Hootsuite vs Sprout Social Pricing per User: What a Mid-Size Marketing Team Really Pays

The page to beat

Hootsuite pricing(opens their page in a new tab)

Hootsuitehootsuite.comPricing page

“Explore Hootsuite's social media management plans, starting at $99/user/month. Try it for free — no credit card required.”From the page's description

This is Hootsuite's pricing page, not an article. ChatGPT cites it when it answers this question: the article below is an editorial answer to the question, not a copy of an existing article.

What we saw on it 1,572 words · a table · an FAQ section · 17 headings · author: Hootsuite Inc. (read 19 Oct)

Your angle

Model the real cost per seat for 5, 10 and 15-person teams by mapping each team need (approvals, inbox assignment, client-ready reports, account limits) to the cheapest plan that includes it on each tool. Hootsuite's own pricing page cannot offer this neutral, worked-out comparison. Agorapulse should be added as a third column with its own seat model so a mid-size team can compare all three totals on one page.

Their page and yours

Left, what we read on their page. Right, our recommendation: a credible way to give a better answer, not a promise of how ChatGPT ranks pages.

Outline

1. Short answer: Hootsuite vs Sprout Social price per user
2. Published per-user pricing side by side (dated, annual vs monthly)
3. What a 5, 10 and 15-person team pays in total
4. Which tier a mid-size team actually needs: approvals, inbox assignment, reporting
5. Social profile limits and other hidden upgrade triggers
6. Billing terms, contracts and adding seats
7. Where Agorapulse fits: seat model and team features compared
8. Which to choose for a mid-size marketing team
9. FAQ

About 2,200 words.

Must include

• A dated pricing table for Hootsuite and Sprout Social per seat, with annual and monthly billing, linked to each vendor's pricing page
• Calculated team totals at 5, 10 and 15 seats for each tool, with the calculation shown
• A feature-to-minimum-tier map covering approval workflows, message assignment, custom/branded reports and social profile limits
• Agorapulse pricing and seat model in the same format, without overstating features
• A clear recommendation by team profile (budget-led, collaboration-heavy, agency or multi-brand)
• A note that prices change, with a 'last checked' date

What you'll need

• Internal dataAgorapulse's current plan prices, per-seat pricing rules, included users and social profile limits per plan.
• Competitor researchVerified current Sprout Social and Hootsuite per-seat prices (annual and monthly), plus profile limits and the tier where approvals and inbox assignment start.
• Product screenshotsScreenshots of Agorapulse's approval workflow, shared inbox assignment and team reports.
• Customer proofA mid-size team that switched from Hootsuite or Sprout Social, with a cost or time outcome they agree to publish.

Only your team can provide these. The prompt asks the assistant to leave a placeholder where they go, never to make them up.

Where to publish. On agorapulse.com, as a blog article or a dedicated page.