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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    PLANOLY

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/APLANOLY is a social marketing platform boasting over 5 million users to visually plan, schedule, and measure performance across Instagram and Pinterest.

    $16

    per month

    SocialBee

    Score1 out of 10
    N/ASocialBee 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 PLANOLY and SocialBee
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    26% above category average
    SocialBee
    -
    Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of PLANOLY and SocialBee
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    22% above category average
    SocialBee
    9.3
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling10.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Audience targeting10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Workflow management10.01 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of PLANOLY and SocialBee
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SocialBee
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk actions7.12 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of PLANOLY and SocialBee
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SocialBee
    -
    Ratings
    Lead generation7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content marketing7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Paid media management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of PLANOLY and SocialBee
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    17% above category average
    SocialBee
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Twitter10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Facebook10.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    LinkedIn10.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Instagram10.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Pinterest10.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of PLANOLY and SocialBee
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    SocialBee
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Campaign success analytics8.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Real-time tracking8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of PLANOLY and SocialBee
    Feature
    PLANOLY
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    SocialBee
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Mobile access8.02 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    PLANOLYSocialBee
    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.6 out of 10
    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
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PLANOLYSocialBee
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PLANOLYSocialBee
    Likelihood to Recommend
    PLANOLY
    Planoly is perfect for managing social media accounts for business or public figures. It would work great for personal use as well but maybe wouldn't be as necessary. For business purposes, it changes the game! Having something that is easy to teach colleagues to use is one of the most important features I looked for when choosing a social media management platform
    Incentivized
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    SocialBee
    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
    PLANOLY
    • Grid view
    • AI Caption generator
    • Auto post feature
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    SocialBee
    • 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
    PLANOLY
    • overall not very many points I would add for improvement
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    SocialBee
    • 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
    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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    SocialBee
    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
    PLANOLY
    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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    SocialBee
    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
    I have tried an AI tool called Vocable and used Google Sheets to plan my content. PLANOLY is better because of the visual grid feature. However, vocable is better in terms of the variety of content. With Vocable, we can create text content for Instagram, YouTube, and Linkedin, Product pages, SEO meta titles, descriptions, email newsletters, Blog posts etc. However, PLANOLY is only limited to Instagram and Pinterest.
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    SocialBee
    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
    PLANOLY
    • 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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    SocialBee
    • 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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