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HootSuite vs Khoros Social Media Management comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 8, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

HootSuite
Ranking in Social CRM
2nd
Ranking in Social Media Management Solutions
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
Social Media Analytics Software (1st)
Khoros Social Media Management
Ranking in Social CRM
8th
Ranking in Social Media Management Solutions
7th
Average Rating
7.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Social Media Management Solutions category, the mindshare of HootSuite is 11.1%, down from 17.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Khoros Social Media Management is 7.7%, down from 10.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Social Media Management Solutions Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HootSuite11.1%
Khoros Social Media Management7.7%
Other81.2%
Social Media Management Solutions
 

Featured Reviews

Tom Wondra - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Leonard and Sons
Social campaigns have been scheduled efficiently and posting now saves a full staff position
The best features HootSuite offers are that it connects to the social platforms that I'm interested in and it's easy to use and to understand. HootSuite is easy to use for me because it's intuitive in the way that you need to set up posting campaigns and to load the particular posts so that they show up the way you'd like them to and in the timing that you'd like them to. HootSuite has positively impacted my organization by making it easy for us to post our socials without having to add staff.
John Frank - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager. at Suntrust Ltd
Unified social channels have boosted outreach and now automate posting and customer engagement
One area that they can improve is the marketing. The referrals or the user community have very few members. There are very few users who are able to connect. If they can bring their users or their clients together and form a user community, and then they are able to have a forum where they can exchange views or ideas on how best to use this platform, it will be much better. Another area they can improve is on referrals. Maybe to engage more with clients or to tap into more customers, they need to engage with the current clients and form a referral program where a user such as me or our organization is able to refer another new client to them. Maybe there are some promotional activities that they can do, maybe have a reduced rate as you renew your package for the next year. If they run such programs, it will improve their visibility and will grow their following and their customer base. One area I can add is sometimes getting their release updates or the newsletters takes time. So, they need to improve on that. Reach out to their clients earlier and release updates because when you are not able to get those release updates on time, it means your platform will lag behind or it will slow, and it will hinder your usage as you try to update it or try to be updated with the current system.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"HootSuite is an easy way to get social media posts out, as you're able to upload and schedule posts in the future, which saves time and allows for the continuity of having the same post across various platforms."
"I love the usability of HootSuite, and it is easy to learn; that is one of the great things."
"The main improvement HootSuite offers is allowing my organization to run social media campaigns."
"It has a social media presence outside of the hours people are able to devote to an organization."
"Hootsuite feels like an all-in-one tool; I can publish content on Hootsuite and then answer comments, which is what I do for my customers."
"HootSuite has positively impacted my organization by making it easy for us to post our socials without having to add staff."
"HootSuite has been truly useful and helpful in my organization because impressions have increased, there has been an increase in traffic, scheduling has become simpler, and approvals have been excellent."
"The best features HootSuite offers in my experience are the pipeline and the order status."
"Khoros Social Media Management impacts my organization positively by improving efficiency due to the approvals and the coordination of teamwork."
"All I can say is that Khoros Social Media Management is very intuitive, you will never get frustrated with it, and it's a platform for all users, even individual users, if you feel that you are having a hard time managing your various social media accounts, this is the platform for you, where it will help you reach more heights and even be able to take full advantage of the various social media accounts and also the platforms in growing your business and growing your brand."
 

Cons

"Bulk scheduling."
"There are a few issues with it being somewhat glitchy and the timeline not showing up consistently as of recently, but overall, it is a great product."
"The company should reduce the pricing to make it easier for companies to deploy to larger social teams."
"Before choosing HootSuite, I evaluated the sales team, which is acceptable, but I need the legal team, the finance team, and integration about the pipeline, which is not very good."
"Last I checked, you can't schedule Twitter threads where each tweet is a reply to a previous tweet."
"Sometimes we received emails that due to some reasons, posts were not shared automatically. This was also one of the reasons why we left HootSuite."
"Sometimes the suggestions or the content suggestions that the OwlyWriter AI gives are not up to the mark that we want."
"I advise against using Hootsuite."
"I think the main issue is Khoros Social Media Management's interface and the UX design, as it is less modern compared to other social media tools that we were using."
"One area I can add is sometimes getting their release updates or the newsletters takes time."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
12%
Media Company
10%
University
9%
Construction Company
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise8
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with HootSuite?
HootSuite can connect better with more social media platforms, maybe additional email platforms as well. As companies such as Instagram and LinkedIn are offering scheduling also in their platform, ...
What is your primary use case for HootSuite?
We have been using HootSuite to manage our clients' social media channels, ranging from Instagram to X to TikTok to LinkedIn and other social media channels. We have been scheduling posts for these...
What advice do you have for others considering HootSuite?
The features that I suggested are the ones that would be better to see in terms of scheduling and the price. I gave a high rating because it was very easy to understand the UX and navigate around. ...
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Sample Customers

Vega, TicketLeap, Radio Italia, The PureMatter Agency, Kiva, The Vancouver Canucks
HP, Rogers, BeyondBank Australia
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