--- description: Review of Sprout Social Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs on Software Advice Ireland. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: Sprout Social | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice IE --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Digital Magazine Software](/directory/4155/publishing-and-subscriptions/software) > [Sprout Social](/software/423495/sprout-social) # Sprout Social Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/423495/sprout-social Page: 1 / 26\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/423495/sprout-social?page=2) > Sprout Social is a cloud-based social media management solution that caters to businesses of all sizes and helps them to manage their audience interactions and marketing routines. Key features include automated publishing, conversation tracking, social content management, social media analytics and more. The solution features a "Smart Inbox," which combines the social media interactions from different social media websites. It helps users manage interactions by turning messages into tasks, assigning them to specific people and allowing team members collaborate on the assigned tasks. Sprout Social's social media publishing functionality automates the process of scheduling social media content and managing content approval for the content before publishing. By using Sprout Social's reporting and social media analytics functionalities, users can monitor social media performance of the brand across various platforms. Sprout Social offers services on a monthly subscription basis that includes support via phone, email and other online resources. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 606 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 606 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Sprout Social - **Location**: Chicago, US - **Founded**: 2010 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$199.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: It is available across four pricing plans, outlined below: Standard: $199 per user/month (billed annually) Professional: $299 per user/month (billed annually) Advanced: $399 per user/month (billed annually) Enterprise: Contact Sprout Social for pricing details. A 30-day free-trial is also available. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, Italian, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Malta, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - @mentions - API - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Ad hoc Reporting - Alerts/Notifications - Assignment Management - Audience Targeting - Automated Publishing - Automated Scheduling - Benchmarking - Brand Tracking - CRM - Calendar Management - Campaign Analytics - Campaign Management - Campaign Tracking - Categorisation/Grouping - Charting - Collaboration Tools ## Integrations (31 total) - Adobe Experience Manager - Bynder - Canva - Dropbox Business - Feedly - Glassdoor - Google Analytics 360 - Google Drive - Google My Business Review Manager - HubSpot CRM - Instagram - LinkedIn for Business - Meta for Business - Microsoft Teams - Opal ... and 16 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Digital Magazine Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4155/publishing-and-subscriptions/software) ## Related Categories - [Digital Magazine Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4155/publishing-and-subscriptions/software) - [Customer Engagement Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/508/customer-engagement/software) - [Social Media Marketing Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/3905/social-media-marketing/software) - [Reputation Management Software](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/4509/reputation-management/software) - [Social Media Management Tools](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/directory/1666/social-media/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Hootsuite](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/137620/hootsuite) — 4.4/5 (3795 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Social media needs" — 5.0/5 > **Hilary** | *19 March 2026* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Sprout Social offers powerful scheduling, analytics, and engagement tools that make managing social media efficient. > > **Cons**: The platform can be expensive for small teams, and some advanced features take time to fully understand and utilize. > > Overall, Sprout Social is a strong, professional platform that streamlines social media management and reporting. ----- ### "Great option for medium -large organizations" — 4.0/5 > **Jeb** | *14 January 2025* | Publishing | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: The reports and UI are what I like the most. > > **Cons**: We were priced out of the service. We like it but can't afford it. > > Overall we really like what Sprout Social has to offer. It's been one of the best social SAAS services I've used. ----- ### "Sprout Social: All your social media accounts and tasks in a single smart inbox" — 5.0/5 > **Román** | *24 September 2019* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The most useful tool of Sprout Social is the smart inbox, which brings together all the interactions, messages and comments of all social media profiles that are handled in a single working queue. This allows you to easily manage large amounts of work and is particularly useful for CRM jobs with social networks. > > **Cons**: The limited capacity to conduct complex social listening research. > > Sprout Social has helped us solve the problem of working with several accounts at the same time, especially with clients that use social networks as customer service channels for their services and companies. Sprout Social's server capacity and the overall stability of the platform are also remarkable. When a certain scale is reached in the number of users and managed profiles, the cost-benefit ratio increases positively. ----- ### "Sprout Social" — 4.0/5 > **Richard** | *29 October 2025* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to use, simple interface and reliable social publishing. Also has a social advocacy bolt on which is useful for getting employees to share content. > > **Cons**: Reporting felt quite limited, customer success managers and account management was also not great. Sometimes we felt like an inconvenience. > > Overall positive. It was a strong tool that did what we needed for a medium size business. Fairly cost effective too. ----- ### "SproutSocial for Your Social Media Engagement Reports" — 4.0/5 > **Laura** | *4 April 2025* | Marketing & Advertising | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: SproutSocial is a great social media scheduling and engagement report tool and can be used by all types of businesses, companies, and agencies looking to streamline their digital posting and social analytics. > > **Cons**: There are times when certain metrics display incomplete data and you need the assistance of Sprout Support to backfill missing data points. > > Overall, SproutSocial provides a basic overview of your social media post engagements and is useful for determining which posts performed better than others. ----- Page: 1 / 26\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/423495/sprout-social?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.ie/software/423495/sprout-social) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data