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The result is an interconnected, single source of truth that empowers your teams to make more confident business decisions. Drive growth and reduce risk with data you can trust. With a clean, complete data foundation, your sales and marketing teams can align territories with a full view of account relationships. Reduce internal conflict and confusion over incomplete or bad data. Strengthen segmentation and targeting. Increase personalization and the quality/quantity of marketing-sourced leads. Improve accuracy of reporting and ROI analysis. 189 Ratings Visit Website Act! Act! Advantage is a full front-office CRM solution with all-new functionality that unites sales, marketing, and customer management in one intuitive, affordable platform to help you stay organized, attract new customers, and turn relationships into results. Act! 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About Brandwatch is a leading Consumer Intelligence and Social Media Management solution that empowers over 5,000 of the world's most admired companies to understand and engage with customers at the speed of social. Its Consumer Intelligence solution offers AI-enriched data from over 100m social and online sources helping data-driven organizations better understand how consumers feel about their brands, products and industry trends and topics. Within its Social Media Management solution, Brandwatch (formerly Falcon.io) offers features including social media listening, engagement, publishing, measurement, influencer marketing and customer data management. With Brandwatch, marketers and companies can deliver more personalized brand experiences across touchpoints, based on enriched customer profiles. This solution features a highly intuitive and collaborative UI and is complemented by the best support team in the business.	About Buffer is a suite of products to help you build your brand and connect with your customers online. Buffer is a suite of social media products made for modern, online brands, providing them with the tools they need for visual marketing, audience engagement, and analytics. Buffer's products help brands and individuals stand out online and drive meaningful engagement and measurable results for their business. The suite of publishing, engagement, and analytics tools helps more than 75,000 brands build remarkable online profiles.
Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Supported iPad Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Medium-sized to enterprise companies across a broad array of industries. Key industries include agencies, retail, CPG, education, financial services, healthcare, travel, and technology.	Audience Organizations of all types
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported	API Offers API Not Supported
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Pricing Flexible packages tailored to your needs. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Not Supported	Pricing $5 per month Pro, Premium, and Business plans are available. The plans are differentiated by the features offered and the users who can collaborate with you on your Buffer account. Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.0 / 5 ease 4.7 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 5.0 / 5 support 4.7 / 5 Read all reviews	Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.8 / 5 ease 4.9 / 5 features 4.6 / 5 design 4.8 / 5 support 4.7 / 5 Read all reviews
Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Brandwatch provides a single platform that combines social media marketing & user engagement. It additionally offers automated post publishing functionality to streamline your workflow, making your job easier. From a user perspective, managing the platform is highly intuitive & user-friendly. #1- It gives one platform for social media marketing with user engagement. #2- It also offers you automated post publishing to make your job easy. #3- In the usages point of view, it's very easy to manage. Super good layout and structure of the user interface which was nice. Works well and does what you'd need. Cons Overall, our experience was positive & we received a good response from the team. #1- We had a positive overall experience and response. I feel like it was too costly for what it does.	Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros One thing that I like very much with Buffer is the ability to schedule all posts and videos across all social platforms simultaneously. - User-frienndly and easy to use - Robust scheduling capabilities - Analytics that allows you to track performance of your posts across different platforms Buffer is one of the most straightforward products to use. They have a free trial where I can try scheduling for different social media. Best platform for scheduling your posts for social media accounts also easy to use. they have different features + they implement all my needs which I want from this app. Previously we scheduled content natively in each app. I needed a way to easily manage content on multiple platforms with a number of colleagues without giving everyone publishing access. Cons I do not have any major dislikes or discomfort with this product. - Basic content creation tools like the Pablo image creator that doesn't cover more sophisticated design needs, limited Analytics - Limited post customization for each platform The editing is quite limited. If the photo or video has a different ratio, you might expect it to look different. Because of that, I switched to some social media native scheduling options, which is not ideal if you want to see all the posts you schedule. They have high pricing also also the social media limitations. The software is a good-to-go software and quite easy to understand but initially while using and implementing all the tools and functions of the software. It confused our team regarding how to go further with the advanced scheduling and post-queuing but gradually we learned the process and worked on it flawlessly
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Not Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported
Company Information Brandwatch Founded: 2007 United Kingdom www.brandwatch.com	Company Information Buffer Founded: 2010 United States buffer.com
Alternatives GWI	Alternatives Postly Postly Technologies, Inc.
