Comparison
A Hootsuite alternative focused on the comment inbox
Hootsuite is a publishing suite with an inbox attached, starting at $99 per user per month on Standard as of 8 August 2026, quoted at the annual-commitment rate. If your day is spent in the inbox rather than the calendar, most of what you are paying for and navigating around is scheduling you do not use.
- Category
- Social media comment management
- Platforms
- Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube
- Does not do
- Post scheduling and publishing
- Price from
- $29/month — 2,000 comments/month, 3 connected accounts
- Trial
- 14 day trial, no card required
- Last reviewed
Scope is the difference
Hootsuite covers a wide set of networks and a deep publishing workflow. Replim covers four platforms and no publishing at all. That is a genuine limitation and it is also the point: the queue only ever contains comments, so it can be ordered by what needs answering first.
Side by side
| Replim | Hootsuite | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Comments only | Publishing suite |
| Cheapest paid plan | $29/mo per workspace | $99/user/mo (Standard) |
| Platforms | Four | Broader, incl. X, TikTok, Pinterest |
| Scheduling | No | Yes |
| Intent tagging on comments | Yes | Limited |
| Maturity | Pre-launch | Established |
The same trade-off applies to Sprout Social and Agorapulse, which are the other two tools people usually weigh at the same time.
What Replim does not do
- It does not schedule or publish posts. There is no content calendar. Replim handles what arrives after you post, not the posting.
- It does not send replies automatically. Every reply is a draft until a person approves it. There is no setting that turns automatic replying on.
- It does not support X/Twitter, TikTok, Reddit or Threads. Four platforms only: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
- It does not manage direct messages. Public comments only. DMs stay in the platform they arrived in.
Replim is a comment management tool, not a social media publishing suite. If you need a content calendar, you need a second tool alongside it.
Questions people ask
How much does Hootsuite cost?
Standard is $99 per user per month, Professional $199 and Advanced $399, all at the annual-commitment rate as of 8 August 2026. Month-to-month billing costs more. Standard includes 10 social accounts; the tiers above are unlimited.
What is the best Hootsuite alternative for comments?
For comments specifically, look at tools built around the inbox rather than the calendar: Agorapulse if you still need publishing, Replim if you do not.
Is there a free Hootsuite alternative?
Buffer has a free tier covering a few channels with a community inbox. Free tiers usually cap channels and history rather than features.
Do I lose scheduling if I switch to a comment tool?
Yes. Replim does not schedule posts, so you keep a publishing tool alongside it or publish natively.
Try it on your own comments
If the calendar is the part of Hootsuite you never open, a queue built only for comments is a smaller tool doing the job you actually have.
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