Hopper HQ vs Sprout Social comparison

Compare prices, channels, and features for Hopper HQ and Sprout Social.

overview

Platform overview

Read a short summary of Hopper HQ and Sprout Social. Then compare prices, channels, and features.

Visual-first social scheduler for small businesses since 2014

Hopper HQ is a visual-first social media scheduler for small businesses, creators, and agencies. Plan posts, stories, and reels from a combined calendar, preview your Instagram grid, bulk-upload a month of content, and auto-publish across major networks — with per-account pricing, unlimited posts, and a 14-day free trial.

Enterprise social suite with publishing, care, and listening

Sprout Social is a social media management platform for marketing and care teams. Plans cover publishing, Smart Inbox engagement, analytics, AI Assist, and optional listening — with per-seat pricing, profile limits on lower tiers, and a Sprout API on Advanced.

pricing

Pricing & plans

Compare the plans and prices for Hopper HQ and Sprout Social. Prices below assume 1 connected social channels so flat and per-channel plans are comparable.

Connected channels

Set how many social accounts you manage. We scale per-channel list prices to this count.

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Hopper HQ · 1 channels

  • Grow $6 /mo

    Best for individuals and small businesses scheduling a handful of social accounts

    1 channels × $6/channel / mo · list rate; volume tiers may reduce total

  • Scale $12 /mo

    Best for teams that need unlimited teammates, permissions, and content approvals

    1 channels × $12/channel / mo · list rate; volume tiers may reduce total

Sprout Social · 1 channels

  • Essentials $79 /mo

    Best for publishing-focused teams on up to five social profiles

    Per seat / month (annual billing) · $99 billed monthly · 30-day free trial

  • Standard $199 /mo

    Best for small teams that need inbox, monitoring, and five profiles

    Per seat / month (annual billing) · 30-day free trial

  • Professional $299 /mo

    Best for teams with high engagement and unlimited social profiles

    Per seat / month (annual billing) · 30-day free trial

  • Advanced $399 /mo

    Best for cross-functional teams that need API access and care workflows

    Per seat / month (annual billing) · Sprout API on Advanced

  • Enterprise Custom

    Best for large organizations that need SSO and white-glove onboarding

    Custom pricing — contact sales

List price per channel

Native per-channel list rates before volume discounts. OpenQuok flat plans are split across 1 channels for reference.

Hopper HQ

  • Grow $6 /channel /mo

    Per connected account / month (monthly billing) · $5/account on annual · 1 user · 14-day free trial

  • Scale $12 /channel /mo

    Per connected account / month (monthly billing) · $10/account on annual · unlimited users · 14-day free trial

Sprout Social

  • Essentials $79 /channel /mo

    Per seat / month (annual billing) · $99 billed monthly · 30-day free trial

  • Standard $199 /channel /mo

    Per seat / month (annual billing) · 30-day free trial

  • Professional $299 /channel /mo

    Per seat / month (annual billing) · 30-day free trial

  • Advanced $399 /channel /mo

    Per seat / month (annual billing) · Sprout API on Advanced

  • Enterprise Custom

    Custom pricing — contact sales

platform coverage

Supported channels

See which social networks each product supports. An hourglass means the channel is on our roadmap.

Hopper HQ

  • > Facebook
  • > Instagram
  • > LinkedIn
  • > X
  • > TikTok
  • YouTube
  • > Pinterest
  • > Threads
  • > Bluesky
  • WhatsApp
  • Reddit
  • Google Business Profile
  • > YouTube Shorts

Sprout Social

  • > Facebook
  • > Instagram
  • > LinkedIn
  • > X
  • > TikTok
  • > YouTube
  • > Pinterest
  • > Threads
  • > Bluesky
  • > WhatsApp
  • > Reddit
  • > Google Business Profile
  • YouTube Shorts

features

Feature comparison

See which features each product includes, limits, or omits.

Features
Hopper HQ Sprout Social
Agent workspaces
— Customer groups and profile groups
Total channels
Per connected account pricing 5 profiles on Essentials/Standard · unlimited on Professional+
Posts per month
Unlimited posts Unlimited scheduling
Team members
1 on Grow · unlimited on Scale Per-seat licensing
AI Writer
Unlimited AI assistant
AI Summarizer
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Shareable post previews
Official platform APIs
Public API
— Sprout API (Advanced plan)
OAuth apps
— —
MCP server
— —
Cloud media storage
Media library (plan limits apply) Asset library and DAM integrations
Multi-channel publishing
Agent integrations
— —
Analytics
Photo editor
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Skill builder
— —
Calendar views
Kanban views
— —
Footage File manager
Repeated posts
Reusable templates
Saved captions & notes
Reusable signatures
— —
Smart filters
—
Post delays
Favourite post times Optimal Send Times
Post comments
Internal plugs
— —
Cross-account plugs
— —
Global plugs
— —
Group management
—
Dark / light mode
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Community features
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comparisons

visual-first scheduling vs enterprise social operations

Sprout Social is for marketing and care teams in a unified dashboard. Hopper HQ keeps scheduling visual with grid previews, bulk upload, link-in-bio pages, and hashtag research for teams that live in the dashboard.

Hopper HQ

  • > Unlimited AI assistant drafts captions, hashtags, and strategy inside the post planner
  • > Entry pricing from $6/account/mo with unlimited posts and a 14-day free trial
  • > Simple calendar for solo operators — no enterprise workspace sprawl
  • > Instagram grid planner, link-in-bio pages, and hashtag explorer for visual creators
  • > Content approvals and post-failure rules on Scale for teams that review in the dashboard

Typical Sprout Social workflow

  • AI lives inside Sprout — no skills, workspace MCP, or agent-first review queue for external tools
  • Per-seat pricing from $79–$399 before add-ons — costs climb with every teammate
  • One Sprout customer account — not isolated workspaces per client or brand
  • Suite breadth you may not need if you only schedule and approve posts
  • Approvals live in Sprout — not the same human-in-the-loop queue as agent-scheduled drafts

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