Hootsuite, Sprout Social and Sprinklr alternatives for multi-brand teams

Hootsuite, Sprout Social and Sprinklr are built for large teams, and priced like it. Hootsuite and Sprout Social charge per person; Sprinklr doesn't publish prices at all. If you run social media for many centres or brands, here's what the alternatives cost for the same work.

What the big three cost

• Sprout Social: at least $2,990 a month for 20 ecosystems (180 channels, 10 people) on its Professional plan — $299 per seat billed annually, $399 billed monthly.
• Hootsuite: at least $1,990 a month for the same team — Hootsuite publishes annual-billing prices only, so paying monthly costs more.
• Sprinklr: no published prices; you request a demo to get a quote.

Alternatives ranked by price for 20 ecosystems (180 channels, 10 people)

1. [Metricool](/alternatives/metricool) — $307. Per brand (one profile per network), in bundles.
2. [Later](/alternatives/later) — $350. Plans by social set, plus extra sets and users.
3. [Zernio](/alternatives/zernio) — $398. Per account, graduated: 2 free, then $6, $3 and $1.
4. [Buffer](/alternatives/buffer) — $515. Per channel, graduated; Team plan for more than 1 user.
5. [Publer](/alternatives/publer) — $666. Per account plus per extra member.
6. [SocialPilot](/alternatives/socialpilot) — $720. Flat plans plus $4 per extra account.
7. [Sendible](/alternatives/sendible) — $750. Flat plans by profile count.
8. [Agorapulse](/alternatives/agorapulse) — $2,190. Per user, 10 profiles each.
9. [Postiz](/alternatives/postiz) — not available on self-serve at this size. Flat plans by channel count, up to 100 channels.
10. [Blotato](/alternatives/blotato) — not available on self-serve at this size. Flat plans by account count, up to 100 accounts.
11. Publishing Studio — $244. Per ecosystem, 10 people included on Pro, then $3 each; unlimited people for $799.

At this size Publishing Studio has the lowest published price of the tools we compared; Postiz and Blotato don't sell self-serve plans this large. Across the five sizes in our full price comparison, we have the lowest published price except for Postiz at 10 ecosystems ($99 against our $134).

Why teams choose Publishing Studio

• Small per-seat fees, only past 10: Pro includes 10 people, then $3 each; Unlimited has no limit.
• Built for many centres: ecosystems for each brand, account groups to post to many at once, and roles that limit people to the ecosystems they look after.
• The day-to-day work in one place: a shared inbox, comment moderation, analytics and best time to post on every plan.
• Reliable publishing: every post is checked against each network's rules before it goes out, and retries re-run only what failed.