Revuze	Agorapulse
Imatag IMATAG	Loomly
Meltwater Meltwater Group	Sprout Social
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Categories AI Public Relations (PR) Supported AI Review Management Supported Audience Intelligence Supported Brand Management Supported Brand Monitoring Supported Brand Protection Supported Content Marketing Supported Marketing Account Intelligence Supported Media Monitoring Supported PR Analytics Supported Public Relations Supported Reputation Management Supported Sentiment Analysis Supported Social CRM Supported Social Listening Supported Social Media Advertising Supported Social Media Analytics Tools Supported Social Media Management Supported Social Media Marketing Supported Social Media Monitoring Supported	Categories AI Social Media Management Supported AI Social Media Post Generators Supported Social Listening Supported Social Media AI Agents Supported Social Media Analytics Tools Supported Social Media Management Supported Social Media Marketing Supported
Social Media Analytics Tools Features Campaign Analytics Supported Competitor Monitoring Supported Customizable Reports Supported Engagement Tracking Supported Influencer Tracking Supported Multi-Channel Data Collection Supported Social Media Management Features Automated Publishing Supported Brand Tracking Supported Content Management Supported Customer Engagement Supported Multi-Account Management Supported Multi-User Collaboration Supported Post Scheduling Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Social Media Monitoring Supported Social Media Marketing Features Analytics Supported Automated Publishing Not Supported Contact Management Supported Content Management Supported Conversion Tracking Supported Customer Targeting Supported Keyword Filtering Supported Multi-Account Management Supported Post Scheduling Supported Show More Features Audience Intelligence Features AI / Machine Learning Supported Audience Segmentation Supported Competitive Intelligence Supported Content Tracking Supported Data Visualization Supported Data-Driven Insights Supported Filters / Search Supported Image Recognition Supported Sentiment Analysis Supported Social Listening Supported Social Media Analytics Supported Trend Tracking Supported Brand Management Features Approval Process Control Supported Artwork Management Not Supported Asset Management Supported Change Management Not Supported Fulfillment Distribution Not Supported Project Management Supported Brand Protection Features Case Management Not Supported Domain Monitoring Supported Investigation Management Not Supported Marketplace Monitoring Not Supported Mobile App Monitoring Not Supported Paid Search Monitoring Not Supported Prioritization Not Supported Social Media Monitoring Supported Content Marketing Features Audience Targeting Supported Brand Management Supported Campaign Management Supported Categorization / Grouping Supported Conversion Tracking Not Supported Distribution Management Supported Editorial Calendar Supported Multi-Channel Publishing Supported Publish Scheduling Supported SEO Management Not Supported Social Media Management Supported Video Management Supported Media Monitoring Features Alerts / Notifications Supported Broadcast Media Monitoring Not Supported Content Translation Not Supported Dashboards / Reporting Supported Export Results Supported Online News Monitoring Not Supported Podcast Monitoring Not Supported Print Media Monitoring Not Supported Social Media Monitoring Supported Reputation Management Features Campaign Management Supported Gamification Not Supported Response Management Supported Review Generation Not Supported Review Monitoring Not Supported Sentiment Analysis Supported Social Media Metrics Supported Social Media Monitoring Supported White Label Not Supported Social CRM Features Calendar/Reminder System Supported Customer Support Supported Email Marketing Not Supported Lead Capture Not Supported Lead Nurturing Supported Live Chat Not Supported Marketing Automation Integration Supported Multi-Channel Social Integration Supported Social Media Monitoring Supported Task Management Supported Social Media Advertising Features Ad Buying Not Supported Ad Creation Not Supported Bulk Advertising Supported Campaign Management Supported Collaboration Tools Supported Comment / Reply Moderation Supported Digital Asset Management Supported Reporting / Analytics Supported Retargeting Supported Roles / Permissions Supported Social Media Monitoring Features Audience Segmentation Supported Competitive Analysis Supported Configurable Alerts Supported Customer Engagement Supported Dashboard Supported Impact Scoring Not Supported Influencer Tracking Supported Reputation Management Supported Sentiment Analysis Supported Trend Tracking Supported	Social Media Analytics Tools Features Campaign Analytics Not Supported Competitor Monitoring Not Supported Customizable Reports Supported Engagement Tracking Supported Influencer Tracking Not Supported Multi-Channel Data Collection Supported Social Media Management Features Automated Publishing Supported Brand Tracking Supported Content Management Supported Customer Engagement Supported Multi-Account Management Supported Multi-User Collaboration Supported Post Scheduling Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Social Media Monitoring Supported Social Media Marketing Features Analytics Supported Automated Publishing Supported Contact Management Not Supported Content Management Supported Conversion Tracking Supported Customer Targeting Not Supported Keyword Filtering Not Supported Multi-Account Management Supported Post Scheduling Supported
Integrations Audiense Supported Desktop.com Supported Facebook Supported Instagram Supported LinkedIn Supported X (Twitter) Supported Authy Not Supported Causal Not Supported ContentCal Not Supported Embedery Not Supported Eventbrite Not Supported Feedspot Not Supported Forsta Supported Integrate.io Not Supported Mailchimp Not Supported Martini Not Supported SalesBinder Not Supported Salesforce Agentforce Service Supported YouTube Supported journy.io Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 40 Integrations	Integrations Audiense Supported Desktop.com Supported Facebook Supported Instagram Supported LinkedIn Supported X (Twitter) Supported Authy Supported Causal Supported ContentCal Supported Embedery Supported Eventbrite Supported Feedspot Supported Forsta Not Supported Integrate.io Supported Mailchimp Supported Martini Supported SalesBinder Supported Salesforce Agentforce Service Not Supported YouTube Not Supported journy.io Supported Show More Integrations View All 125 Integrations
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