Talkwalker by Hootsuite vs. uberVu (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Talkwalker by Hootsuite
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Talkwalker is a consumer intelligence company that bring sin data from 30+ social networks, 150 million websites, and 100 data partners to give customers a unified view of their consumers. Talkwalker is a Hootsuite solution since the 2024 acquisition.N/A
Hootsuite Insights
Score 9.9 out of 10
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uburVu (for a time known as Hootsuite Insights) analyzed big social data, combining monitoring capabilities, data analysis and reporting features to show insights like influencers, stories, and trends. It was acquired by Hootsuite in 2014, and has since been discontinued.N/A
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Talkwalker by HootsuiteHootsuite Insights
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Talkwalker by HootsuiteuberVu (discontinued)
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
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10.0
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Likelihood to Renew
9.1
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10.0
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Usability
9.1
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10.0
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Availability
-
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9.0
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Performance
9.0
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9.0
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Support Rating
8.0
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10.0
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Online Training
-
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10.0
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Implementation Rating
-
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10.0
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Ease of integration
8.0
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-
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User Testimonials
Talkwalker by HootsuiteuberVu (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
Talkwalker is well suited for big companies and agencies that are looking for a long-term solution to keep track of the industry and/or their brands and key competitors. While setup requires a bit of dedication (especially in terms of custom filters and tags), once it's done, the tool will give the user a lot of flexibility to analyze the conversations and find the relevant results that answer the business questions. Companies just looking for a tool to track a short time period, or simple things like Twitter hashtags, won't take advantage of the full capabilities of this tool. Therefore, they could feel frustrated when comparing the outcomes/usage versus the costs.
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I liked uberVU a lot, and thought I was lucky to have found them (they actually responded to my tweet when I was vendor-searching, which was good to know as they were doing just what we were planning to use the software for). They are relatively small, which allows to have a great personal relationship and we felt very valued as a client. They provided great value - some of their competitors allow for more features (which explains their higher price), but there was no way to opt out of the unnecessary features to lower the price - uberVU didn't have any of that, it was just what we needed and in our price range
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Pros
  • Talkwalker helps you monitor online mentions so you can stay aware of what's being said about your company. Social listening is more important than ever.
  • Talkwalker also helps you delve deeper into the social insights to track patterns and give you data that can be helpful in the future as you plan your marketing efforts.
  • Talkwalker is one of the only products like it that incorporates AI and is, according to some, on the cutting edge in its field.
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  • Easy to see what people are saying on social media about clients.
  • Creates reports that can be limited to certain time frames.
  • Able to see the reach of users so you can breakdown by influencers.
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Cons
  • A recent update has made adding filters to the dashboard far more convoluted than necessary.
  • Many metrics are displayed as "3.4M", it would be great if you could hover over that number to see the full "3,371,000".
  • The tagging feature is buggy and often needs to be done twice to tag the mentions applied in the rule.
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  • The lists on the side bar are hard to keep track of if you have a lot of clients.
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Likelihood to Renew
Love it! In most cases, Talkwalker is a no-brainer: I can confidently recommend it to clients.
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I find it a great tool in the digital strategy world to see what people are saying across social platforms. It's much more efficient that doing a search on the platform itself and provides a lot of information extremely quickly
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Usability
Despite all the functionalities available on the platform, I never felt overwhelmed or confused
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All the users found the product intuitive and easy to use.
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Reliability and Availability
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A couple of times it was a little slow, but this didn't result in any negative impact for us. There was no downtime as I could recall or notice.
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Performance
Talkwalker gets the job done at a basic level. It performs regular indexing of existing webpages and tracks the instances in which a particular brand or company is mentioned. Especially for being free, this is an awesome resource. However, it should be said that this product does not perform nearly at the level of the paid options.
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Support Rating
They are very helpful, but can sometimes be a little too quick and not explain things in as great a depth as we would like. They have great staff and programs, and we don't really have any other major complaints. Support is very responsive and helpful when need be.
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Every time we needed help, the support was great. We had no issues, mostly needed usability walkthroughs and had questions about features.
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Online Training
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I got the training while I was evaluating and in the trial period. Then I trained the others myself
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Implementation Rating
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Not applicable since it is SAAS - all we needed was to sign up, which was easy
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Alternatives Considered
I have yet to find another tool that would provide me with such a detailed information per query. It's such a find! Plus, I get separate emails per a search query and I'm able to archive those emails to the appropriate folders and always have a way of looking back. It's very useful for building monthly reports.
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Radian6 and Brandwatch were on the short list. We picked uberVU for its combination of price and features. It did not have extra features we didn't need, they were customizable and flexible enough to meet all of our needs
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Return on Investment
  • Having learned how to better leverage the system has resulted in a greater diversity in projects and clients that we didn't have the capabilities to service before, which has in turn increased our visibility to the wider company.
  • It has reduced the amount of time it takes to do reporting from traditional desk research and utilizing other monitoring tools.
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  • Easier to handle crisis.
  • Ability to find out statistics to quantify and qualify what you're doing for customers.
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