Compare Cision and Hootsuite - Oct 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Oct 23, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Cision or Hootsuite?

Cision is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Hootsuite, and Hootsuite is rated higher (93/100) than Cision (78/100). Hootsuite offers users more features (15) than Cision (8). There is a clear winner in this case and it is Hootsuite!

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. Hootsuite

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...

Hootsuite: Hootsuite is a social media management system for businesses and organizations to collaboratively execute campaigns across multiple social networks from one secure, web-based dashboard. Launch marketing campaigns, identify and grow audiences, and distribute targeted messages using Hootsuite’s unique social media dashboard. Streamline team workfl...

Who is more expensive? Cision or Hootsuite?

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 Hootsuite.

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. Hootsuite price starts at $49 per user/month , When comparing Hootsuite to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average Social Media Management software cost.

Bottom line: Cision cost is around the same cost of Hootsuite.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Cision Vs. Hootsuite 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.

Hootsuite: Blogger Integration, Business Content Sharing, Facebook Integration, Flickr Integration, Foursquare Integration.

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. Hootsuite is perfect for companies of all shapes and sizes.

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.

Hootsuite

ITQlick rating
(4.4/5)

starts at $49 per user/month

Hootsuite is the world’s most widely used social media relationship platform with more than 10 million users, including 744 of the Fortune 1000 companies that trust Hootsuite to manage their social media prog...

Categories: Financial reporting, Data Analysis Tools, Content Management, Customer Loyalty, Team Collaboration.

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Cision: 8 Features

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

Hootsuite: 15 Features

Blogger Integration
Business Content Sharing
Facebook Integration
Flickr Integration
Foursquare Integration
Global Content Library
Google Plus
Instagram Integration
LinkedIn Integration
Publishing Social Content
Social Analytics
Social Customer Care
Social Promotions
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
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
Functionality score
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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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Hootsuite
ITQlick rating
4.4/5
Score
93/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$49 per user/month
Functionality
31
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.