Hootsuite vs Sprout Social

The pair most agencies and in-house teams shortlist together.

Hootsuitehootsuite.com

Public transparency

83/100BBand B

Rank 1 of 26 in Social media management

Data processing agreement: found
Subprocessor list: found
Data location stated: found
Status page with history: found
Public pricing: found
Certifications named: found
Uptime SLA with a figure: not found
HTTPS enforced with HSTS: found
No third-party tracking before consent: not found
security.txt (RFC 9116): not found
Notice before subprocessors change: found
Named privacy contact: found

Checked 2026-09-0612 checks

9point difference1differing criterion

Sprout Socialsproutsocial.com

Public transparency

74/100BBand B

Rank 3 of 26 in Social media management

Data processing agreement: found
Subprocessor list: found
Data location stated: found
Status page with history: found
Public pricing: found
Certifications named: found
Uptime SLA with a figure: not found
HTTPS enforced with HSTS: found
No third-party tracking before consent: not found
security.txt (RFC 9116): not found
Notice before subprocessors change: not found
Named privacy contact: found

Checked 2026-09-0612 checks

1 difference out of 12 criteria we could measure for both, last measured 2026-09-06. They match on 11 of the 12 criteria we could measure for both.

Public transparency score, not a product or security rating. This page compares what these two vendors publish, not what their products do.

Criterion by criterion

Criterion	Hootsuite	Sprout Social
Notice before subprocessors change	Found Source `https://www.hootsuite.com/legal/data-processing-addendum`	Not found, 8 addresses checked 8 addresses `https://sproutsocial.com/legal/subprocessors` – reached, no match (HTTP 200) `https://sproutsocial.com/subprocessors` – reached, no match (HTTP 200) `https://sproutsocial.com/sub-processors` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://sproutsocial.com/legal/dpa` – reached, no match (HTTP 200) `https://sproutsocial.com/dpa` – reached, no match (HTTP 200) `https://sproutsocial.com/legal/data-processing-agreement` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://sproutsocial.com/trust/subprocessors` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://sproutsocial.com/legal/sub-processors` – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
Data processing agreement	Found Source `https://www.hootsuite.com/legal/data-processing-addendum`	Found Source `https://sproutsocial.com/legal/dpa/`
Subprocessor list	Found Source `https://www.hootsuite.com/legal/subprocessor-list`	Found Source `https://sproutsocial.com/legal/subprocessors/`
Data location stated	Found Source `https://www.hootsuite.com/legal/privacy`	Found Source `https://sproutsocial.com/legal/privacy-policy/`
Status page with history	Found Source `https://status.hootsuite.com/`	Found Source `https://www.sproutsocialstatus.com/index.html`
Public pricing	Found Source `https://www.hootsuite.com/plans`	Found Source `https://sproutsocial.com/pricing/`
HTTPS enforced with HSTS	Found Source `https://hootsuite.com/`	Found Source `https://sproutsocial.com/`
No third-party tracking before consent	Not found, 1 address checked 1 address `https://hootsuite.com/` – third-party requests before any interaction: a4894383279964160.cdn.optimizely.com, app.qualified.com, cdn.optimizely.com, cdn3.optimizely.com, cdnjs.cloudflare.com, fonts.googleapis.com, fonts.gstatic.com, images.ctfassets.net, js.qualified.com, logx.optimizely.com, o3805.ingest.us.sentry.io, pagead2.googlesyndication.com, sdk.userledclient.io, tracking-api.g2.com, utt.impactcdn.com, www.googletagmanager.com	Not found, 1 address checked 1 address `https://sproutsocial.com/` – third-party requests before any interaction: ad.doubleclick.net, assets.adobedtm.com, bat.bing.com, cdn.bizible.com, cdn.cookielaw.org, connect.facebook.net, js.qualified.com, js.storylane.io, munchkin.marketo.net, p.teads.tv, snap.licdn.com, www.google.com, www.googletagmanager.com, www.redditstatic.com
Certifications named	Found Source `https://trustcenter.hootsuite.com/`	Found Source `https://sproutsocial.com/security/`
Uptime SLA with a figure	Not found, 6 addresses checked 6 addresses `https://hootsuite.com/legal/sla` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://hootsuite.com/sla` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://hootsuite.com/legal/service-level-agreement` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://hootsuite.com/trust/sla` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://hootsuite.com/uptime` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://hootsuite.com/legal/uptime-sla` – reached, no match (HTTP 404)	Not found, 6 addresses checked 6 addresses `https://sproutsocial.com/legal/sla` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://sproutsocial.com/sla` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://sproutsocial.com/legal/service-level-agreement` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://sproutsocial.com/trust/sla` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://sproutsocial.com/uptime` – reached, no match (HTTP 404) `https://sproutsocial.com/legal/uptime-sla` – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
security.txt (RFC 9116)	Not found, 1 address checked 1 address `https://hootsuite.com/.well-known/security.txt` – reached, no match (HTTP 404)	Not found, 1 address checked 1 address `https://sproutsocial.com/.well-known/security.txt` – reached, no match (HTTP 404)
Named privacy contact	Found Source `https://www.hootsuite.com/legal/privacy`	Found Source `https://sproutsocial.com/legal/privacy-policy/`

Differences first, then by weight. A cross is what we found at the addresses we checked on that date, not a statement about what either vendor has.

The full labels

Every criterion with its weight, and the band each vendor lands in.

Transparency labelsaas-ranking.com

Hootsuite

hootsuite.com · Social media management

B 83of 100 Rank 1 of 26

Published commitments8 of 9 found

foundData processing agreement×3
foundSubprocessor list×3
foundData location stated×3
foundStatus page with history×2
foundPublic pricing×2
foundNotice before subprocessors change×2
foundCertifications named×1
not foundUptime SLA with a figure×1
foundNamed privacy contact×1

Measured behaviour1 of 3 found

foundHTTPS enforced with HSTS×2
not foundNo third-party tracking before consent×2
not foundsecurity.txt (RFC 9116)×1

Checked 2026-09-06. Every line links the page we found it on. A cross means we found nothing at the addresses we checked, not that the vendor has no such document. A transparency score, not a product rating.

Transparency labelsaas-ranking.com

Sprout Social

sproutsocial.com · Social media management

B 74of 100 Rank 3 of 26

Published commitments7 of 9 found

foundData processing agreement×3
foundSubprocessor list×3
foundData location stated×3
foundStatus page with history×2
foundPublic pricing×2
not foundNotice before subprocessors change×2
foundCertifications named×1
not foundUptime SLA with a figure×1
foundNamed privacy contact×1

Measured behaviour1 of 3 found

foundHTTPS enforced with HSTS×2
not foundNo third-party tracking before consent×2
not foundsecurity.txt (RFC 9116)×1

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