What is Sprout Social?
Social trends spotted and acted on with team workflows.
Who is Sprout Social best for?
Sprout Social is best for marketing teams that run several brand accounts and want publishing and a shared inbox.
Social media managers
Essentials covers scheduling for up to 5 profiles with suggested send times and post reports, for less than the team plans.
Social customer care teams
One inbox gathers messages and reviews from every network, and higher plans add AI reply help, sentiment and helpdesk links.
Brands watching rivals and trends
Professional adds competitor and paid reports, and the Listening add-on follows conversations and flags sudden spikes.
Large marketing organisations
Enterprise brings guided setup, SSO and priority support, and a separate influencer tool runs creator campaigns alongside it.
How much does Sprout Social cost?
Sprout Social costs $99 to $499 per seat a month on monthly billing, from Essentials to Advanced, with a 30-day free trial and lower prices when you pay yearly.
- Up to 5 social profiles
- Best send times and post-level reports
- 100 Trellis AI credits per seat a month
- 5 social profiles
- Shared inbox, keyword and location monitoring
- Review management and the Trellis AI agent
- Unlimited social profiles
- Competitor, tag and paid performance reports
- Message tagging and AI help with posts
- AI reply help and sentiment in the inbox
- Sprout API and helpdesk integrations
- Message spike alerts and team productivity reports
Billed yearly and paid up front, Essentials is $79, Standard $199, Professional $299 and Advanced $399 per seat a month. Enterprise is priced on request and adds guided onboarding, SSO setup and priority support. Premium Analytics, Listening and Employee Advocacy are paid add-ons from Standard up. US nonprofits can get special pricing on Professional and Advanced. The 30-day trial needs no card. Full pricing on sproutsocial.com. We checked these prices on .
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What are the best Sprout Social alternatives?
Three tools on Recaply do Sprout Social's job.
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Questions about Sprout Social
What is Sprout Social?
Social trends spotted and acted on with team workflows.
Who is Sprout Social for?
Sprout Social is best for marketing teams that run several brand accounts and want publishing and a shared inbox.
Is Sprout Social free?
You can try Sprout Social free before paying; paid plans start at $99 per seat per month.
How much does Sprout Social's Trellis AI cost?
Every Sprout Social seat includes 100 Trellis AI credits a month, and the allowance resets monthly. Teams that need more can add Trellis Plus for $35 per user a month on monthly billing or $28 on yearly billing. Broad, multi-source questions use more credits than narrow ones.
What are the best Sprout Social alternatives?
The closest alternatives on Recaply are Hootsuite, Vista Social and Metricool.
Where can I try Sprout Social?
On its official website, sproutsocial.com.
Does Sprout Social offer nonprofit pricing?
Yes. Sprout Social offers special pricing to nonprofit organisations in the US on its Professional and Advanced plans. Eligibility and the discounted price are handled through its nonprofit pricing page rather than shown on the main plan cards.







