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Awario vs Hootsuite
Both stand on social monitoring. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Choose Awario to monitor mentions across social networks and broader online sources, with sentiment analysis and in-app follow-up. Starter begins at $29 a month when billed annually; teams needing more members, topics, exports, or API access can consider higher tiers. The stated refund policy excludes partial-use service and remaining subscription time.
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Choose Hootsuite if you want to plan, publish and monitor social activity across supported networks, with analytics and integrations from a web dashboard. Look elsewhere if you need a free plan or bulk scheduling during the trial. Standard is limited to 10 social accounts; Professional and Advanced support unlimited accounts.
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| Awario | Hootsuite | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | A free trial | A free trial |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Lowest paid plan | Starter: $29 a month | Standard: $99 a month |
| Plans published | 4 | 4 |
| Maker | Awario | Hootsuite |
| Website | awario.com | hootsuite.com |
| On social monitoring | #5 of 24 | #9 of 24 |
Awario: what it does well
- Monitors social networks, blogs, forums, news, and the web.
- Includes sentiment analysis and news monitoring.
- Send alerts by email or Slack.
- Respond to customer questions and follow up on comments in-app.
- Pro and Enterprise users can export mentions to CSV.
What to know first
- No free plan is available.
- Starter is limited to one team member and three topics.
- The seven-day trial allows up to three alerts and 30,000 mentions.
- Partial-use service and remaining subscription time are not refundable.
Hootsuite: what it does well
- Supports 11 listed social networks and services.
- Standard manages up to 10 social accounts; higher plans allow unlimited accounts.
- Includes a social inbox and standard analytics.
- AI features support captions, ideas, scheduling recommendations and trend detection.
- Lists integrations including Salesforce, Slack, Asana and Figma.
What to know first
- There is no free plan.
- Standard is limited to 10 social accounts.
- Trial accounts have daily posting limits of 10–20 posts per organization.
- Bulk scheduling is unavailable during the trial.
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