# Best reporting social media tools > Canonical: https://skedsocial.com/best-reporting-social-media-tools The best social media reporting tools of 2026, ranked on shareable reports, scheduled exports, and cross-profile metrics across Sked and rivals. ## Why reporting matters Reporting is how social teams prove the work landed. The tools that stand out turn raw metrics into a clean, shareable story: reach and engagement trends, per-profile and cross-profile views, and exports a client or manager will actually open on schedule. To qualify, a tool must offer scheduled or exportable reports covering reach and engagement across profiles, not just an in-app metrics tab. ## Best reporting tools, ranked **That's us: Sked Social**, from $57.50/mo billed annually ($69/mo month-to-month, Grow plan): Approvals, Instagram-first scheduling and real analytics for agencies and social teams, without enterprise pricing. Tied for the top score among 26 tools here. Strengths: Kanban approval board, Advanced analytics, Social listening. 14-day free trial, no credit card required. [See Sked plans](https://skedsocial.com/pricing) 1. Buffer, from $5/mo: Simple, well-priced publishing; light on depth Strengths: Standard analytics, Unified inbox, Link in bio. 2. Loomly, from $49/mo: Content calendar with built-in approval; limited analytics Strengths: Client-login approvals, Basic analytics, Social listening. 3. Metricool, from $20/mo: All-in-one analytics-and-ads value tool with a free plan and an MCP connector; ceiling for agency approval workflows Strengths: No-login approval links, Advanced analytics, Unified inbox. 4. Cloud Campaign, from $41/mo: Cloud Campaign is a white-label social media management platform built for agencies and franchises to run and rebrand client social programs at scale. Strengths: Client-login approvals, Advanced analytics, Unified inbox. 5. SocialBee, from $29/mo: SocialBee is an AI-powered social media scheduler built around content categories and evergreen recycling, with an agentic Copilot that drafts a full content plan, tiered from solopreneurs up to agencies. Strengths: Client-login approvals, Standard analytics, Unified inbox. 6. Agorapulse, from $79/mo: Inbox-strong agency tool with white-label leanings Strengths: No-login approval links, Standard analytics, Social listening. 7. Sendible, from $29/mo: Agency-focused suite with strong white-label Strengths: Client-login approvals, Standard analytics, Unified inbox. 8. Vista Social, from $63/mo: Vista Social is an all-in-one social media suite that combines scheduling, engagement, social listening, and review management with brand-trained AI, sold per seat with per-profile scaling and a white-label agency tier. Strengths: Client-login approvals, Standard analytics, Social listening. 9. Kontentino, from $59/mo: Kontentino is a collaboration-first social media management platform built around internal and client approval workflows, with on-brand AI content generation and a multi-market Global Content Manager for larger teams. Strengths: Client-login approvals, Standard analytics, AI captions. 10. SocialPilot, from $17/mo: SocialPilot is an affordable, profile-based social media management platform aimed at agencies and multi-account brands, with AI content generation, tiered approval workflows, and white-label reporting. Strengths: Client-login approvals, Advanced analytics, Unified inbox. 11. Hootsuite, from $99/mo: Enterprise-scale social suite; broad but heavy and pricey Strengths: No-login approval links, Standard analytics, Social listening. 12. Iconosquare, from $39/mo: Iconosquare is an analytics-first social media management platform built around reporting depth, competitor benchmarking, and white-label client reports. Strengths: Client-login approvals, Advanced analytics, Social listening. 13. CoSchedule, from $19/mo: AI-powered marketing calendar with social scheduling Strengths: Client-login approvals, Basic analytics, Unified inbox. 14. Publer, from $5/mo: Affordable scheduler with bulk and AI features Strengths: Client-login approvals, Standard analytics, Link in bio. 15. Statusbrew, from $89/mo: Statusbrew is an all-in-one social media management suite built around a unified engagement inbox, 250+ metric reporting, and agency-focused per-client pricing. Strengths: Client-login approvals, Advanced analytics, Social listening. 16. Zoho Social, from $10/mo: Zoho Social is the social media management tool inside Zoho's wider SaaS suite, built around unified publishing, monitoring, and deep Zoho CRM and Desk integration at low per-brand pricing. Strengths: Client-login approvals, Standard analytics, Social listening. 17. Sprout Social, from $79/mo: Premium suite with deep analytics & listening; expensive Strengths: No-login approval links, Advanced analytics, Social listening. 18. Later, from $19/mo: Instagram-first visual planner; per-social-set pricing Strengths: No-login approval links, Standard analytics, Social listening. 19. HeyOrca, from $50/mo: HeyOrca is an agency-focused social media management platform built around unlimited-seat, per-calendar pricing and a no-login client approval workflow, with reporting, inbox, and listening sold as add-on modules on its Basic tier. Strengths: No-login approval links, Standard analytics, Link in bio. 20. Meta Business Suite: Meta Business Suite is Meta's free, first-party console for managing Facebook Pages and Instagram accounts, covering posting and scheduling, a unified inbox across Facebook, Instagram and Messenger, and native ads and insights. Strengths: Standard analytics, Unified inbox. 21. Tailwind, from $12/mo: Pinterest-only scheduling, SEO, and engagement suite, sold as mix-and-match products Strengths: Standard analytics, Social listening, AI captions. 22. Planable, from $33/mo: Approval-first collaboration tool; requires client login Strengths: Client-login approvals, Basic analytics, Unified inbox. 23. Oktopost, from $667/mo: Oktopost is a B2B-only social media platform built around LinkedIn, employee advocacy, and connecting social activity to pipeline, sold on annual enterprise contracts from $8,000 a year. Strengths: No-login approval links, Standard analytics, Social listening. 24. Planoly, from $14/mo: Instagram-first visual planner and link-in-bio commerce tool for creators and small teams. Strengths: Basic analytics, Unified inbox, Link in bio. 25. Rella, from $24/mo: Rella is project-management software for social media teams, pairing a content calendar and Kanban approvals with an AI assistant called Ella, billed per seat. Strengths: Client-login approvals, Standard analytics, Unified inbox. ## How Sked handles reporting Reporting is one of Sked’s strongest areas: it covers reach, engagement, and audience trends per profile and aggregated across a brand, with scheduled PDF and spreadsheet exports so a recap lands in the right inbox on cadence. Because publishing, approvals, and reporting share one workspace, the team that plans the post also owns the numbers behind it, with no export to a separate analytics tool.