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