2 categories · RankedZoho Social
Zoho Social is a social media management product from Zoho for businesses and agencies · zoho.com ↗
Gane, the publisher, sells software in Content marketing, where this product is measured. It is measured there by the same method as every other product. How the conflict is handled.
Strongest at small business. Thin evidence at enterprise: two labels.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Buffer is first at 46%.
Sprout Social is first at 47%. 0 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Oktopost is first at 27%.
Why models recommend it
“The best social media management platform for a company with a limited budget is Zoho Social, with paid plans starting from $10 per month”Llama 4 Maverick · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“the best social media management platforms for a company with a limited budget are Buffer and Zoho Social”Qwen 3.7 Flash · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Best value for a small company: Zoho Social Standard—if one person will manage the accounts.”GPT-6 Luna · Budget-constrained question · first choice
“Zoho Social and Buffer stand out as the top choices.”MiniMax M2.5 · Budget-constrained question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Budget-friendly options (~$30–$100/month) with solid scheduling and analytics... but they lack the depth in listening and enterprise-grade reporting.”Grok 4.20 · Direct question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as Zoho Social, over the 76 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | 21 | Compare → | |
| 54 | 3 | Compare → | |
| 51 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 36 | 0 | View → | |
| 30 | 0 | View → | |
| 28 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 24 | 1 | View → | |
| 15 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 1 | View → | |
| 10 | 0 | View → |
What the models named instead of Zoho Social →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on Zoho Social's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- Businesses and agencies
- Price stated
- Standard, Professional and Premium plans available on a monthly as well as yearly subscription basis; Agency or Agency Plus
- Free plan or trial
- 15-day free trial
- Hosting
- US data center
- Customers named
- C7D
- Also from Zoho
- Bigin by Zoho, Zoho Analytics, Zoho Backstage, Zoho Backstage Lead Retrieval, Zoho Billing, Zoho Bookings and 29 more
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 70 of the 76 answers that named Zoho Social and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
230 of the 230 domain citations in answers naming Zoho Social came from a third party's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kimi K2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |