Hootsuite
Unified social media management platform for publishing and audience engagement
- Also known as
- hootsuite
Available worldwide
What is Hootsuite?
A collaborative platform where teams schedule posts, manage customer engagement, perform social listening, and analyze performance metrics across multiple social networks from a single dashboard.
Hootsuite pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free trial available. Professional plan pricing not publicly displayed.
Professional
What Hootsuite does
The capabilities that matter for social media management software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Pricing transparency
- Contact-sales
- Free tier
- ✓
- Pricing unit
- Per-seat + per-account
- Networks supported
- 30+ social media networks including X, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Yo
- TikTok / YouTube support
- ✓
- Post scheduling / queue
- ✓
- Content calendar
- ✓
- Unified inbox / engagement
- ✓
- Social listening / monitoring
- -
- Analytics & reporting
- Advanced
- Approval workflows / client workspaces
- ✓
- AI content generation
- ✓
- Link-in-bio / bundled extras
- -
- Mobile app
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (12)
Independently observed- Claude•
- X (Twitter)
- TikTok
- YouTube
- Canva
- Adobe Express
- Salesforce
- Threads•
- Trustpilot
Hootsuite FAQ
Common questions about Hootsuite, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Hootsuite?
A collaborative platform where teams schedule posts, manage customer engagement, perform social listening, and analyze performance metrics across multiple social networks from a single dashboard. It is indexed under Social Media Management Software.
Source: https://www.hootsuite.com
Is Hootsuite free?
Hootsuite offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Hootsuite support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Hootsuite. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.hootsuite.com
Can Hootsuite be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Hootsuite, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What does Hootsuite integrate with?
We have confirmed 12 integrations for Hootsuite, including X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Canva and Adobe Express, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://www.hootsuite.com
What security certifications does Hootsuite have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Hootsuite. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Hootsuite not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.hootsuite.com/whats-new/trustpilot-reviews-app-login-issues
Where is Hootsuite available?
Hootsuite is available in Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Romania and Germany. The vendor is headquartered in Canada.
Hootsuite alternatives
Other social media management software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- BufferA social media management platform for scheduling, publishing, and coordinating content across multiple networksmedium · 64%
- PlanolySchedule and manage social media content across multiple platforms from a unified dashboardlow · 49%
- PublerA unified platform for scheduling, publishing, and analyzing social media content across multiple networkshigh · 75%
- AgorapulseA unified social media management platform for scheduling content, managing team collaboration, and measuring campaign impact across multiple networks.medium · 73%
- SocialPilotUnified platform for automating and scaling social media management across multiple accounts and networksmedium · 57%
- LoomlySocial media management platform that helps teams schedule, publish, and analyze content across multiple social networks from one dashboardhigh · 75%
Compare Hootsuite
Side by side against other social media management software, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 92 | 0.04 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.06 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 58 | 0.05 | 2.8 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 25 | 0.09 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 0 | 0.10 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 10 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Analytics: advanced · Free tier: Yes · Ai content: Yes · Mobile app: Yes · Scheduling: Yes · Pricing unit: per_seat_account | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: CA · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-14 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Security
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