Best Social Media Publishing Tools

Social Media Publishing Tools centralize the creation, scheduling, publication, and tracking of social media content across social media such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube. These publishing tools are included in Social Media Management Tools and Social Media Marketing Tools. The tools promote a consistent approach to an organization’s social media activity by coordinating and tailoring the content of social media posts across multiple channels to support branding, marketing, advertising, and sales efforts...

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Zoho Social

Zoho Social is a comprehensive social media management platform desi…

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Hootsuite

Hootsuite is a social media management platform for building brand awareness, engaging with customers, and driving business results. Users can schedule posts across multiple social networks (including Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube ), manage…

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Agorapulse

Agorapulse is a social media management tool that aims to help mid-sized businesses and agencies better manage their Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube activity.

This social media management tool allows users to post content, engage with their community, and download reports from a single dashboard that is designed to be intuitive. Conversations are captured with the inbox -- depending on the social network, it captures comments, mentions, direct/private messages, Facebook ad comments, and Instagram ad comments. All plans include collaboration to…

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Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud

Brands can use Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud to elevate their social media presence, engage with customers, and gather…

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Publer

Publer is a social media management tool used…

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Khoros Social Media Management

Khoros (Formerly Spredfast + Lithium) is a social media management platform. Key features include: Plan and Organize Social Campaigns, Manage Real-Time Engagement, and Learn and Prove Social Impact

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Buffer

Buffer is a social sharing tool. When browsing content, clicking on the Buffer icon automatically stores the content and schedules posts to social media channels throughout the day.

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Echobox Social

Echobox is a social media publishing solution designed to understand the meaning of content using in-built AI.

With automation that tailors to the user's business, Echobox is designed to…

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Sprinklr Social

Sprinklr Social’s platform empower…

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Loomly

Loomly is a brand success platform with solutions for brands of all…

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PublishDrive
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PUBLISHDRIVE is a software for publishers and authors to distribute and manage ebooks, print, and audiobooks.

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RADAAR

RADAAR is a social media management and collaboration platform designed for handling multiple brands. It helps at a range of tasks from scheduling and publishing posts on their profiles to analyzing their efforts.

RADAAR provides a variety of features including to…

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Brandwatch

Brandwatch, from Cision (acquired February 2021) is an enterprise social intelligence platform that is designed to allow brands to listen and analyze online conversation to extract meaningful insights, inform their business decisions and understand more about the return on their…

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CoSchedule Marketing Suite

CoSchedule provides a content calendar, content optimization, and contentmarketing products, with users among 50,000 marketers worldwide, helping them organize their work, deliver projects on time, and prove marketing team value.

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SocialPilot

SocialPilot offers a centralized platform for managing different social media channels and publishing across the channels simultaneously. According to the vendor, SocialPilot's foremost features include analytics and reporting, along with team collaboration and client management.…

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Tabfoundry
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Tabfoundry is a social media management solution. It provides the ability to create viral campaigns.The drag and drop tools enable users to create and customize sweepstakes, quizzes, like gates, photo contests and more with no coding required.

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Bulkly
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Bulkly is a social media automation tool for marketers and entrepreneurs who want to save time scheduling updates. Bulkly offers bulk content upload for social media marketing, where users can create hundreds of social media updates by uploading a Microsoft CSV file. Bulkly will…

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Blabigo
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Blabigo is a LinkedIn management tool used to generate LinkedIn posts with assistance from AI that helps to schedule posts at the right time. It is used to manage a LinkedIn profile and LinkedIn pages and preview content before publishing - What you see is what you get.

Blabigo generates…

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ZoomSphere

ZoomSphere is an all-in-one social media scheduling and management solution designed for teams to plan, schedule, auto-publish, and analyze their social media content across multiple platforms.

ZoomSphere is primarily used by social media managers, marketing teams, and agencies to streamline content workflows, improve collaboration, and track performance across various social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X. The software helps users automate routine tasks, gain ins…

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X Pro

Replacing the former TweetDeck, X Pro is a social media dashboard application for management of Twitter accounts.

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SmarterQueue

SmarterQueue is an intelligent social media scheduling tool that aims to empower marketers, content creators, and entrepreneurs with the technology and capabilities they need to grow their businesses and careers. The vendor states it:

Sparks conversations that fuel growth.

