Social media management vendors, ranked by transparency
Social media scheduling and management tools, ranked by what they publish about how they handle your data.
- 26Vendors
- 25Ranked
- 12Criteria each
- 2026-08-31Checked
| # | Vendor | Score | DPA | Subproc. | Region | Status | Pricing | Certs | SLA | HSTS | Consent | sec.txt | Notice | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hootsuite | 80 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 2 | Sprout Social | 80 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 3 | Statusbrew | 80 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 4 | Dash Social | 75 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 5 | Emplifi | 65 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 6 | Publer | 60 | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 7 | Vista Social | 55 | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 8 | Agorapulse | 50 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 9 | ContentStudio | 50 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | – | – |
| 10 | Buffer | 45 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 11 | CoSchedule | 45 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 12 | Planable | 45 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 13 | Khoros | 40 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 14 | Loomly | 40 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 15 | SocialPilot | 40 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 16 | Later | 35 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 17 | Metricool | 35 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 18 | Sendible | 35 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 19 | Sprinklr | 35 | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | – | – |
| 20 | Swat.io | 30 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 21 | Blog2Social | 25 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | – | – |
| 22 | Brandwatch | 25 | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 23 | Storyheap | 20 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 24 | Fanpage Karma | 15 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| 25 | Iconosquare | 10 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | – |
| Napoleon Cat | not enough data | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | – | ✗ | – | – | – |
This category, criterion by criterion
How this market does on each criterion, with its own share and how it compares with the rest.
Data processing agreement · Subprocessor list · Data location stated · Status page with history · Public pricing · Certifications named · Uptime SLA with a figure · HTTPS enforced with HSTS · No third-party tracking before consent · security.txt (RFC 9116)
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