PLANOLY vs. SocialBee

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PLANOLY
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
PLANOLY is a social marketing platform boasting over 5 million users to visually plan, schedule, and measure performance across Instagram and Pinterest.
$16
per month up to 1 user
SocialBee
Score 1.0 out of 10
N/A
SocialBee is an AI-powered social media management tool that empowers its customers to share content across multiple social networks from one place. Using such a tool, the user can set a posting schedule, have content shared as planned, and then analyze the performance of their accounts. Supported platforms: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Pinterest, Google my Business, TikTok, YouTube, and Bluesky. The AI Copilot can generate an entire social…
$29
per month
Pricing
PLANOLYSocialBee
Editions & Modules
Social Planner Starter
$16
per month up to 1 user
Creator Pro
$20
per month
Social Planner Growth
$28
per month up to 3 users
Social Planner Pro
$43
per month up to 6 users
Creator Pro Plus
$54
per month
Bootstrap
$29
per month
Accelerate
$49
per month
Pro
$99
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PLANOLYSocialBee
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount offered for annual billing.A discount is offered for annual billing.
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Features
PLANOLYSocialBee
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
10.0
Ratings
26% above category average
SocialBee
-
Ratings
Boolean keyword searches10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Sentiment analysis10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Broad channel coverage10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
10.0
Ratings
22% above category average
SocialBee
9.3
Ratings
15% above category average
Content planning and scheduling10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Audience targeting10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Content optimization10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Workflow management10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
8.1
Ratings
2% above category average
SocialBee
10.0
Ratings
23% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Bulk actions7.10 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
SocialBee
-
Ratings
Lead generation7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Content marketing7.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Paid media management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
10.0
Ratings
17% above category average
SocialBee
10.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Twitter10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Facebook10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
LinkedIn10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Instagram10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Pinterest10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
8.1
Ratings
2% above category average
SocialBee
8.0
Ratings
1% above category average
Campaign success analytics8.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Real-time tracking8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
9.0
Ratings
12% above category average
SocialBee
8.5
Ratings
6% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges10.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Mobile access8.10 Ratings9.00 Ratings
User Ratings
PLANOLYSocialBee
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PLANOLYSocialBee
Likelihood to Recommend
The visual grid feature is my favourite feature of PLANOLY as it allows me to see how my content will look before I post it. I haven`t found this feature with other social media planners
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SocialBee is very ideal for busy individuals or small agencies that are not privileged with time. Social media management can be one of the most tedious tasks in anybody's business. SocialBee covers the majority of the tasks. Set it up once and you're done (practically forever) With all its powerful features though, it can be a little more complicated for a non-techie person. If your requirements are just simple post-scheduling, you can use other alternatives.
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Pros
  • Grid view
  • AI Caption generator
  • Auto post feature
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  • All major social platforms are available.
  • Posts can be organized per category, per client.
  • Hashtag organizer.
  • Links manager, with integrations to popular link shortener tools (we use Switchy, and it works smoothly)
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Cons
  • overall not very many points I would add for improvement
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  • Though it's not clunky, it can improve on the loading speeds while working.
  • The UI/UX can be further improved (nice and neat instead of big cards especially on the categories page)
  • I would love it if the scheduler can be expanded into 2-weeks or monthly range. So we can post categories that are on a 2x a month and 1x a month frequency.
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Usability
PLANOLY is super easy to use. We just need to connect our Instagram account and start working in just a few clicks
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Currently, SocialBee is the only software that we use for our social media clients, the confidence that we have for SB is above the fold. It saves us a lot of time and business management is easy because it's highly quantifiable with the client as to the number of posts, schedules, and results.
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Support Rating
The support team was instantly responsive and were always happy to answer even the simplest software question. I knew that my clients would be in good hands should I not be available for any scheduling question through the support team. Everything was always impeccably handled in a timely manner! 100% satisfaction.
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I have encountered their support just a couple of times since the platform is very straightforward for me. But on those occasions, it was so smooth. They responded to my concerns in just a few hours. Not too many companies offer that convenience nowadays. Plus, they do live webinars regularly which is totally amazing!
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Alternatives Considered
Planoly was the most cost effective option for me and my clients and allowed us to use a grid view to see how our content would show up on the feed. Grid view was very important when choosing the software for us. It was also allowed us to schedule stories as well and some other softwares did not.
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SocialBee provides multiple features that you can get from other multiple different tools. It's kinda all in one solution for social media management. So cost-wise, it saves us a lot of money. It is also from a stable company with a sufficient MRR that helps with the security and development of the software.
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Return on Investment
  • It allowed us to engage with potential customers for clients in an easy way
  • Our follower count went up by a steady 100 followers per week
  • Our numbers for viewers on videos and IG Lives doubled
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  • It provides us higher margin because it requires minimal resources.
  • Lesser working time means more marketing and leads generation time.
  • Very cost efficient solution.
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