ZoomSphere Workflow Manager helps teams stay on top of their projects and ensures smooth collaboration from start to finish.Screenshot of ZoomSphere Notes, which makes organizing ideas and plans easy.Screenshot of ZoomSphere Analytics, which offers in-depth insights into social media performance. Content performance can be analyzed with over 100 available metrics, and reports can be generated for any time period.Screenshot of the tool to send multiple posts for approval to client at once. Bulk Actions lets users send entire batches of posts via email or built-in chat, as well as duplicate, update statuses, or delete multiple posts.