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Too many brands suck at social. Yours doesn’t have to. It starts with the right tools. Thousands of brands rely on Hootsuite’s platform and solutions to launch brilliant social campaigns, deliver 5-star social commerce experiences, and manage all their customer conversations in one place. With Hootsuite, you can confidently schedule posts across multiple social networks (including Instagram, TikTok, Threads, X (Twitter), Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube), manage organic and paid social content together, easily keep track of customer conversations, and gain actionable real-time insights from social media to make critical business decisions—all from one intuitive dashboard. As the world’s most widely trusted social media management solution, Hootsuite can set you up for success with expert certifications, training, and coaching in social marketing, social listening, customer care, and social commerce. Push your results further and get more from social with Hootsuite.

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Hootsuite is the leader in social media management, trusted by more than 18 million users. With Hootsuite, you can confidently schedule posts, engage in conversations, and track your social performance, all in one place, giving you the right tools to grow your brands, businesses, and customer relationships with social.


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Hootsuite
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Year Founded
2008
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Vancouver, BC
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7,052,624 Twitter followers
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1,664 employees on LinkedIn®
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Hootsuite is a leading global provider of social media management software. With over 210,000 paid accounts and millions of users, Hootsuite powers social media for brands and organizations around the world, with unparalleled expertise in social media management, social insights, employee advocacy, social selling, and social customer care. Hootsuite's comprehensive, easy-to-use platform empowers brands and organizations to build enduring relationships with their audiences on social, at scale through social networks and 1:1 messaging channels. Hootsuite Academy, the industry-leading online learning platform, educates and inspires brands, organizations, and individuals about the power of social media. Hootsuite Academy has delivered over one million courses to over half a million people worldwide.


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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Good Organisational and Analytical Tool"
You can easily plan, organise and schedule posts on hootsuite. I think the analytics side of hootsuite is also useful however i use it less.
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great tool for social media management"
The ability to manage multiple accounts all in one location. We manage several different brands and it allows us to tackle social posting without c...
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great workflow!"
The approval process within Hootsuite makes connecting and sharing with clients for review super easy!

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Sales Administrator
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Hootsuite?

Hootsuite makes managing social media an absolute breeze! It integrates perfectly with Linkedin. The user-friendly interface and intuitive dashboard allow me to easily implement a scheduled post, and share content effortlessly across multiple platforms. I love how easy it is to navigate, saving me time and keeping my social media strategy organized. Whether you're a small business owner or a social media pro, Hootsuite is a game-changer. Highly recommend, I use it very frequently! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hootsuite?

What's not to like? I only wish I'd discovered it sooner! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Hootsuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hootsuite has made crossposting and sharing my workplace’s content incredibly easy! The intuitive dashboard allows me to schedule and publish posts across multiple platforms seamlessly, saving time and ensuring consistency in our messaging. Since using Hootsuite, we’ve been able to reach more connections and expand our audience effortlessly. It’s been a huge asset in growing our online presence and engagement. Highly recommend for any team looking to streamline their social media strategy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Head of Marketing Europe
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Hootsuite?

We love the ability to manage multiple social accounts from a single platform, and the integration of our approval workflow (two sets of eyes) ensures every post is reviewed before publishing. The reporting tools are excellent—especially when combined with tagging, which allows for deeper analysis by country. Hootsuite has become our go-to tool for day-to-day social media management across a complex mix of brands and geographies. It's easy to use, quick to implement, and the responsive customer support is a real bonus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hootsuite?

Nothing major but at times, some accounts disconnect and it creates some work to re-add Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Hootsuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hootsuite helps us streamline social media management across multiple brands and regions, which was previously a time-consuming and disjointed process. By centralizing all our social accounts in one place and enabling a clear approval workflow, we’ve improved consistency, compliance, and efficiency in our posting. The ability to tag content and generate detailed reports by country allows us to track performance more effectively and make data-driven decisions. Overall, it saves us time, reduces errors, and helps us deliver more impactful social media campaigns tailored to each market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Digital Communications Coordinator and Graphic Designer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Hootsuite?

