Sprout Social vs Loomly Comparison

I have used MULTIPLE social planning softwares including Hootsuite, eClincher, Sprout Social, PostPlanner, and others, and Loomly is cost effective, practical and easy to use! This has a great dashboard with an extremely handy social calendar for planning and viewing posts. The mobile app is brilliant and just as easy to use as the desktop. The ability to post to Instagram is awesome.

You either have to connect a Buffer account, or manually post to Instagram - Loomly sends you a reminder at the scheduled time.

It’s extremely user friendly. The calendar view is exactly how I like to see what’s going on. And the price is almost unbeatable for the amount of users Loomly allows, compared to other applications like Sprout or Hootsuite.

Not being able to post directly to Instagram is a bother, but I understand this is an issue with all of these post-planning applications.

Dear Austen, Thank you very much for your review, this is truly appreciated. It means a lot to read that you find Loomly extremely easy to use. I confirm that we are doing everything in our power to bring Instagram direct publishing to you as soon as feasible. Please let our team know if we can assist you in any way. Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

As a former Hootsuite user, what I like most about the platform is the UX. I find Loomly significantly more palatable. I like the way it gives suggestions on how to improve my posts. I like that it auto-shrinks URLs. The analytics feature is also a HUGE bonus, as I was doing much of this manually before. I haven't had a problem with product yet, (which is also a huge plus versus Hootsuite), but I have submitted product feedback/ideas and they were received very well. I like how their support team feels small and personable (like when they add a product feature, they congratulate their Dev guy by name).

No faults found, I think there are areas that could improve, but I do believe it'll come with product maturity. It's fully functional now though!

Dear Maeve, Thank you very much for your awesome review: my team is always glad to read that you are enjoying Loomly. SIncerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

Able to customize content for each social channel. Clients are able to review and approve content before they're scheduled for posting. Posts can be scheduled in advance and auto published.

Having to renew connections to social channels can get annoying, but that's more of an issue with the social channels and not the software.

It is best social media management tool due to its rich feature which makes it a comprehensive social media management tool. The audience, publish and report feature make this tool one of the best SMM tool.

They should bring more social media platforms in their app such as reddit. I use it regularly so being this social media site would be beneficial for me and for many alike me.

Loomly is different from other social media scheduling tools. It is simple, clean, and based around calendars. Rather than looking at overwhelming columns of streams, I create calendars based on the audiences/social streams I wish to utilize, create posts in seconds, schedule and walk away. It is incredibly well thought out and user friendly. Worth every penny.

Like all social media scheduling tools, it is spendy for small businesses.

Hi Robin, Thank you very much for your review. It means a lot to read that you enjoy Loomly and find our platform easy to use. Please let our team know if we can help you in any way. Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

The software has a seamless process to work with your team to create multiple social media posts throughout the months.

The analytic part could be improved. I have used other social media management tools and the analytics provided a bit more.

Hi, Thanks a lot for your review. We would love to hear how we can make Loomly's analytics better. If you currently use Basic Analytics, maybe we could give you a tour of Advanced Analytics? And if you already use Advanced Analytics, we could definitely learn from your experience to make it better. You can reach us in the chat or over email. Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

I love how I am able to schedule so far in advance and manage multiple user accounts. The calendar interface is great.

I wish I could see my social media feeds in Loomly; this is the only thing I don't like about it!

Dear Jessica, Thank you very much for your review, this is very helpful. Besides your posts in List View and your audience's comments in Interactions, I would love to understand how you would like to see your feed in Loomly. I will reach out to you to day over email to learn more about what you have in mind. Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

- Scheduling social media posts to maximize productivity - Real time feedback on post content/timing/engagement potential - Fine tuning each social media channel

- inability to automatically push Instagram posts

Hi Lindsay, thanks for your review. It means the world to read that Loomly is helpful to you. We are doing everything we can to launch Instagram automated publishing as soon as feasible. Please let our team know if we can help with anything. Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

Loomly has made it so much easier as a creative agency to manage multiple social accounts for our clients. It has allowed us to implement a seamless internal review process, and a simplified process to present analytics to clients.

Come on Instagram, LET THE PEOPLE DIRECT PUBLISH CONTENT!