Helps users reclaim time and regain freedom while posting more consistently and driving revenue.…

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Scoop.it Content Director

Scoop.it Content Director is the SMB-focused solution for Lean Content Marketing. It allows Content Marketers to: - Save time by finding quality content from across the web - Scale content output without the need for more resources - Delivers ROI; more quality content means more…

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Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (retiring)

Radian6 was acquired by Salesforce.com in 2011 and - along with Buddy Media - became Salesforce Social Studio. The product is slated to be retired in November 2024.

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Sysomos, now part of Meltwater

Sysomos was a social media listening and marketing solution for content discovery, planning, publishing, moderation, and analytics. Sysomos was acquired by Meltwater, and is no longer available, but the features of the former Sysomos are now part of the Meltwater platform.

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What are Social Media Publishing Tools?

Social Media Publishing Tools centralize the creation, scheduling, publication, and tracking of social media content across social media such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube. These publishing tools are included in Social Media Management Tools and Social Media Marketing Tools.

The tools promote a consistent approach to an organization’s social media activity by coordinating and tailoring the content of social media posts across multiple channels to support branding, marketing, advertising, and sales efforts. They are often used to create awareness of promotional events. Social media publishing tools use machine learning for scheduling optimization to maximize audience engagement and use filtering demographics, such as location and age to refine targeting.

The software imports content into social media asset libraries and provide collaboration, communication, and workflow tools. It supports role-based assignments, posting approvals, and facilitates organizational responses to customer posts and comments. Mobile apps provide anytime, anywhere social media publishing.

Primarily used by business marketing and customer service departments, these tools can be employed by nonprofits, community organizations, or any group or individual that wishes to have a consistent social presence and ongoing engagement with their customers or members.

Social Media Publishing Tools Features

Social Media Publishing Tools include the following features.

  • Administer multiple social media channels
  • Central dashboard
  • Create, organize, and edit content
  • Content suggestions
  • Content optimization by social channel
  • Content tagging
  • Asset management, asset libraries, and media integrations with content repositories such OneDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox.
  • Audience demographic targeting
  • Scheduling engagement optimization
  • Publishing
  • Post boosts
  • Collaboration and communications
  • Workflow management
  • Role-based assignments and approvals
  • Store and archive posts
  • Mobile apps

Social Media Publishing Tools are part of Social Media Suites that provide many of the following additional features.

  • Social marketing
  • Social ads
  • Social campaign planning
  • Cross channel monitoring
  • Customer inquiry, posting, and commenting engagement
  • Reputation management
  • Social performance analytics, referral traffic, and conversions
  • Trend analytics
  • Hashtag monitoring
  • Competitor brand performance
  • CRM integration

Social Media Publishing Tools Comparison

Consider the following when purchasing Social Media Publishing Tools.

Scope and Use Case: Social Media Publishing Tools are an essential component of maintaining a professional social media presence. They are part of a broader array of social media-related functionality and services. They are included in social media management and social media marketing tools. If social media marketing is an essential part of your social media initiatives, select a vendor product that specializes in that functionality.

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Pricing Information

The cost of a Social Media Publishing Tool is usually included when purchasing social media management tools or social media marketing tools. Their prices are driven by the features provided, the number of social media channels supported, the number of users, and the number of posts that can be queued up and scheduled. Introductory pricing begins in the range of $10 to $99 a month, with tiered pricing ranging up to $700 a month for larger installations. Enterprise-level operations require obtaining a price quote. Limited free versions are available as are free trials.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What do Social Media Publishing Tools do?

Social Media Publishing Tools provide a central platform to create, coordinate and publish social media posts across multiple social media channels. The tools optimize content and scheduling to maximize engagement and social performance. They are included in social media management tools and social media marketing tools.

What are the benefits of using Social Media Publishing Tools?

Social Media Publishing Tool’s offer flexibility to support both timely responses to changing business needs and social media planning. The tools simplify workflows and social media coordination, enabling businesses to maintain a consistent brand image and communicate across multiple social media platforms. They help to maximize returns on social media engagement and facilitate rapid responses to customer comments and complaints.

What are the best Social Media Publishing Tools products?

How much do Social Media Publishing Tools cost?

Basic pricing ranges from $10 to $99 a month, going up to $700. Enterprise-scale installations will require a price quote. Limited free versions and free trials are available.