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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Meta Business Suite

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AFormerly known as Facebook Business Suite or Facebook for Business, a solution for small businesses used to manage all business activity on Facebook, Messenger and Instagram from one place. It is presented as a one-stop shop where business owners can manage all marketing and advertising activities on Facebook and Instagram. It centralizes tools that help the user to connect with customers on all apps and get better business results.N/A

    SE Ranking

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    An SEO toolset for agency and in-house pros.

    $65

    per month

    Pricing
    Meta Business SuiteSE Ranking
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Essential
    $65
    per month
    Pro
    $119
    per month
    Business
    $259
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Meta Business SuiteSE Ranking
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—SE Ranking’s subscription plans are available at a 20% discount for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Meta Business SuiteSE Ranking
    Considered Both Products
    Meta Platforms Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    65%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    82%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    70%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    71%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    15 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    Features
    Meta Business SuiteSE Ranking
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Meta Business Suite and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Meta Business Suite
    4.7
    4 Ratings
    49% below category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches4.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam4.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage5.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Meta Business Suite and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Meta Business Suite
    6.3
    6 Ratings
    24% below category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling6.36 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audience targeting6.96 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization5.24 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management6.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Meta Business Suite and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Meta Business Suite
    5.3
    5 Ratings
    40% below category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization5.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories4.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Meta Business Suite and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Meta Business Suite
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    10% below category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Lead generation5.95 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing7.44 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management7.55 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions7.25 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Meta Business Suite and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Meta Business Suite
    6.2
    4 Ratings
    30% below category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Twitter8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Facebook7.54 Ratings00 Ratings
    LinkedIn5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Google+4.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Instagram8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pinterest5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Meta Business Suite and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Meta Business Suite
    6.3
    6 Ratings
    23% below category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics6.26 Ratings00 Ratings
    Real-time tracking6.86 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Meta Business Suite and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Meta Business Suite
    4.8
    5 Ratings
    50% below category average
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges4.85 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access4.75 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Meta Business Suite and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Meta Business Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SE Ranking
    7.9
    16 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Keyword analysis00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Backlink management00 Ratings7.316 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Page grader00 Ratings7.611 Ratings
    Competitive analysis00 Ratings7.915 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings7.916 Ratings
    Site recommendations00 Ratings8.412 Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings7.910 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Meta Business Suite and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Meta Business Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SE Ranking
    8.1
    14 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Local SEO00 Ratings8.111 Ratings
    Mobile SEO00 Ratings8.112 Ratings
    Global SEO00 Ratings8.213 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Meta Business Suite and SE Ranking
    Feature
    Meta Business Suite
    -
    Ratings
    SE Ranking
    8.4
    14 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Multi-domain support00 Ratings8.512 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings8.413 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Meta Business SuiteSE Ranking
    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Nozzle
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Vista Social
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Advanced Web Ranking
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Google Search Console
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Meta Business SuiteSE Ranking
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.3
    (98 ratings)
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    4.2
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Meta Business SuiteSE Ranking
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Meta Platforms Inc
    Meta Business Suite has been highly effective in exposing our brand and our clients' brands to a large audience. It is also one of the most cost-effective ad platforms for B2B marketing campaigns. The issue is filtering out low-quality leads from a B2B lead generation process, as you often receive as many poor-quality leads as high-quality ones.
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    SE Ranking
    SE Ranking is a fantastic tool if you are a marketing agency or freelancer looking for a single tool for the majority of your SEO work. It also includes B2B tools like their lead generation widget and white label reports that can help you generate new leads for your business. It would get 10 stars if their database was larger to accommodate research for small geographic areas, but they are always expanding their database so it may just be a matter of time. Research SE Ranking has pricing plans available for every budget.
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    Pros
