Vulse vs Sprout Social Employee Advocacy: which is right for you?
Vulse is a dedicated LinkedIn advocacy platform with published per-user pricing. Employee Advocacy by Sprout Social, formerly Bambu, is an add-on to the Sprout Social suite, priced on request.
Employee Advocacy by Sprout Social, which began life as Bambu, sits inside Sprout's wider social media management suite, so it suits teams already running Sprout. Sprout lists gamification, pre-approved messaging and Slack and Microsoft Teams distribution, and its trust centre shows ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR coverage that includes Employee Advocacy. Advocacy is an add-on that requires a Standard plan or above, and its price is shared on request. Vulse makes advocacy the whole product: prices are published, setup is self-serve and the full platform is focused on LinkedIn.
Published pricing, so you can budget before a sales call
Employee Advocacy by Sprout Social is priced on request and added to a Sprout plan at Standard or above. Vulse publishes every band: $18 per user per month at 1-10 seats, $14 at 11-49, $10 at 50-99 and $6 at 100 or more, billed annually.
Advocacy as the whole product
Sprout's advocacy tool is one module in a broad social suite spanning several networks. Vulse focuses every feature on LinkedIn: scheduling, analytics, approvals, leaderboards and tone-of-voice matching in one per-user price.
Start the same day
Vulse is self-serve: connect your LinkedIn, invite your team and post the same day, with onboarding, training and a named contact included in the price.
Frequently asked questions
Vulse is a standalone LinkedIn advocacy platform with published per-user pricing and a self-serve start. Employee Advocacy by Sprout Social is an add-on to Sprout's multi-network social suite, priced on request.
Yes. Sprout Social launched Bambu in 2015, and the product is now sold as Employee Advocacy by Sprout Social.
Sprout publishes prices for its core plans, and advocacy is an add-on that requires a Standard plan or above, with its own price on request. Vulse publishes all four seat bands: $18 per user per month at 1-10 seats, $14 at 11-49, $10 at 50-99 and $6 at 100 or more, billed annually. Monthly billing is available at $24, $19, $13 and $8, and GBP and EUR pricing is available at checkout.
Yes. Vulse is ISO 27001 certified, GDPR compliant and built entirely on LinkedIn's official API. Sprout Social's trust centre lists ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR, with Employee Advocacy included in scope.