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Social media management · November 2026 Edition

Agorapulse vs Hootsuite

Zero of fourteen models named Agorapulse first on the direct prompt; zero named Hootsuite. Both were named by all fourteen models and Agorapulse carries 40 labels and Hootsuite 62, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Agorapulse

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Hootsuite

criticized challenger

Vancouver, Canada, founded 2008. Named in nine categories this edition.

First-choice share2%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate2%29%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#5#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels4062A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Agorapulse reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Sprout Social was named alongside these two in thirteen of the fourteen direct answers. Sprout Social vs Agorapulse · Sprout Social vs Hootsuite · Buffer vs Agorapulse

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the social media management page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
AgorapulseFirst choices, of fourteen modelsHootsuite
Direct00
Paraphrase111 against Hootsuite
Comparative03
Budget-constrained005 against Hootsuite
Scale-constrained00
Negative011 against Agorapulse · 12 against Hootsuite
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the November 2026 Edition, Agorapulse and Hootsuite were named in the same answer seventy times, of the 90 answers naming Agorapulse and the 257 naming Hootsuite. In those answers Hootsuite took the first choice four times and Agorapulse zero.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Agorapulse and Hootsuite stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Agorapulse Hootsuite first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Agorapulse on the left and Hootsuite on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Agorapulse and Hootsuite stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

11 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
GPT-5.4 miniSprout Social alternatives: Hootsuite, Oktopost, Planable
Gemini 3.5 FlashOktopost alternatives: Agorapulse, Hootsuite, Sprout Social
Grok 4.20Sprout Social alternatives: Agorapulse, Hootsuite, HubSpot Social
Mistral SmallSprout Social alternatives: Hootsuite, Oktopost
DeepSeek V4 FlashSprout Social alternatives: Agorapulse, Emplifi, Hootsuite, HubSpot Marketing Hub
Llama 4 MaverickOktopost alternatives: Agorapulse, Hootsuite, Sprout Social
Qwen 3.7 FlashSprout Social alternatives: Agorapulse, Oktopost
Kimi K2Sprout Social alternatives: Agorapulse, Hootsuite
GLM 4.7 FlashXSprout Social alternatives: Agorapulse, HubSpot Social Media Management Software
MiniMax M2.5Sprout Social alternatives: Agorapulse, Buffer, Hootsuite, Zoho Social
Muse Glimmer 30BSprout Social alternatives: Agorapulse, Buffer, Hootsuite

Neither was named

3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Claude Haiku 4.5no first choice
Perplexity SonarSprout Social alternatives: Buffer, Oktopost, Planable, SocialPilot
GPT-6 LunaOktopost alternatives: Sprout Social

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Hootsuite leads by two points.
Hootsuite5%#4 of 11
Agorapulse4%#6 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Level: the same share of first choices.
Agorapulse2%#5 of 12
Hootsuite2%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Hootsuite leads by ten points.
Hootsuite10%#4 of 11
Agorapulse0%#9 of 11
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Agorapulse

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.

“it has a few documented warnings and is not always recommended for large enterprises” Mistral Small · negative prompt · soft negative
“Agorapulse often hits the "sweet spot" of functionality versus price” Qwen 3.7 Flash · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Lower-cost mid-market option | Agorapulse | Scheduling, centralized inbox, monitoring, and ROI reporting for growing teams.” Perplexity Sonar · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“For smaller teams or budget-constrained situations, AgoraPulse provides strong functionality at a lower price point.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · direct prompt · alternative

What the models said about Hootsuite

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.

“Note on "Avoid": Platforms like Hootsuite and Sprout Social ... generally outside the scope of a "limited budget."” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“staying away from Hootsuite is recommended as there are better social media scheduling tools available” Claude Haiku 4.5 · negative prompt · hard negative
“What to Avoid - Hootsuite - While popular, prices have reportedly more than doubled recently” Kimi K2 · budget prompt · hard negative
“have established reputations, transparent practices, and the resources to adapt to constant social media API changes” MiniMax M2.5 · negative prompt · first choice
“Hootsuite is described as the most established name in social media management and best for enterprise teams.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“Choose Hootsuite for broad platform coverage, monitoring, and scalable team management.” Perplexity Sonar · comparative prompt · first choice
Also compared
Sprout Social vs AgorapulseSprout Social vs HootsuiteBuffer vs AgorapulseBuffer vs HootsuiteOktopost vs AgorapulseOktopost vs HootsuiteZoho Social vs AgorapulseZoho Social vs HootsuiteAll fifteen head-to-head pages and the full social media standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.