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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Oktopost

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AOktopost empowers B2B enterprise and mid-market companies across Tech, Financial Services, Healthcare and other sectors to adopt a data-driven approach to social media marketing. Oktopost's social media management, social listening, and employee advocacy solutions enable B2B organizations to amplify their brand on social and measure the real impact of social on the business. Oktopost aims to enable marketers to better engage with customers and prospects, get actionable insights, and…

    $49

    per month

    Sprout Social

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ASprout Social provides social media management, marketing, customer care, data and intelligence, and employee advocacy solutions for brands and agencies, including Ticketmaster, Chipotle, Grubhub, Subaru, and Zendesk. Sprout’s platform is used to simplify social publishing, engagement, reviews, analytics and listening for customers. Sprout also provides customer success and technical support, to deliver consistent value to all users. Any organization, regardless of size or industry, receives…

    $249

    per month per user

    Pricing
    OktopostSprout Social
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Standard
    $199 annual / $249 monthly
    per user/per month
    Professional
    $299 annual / $399 monthly
    per user/per month
    Advanced
    $399 annual / $499 monthly
    per user/per month
    Free Trial
    Free
    for 30 days
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    OktopostSprout Social
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    OktopostSprout Social
    Considered Both Products
    Oktopost
    No answer on this topic
    Sprout Social
    Chose Sprout Social
    I think all the tools have a great interface when it comes to the scheduling calendars as they are so easy to see and show stakeholders. It allows for logins to be accessed more securely accross wider teams too. I would say Oktopost had the best social media advocacy tool and Ho…
    Incentivized
    Chose Sprout Social
    More features for the price point, easy to understand, always adding additional features, streamlined.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Would buy again
    73 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    71 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    76 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    62 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    64 Answers
    Features
    OktopostSprout Social
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Oktopost and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Oktopost
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.6
    87 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings7.465 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings7.176 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings7.156 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings8.765 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Oktopost and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Oktopost
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.5
    110 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings9.5110 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings7.687 Ratings
    Content optimization00 Ratings8.396 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.796 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Oktopost and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Oktopost
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.0
    100 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings7.962 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings8.088 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings8.185 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Oktopost and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Oktopost
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.2
    78 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Lead generation00 Ratings7.257 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings8.474 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings6.23 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Oktopost and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Oktopost
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.6
    110 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings9.098 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings9.2109 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings9.0100 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings7.636 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings9.199 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings8.633 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Oktopost and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Oktopost
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    8.8
    111 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.9103 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings8.6100 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings8.889 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Oktopost and Sprout Social
    Feature
    Oktopost
    -
    Ratings
    Sprout Social
    7.8
    104 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings7.899 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.892 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    OktopostSprout Social
    Small Businesses
    PromoRepublic
    Score7.4 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    No answers on this topic
    Vista Social
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    No answers on this topic
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    OktopostSprout Social
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    8.7
    (168 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    9.5
    (65 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (95 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    4.1
    (38 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (23 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    OktopostSprout Social
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Oktopost
    Oktopost is great if you have several Social Media profiles you want to manage and want to schedule and post all your things in a simple interface. They have a great calendar view that shows everything that is coming up and you can easily move or change postings with a few clicks. It is also good for managing a single account. It has all the features I need for our single account markets, like campaigns, tracking, scheduling, etc. I think if you are trying to manage a very large number of social media profiles it might get a bit difficult. There are tools more suited for that than Oktopost that may be easier, but Oktopost would still work.
    Incentivized
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    Sprout Social
    IMO it's best for an organization that has a lot of different people working on social media. They could be in different departments or just different members of the same team responsible for different types of posts (corporate, e-commerce, branding, etc.). I don't think it's as vital for a one-person team working solely within the Meta platform, for instance, especially if they're less concerned with detailed analytics.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Oktopost
    • Auto-poster feature that allows scheduling of posts to be made in relatively short time.
    • Calendar view has a great UI with easy to use drag and drop and editing features.
    • Message assets can be saved per campaign without having to re-draft them for repeated promotions.
    • Good reporting via excel export and dashboard overview
    • Great customer service and support! Including response rate and implementation of requested features
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    Sprout Social