We love Hootsuite for reporting, tracking ad performance, creating relationships with customers for our clients, and how easy it is to use! We use this tool every day. The support we get for Enterprise is top quality and efficient. We had a very smooth integration and implementation process with the help of our account support person. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hootsuite?

The only thing we struggle with is the API functions and capability between networks. Due to this we still have to go back and forth into the native applications to do certain tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Hootsuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cuts our workload in half for our team. This allows our team to spend more time in other areas of our clients' business, such as building relationships, spending more time on quality graphics, and administrative duties. This allows our team to complete client duties in half the time as it used to! We used to have to do each platform individually and now we can do a lot of things in one step. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Graduate Assistant
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Hootsuite?

Hootsuite is a good starter program for social media management. The calendar feature is useful to be able to plan out content for a couple of days. The approval tool is nice and helps for content needing approval. The stream is an interesting way to see content laid out. Analytics is relatively useful except for its slight quirks and limitations. Customer support is quick and they have a lot of videos for training. I've attended some of their webinars as well, which have been relatively useful. We use this relatively often and I use the tags features on a daily basis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hootsuite?

The create feature is nice, except the design tools in the software are limited. The Canva extension is useful, but the fact that you can't log in is frustrating because it won't save your design. Content created using the extension is editable if you send it for approval. Analytics are limited and sometimes don't have all the old data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Hootsuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hootsuite is attempting to solve the problem of managing our social media channels. Overall, it benefits my job as I don't have to log into our separate accounts. It makes me easily able to grab analytics for the month for our reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Digital Communications Coordinator
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
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Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Hootsuite?

We use Hootsuite now after using Sprout Social for several years. We've found that Hootsuite allows our team to manage workload easier by having the ability to cross-post to nearly all platforms at one time for each of our clients. Also, managing private messages and comments takes less time from our team members each day, including Hootsuite's ability to filter and automate responses to certain types of messages. What I have been most impressed with is Hootsuite's customer account team and implementation processes. We have had dedicated people that are always there when we need them and are very helpful when we come across issues. We use Hootsuite every single day, at all hours of the day to manage content publishing. It is very easy to train employees to use. With our plan, we can integrate as many social media accounts as we need into Hootsuite. We also love the reporting and analytics tools, as it can separate organic posts vs paid/sponsored posts. I love being able to customize my reports and format it to fit each client's needs to show the most powerful data and results that make an impact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hootsuite?

There are only a few things:

1. Facebook sharing

2. Filtering out/Removing spam and malicious links in comments/messages (also reporting spam/banning user)

3. Change cover photos/profile pictures

4. A big one: white-labeling reports. We can have our logo, yet they still all show Hootsuite on them.

5. We can't see or respond to Facebook reviews!

I understand each platform's API is the reason for most limitations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Hootsuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

Posting on multiple platforms for each client. We don't have to sign in and out of every single account to make posts, so we can schedule ahead and even promote the ad all in one step. This saves our team members so much time to be able to give extra support in other areas for our clients. Our clients also love the easy to understand and custom reports we give them each month from Hootsuite. This saves us again from going into each account and platform to pull analytics one by one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KP
Marketing Ops Specialist
Computer Software
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Hootsuite?

I love how Hootsuite streamlines social media scheduling and reporting. The platform makes it easy to manage multiple accounts, schedule posts in advance, and pull analytics for performance tracking. The interface is user-friendly, and the integration with other tools like Zapier simplifies automation. Plus, the ability to collaborate with team members is a huge plus! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hootsuite?

While Hootsuite is a powerful tool, there are a few areas that could be improved. The analytics, while useful, sometimes lack the depth needed for more detailed reporting. Some integrations could be more seamless, and the pricing can be a bit high compared to alternatives. Additionally, the platform occasionally experiences lags when managing multiple accounts, which can slow down workflow efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Hootsuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hootsuite helps streamline social media scheduling, making it easy to plan and automate posts across multiple platforms, saving time and ensuring consistency. Its analytics provide valuable insights into engagement and performance, which helps optimize content strategy. By integrating with tools like Zapier and DreamData, Hootsuite simplifies data collection for monthly and quarterly reports, reducing manual work. It also supports UTM tracking, allowing for better monitoring of organic social traffic and conversions. Managing multiple accounts from a single dashboard enhances efficiency, making social media management more organized and data-driven. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BM
Social Media Manager
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Hootsuite?

