Compare Cision and Radian6 - Oct 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Oct 23, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Cision or Radian6?

Radian6 is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Cision, and Radian6 is rated higher (92/100) than Cision (78/100). Cision offers users more features (8) than Radian6 (5).

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Who is more expensive? Cision or Radian6?

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 Radian6.

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. Radian6 price starts at $1,000 per organization/month , When comparing Radian6 to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Social Media Management software cost.

Bottom line: Radian6 is more expensive than Cision.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Cision Vs. Radian6 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.

Radian6: Business Content Sharing, Publishing Social Content, Social Analytics, Social Customer Care, Social Sales.

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. Radian6 is proves to be an efficient tool for all business organizations.



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.

Radian6

ITQlick rating
(3.4/5)

starts at $1,000 per organization/month

Radian6 is a cloud-based social media monitoring & analysis that offers automated tracking of conversations across various online channels from websites to social media.

Categories: Social Media, Customer Care, Monitoring.

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Cision: 8 Features

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

Radian6: 5 Features

Business Content Sharing
Publishing Social Content
Social Analytics
Social Customer Care
Social Sales
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)
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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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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
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.