Compare Cision and Adobe Social - Oct 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Oct 23, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Cision or Adobe Social?

Adobe Social is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Cision, and Adobe Social is rated higher (91/100) than Cision (78/100). Cision offers users more features (8) than Adobe Social (5).

Looking for the right Social Media Management solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Viralheat Vs. Adobe

Viralheat: Viralheat is a social management platform that empowers enterprise businesses to use the social web to listen and learn about customers in order to build meaningful, deep, and relevant business connections across multiple social networks. Developed to provide a comprehensive and unified set of social marketing and management capabilities, Viralh...

Adobe: Adobe is changing the world through digital experiences. For more than two decades, Adobe has been at the heart of making engaging experiences happen, and we fuel the content creation and delivery ecosystem in a way no other technology company can. nnWhether it's a smartphone or tablet app, a game, a video, a digital magazine, a website, or an ...

Who is more expensive? Cision or Adobe Social?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Social Media Management software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Cision and Adobe Social.

Cision price starts at $9 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Viralheat is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Social Media Management software. Adobe Social price starts at $52.99 per month , When comparing Adobe Social to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Social Media Management software cost.

Bottom line: Adobe Social is more expensive than Cision.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Cision Vs. Adobe Social based on some of the most important and required Social Media Management features.

Cision: Facebook Integration, Foursquare Integration, Google Plus, Instagram Integration, LinkedIn Integration, Publishing Social Content, Social Analytics, Twitter Integration.

Adobe Social: Facebook Integration, Content Templates, Template Creator, Twitter Integration, WYSIWYG App Builder.

Target customer size

If you are a start-up organisation then Cision can help you to build your social reputation, in your primary market as well as on social media, effectively and also serves good up to big organisations. Adobe Social tries to do everything and fails in most.



Cision

ITQlick rating
(4.5/5)

starts at $9 per user/month

Viralheat’s enterprise social media management suite allows marketing teams to manage the social workflow within one platform, giving end-to-end visibility around campaign efforts and effectiveness. Seaml...

Categories: Social Media, Monitoring, Social Media Management.

Adobe Social

ITQlick rating
(3.5/5)

starts at $52.99 per month

Social marketing is all about relationships. With the new Adobe® Social, marketers finally have a comprehensive solution to build stronger connections through content that’s guided by tangible data. Create the ...

Categories: Social Media, Publishing, Social Selling.

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Cision: 8 Features

Facebook Integration
Foursquare Integration
Google Plus
Instagram Integration
LinkedIn Integration
Publishing Social Content
Social Analytics
Twitter Integration

Adobe Social: 5 Features

Facebook Integration
Content Templates
Template Creator
Twitter Integration
WYSIWYG App Builder
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
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Cision
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
78/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$9 per user/month
Functionality
11
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Adobe So...
ITQlick rating
3.5/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
5.4/10
License pricing
$52.99 per month
Functionality
8
Radian6
ITQlick rating
3.4/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
4.8/10
License pricing
$1,000 per organization/month
Functionality
8
Televerde
ITQlick rating
5/5
Score
92/100
Pricing
6/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
3
SocialRank
ITQlick rating
3.4/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$199 per year
Functionality
3

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.