Sprout Social
Social media management platform enabling teams to publish, collaborate, and analyze performance across multiple profiles
- Also known as
- sprout-social
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Sprout Social?
Sprout Social provides organizations with tools to manage and publish content across multiple social profiles, engage audiences through a unified inbox, monitor conversations, and track performance through analytics and AI-powered insights.
Sprout Social 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.
From $99/seat/month. 30-day free trial included.
Essentials
- brand_keywords
- 10
- social_profiles
- 5
- monthly_ai_agent_credits
- 100
- 5 social profiles
- 100 monthly AI agent credits per seat
- 10 brand keywords per group
- Mobile app for iOS and Android
Standard
- social_profiles
- 5
- 5 social profiles
- Consolidated inbox and collaboration tools
- Keyword and location monitoring
- Trellis AI agent
- Review management
Professional
- social_profiles
- Unlimited
- Unlimited social profiles
- Everything in Standard
- Message tagging
- Extensive competitor, tag and paid insights
- Enhance Post by AI Assist
Advanced
- Everything in Professional
- Enhance Reply by AI Assist
- Sentiment in the Smart Inbox and Reviews
- Sprout API and Helpdesk integrations
- Team productivity and social customer care reports
- Message Spike Alerts
Enterprise
Contact sales- Everything in Advanced
- White-glove onboarding and implementation
- Plan tailored to enterprise business
- Dedicated service for SSO setup
- Priority customer support
Add-ons
- Premium Analytics
- Listening
- Employee Advocacy
- Professional Services
What Sprout Social 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
- Transparent
- Free tier
- ✗
- Pricing unit
- Per-seat + per-account
- Networks supported
- Instagram, Facebook, X, Bluesky, Threads, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest
- TikTok / YouTube support
- ✓
- Post scheduling / queue
- ✓
- Content calendar
- ✓
- Unified inbox / engagement
- ✓
- Social listening / monitoring
- Yes
- Analytics & reporting
- Advanced
- Approval workflows / client workspaces
- ✓
- AI content generation
- ✓
- Link-in-bio / bundled extras
- -
- Mobile app
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Web
- Android
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (11)
Independently observed- Slack•
- X
- Bluesky
- Threads
- TikTok
- YouTube
- OpenAI
Sprout Social FAQ
Common questions about Sprout Social, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Sprout Social?
Sprout Social provides organizations with tools to manage and publish content across multiple social profiles, engage audiences through a unified inbox, monitor conversations, and track performance through analytics and AI-powered insights. It is indexed under Social Media Management Software.
How much does Sprout Social cost?
Sprout Social is a paid product; published pricing starts at $99 per user per month. It is sold across 5 plans (Essentials, Standard, Professional and Advanced). There is no free tier. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
What platforms does Sprout Social support?
Sprout Social supports the web, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Can Sprout Social be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Sprout Social, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
What does Sprout Social integrate with?
We have confirmed 11 integrations for Sprout Social, including Instagram, Facebook, X, Bluesky, Threads, TikTok, LinkedIn and YouTube, plus 3 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Sprout Social have?
We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 and GDPR for Sprout Social. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Sprout Social not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Where is Sprout Social available?
Sprout Social is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.
Sprout Social 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 Sprout Social
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| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 75 | 0.09 | 7.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 87 | 0.04 | 3.7 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.06 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.10 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 30 | 0.05 | 1.5 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 35 | 0.04 | 1.5 | ✓ |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 60% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Analytics: advanced · Free tier: No · Ai content: Yes · Mobile app: Yes · Scheduling: Yes · Pricing unit: per_seat_account | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 10 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 50% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-13 · 60% |
Security
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