It's a one-stop-shop for social media. Content and copy creation and generation, product integrations, social listening, backend management, community engagement, etc. Previously, I was having to do everything natively. Having everything in one location immediately simplifies and centralizes my workflow.

Analytics are super helpful. As each platform measures differently, having them in one template in one location helps tremendously. Replying to messages and seeing tags? These are things I would typically commonly miss. With the inbox, it filters through everything. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hootsuite?

I don't think the social listening tool, at least on the basic account, is all that great.

I think the trainings are relatively redundant. In my opinion, the first training with our team should have started off with how to post and other basics, not tags and approval workflows. I wish the trainings were 1:1 with my customer succcess team so I can actively ask clarifying questions instead of having to put them in a box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Hootsuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

Honestly, just centralizing everything, especially analytics. It helps keep everything in one spot. My workflow is much cleaner. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KA
Junior Graphic and Web Designer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
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What do you like best about Hootsuite?

Hootsuite has been a real game-changer when it comes to managing our company's social media. We are still getting familiar with all of the features it has to offer, but we love being able to schedule our posts in advance and the ability to post to each platform at once. The new AI features that have been integrated are great and I'm sure will continue to advance in quality. Getting to share our posts as drafts to other team members is also a huge plus and allows our CEO to approve posts easily without taking too much time out of his day. Reviewing our progress and engagement across all the platforms allows us to make immediate changes to our strategy and provides a visual for what's working and what's not. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hootsuite?

I'm not sure if I just haven't figured it out yet, but it seems limiting when it comes to making posts with multiple slides. This could completely just be my unfamiliarity with all the tools, but if it is possible, its not obvious. The account / profile settings also has less-than-ideal UI. Sort of hard to navigate...the interface with connecting advertising accounts is a little weird and maybe should be organized with the initial social media account connection set up. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Hootsuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hootsuite helps solve the challenges of managing multiple social media accounts by providing a place for scheduling all of our posts, publishing, and monitoring content across various channels. It streamlines workflow by allowing me to plan and schedule posts in advance, ensuring a consistent and strategic content calendar.

Additionally, Hootsuite’s analytics tools provide great insights into engagement and our audience's likes and dislikes, helping me refine our social media strategy and make immediate improvements. The ability to track brand mentions and manage conversations on multiple platforms also makes it easier to engage with our followers and stay ahead of industry trends. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KM
Social media specialist
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Hootsuite?

I've found that most of these social media management platforms have pretty similar features, but the thing that sets different companies apart is the insight and knowledge support reps provide to the client. My Hootsuite rep is very well-versed in the product, he's able to answer most of my questions on the spot, not having to take everything back to another member of his team and follow up with me. It's incredibly helpful to have that support and have it so immediately. I use Hootsuite every day and have no issues that my rep is not able to assist with. The interface is fairly straightforward and intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hootsuite?

There are a few features that I have become accustomed to with previous management tools that are not yet available on Hootsuite, such as a seamless link in bio integration, Reel upload features and the ability to grab historical data from our previous platform (not that that's Hootsuite's fault). Overall, it's a great product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Hootsuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hootsuite allows me to schedule and duplicate multiple posts in the planner without having to natively post/schedule. It cuts down on time and provides in-depth reporting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MM
Creative Content Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Seller invite
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Hootsuite?

I appreciate the platform's multiple features that reduce the time and effort required for scheduling, so that you can spend more time creating content rather than the tedious tasks that come along with social media management. I like that have access to the majority of Social Platforms through one centralized system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Hootsuite?

Hootsuite feels very B2B sales targeted. The AI and features that come with the platform are targeted for messaging that doesn't allows fit my brand voice. As a DMO, we are selling a destination, rather than a platform. So many of the features aren't necessarily relevant for our team. In the future, I would love to see Hootsuite's AI be able to learn and adjust with the brand voice to better meet individuals needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Hootsuite solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hootsuite solved our team's issue of not having a way to streamline scheduling content for our various platforms. Having the ability to post and version content from one place has cut down on time our organization spends scheduling, and has provided us a more organized process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.