Sprout Social Employee Advocacy Alternatives

A dedicated LinkedIn advocacy platform, without buying into a full social media suite.

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What is the best alternative to Sprout Social's employee advocacy product?

Vulse is the strongest alternative to Sprout Social's employee advocacy product for B2B teams whose advocacy happens on LinkedIn. It is built only for LinkedIn on the official API, drafts an original post for each employee in their own voice, and has published pricing from $6 to $18 a seat with no minimum.

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What does Sprout Social do well?

Sprout Social is a widely used social media management platform for publishing, engagement, listening and reporting. Its employee advocacy product lets marketing teams share pre-approved content with employees and report on advocacy activity. It is a natural choice for teams that already run their social media in Sprout.

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Why do teams look for a Sprout Social advocacy alternative?

Sprout's employee advocacy is a separate product from its core social media management plans. Teams look for an alternative when advocacy is the main need, when they want employees to post their own content rather than share pre-approved posts, or when they want LinkedIn-specific features and results by person.

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How does Vulse compare with Sprout Social?

Focus: Vulse is a dedicated LinkedIn advocacy platform. Sprout is a full social media suite with an advocacy product. Posts: Vulse drafts an original post for each person in their own voice. Executives: Vulse can publish on behalf of leaders with their approval. Pricing: Vulse publishes its pricing, from $6 to $18 a seat per month, with no minimum. Measurement: Vulse reports results by person, using LinkedIn's own data.

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Who should stay with Sprout Social?

Stay with Sprout if your team already runs company social on Sprout, wants one vendor for everything, and mainly needs employees to share approved company content.