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Social media & community management

Publish, listen and respond across social channels and communities.

37 services to examine against their role and your requirements.

When this category helps

Several people publish and respond on behalf of your brand.

A test before commitment

Test creation, approval, scheduling, moderation and access revocation on your actual networks.

The mistake to avoid

Available features depend on each network API and account type. Verify actual publishing.

Evidence to request

Inspect supported channels, publishing rights, moderation queues, reporting exports and team approvals.

Services to examine

This list includes different operating roles. Inclusion is not certification, independent testing or a guarantee of admission. Descriptions are editorial summaries; confirm current terms at the official source.

Social media & community management

Buffer

Social media publishing tools for managing and distributing content across channels.

Creators and social teams

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Social media & community management

Hootsuite

Social media operations software for scheduling, content creation, analytics and listening.

Social-media teams and enterprises

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Social media & community management

Agorapulse

Social media operations software for publishing, shared inboxes, monitoring, reporting and team collaboration.

Social teams and agencies

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Social media & community management

Metricool

Social media and advertising content management with scheduling and performance analysis.

Creators, brands and agencies

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Social media & community management

SocialBee

Social media management software with scheduling and content performance analysis.

Small businesses and agencies

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Social media & community management

Loomly

Social media collaboration, publishing and analytics platform for marketing teams.

Marketing and social teams

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Social media & community management

Planable

Social publishing collaboration tools for content creation, review, scheduling and approval.

Social-media collaboration teams

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Social media & community management

Planoly

Social content planner for creators managing posts and several channel accounts.

Creators and social-commerce brands

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Social media & community management

Sendible

Social media management platform for agencies and multi-location brands with dedicated workspaces.

Agencies and social teams

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Social media & community management

Iconosquare

Social media management for scheduling, analysis, reporting and listening across supported networks.

Social-media teams

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Social media & community management

Vista Social

Social media management tools for organising business channel activity.

Social teams and agencies

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Social media & community management

Publer

Social media scheduling, account management, collaboration and performance analysis tools.

Creators and small businesses

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Social media & community management

Missinglettr

Social marketing software for turning published content into posts and organising distribution.

Content and social teams

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Social media & community management

NapoleonCat

Social engagement software for conversation management, automated moderation and responses.

Social customer-care teams

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Social media & community management

Emplifi

Social media and customer experience tools for marketing, commerce and customer care.

Enterprise social and customer teams

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Social media & community management

Khoros

Community and social media platforms for organising customer conversations and engagement.

Enterprise communities and social teams

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Social media & community management

Brand24

Media monitoring across social networks, news, blogs, forums, podcasts and reviews.

Marketing and communications teams

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Social media & community management

Mention

Media monitoring and social publishing software for following audiences and responding to conversations.

Marketing and communications teams

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Social media & community management

Awario

Monitoring of brand and topic mentions across web and social sources for competitive and audience research.

Brands and agencies

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Social media & community management

Talkwalker

Social listening, media monitoring and competitive intelligence platform currently presented as Lumen by Talkwalker.

Enterprise brands and agencies

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Social media & community management

YouScan

Social publishing, listening, creator collaboration or community-management service for growing and serving an audience.

Brands and consumer-insight teams

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Social media & community management

Oktopost

B2B social engagement platform for organising and measuring business social marketing.

B2B marketing teams

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Social media & community management

Sociamonials

Social publishing and reporting software for coordinating and analysing channel activity.

Small businesses and agencies

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Social media & community management

SocialPilot

Social publishing, listening, creator collaboration or community-management service for growing and serving an audience.

Agencies and small businesses

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Social media & community management

Circleboom

Social media publishing software for content design, scheduling and distribution across supported networks.

Creators and social teams

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Social media & community management

Crowdfire

Social publishing, listening, creator collaboration or community-management service for growing and serving an audience.

Creators and small businesses

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Social media & community management

Tailwind

Pinterest content tools for keyword research, Pin creation and publishing schedules.

Pinterest and Instagram marketers

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Social media & community management

Dash Social

Social media management platform for coordinating brand channels and publishing workflows.

Consumer brands and agencies

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Social media & community management

Tagger by Sprout Social

Legacy Tagger creator intelligence technology now presented within Sprout Social's influencer offering.

Enterprise creator-marketing teams

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Social media & community management

Julius

Influencer research and campaign management software with creator profiles.

Brands and agencies

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Social media & community management

Billo

Creator matching and production service for videos intended for social advertising.

E-commerce brands

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Social media & community management

Bambuser

Video commerce platform for connecting interactive video content with shopping and audience engagement.

Retailers and live-shopping teams

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Social media & community management

CommentSold

Commerce software connecting live and shoppable video with social selling.

Social-commerce retailers

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Social media & community management

Manychat

Social publishing, listening, creator collaboration or community-management service for growing and serving an audience.

Creators and customer teams

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Social media & community management

Chatfuel

WhatsApp lead management and automation for qualification and sales funnel workflows.

Marketing and customer teams

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Social media & community management

Discord

Community communication platform for shared conversation, activities and moderated spaces.

Community-led businesses and creators

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Social media & community management

Bettermode

Community platform for creating branded customer portals, support forums and engagement spaces.

Community-led businesses

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