Dear Lauren, Thank you so much for your review, this is immensely helpful. It means the world to read that Loomly has simplified your agency workflow. I confirm that we are doing everything in our power to bring Instagram direct publishing to you as soon as feasible. Please let our team know if we can assist you with anything. Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

Easy to use, other social media management tools felt clunky and crowded. Loomly had everything we needed to manage multiple social media channels.

Still missing some featured with facebook events and some functions

Dear Jose, Thank you very much for your review, this is much helpful. I am really glad to read that you find Loomly easy to use. You are correct about Facebook events: some API changes were introduced last year, which limited what we were allowed to do on that front. Please let our team know if we can assist you with anything. Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

I love that I can manage multiple client's social media accounts. Loomly works with all of the social media platforms that my clients need.

I wouldn't say these are cons, but more a wishlist of things I wish loomly did/had: 1- post directly to instagram without using buffer (extra cost) 2- abilty to edit photo's directly in the loomly post builder 3- save lists of hashtags 4- ability to tag photos in the post builder for instagram

Hi Katie, Thank you so much for your review, this is immensely helpful. I am happy to confirm that all four of your suggestions are on our roadmap, and we particularly doing everything we can to address #1 as soon as possible. Please let our team know if you need anything. Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

The best feature for me is the ability to create a master message however personalise it to each individual platform and ensure that it is optimised for each platform I am using! for example there are different requirements for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Pinterest however I am able to quickly and simply ensure each message is 100% perfect for the targeted audience on that platform.

I love the desktop version however I would like to see more development of the mobile app to enable me to fully utilise the features of Loomly when on the move. I would also like to be able to manage more than one group/page for each platform in the same calendar. For example we have several company Facebook pages and groups and it would be helpful to post at the same time to them rather than duplicate the post to another calendar.

Dear Elizabeth, thank you very much for your review. I hear you about our mobile app and I can let you in a little secret: we are in the process of build a brand-new version. As far as managing multiple accounts from the same platform in one calendar, this is something we are working on: in the meantime, the Master Calendar feature will help you manage multiple accounts through multiple calendars and see all your posts in one shared view. Please feel free to reach out to our support team in the chat or over email if we can assist you with this or anything else. Sincerely, Thibaud ¿ CEO of Loomly.

Seems to manage basic social media postings

Issues with Instagram, the system claimed it posted but it never showed up.

Hi Jason, Thank you very much for your review, this is truly helpful. I am sorry to read that publishing to Instagram was not up to your expectations. This is something we are currently working on and anticipate a much better workflow in the short term. In any case, I will ask our support team to reach out to you and see if they can help you set things up to make it work with our current workflow. Please let us know if we can assist you with anything else. Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

Great software for our daily social media needs

Not fully integrated with Instagram so this has to be done manually

Dear Patrick, Thank you so much for your review, this is truly helpful. I am glad to read that you find Loomly helpful for your daily tasks and I confirm that we are doing everything we can to bring Instagram direct publishing to you as soon as feasible. Please let us know if we can assist you with anything. Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

I manage 6 different social media sites, Loomly scheduling has saved me an inordinate amount of time. Their calendar feature makes it easy to see where there are gaps in my social content. I love that Loomly offers me tips and tricks for my social content.

I would like to be able to color code my calendars by subject instead of just the social channel that is being used.

Thank you very much for your review Courtney! I will see with my team what can be done in terms of calendar color coding (in the meantime, one way of achieving that would be to use color-coded labels). Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.

With Loomly, you can manage all your social media content and interactions from one platform. I find it easier to use than similar offerings from other companies. The interface is simpler and cleaner. I can receive information via email, push notifications or even Slack. So when people engage with my content on my social media channels, I receive alerts.

I wish Loomly was integrated with WordPress so that posts could autopublish from WordPress vial Loomly to all my social media channels.

Dear Krystal, Thank you very much for your review, this is truly appreciated. It means a lot to read that Loomly humbly contributes to the success of your business. We do have an integration with Wordpress on the roadmap, although I cannot commit to a hard ETA yet: in the meantime, an idea could be to leverage the RSS feature to automatically create Draft posts in Loomly from your blog posts in Wordpress, as suggested here https://blog.loomly.com/rss-feeds-inspiration/. Please let us know if we can assist you with anything else. Sincerely, Thibaud, CEO of Loomly.