eksis vs Sprout Social
Sprout Social is built for marketing teams with a reporting budget. eksis is built for the operator who has to answer the comments.
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Monthly cost for the same job
15 social accounts
Bars drawn to scale. Both figures are for 15 social accounts, on the cheapest plan that allows them, taken from each vendor's public pricing page in October 2026. Hootsuite and Sprout Social publish annual-billing rates only, so those are the rates shown for them. Check the current page before you decide, because published prices change.
What each costs for 15 accounts
Sprout Social's entry plan holds five profiles, so fifteen accounts means the tier above it: priced per seat, and normally billed annually up front, so a three-person team commits to a year before the first report is read. eksis is monthly, per workspace, with no annual commitment required to reach the same account count.
Where eksis and Sprout Social actually differ
Sprout Social's strength is analysis: cross-network reporting, benchmarking, and a review workflow. eksis does not compete there. What eksis has instead is automation that answers messages, an API that lets your own systems drive publishing, and a bill that does not scale with headcount.
Why we can charge $4
- No per-account billing Per-channel models push your bill up every time you add a profile. On eksis, 20 accounts are included from day one.
- Automation is not an add-on Comment replies, auto-DM, lead tagging, rescheduling. All at the same price, with no separate AI fee and no active-contact counter.
- Open API on every paid plan The REST API starts on the cheapest paid plan, not locked behind an enterprise tier or sold as an extra module. The MCP server for AI assistants works on Free too.
What you are actually paying for
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Public pricing as of October 2026, for the cheapest plan on each platform that allows 15 social accounts. Hootsuite publishes an annual-billing rate only. Figures change over time; check each platform's official pricing page before comparing.
Who should switch, and who should not
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Switch if you are paying enterprise rates for what is, in practice, scheduling and an inbox.
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Stay if the reporting is presented to a client or a board every month, because that is the part eksis does not replace.
This page is written by eksis, so read it as an argument rather than a neutral review. Every number is sourced from the other vendor's own pricing page, and the section above says plainly where Sprout Social is the better fit.
A question we get a lot
- Can eksis produce client reports?
- eksis shows per-account performance figures where the platform exposes them, but it does not generate branded client reports. If that is the deliverable, Sprout Social is the stronger fit.
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