Alternatives to Hootsuite
Other Social media management vendors we measure, sorted by how much they publish that Hootsuite does not. This is a comparison of disclosure, not of features or fitness.
12 shown of 24 that differ from Hootsuite on at least one criterion we measured for both. Public transparency score, not a product or security rating.
Hootsuite has 3 gaps in what we could measure: Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent, security.txt (RFC 9116). The column “publishes and Hootsuite does not” is the one that closes them.
| Vendor | Score | Publishes, and Hootsuite does not | Hootsuite publishes, and they do not | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog2Socialblog2social.com | 25/100 | 2 Uptime SLA with a figure, No third-party tracking before consent | 6 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, +3 | Compare |
| Dash Socialdashsocial.com | 75/100 | 1 Uptime SLA with a figure | 1 Status page with history | Compare |
| ContentStudiocontentstudio.io | 50/100 | 1 No third-party tracking before consent | 3 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Status page with history | Compare |
| Sprinklrsprinklr.com | 35/100 | 1 security.txt (RFC 9116) | 4 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Public pricing, +1 | Compare |
| Fanpage Karmafanpagekarma.com | 15/100 | 1 Uptime SLA with a figure | 6 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Data location stated, +3 | Compare |
| Sprout Socialsproutsocial.com | 80/100 | nothing we found there and not here | nothing | Compare |
| Statusbrewstatusbrew.com | 70/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 1 Subprocessor list | Compare |
| Vista Socialvistasocial.com | 55/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 2 Data processing agreement, HTTPS enforced with HSTS | Compare |
| Agorapulseagorapulse.com | 50/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 2 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list | Compare |
| Publerpubler.com | 48/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 2 Subprocessor list, Status page with history | Compare |
| Bufferbuffer.com | 45/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 3 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Certifications named | Compare |
| CoSchedulecoschedule.com | 45/100 | nothing we found there and not here | 3 Data processing agreement, Subprocessor list, Certifications named | 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.