
What is Hootsuite?
Manage social networks, schedule messages, engage your audiences, and measure ROI right from the dashboard. With Hootsuite, users can schedule posts across multiple social networks (including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube ), manage organic and paid social content together, keep track of customer conversations, and gain actionable real-time insights from social media to make critical business decisions from one dashboard.
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Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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86 Likeliness to Recommend
91 Plan to Renew
83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+87 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Hootsuite?
Pros
- Respectful
- Saves Time
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Feature Ratings
Social Media Channel Integration Inbound
Social Moderation and Workflow Management
Dashboards and Visualization
Campaign Execution
Social Post Archival
Social Media Channel Integration Outbound
Social Response Management
Trend Analysis
Sentiment Analysis
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Ease of Implementation
Business Value Created
Ease of IT Administration
Quality of Features
Usability and Intuitiveness
Ease of Data Integration
Availability and Quality of Training
Ease of Customization
Breadth of Features
Vendor Support
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
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Hootsuite Reviews

Bryn R.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Entertainment
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted May 2022
Top of the line, if your team can afford it
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Hootsuite from other similar products?
From social management to reporting and listening, Hootsuite remains one of the most thorough, comprehensive social tools I've ever used. It can be difficult to justify the price depending on your team's needs, but it truly goes above and beyond.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The social listening abilities are second to none, and they've clearly spent a lot of time and effort expanding these capabilities and growing.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It's one of the more costly options, which can make it tough to justify based on your team's size and needs.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If you can afford it, definitely consider Hootsuite for your social management needs. From daily tasks like scheduling to in-depth listening and sentiment tools, it's the Cadillac of social tools.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Entertainment
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted May 2022
OG of Social Mgmt, Innovative, Reliable
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
- Caring
- Respectful

Kevin A.
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Media
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted May 2022
A Standard for Social Media Management
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Hootsuite from other similar products?
It really makes an intuitive product that is easy to use for anyone. It also has lots of features like scheduling posts and the dashboard interface that makes it stand out.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
My favorite is how easy it is to use!
What do you dislike most about this product?
I dislike that I have to do it one at a time. It would be great to batch post on social channels.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would for sure try this out. It possible that you may not even need to have social media on your phone because you'll have the ability to talk and use it through hootsute. Saves so much time and you can be strategic about planning.
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Reliable
- Efficient Service
- Caring
Cons
- Leverages Incumbent Status