Compare Cision and SocialFlow - Oct 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Oct 23, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Cision or SocialFlow?

SocialFlow is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Cision, and SocialFlow is rated higher (84/100) than Cision (78/100). Cision offers users more features (8) than SocialFlow (4).

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. SocialFlow

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...

SocialFlow: SocialFlow’s technology solutions measurably improve your Brand’s ability to be successful in using social platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. We improve user engagement with your content, and therefore increase the rate at which users take action. We do this by using real-time data to understand the constantly changing interests of your a...

Who is more expensive? Cision or SocialFlow?

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 SocialFlow.

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. SocialFlow price starts at $99 per month , When comparing SocialFlow to its competitors, the software is rated 6 - similar to the average Social Media Management software cost.

Bottom line: SocialFlow is more expensive than Cision.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Cision Vs. SocialFlow 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.

SocialFlow: Publishing Social Content, Social Curation, Social Promotions, Template Creator.

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. Marketing is the first love for every brand, however, it becomes hard to measure its effectiveness.



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.

SocialFlow

ITQlick rating
(4/5)

starts at $99 per month

Launched in 2009, SocialFlow is a Social Media Optimisation platform that helps you improve the business performance on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter. Developed by Frank Speiser and Mike Perrone,...

Categories: Social Marketing, Social Media, Social Media Management.

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Cision: 8 Features

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

SocialFlow: 4 Features

Publishing Social Content
Social Curation
Social Promotions
Template Creator
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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SocialFlow
ITQlick rating
4/5
Score
84/100
Pricing
6.6/10
License pricing
$99 per month
Functionality
7
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
Adobe So...
ITQlick rating
3.5/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
5.4/10
License pricing
$52.99 per month
Functionality
8

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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.