Agorapulse

Category: Social/Community

Social management with the best EU hosting here.

Agorapulse covers scheduling, a unified social inbox, listening, reporting and team collaboration, with a strong focus on the inbox and on proving return on investment, including revenue attribution from social. It acquired Mention and now sells listening as part of the same group. There is a first-party MCP server in beta available on all plans, authenticated by OAuth, which reads the inbox, listening and analytics and can draft posts but cannot publish them. Pricing is per user with ten social profiles each. It is a French company hosting on AWS in Ireland, which is the best EU data position of any social tool in this directory.

Our verdict

The inbox is the best in the category and that matters more than scheduling for any team actually having conversations with customers, because nothing gets missed and assignment works properly. Revenue attribution from social is genuinely useful when justifying the budget. For UK buyers the data position is the strongest here: a French company hosting in Ireland, which makes the transfer conversation short. The MCP server being on all plans is good, though it is beta and deliberately cannot publish, which is a sensible safety choice. Three limits: it bills in dollars or euros with no pound option, listening and advocacy have moved to paid add-ons so the headline price is not the whole cost, and the entry tier caps data retention at six months, which is short if you report on year-on-year trends.

Best for: UK and European teams who want social management from a European vendor with inbox depth and proper reporting.

Pros

  • The best social inbox in the category, with proper assignment and nothing missed
  • French company hosting on AWS in Ireland, the best EU position of any social tool here
  • First-party MCP server on all plans, reading inbox, listening and analytics
  • Revenue attribution from social for justifying budget
  • Listening available from the same group following the Mention acquisition

Cons

  • No GBP billing, only dollars or euros
  • Listening and advocacy are now paid add-ons on top
  • Entry tier caps data retention at six months
  • The MCP server is beta and cannot publish
  • No published sub-processor list, and the DPA comes by email request

Pricing: From $79/user/mo billed yearly (Paid)

Rating: 4.5/5