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Hootsuite

Social media management suite for planning content, publishing across accounts, responding to messages and monitoring brand activity.

Verified core factsChecked 2026-10-09
Standard

$99 / seat / mo · annual billing

Published starting price per user per month, billed annually; ten connected social accounts. Applicable taxes excluded. Advanced approvals and automated inbox workflows require higher plans.

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What it helps you do

Manage social media
  • Standard connects up to ten social accounts to one calendar.
  • Social publishing, AI drafting and a unified message inbox.
  • Brand and competitor monitoring.
  • Professional adds inbox automation; Advanced adds approvals and team routing.

Documented product-level capabilities. Selected plan limits and add-ons still apply.

Why consider it

  • Publishing and social message handling share a workspace.
  • Seat-based plans permit adding users as needed.

Trade-offs to consider

  • Annual seat pricing can be substantial for a small team.
  • Workflow automation and approval controls are outside the modeled Standard plan.

Intended users

  • Small-business social teams
  • Marketing agencies
  • Businesses managing multiple social accounts

Best suited to

Marketing agency · Local business · Professional services · E-commerce

Editorial fit assessment, not a vendor certification.

  • Businesses coordinating several social accounts
  • Social teams needing publishing and message handling together

Consider another approach when

  • Users seeking a permanent free plan
  • Teams expecting advanced approvals in Standard

Before you commit

  • Free plan: No documented free plan
  • Trial: 14 days; no credit card required
  • Documented integrations: Not yet verified
  • Ease of use and support quality: not independently tested.
  • Confirm country eligibility, languages, API permissions and regulated-industry requirements with the provider.

Sources & verification

Official website, documented features and intended users checked. Pricing basis: documented plan price.

Research-based assessment from official sources, not hands-on testing. Strengths, limitations and industry fit are editorial interpretations of documented capabilities and plan limits.

Hootsuite pricing and plan FAQ Checked 2026-10-09

Standard starts at $99 per user monthly equivalent billed annually, ten accounts, Standard features and higher-tier distinctions; 14-day trial and paid continuation.

Hootsuite platform overview Checked 2026-10-09

Social publishing, unified inbox, monitoring and small-business/agency audiences; full-suite capabilities are tier dependent.