    • For each account, customize posts for each platform, and schedule them to go live simultaneously.
    • Employee Advocacy via Sprout Social has integrated AI assistance for captions. Usually I would generate one suggested caption for employees to use/stem from when re-sharing to their socials. But now, EA message ideas display in random orders to better promote the full range of content.
    • Sprout Social has made the option to gamify the sharing concept quite easily with Employee Advocacy. Using the Leaderboard feature, employees can earn points in Employee Advocacy. Customized point values ensure you know how to climb the Leaderboard and start some friendly competition.
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    Cons
    Oktopost
    • Sometimes there were bugs in the user experience, but they seemed to be quickly addressed.
    • They didn't seem to have experience dealing with large-scale company use when integrating with Eloqua information. We had a lot of issues with false data or form submits showing up.
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    Sprout Social
    • Social media platforms don't always play nice with Sprout so it will always be a challenge to get all integrations to work properly.
    • Sprout Social is a growing organization and they are acquiring new technologies, which can be good. However, they often spend time in meetings upselling new services. I like to learn about enhancements and opportunities but prefer to focus on my investments first.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Oktopost
    I give Oktopost a 9, as a 10 means NO improvement is needed, but all platforms must iterate and improve. Hands down Oktopost is the B2B marketing leader in the social and content marketing world. They are also very quick to work on things and make the experience better for users. I would say I was a very early adopter of Oktopost and have seen them grow into a very useful tool and also a great company! I am VERY excited to see what they will do next to make our B2B marketing jobs more efficient and results producing! Thanks for helping our business close 10 accounts from LinkedIn in the last year! And that is up from ZERO the year before NOT using Oktopost.
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    Sprout Social
    I like Sprout for our needs and I like that it is easy to use. We want something better than HootSuite but don't need a high-level fancy program. The only think I don't like is customer service (except for chat).
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    Usability
    Oktopost
    Because in general is very good, the support team is always happy to help and you can ask them anything. They always have the solution. I also like the new functionalities that they are implementing; each month, we have something new. The end user platform is very easy to be used by the sales people.
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    Sprout Social
    Sprout Social's ease of use and navigation throughout the technology are relatively easy to figure out and teach. We also had a representative thoroughly walk us through the features and functionality to set us up for success in using the platform. I didn’t give it a ten because there were times when the navigation didn’t make sense, but once you figured out the quirks, it didn’t cause any trouble.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Oktopost
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    Uptime was OK, but given the fact that we are in Europe, there were some specific problems: They tended to take the system down for maintenance during the night in the US, which was during our workday. This was definitely problematic and hard to explain to our clients.
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    Performance
    Oktopost
    No answers on this topic
    Sprout Social
    It is quick to post, however you have to refresh the page every time you add a new scheduled item.
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    Support Rating
    Oktopost
    When I have sent in questions to support, I have received answers pretty quickly and they were helpful. However, I would like to see more information on the support page rather than having to contact them directly.
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    Sprout Social
    Sprout Social's customer support is extremely responsive. They're also always looking for suggestions on how they can make the product better and will actually take your ideas to their team to see if they're worth implementing. I've never had an issue that couldn't be resolved by them in a timely manner.
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    Online Training
    Oktopost
    There is a lack of online training videos or documentation. They have a long list of FAQ's but I would prefer a quick YouTube video instead.
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    Sprout Social
    Their training is good, but the promotion of it is even better. I don't need or have the time for training, but I was always happy to know it was there. They did a great job sending updates out and making me aware when there was a new feature that I may want training for. As for the training I never used it, so I can't comment on that
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    Implementation Rating
    Oktopost
    As I stated earlier, I would suggest doing a quick session with the Oktopost team in order to properly set up the account and make sure you are getting the full experience.
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    Sprout Social
    Make sure you do it all the way. Do not break it into phases. Pour yourself a coffee, start it in the morning and you'll be done before you finish that coffee.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Oktopost
    The integration with SalesForce and Marketo was the number one reason we went with Oktopost. It wasn't until after I got inside and got my hands dirty that I saw how great Oktopost was. The analytics reporting is sensational. It allowed me to easily pull reports to organize for my marketing department.
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    Sprout Social
    We are constantly exploring our options and looking for the most cutting-edge products that suit our needs as a business. Sprout ticked the boxes for what we needed when it was time for a change. Both are powerful tools, and you can only see by doing.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Oktopost
    • Ability to quickly and comprehensively provide metrics on all activities to internal users and external clients helps inform and direct immediate and long term posting decisions.
    • Ability to integrate with websites and marketing platforms allows for an understanding of user interest beyond the awareness arena and into the conversion arena.
    • Ability to quickly post allows for immediate input during time sensitive social discussions.
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    Sprout Social
    • One positive impact has been a huge time saver for our team. Where we once had multiple systems and delays from producing content to approval to publishing, now everything is seamless.
    • Another positive impact is streamlining the onboarding process for new team members. Sprout Social is user-friendly and intuitive, making it easy to study even for someone completely new to social media.
    • One negative impact has been the time it takes to wade through irrelevant social listening posts. The filtering is not effective enough to eliminate the noise.
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    ScreenShots

    Oktopost Screenshots

    Screenshot of Social BIScreenshot of CalendarScreenshot of Post ConsoleScreenshot of Employee AdvocacyScreenshot of StreamsScreenshot of Inbox

    Sprout Social Screenshots

    Screenshot of Sprout’s social media publishing tools, used to schedule and post messages to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn simultaneously from a single Compose window.