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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Piano Amplifier

    Score5.6 out of 10
    N/AA solution to amplify content with AI-powered social publishing. Used to grow and engage an audience through real-time data and machine-learning optimization, guiding users to content, and to just the right place in the social conversation. Socialflow was acquired by Piano in 2022, and is now a Piano solution.N/A
    Pricing
    Khoros Social Media ManagementPiano Amplifier
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Khoros Social Media ManagementPiano Amplifier
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    Community Pulse
    Khoros Social Media ManagementPiano Amplifier
    Considered Both Products
    Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium)
    No answer on this topic
    Piano Software
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    105 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    90%
    Delivers good value for the price
    75 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    107 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    50 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    52 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Khoros Social Media ManagementPiano Amplifier
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Khoros Social Media Management and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.9
    120 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Piano Amplifier
    5.0
    2 Ratings
    43% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches9.093 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam6.9102 Ratings4.62 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis8.991 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage7.0113 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Khoros Social Media Management and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.6
    151 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Content planning and scheduling9.5149 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Audience targeting8.0115 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Content optimization9.09 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Workflow management8.0133 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Khoros Social Media Management and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.8
    116 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Piano Amplifier
    5.0
    3 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Automated routing and prioritization8.594 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories8.0106 Ratings4.62 Ratings
    Bulk actions9.997 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Khoros Social Media Management and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.6
    106 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Lead generation8.050 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Content marketing7.589 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Paid media management7.12 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions8.093 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Khoros Social Media Management and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    7.5
    150 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Piano Amplifier
    5.7
    3 Ratings
    39% below category average
    Twitter8.0141 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Facebook8.0146 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    LinkedIn6.0107 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Google+9.018 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Instagram8.5135 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Pinterest6.048 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    YouTube7.333 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Khoros Social Media Management and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.9
    134 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Piano Amplifier
    5.1
    3 Ratings
    43% below category average
    Campaign success analytics8.5124 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Real-time tracking9.4123 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Competitor analysis8.979 Ratings5.12 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Khoros Social Media Management and Piano Amplifier
    Feature
    Khoros Social Media Management
    8.0
    139 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Piano Amplifier
    7.1
    3 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges9.0135 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Mobile access7.0114 Ratings7.13 Ratings
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    Sendible
    Score7.6 out of 10
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    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
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Khoros Social Media ManagementPiano Amplifier
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (187 ratings)
    5.6
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (34 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (29 ratings)
    5.1
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    9.7
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.7
    (31 ratings)
    5.6
    (2 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.9
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    5.5
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.0
    (125 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Khoros Social Media ManagementPiano Amplifier
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Piano Software
    SocialFlow is well suited for Platform & keyword research : 1. In-depth research to identify requisite platforms & channels and the pertaining keywords, followed by query building to create search profiles & topic tags Social mediaplatforms Professional review forums Industry-focused discussion sites E-commerce websites Content streaming platforms data extraction​ 2. Setting up processes and tools for data extraction such as –-Social intelligence tools-Web scraping-Custom crawlers-Manual minimum (if applicable)
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    Pros
    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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    Piano Software
    • Posts without human input.
    • Monitors algorithms.
    • Easy to use interface.
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    Cons
    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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    Piano Software
    • I'd like to open up windows for more than one account/platform at time.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Piano Software
    • Clarity of communication
    • Quality of product
    • Its sheer utility
    • How we now rely on it greatly
    • Reasonable price point
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    Usability
    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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    Piano Software
    I give this rating as an outcome to understand competitor social strategy to improve strategic positioning. Drive improvement by benchmarking and serving to compete on content Identify trends, topics/themes, potential threats, etc. Improve campaigns by measuring and comparing audience reach, Interaction, etc. Measure engagement rate to analyze audience association.​ What themes/topics are generating higher engagement Insights to assist marketing teams in planning future campaigns
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Piano Software
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    Performance
    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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    Piano Software
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Piano Software
    They don’t seem to understand the issues when we explain them.
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    In-Person Training
    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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    Piano Software
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    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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    Piano Software
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    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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    Piano Software
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Piano Software
    We've also evaluated HootSuite and Sprout Social, and we used both in the past. SocialFlow is superior in its content system for creating, editing, and publishing posts. It's ideal for a team of our size. The cost is fair. It was overall the best option in all of the categories we were looking for.
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    Scalability
    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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    Piano Software
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    Return on Investment
    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.
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    Piano Software
    • Increased engagement
    • ROI
    • Efficiency
    • Transparency/data/insight
    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.