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Alternatives to Sprout Social
21 influencer marketing tools sit alongside Sprout Social in this directory. Below is what separates each from Sprout Social on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 8
- Cheaper to start
- 6
- Sprout Social starts at
- $79/month
Why people look past Sprout Social
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Sprout Social entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Sprout Social carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 8 of the 21 alternatives below can be used without paying.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Sprout Social publishes 5 tiers, from $79/month up to On request. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Sprout Social pricing page breaks each one down.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The partnership management platform
- Starts $49 a month cheaper, at $30/month.
- 4 tiers to Sprout Social's 5.
Affiliate and influencer marketing for e-commerce
- Starts $20 a month dearer, at $99/month.
- 1 tier to Sprout Social's 5.
Enterprise influencer marketing intelligence
- 3 tiers to Sprout Social's 5.
The all-in-one creator management platform
- Can be used without paying; Sprout Social cannot.
- Starts $121 a month dearer, at $200/month.
- Sold on a usage-based model rather than subscription.
Influencer marketing made simple for Shopify
- Can be used without paying; Sprout Social cannot.
- Starts $79 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
- 2 tiers to Sprout Social's 5.
AI-powered influencer analytics and discovery
- Can be used without paying; Sprout Social cannot.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than subscription.
Every Sprout Social alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sprout Social (this page) | $79/month | Subscription | 5 | |
| Impact.comThe partnership management platform | $30/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Sprout Social |
| RefersionAffiliate and influencer marketing for e-commerce | $99/month | Subscription | 1 | vs Sprout Social |
| CreatorIQEnterprise influencer marketing intelligence | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sprout Social |
| GrinThe all-in-one creator management platform | Free, then $200/month | Usage-based | 5 | vs Sprout Social |
| Dovetale | Free | Freemium | 2 | vs Sprout Social |
| HypeAuditor | Free | Freemium | - | vs Sprout Social |
| Fohr | Free | Transaction | 1 | vs Sprout Social |
| Influencity | Free, then $168/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Sprout Social |
| Heepsy | Free, then $69/month | Freemium | 4 | vs Sprout Social |
| Collabstr | Free, then $149/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Sprout Social |
| Afluencer | Free, then $29/month | Subscription | 6 | vs Sprout Social |
| The Influencer Marketing Factory | $5000/project | Quote | 2 | vs Sprout Social |
| Brandbassador | $599/month | Subscription | 2 | vs Sprout Social |
| Creator.co | $460/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Sprout Social |
| AspireIQ | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sprout Social |
| Emplifi | $1249/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Sprout Social |
| Captiv8 | On request | Subscription | 1 | vs Sprout Social |
| Billo | $59/one-time | Usage-based | 3 | vs Sprout Social |
| Audiense | $948/year | - | - | vs Sprout Social |
| Cohley | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sprout Social |
| #paid | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Sprout Social |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Sprout Social badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (8)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Grin , Free, then $200/month
- Dovetale , Free
- HypeAuditor , Free
- Fohr , Free
- Influencity , Free, then $168/month
- Heepsy , Free, then $69/month
- Collabstr , Free, then $149/month
- Afluencer , Free, then $29/month
Cheaper than Sprout Social (6)
Entry price under Sprout Social's $79/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Sprout Social is most often brought in for discovering and vetting creators with brand safety reporting and brand fit scores, centralising creator outreach, contracting, approvals and payments, measuring creator-driven revenue with first-party analytics and attribution, building a creator pipeline through branded application pages. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Sprout Social is broadly right and the question is cost, the Sprout Social pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Influencer Marketing category lists everything the directory holds, and best influencer marketing tools ranks them.
Sprout Social runs on web, ios, android, api. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Sprout Social alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Sprout Social?
- 21 other influencer marketing tools are listed in this directory, led by Impact.com, Refersion, CreatorIQ, Grin. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Sprout Social?
- 8 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Grin, Dovetale, HypeAuditor, Fohr, Influencity.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Sprout Social?
- Yes. 6 of the alternatives below start under Sprout Social's $79/month: Impact.com at $30/month, Dovetale at Free, Fohr at Free, Heepsy at Free, then $69/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Sprout Social?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: there is no free tier; cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Sprout Social?
- Sprout Social is most often brought in for discovering and vetting creators with brand safety reporting and brand fit scores, centralising creator outreach, contracting, approvals and payments, measuring creator-driven revenue with first-party analytics and attribution, building a creator pipeline through branded application pages. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Sprout Social?
- None of the influencer marketing tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Sprout Social alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Influencer Marketing, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Sprout Social against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Sprout Social covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every influencer marketing tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Influencer Marketing category, 21 tools beside Sprout Social. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.