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Agorapulse vs YouScan

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Agorapulse

Social Media

Social media management for scheduling, inbox and reporting

From
$79/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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YouScan

Social Media

Social listening with image recognition, priced from $499 a month with a hard limit on search topics

From
$499/month
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Agorapulse standard, Professional and Advanced tiers all cap at 10 connected social profiles; unlimited profiles require the custom-priced tier; YouScan the binding constraint on the published plan is search topics, not mentions: three topics on Starter 3 forces agencies to merge unrelated clients into a single query, which corrupts reporting and pushes them to the quote-only tier.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Agorapulse and YouScan actually diverge.

Attributes where Agorapulse and YouScan differ
AttributeAgorapulseYouScan
Starting price$79/month$499/month
Pricing modelsubscriptionPer month by mention volume and search topics

Identical on both: free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Social Media).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Agorapulse

Nothing recorded that YouScan does not also cover.

Only in YouScan

  • Visual Insights
  • Insights Copilot
  • Audience Insights
  • Auto-Categories
  • Sentiment analysis
  • Audio and video monitoring
  • Smart alerts and automation
  • Social Intelligence API

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Agorapulse

  • Social media management and schedulingnot YouScan
  • Multi-channel customer messagingnot YouScan
  • Social analytics and ROI reportingnot YouScan
  • Team collaboration on social campaignsnot YouScan

YouScan

  • A drinks or snack brand that needs to find product placement in user photos where nobody typed the brand name.not Agorapulse
  • A consumer marketing team wanting demographic profiles of who is discussing a campaign, not just how many mentions it generated.not Agorapulse
  • A support operation routing complaints found on social straight into Zendesk or Freshdesk as tickets.not Agorapulse
  • A brand tracking sentiment across several languages in Central and Eastern Europe where larger vendors have thinner source coverage.not Agorapulse

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Agorapulse

  • Standard, Professional and Advanced tiers all cap at 10 connected social profiles; unlimited profiles require the custom-priced tier
  • Additional social profiles beyond the plan limit cost $10 to $15 per month each
  • Monthly billing runs noticeably higher than the quoted annual rate, for example $99 per month monthly versus $79 per month paid annually on Standard

YouScan

  • The binding constraint on the published plan is search topics, not mentions: three topics on Starter 3 forces agencies to merge unrelated clients into a single query, which corrupts reporting and pushes them to the quote-only tier.
  • Unlimited means sampled, not complete: high-volume topics collect every nth mention and analytics are extrapolated, so the top tier structurally cannot deliver exhaustive capture for legal or crisis forensic use.
  • Sampling frequency is fixed at topic creation and cannot be changed, so a wrong initial choice means building a new topic and losing historical continuity in the data you have already paid to collect.
  • Instagram coverage is structurally partial because it depends on hashtags being present, and channel-based Instagram history is capped at twelve months back, so caption-free visual mentions are undercounted.
  • Visual Insights and Audience Insights, the two capabilities that most differentiate the product, are only included on the quote-only Unlimited tier, so the published $499 price does not buy the reason you came.
  • Billing is annual only at the published tier with no monthly-rolling option and no published overage schedule, so the cost of a volume spike is unknown until you negotiate it.
  • X coverage now depends on constrained paid API access, which combined with sampling makes historic post depth the weakest part of the archive relative to Brandwatch or Talkwalker.

Pricing, plan by plan

Agorapulse

$79/month
  • Standard$79/month
    • Schedule and publish unlimited posts
    • Manage all messages and organic comments from one inbox
    • Basic reporting and export features
  • Professional$119/month
    • All Standard features
    • Link in bio, Instagram product tagging, and calendar notes
    • Ad comments moderation
  • Advanced$149/month
    • All Professional features
    • Labels, saved replies, automated moderation rules, and bulk actions
    • Shared content calendars
  • Custom$null/mo
    • Unlimited social profiles
    • SSO, custom roles, and multi-step approval workflows
    • Full reporting with historical data import and API access

YouScan

$499/month
  • Starter 3$499/month
    • Billed annually
    • Up to 15,000 mentions per month
    • 3 text search topics
  • Unlimited$undefined/month
    • Unlimited sampled mentions
    • Unlimited search topics, users and alert rules
    • Visual Insights included

Which should you pick?

Choose Agorapulse if

Nothing in the data separates Agorapulse from YouScan on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Agorapulse review

Choose YouScan if

  • You need visual insights.
  • You also want insights copilot.
YouScan review

Questions people ask

Is Agorapulse or YouScan better?
Neither clearly leads. Agorapulse starts at $79/month and YouScan at $499/month, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Agorapulse or YouScan?
Agorapulse starts at $79/month and YouScan at $499/month.
Does Agorapulse or YouScan run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is Agorapulse best used for?
Agorapulse is most often used for social media management and scheduling, multi-channel customer messaging, social analytics and roi reporting, team collaboration on social campaigns. Of those, social media management and scheduling and multi-channel customer messaging are not what YouScan is typically brought in for.
What can Agorapulse do that YouScan cannot?
YouScan covers Visual Insights, Insights Copilot, Audience Insights, Auto-Categories.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Agorapulse: How much can I save by choosing annual billing instead of monthly?

Agorapulse annual billing provides significant savings: Standard saves $240 per year by paying $99 annually instead of $79 monthly, Professional saves $360 per year, and Advanced saves $600 per year. Monthly billing is available at higher rates: $79, $119, and $149 respectively.

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YouScan: Does the Unlimited plan really collect every mention?

No. It collects a sample of high-volume topics and extrapolates the analytics. Ask for the sampling ratio in writing if completeness matters.

Agorapulse: How many social media profiles can I manage on each plan?

Standard, Professional, and Advanced plans each include management of 10 social media profiles. The Custom plan unlocks unlimited social profiles, along with additional features like SSO, custom roles, and API access.

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YouScan: Is Visual Insights on the $499 plan?

No. Visual Insights and Audience Insights are included on the Unlimited tier only, which is quoted rather than published.

Agorapulse: What is included in the Advanced plan compared to Standard?

Advanced includes all Professional features plus labels, saved replies, automated moderation rules, bulk actions, shared content calendars, advanced ROI analysis, ads reporting, and competitor benchmarking. Monthly cost is $149 ($199 annually), compared to Standard at $79 ($99 annually).

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YouScan: Was YouScan affected by the war in Ukraine?

It was founded in Kyiv but contracts through a Cyprus entity and moved infrastructure to Azure West Europe. It exited the Russian market entirely, liquidating both Russian entities by mid-2024, and now contractually bars customers with Russian Federation connections.

Agorapulse: What does the Custom plan include and when should I choose it?

The Custom plan is tailored pricing that includes unlimited social profiles, SSO, custom roles, multi-step approval workflows, API access, dedicated Customer Success Manager, priority support, 1-on-1 training, and quarterly business reviews. Choose this for large enterprises needing unlimited profiles and advanced team management features.

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YouScan: Can I pay monthly?

Not at the published tier. Starter 3 is $499 a month billed annually.

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