    Meta Platforms Inc
    • Segmentation is HUGE. You can segment by almost anything you want, be it demographic, sociological, behavioral... you name it. You can also create targets based on your visitors and their actions. Even custom lists.
    • They are very good at optimizing your campaigns automatically. This is so important because it will improve your ROI in several multiples otherwise
    • Managing ads in general works fine, and the data, even though is not exactly as accurate as Analytics, it's pretty decent.
    • Gives you placements and different ad types so you can get the most out of it.
    • Pixel and catalog integration are very powerful. You can almost instantly start tracking and catalog fetches your site daily for updates.
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    SE Ranking
    • Rank racking. It’s really important for us that the ranks are tracked accurately.
    • Monitoring of changes made on the website. We’ve found this feature really useful.
    • Reports. This includes auto reports and manuals. We can easily and quickly create reports to check our SEO progress month by month.
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    Cons
    Meta Platforms Inc
    • The planner enables timings of others' posts to be seen easily, but an easier view of that content (eg by hovering over it) would be preferable
    • Insights gives detailed information on the performance of posts, but could be more intuitive - and it would be helpful if it flagged particularly good performers or practices.
    • Sometimes using @ tags is a little slow - and it's not always easy to tell which ones you want without opening another window and testing them yourself.
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    SE Ranking
    • I really don't think SE Ranking has many flaws. They are also rolling out an app at the moment - SE Ranking Pro - need to test that one.
    • Some more video tutorials on the site on how to use some tools would be helpful.
    • More in-system popups would be more helpful too.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Meta Platforms Inc
    We have to continue using this tool in order to be effective on this marketing platform. Though there are several changes I wish we could see, the fact is that we will still need to use this product to provide customers with the information they need.
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    SE Ranking
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    Usability
    Meta Platforms Inc
    Meta Business Suite is a solid, centralized tool that covers the core needs of social media planning and publishing. However, some limitations — like inconsistent Reels functionality, clunky previews, and lack of creative asset organization — hold it back from being a seamless, end-to-end solution. There's a lot of potential with continued improvements.
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    SE Ranking
    They had a huge update recently and the platform is now even better. Although not all the tools are yet in the new design.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Meta Platforms Inc
    I've only dealt with the API having issues a couple times, but as you can imagine an outage is not something an advertiser would find acceptable, especially during any ecommerce-heavy time of year. The overall platform could use some help with availability when it comes to authentication, as it struggles with consistency in authentication.
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    Performance
    Meta Platforms Inc
    There are a lot of shortcomings when it comes to performance. There are pages that I do not expect to have much information to load on the page, yet it takes an incredibly long time (10+ secondes). I have not had experience with the integration slowing other platforms down too much.
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    Support Rating
    Meta Platforms Inc
    I've found the Facebook for Business support to be hit or miss. For billing questions they're timely and helpful. For complex questions about specific services I've often received a longer wait and a less helpful experience. I'm often redirected to their docs, which are often not particularly helpful.
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    SE Ranking
    The support is great but they don't have 24/7 support. And time zones can also be an issue sometimes. On the other hand there are plenty of guides and videos around to get yourself started. I never really needed support for "big" issues. And the help I got was good enough.
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    Implementation Rating
    Meta Platforms Inc
    Take all of the training offered through Facebook first before attempting to create a page on the platform. Learn all of the capabilities available to you. Learn about the different types of audiences who might be interested in seeing your page. Create short video clips as though they are viewed at a much higher rate than anything else. Offer free giveaways or raffles to further build to your list of prospects and drive traffic to your website
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    Alternatives Considered
    Meta Platforms Inc
    Compared to the other tools listed above, Meta Business Suite has good navigation, great interest audience-building tools, okay ad analytics, a great messaging system, and below-average customer support. We chose Meta Business Suite for its massive user base and for its industry-leading targeting functionality (which is a result of that massive user base!).
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    SE Ranking
    SE Ranking is better than Serpstat or MOZ or Ahrefs when it comes to tracking keyword rankings, but it lacks in every other SEO category, such as onsite and offsite SEO metrics, content analysis, etc... It's a good choice for agencies that are interested in tracking keywords for their clients, but other than that it underperforms in every other SEO category.
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    Scalability
    Meta Platforms Inc
    This product is definitely able to run at scale, but it would be wise to have enough eyeballs to oversee it and the tools for keeping the campaigns, adsets, and ads organized could use some improvement. I can also see the UI interfering with usability at greater amounts of scale.
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    Return on Investment
    Meta Platforms Inc
    • Overall positive ROI has been achieved using this platform. You must have a clear understanding of where your CPL maximums are to remain profitable and either optimize to success or pull the plug on campaigns that are bleeding spend.
    • This is a great platform to build new audiences or grow existing ones.
    • Building audience segments via pixel tracking is a huge win for this platform.
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    SE Ranking
    • The website "health" report has allowed us to fix things that Google might find strange or cause us to lose rankings, which has been very helpful.
    • It's given us more visibility into what exactly our SEO management company is doing and how they are performing, and if things are changing or not. It's very easy to see right from the dashboard.
    • Being able to see how our competitors stack up against us has helped us know where to improve, what to focus on, and how to be even better.
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