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HootSuite vs Khoros Social Media Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

HootSuite
Ranking in Social CRM
2nd
Ranking in Social Media Management Solutions
3rd
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Social Media Analytics Software (1st)
Khoros Social Media Management
Ranking in Social CRM
8th
Ranking in Social Media Management Solutions
7th
Average Rating
6.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Social Media Management Solutions category, the mindshare of HootSuite is 11.1%, down from 17.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Khoros Social Media Management is 7.7%, down from 10.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Social Media Management Solutions Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HootSuite11.1%
Khoros Social Media Management7.7%
Other81.2%
Social Media Management Solutions
 

Featured Reviews

Tom Wondra - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Leonard and Sons
Social campaigns have been scheduled efficiently and posting now saves a full staff position
The best features HootSuite offers are that it connects to the social platforms that I'm interested in and it's easy to use and to understand. HootSuite is easy to use for me because it's intuitive in the way that you need to set up posting campaigns and to load the particular posts so that they show up the way you'd like them to and in the timing that you'd like them to. HootSuite has positively impacted my organization by making it easy for us to post our socials without having to add staff.
reviewer2715654 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director and Marketing Consultant at a non-tech company with 1-10 employees
Collaborative approvals have streamlined social content planning but interface design needs improvement
I think the best features Khoros Social Media Management offers are the publishing approvals and that all the team can collaborate on this platform, and also the calendar reviews, so we can see what is going to be published, what is next, what has been published, etc. Publishing approvals feature is definitely helping to streamline the workflow, and I think this is one of the key features of this platform. Calendar reviews were helpful for planning. Khoros Social Media Management impacts my organization positively by improving efficiency due to the approvals and the coordination of teamwork. I think it was good that there is a feature of multi-team collaboration, and in this way, we could collaborate with and approve things much more easily.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"HootSuite is an easy way to get social media posts out, as you're able to upload and schedule posts in the future, which saves time and allows for the continuity of having the same post across various platforms."
"Customer Service: Great. Technical Support: Good."
"HootSuite has an AI engine to suggest trending topics related to our business. The engine works really well and comes up with excellent suggestions for more posts."
"It has a social media presence outside of the hours people are able to devote to an organization."
"One of the best things about HootSuite is their clear UX design that is easy to navigate around the platform, and also to see the social media calendar of the clients, so we can see on which channel which post is going when and how the posts look."
"Hootsuite feels like an all-in-one tool; I can publish content on Hootsuite and then answer comments, which is what I do for my customers."
"With the centralized place for us to manage all our customer conversations and all of our social media engagement, HootSuite has helped us save a lot of time."
"HootSuite has positively impacted my organization by making it easy for us to post our socials without having to add staff."
"Khoros Social Media Management impacts my organization positively by improving efficiency due to the approvals and the coordination of teamwork."
"Khoros Social Media Management has positively impacted our organization in that the community management tool has been really helpful to our customers, saving a lot of cases."
 

Cons

"There are a few issues with it being somewhat glitchy and the timeline not showing up consistently as of recently, but overall, it is a great product."
"Sometimes the suggestions or the content suggestions that the OwlyWriter AI gives are not up to the mark that we want."
"Last I checked, you can't schedule Twitter threads where each tweet is a reply to a previous tweet."
"Before choosing HootSuite, I evaluated the sales team, which is acceptable, but I need the legal team, the finance team, and integration about the pipeline, which is not very good."
"I advise against using Hootsuite."
"The company should reduce the pricing to make it easier for companies to deploy to larger social teams."
"The pricing would be great if it were free. It costs $99 per month, which is quite expensive."
"Bulk scheduling."
"Customer support has been very good earlier, but recently I feel it has degraded."
"I think the main issue is Khoros Social Media Management's interface and the UX design, as it is less modern compared to other social media tools that we were using."
 

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
14%
Media Company
11%
University
9%
Outsourcing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HootSuite?
HootSuite can connect better with more social media platforms, maybe additional email platforms as well. As companies such as Instagram and LinkedIn are offering scheduling also in their platform, ...
What is your primary use case for HootSuite?
We have been using HootSuite to manage our clients' social media channels, ranging from Instagram to X to TikTok to LinkedIn and other social media channels. We have been scheduling posts for these...
What advice do you have for others considering HootSuite?
The features that I suggested are the ones that would be better to see in terms of scheduling and the price. I gave a high rating because it was very easy to understand the UX and navigate around. ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Khoros Social Media Management?
Our client was paying for Khoros Social Media Management, so we did not have direct costs associated with us.
What needs improvement with Khoros Social Media Management?
I think the main issue is Khoros Social Media Management's interface and the UX design, as it is less modern compared to other social media tools that we were using. The outdated UX design is the m...
What is your primary use case for Khoros Social Media Management?
For social media management, our client was using Khoros Social Media Management, so we had to learn and start using this platform to help them as a part of our work. It was to view social media po...
 

Also Known As

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Khoros Care, Spredfast
 

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Sample Customers

Vega, TicketLeap, Radio Italia, The PureMatter Agency, Kiva, The Vancouver Canucks
HP, Rogers, BeyondBank Australia
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