Marketing Review
Sprout Social
Deep Dive Analysis
Sprout Social handles publishing, engagement and reporting for social teams, with a strong emphasis on analytics.
Target Audience
Larger marketing teams that must report on social performance.
The Final Verdict
"Buy it for the reporting. If nobody reads the reports, you are paying for the wrong thing."
Best Alternatives to Sprout Social
What we checked
Public API
Offers a documented API you can build against.
Mobile app
Has a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.
Open source / self-hostable
Source is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.
SSO (SAML)
Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.
These are facts that can be checked, not opinions. Where we have not checked, it says so — we do not fill the gap with a guess.