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Both cover analytics and social media management. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Social analytics priced by profile
Bulk scheduling across many client accounts
Iconosquare | SocialPilot | |
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| Starting price (they differ) | From $39 | From $20 |
| Pricing model | Free trial, then paid | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| API | Yes | Not stated |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Social analytics priced by profile
Iconosquare reports on social accounts and charges by how many profiles are being watched, which is the right shape for somebody managing a handful of them and the wrong one for a single creator with a single account. Scheduling sits beside the reporting, so posting and measuring are not two subscriptions. Competitor tracking and industry benchmarks are the part agencies buy it for. Post allowances are set per plan, which matters more than it sounds for anybody publishing daily across several profiles.
Our note
Fix your profile count before comparing tiers, because that is the axis the pricing actually turns on and the plan names distract from it. Metricool is the cheaper option at small scale, and this one earns its price when client-ready reporting is the deliverable.
Bulk scheduling across many client accounts
SocialPilot is built around the case where one person posts for ten brands rather than for one. Bulk upload takes a spreadsheet of hundreds of posts at once, client management keeps each account's approvals apart, and the reports go out under an agency's own name rather than the tool's. A solo creator will find that more machinery than the job needs. Anybody who has started posting on behalf of other people is the reader it was priced for, and extra accounts are billed separately from extra seats.
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| Not stated |
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| Their cut | None | None |
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| Runs on (they differ) | Web | Web, iOS, Android |
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| Covers | Analytics, Social Media Management | Social Media Management, Analytics |
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| Works with | Nothing in particular | Instagram, LinkedIn |
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| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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Our note
Pick this one for the bulk upload and the client separation, not for the composer. If you post for a single brand you are paying for machinery you will never open.
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