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CrowdTangle vs SamCart

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CrowdTangle

News & Media

Social media insights and content monitoring platform

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On request
Rated
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Full reviewWebsite
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SamCart

E-commerce

The number one checkout platform

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: CrowdTangle crowdTangle was retired by Meta on 14 August 2024, per Meta's own transparency page (Internet Archive capture, 12 December 2024), with Meta Content Library and Content Library API offered as replacements; SamCart plans start at $79 per month, and features like subscription saver and A/B testing are reserved for the higher $199 per month Scale tier

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which CrowdTangle and SamCart actually diverge.

Attributes where CrowdTangle and SamCart differ
AttributeCrowdTangleSamCart
Pricing modelquotesubscription
CategoryNews & MediaE-commerce
Founded2011Unknown

Identical on both: starting price (On request), free tier (No), platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).

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 CrowdTangle

  • Social listening
  • Viral content tracking
  • Competitor monitoring
  • Brand mention tracking
  • Trending alerts
  • Custom dashboards
  • Team collaboration
  • Report generation

Only in SamCart

Nothing recorded that CrowdTangle does not also cover.

What people use each for

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

CrowdTangle

  • Viral content trackingnot SamCart
  • Social listeningnot SamCart
  • Competitor analysisnot SamCart
  • Trend identificationnot SamCart

SamCart

No use cases recorded yet. See the SamCart review.

Where each one falls short

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

CrowdTangle

  • CrowdTangle was retired by Meta on 14 August 2024, per Meta's own transparency page (Internet Archive capture, 12 December 2024), with Meta Content Library and Content Library API offered as replacements

SamCart

  • Plans start at $79 per month, and features like subscription saver and A/B testing are reserved for the higher $199 per month Scale tier

Pricing, plan by plan

CrowdTangle

On request
  • Custom Plan$undefined/custom
    • Social monitoring
    • Competitor analysis
    • Trending content tracking

SamCart

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the SamCart review.

Which should you pick?

Choose CrowdTangle if

  • You need social listening.
  • You also want viral content tracking.
CrowdTangle review

Choose SamCart if

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

SamCart review

Questions people ask

Is CrowdTangle or SamCart better?
Neither clearly leads. CrowdTangle starts at On request and SamCart at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, CrowdTangle or SamCart?
CrowdTangle starts at On request and SamCart at On request.
Does CrowdTangle or SamCart run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
What is CrowdTangle best used for?
CrowdTangle is most often used for viral content tracking, social listening, competitor analysis, trend identification. Of those, viral content tracking and social listening are not what SamCart is typically brought in for.
What can CrowdTangle do that SamCart cannot?
CrowdTangle covers Social listening, Viral content tracking, Competitor monitoring, Brand mention tracking.
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