Alternatives to Brandwatch
Other Social media management vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Brandwatch does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 25 that differ from Brandwatch on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Brandwatch has 8 gaps in what we could measure: Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, Uptime SLA with a figure, HTTPS enforced with HSTS, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116). The column “publishes and Brandwatch does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Brandwatch does not | Brandwatch publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dash Socialdashsocial.com | 75/100 | 6 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing, +3 | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Hootsuitehootsuite.com | 80/100 | 5 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing, +2 | nothing | Compare |
| Sprout Socialsproutsocial.com | 80/100 | 5 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing, +2 | nothing | Compare |
| ContentStudiocontentstudio.io | 50/100 | 5 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, +2 | 2 Data processing agreement, Status page with history | Compare |
| Statusbrewstatusbrew.com | 70/100 | 4 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, +1 | nothing | Compare |
| Vista Socialvistasocial.com | 55/100 | 4 Subprocessor list, Data location stated, Public pricing, +1 | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Agorapulseagorapulse.com | 50/100 | 4 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, +1 | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Publerpubler.com | 48/100 | 4 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named, +1 | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| Bufferbuffer.com | 45/100 | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| CoSchedulecoschedule.com | 45/100 | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Khoroskhoros.com | 40/100 | 3 Data location stated, Public pricing, Certifications named | 1 Data processing agreement | Compare |
| Emplifiemplifi.io | 39/100 | 3 Public pricing, Certifications named, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
Only criteria we could measure for both are counted. Where we could measure one and not the other, the row is silent: that would be a statement about our measurement, not about either vendor. Every single result with its source is on the two profiles.