Head to head
Agorapulse for Teams vs Hootsuite
Last updated 21 July 2026
Agorapulse for Teams is the same Agorapulse, viewed as the collaboration buy. Its team strength is the shared all-in-one inbox with assignments, plus approval workflows and team performance reports on the higher tiers. It's priced per seat.
- From
- $79 per user / mo
- Free plan
Hootsuite does more than schedule: listening, a shared inbox, and deep reporting sit in one dashboard, and you pay for the breadth. It starts at $99 a user each month and there's no longer a free plan.
- From
- $99 per user / mo
- Free plan
Bottom line
Agorapulse for Teams is the pick for teams that handle a lot of incoming comments and messages together, and it's the only one of the two with a free plan. Hootsuite fits small teams that need listening and reporting in one place better.
Agorapulse for Teams starts cheaper, $79 per user / mo against $99 per user / mo for Hootsuite.
Key differences
Where the two actually diverge, before the full tables.
- Agorapulse for Teams has a free plan; Hootsuite doesn't, though it offers a 14-day trial.
- Agorapulse for Teams starts at $79 per user / mo, Hootsuite at $99 per user / mo.
- Agorapulse for Teams posts to 10 networks, Hootsuite to 9.
- Only Agorapulse for Teams reaches Google Business.
Features compared
| Feature | Agorapulse for Teams | Hootsuite |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Not assessed | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Yes | Yes |
| Bulk upload | Not assessed | Yes |
| Evergreen recycling | Not assessed | No |
| Team roles | Yes | Yes |
| Approvals | Yes | Yes |
| Link in bio | Not assessed | Yes |
Platforms compared
| Network | Agorapulse for Teams | Hootsuite |
|---|---|---|
| Auto | Auto | |
| Auto | Auto | |
| X (Twitter) | Auto | Auto |
| Auto | Auto | |
| TikTok | Auto | Auto |
| Auto | Auto | |
| YouTube | Auto | Auto |
| Threads | Auto | Auto |
| Bluesky | Auto | Auto |
| Google Business | Auto | No |
Pricing
Headline prices are for a single unit. Here is the real monthly cost as each tool scales, costed on its own unit so the two stay honest.
Free plan available.
- 1 seat
- $99/mo~$79/mo annual
- 4 seatsTypical
- $396/mo~$316/mo annual
Cheapest plan: Standard.
No free plan; 14-day trial.
- Cheapest paid plan
- $99/mo
Plan set by your profile count.
Agorapulse for Teams
Standard
$79/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 10
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $79 per user/mo on annual, $99 monthly
- 10 social profiles, all-in-one inbox, basic reports
Professional
Popular$119/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 10
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $119 per user/mo on annual, $149 monthly
- Adds post and inbox assignments, ad-comment moderation
- Team performance reports, 12-month retention
Advanced
$149/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 10
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $149 per user/mo on annual, $199 monthly
- Adds approval workflows and shared calendars
- Deeper team and inbox controls
- This is the same product as Agorapulse, reviewed in full separately; this entry frames its team-oriented tiers and collaboration features.
- Agorapulse is priced per seat, so a team multiplies the per-user rate; the team value is in the shared inbox, assignments, approvals, and team reports.
- There's a free plan (3 profiles, 1 user) and a 30-day trial. The team features (assignments, approvals, team reports) arrive on Professional and Advanced.
- Prices are USD; the full tier and feature detail, including ROI reporting, are in the main Agorapulse review.
What it really costs
Agorapulse for Teams charges per seat, so the headline price is for one. Here is the monthly cost as you connect more, with the 4-seat row marked as a realistic setup.
| seats | Standard | Professional | Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $99/mo | $149/mo | $199/mo |
| 3 | $297/mo | $447/mo | $597/mo |
| 4Typical | $396/mo | $596/mo | $796/mo |
| 5 | $495/mo | $745/mo | $995/mo |
| 10 | $990/mo | $1490/mo | $1990/mo |
| 25 | $2475/mo | $3725/mo | $4975/mo |
| 50 | $4950/mo | $7450/mo | $9950/mo |
Monthly billing.
Hootsuite
Standard
$99/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 10
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $99 per user/mo billed annually
- Up to 10 social accounts
- Unlimited scheduling, AI assistant, one inbox
Professional
Popular$199/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $199 per user/mo billed annually
- Unlimited social accounts
- Automations for repetitive work
- No approval workflows (Hootsuite points approval-heavy teams at Advanced)
Advanced
$399/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $399 per user/mo billed annually
- Approval workflows, team assignments, custom reports
- Customer care routing
Enterprise
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Custom pricing, 5+ users, unlimited accounts
- SSO, employee advocacy (Amplify), premium listening
- Salesforce, review management, compliance integrations
- Hootsuite restructured its lineup between June and July 2026: a Professional tier at $199 now sits between Standard ($99) and Advanced (previously $249 on annual, now $399), and the trial dropped from 30 days to 14.
- Priced per user/seat: the headline $99 / $199 / $399 is for one seat and multiplies by how many people you add.
- The advertised prices are the billed-annually rates. Monthly billing exists for all three self-serve plans at a higher per-seat rate, but Hootsuite no longer prints the monthly figures on the plans page; they appear at checkout. Before the restructure, Standard was $149 monthly vs $99 annual.
- No free plan. The 14-day trial needs no credit card. Nonprofit discounts exist on some plans.
- Prices are USD list from the plans page structured data (offers marked 'Billed annually'), read 2026-07-21.
Pros and cons
Agorapulse for Teams
- Shared all-in-one inbox with assignments and internal notes
- Approval workflows on Advanced
- Team performance reports and ROI tracking
- Free plan and 30-day trial to test
- Same product as Agorapulse, just the team lens
- Per-seat pricing multiplies with team size
- Approvals only on the higher tier
- No evergreen recycling
Hootsuite
- Broad by design: scheduling, listening, inbox, and reporting together
- Deep analytics and competitor benchmarking
- Publishes to nine networks, including Bluesky and Threads
- Strong approval workflows on Advanced and up
- Expensive, and per-seat pricing climbs quickly
- No free plan, and the entry price is $99 a month
- Monthly billing costs far more than annual
- The depth is overkill if you only schedule a few accounts
Agorapulse for Teams vs Hootsuite: FAQ
- Is Agorapulse for Teams or Hootsuite cheaper?
- Agorapulse for Teams is cheaper to start, from $79 against $99 for Hootsuite. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
- Does Agorapulse for Teams or Hootsuite have a free plan?
- Agorapulse for Teams has a free plan; Hootsuite does not, though it offers a 14-day trial.
- Which is better, Agorapulse for Teams or Hootsuite?
- Agorapulse for Teams is the stronger pick for teams that handle a lot of incoming comments and messages together, while Hootsuite is the better fit for small teams that need listening and reporting in one place. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.