Social media management Category leader

Hootsuite

Social media management with inbox, listening and approvals

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Hootsuite is a social media management platform covering publishing, a unified inbox, brand and competitor monitoring, and analytics. Higher plans add approvals and automated replies, and Enterprise adds employee advocacy. A 14-day free trial is offered.

  • Multi-network publishing (not listed)
  • Content calendar (not listed)
  • Social inbox
  • Analytics reporting (not listed)
  • Approval workflow
  • Social listening

Also includes

  • AI caption writing
  • Competitor benchmarking
  • Employee advocacy

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Blotato

$29/mo 1–50 people

Social posting built for AI agents, API and automation

Key features

  • Multi-network publishing
  • Content calendar
  • Analytics reporting

Social media management Category leader

Buffer

Free plan· $5/channel/mo 1–500 people

Social scheduling, inbox and analytics priced per channel

Key features

  • Multi-network publishing
  • Content calendar
  • Social inbox
  • Analytics reporting
  • Approval workflow

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Postiz

$29/mo 1–50 people

Open-source social scheduler with AI writing and an API

Key features

  • Multi-network publishing
  • Content calendar
  • Analytics reporting