Crowdfire review

Crowdfire does have one odd feature that can easily become irritating. After a given amount of time, it logs you out and asks you to log in again. That isn't a problem in and of itself. All of these social media marketing managers are likely to do this at some point. However, you'll get these Log-In notifications in Crowdfire even if your account names are still displayed. The biggest issue, though, is that the Log-In reminders aren't clickable. I kept rotating through the app several times, looking for a method to log back in. Finally, I had to fiddle with the URL to go back to the log-in screen. This system needs to be made more user-friendly and accessible.

After you've logged in, you'll want to set up your social applications. In the case of Crowfire, you also have a second set of links to make: blogs, online businesses, YouTube, and Twitch channels. These are the sites where you will wish to share your material.

The fact that you can connect an unlimited number of accounts is the most remarkable feature. Crowdfire has progressed well beyond just dealing with Twitter. With TikTok's rapid rise in popularity, their inclusion of the platform is particularly noteworthy.

The WordPress blog option is only available to those who have a WordPress.com site. Simply select the Blog option if you want to link to a WordPress.org site (basically, a website hosted by someone other than WordPress).

The top menu is simple and straightforward, and its order may reflect Crowdfire's priorities: content curation, scheduling, analytics, mentions, and accounts.

One of Crowdfire's strengths is content curation. Articles, Images, My Posts, and RSS are the four options in the left menu. You can download Crowdfire's Chrome extension, which allows you to share practically any webpage you come across, as a fifth choice.

You can use them to make social postings based on other people's content (articles, images, RSS feeds) as well as your own (My Posts).

The My Posts feature looks for new content on your connected blog, YouTube / Twitch channel, or online store. Then, for each of your connected social accounts, Crowdfire generates prospective social posts.

The Articles and Images sections of Crowdfire are used to propose appropriate information for you to share (to Pinterest and Instagram in the case of Images). What's particularly appealing about this is that they provide numerous options for you to fine-tune your article/image recommendations. You can choose themes at a very fine level, and you can even mark material sites that you don't want to be recommended in the future.

When you choose a piece of material to publish, Crowdfire will propose social posts for each of your social accounts, which you may tweak and customize.

Crowdfire is focused on making sure you post at the best times for your audience, so you won't be thinking about precise posting times while you schedule your articles. Simply put, you add posts to your queue.

You may wish to pick the optimal hours for each social network manually if you know your social audience well. Crowdfire allows you to manually schedule your optimum hours, network by network and day by day. If you've noticed that tweets sent around 4 p.m. on Fridays engage your social audience well, you can quickly set up your queue to ensure that tweets are sent at that time every time.

You have a Queue Meter that shows you how many more posts you need to make in the following seven days. On each social media channel, you can choose the number of daily updates you want to make. If your Queue Meter is showing a positive amount, you'll need to create/find more material to distribute.

One of Crowdfire's more unique "features" is that you can only see a unified calendar of your planned postings if you choose one of the two higher paying tiers. This would be a compelling incentive to stay away from the free and Plus programs. Although the unified calendar is handy, it is not as comprehensive as some of the competing apps. It doesn't feel as adaptable, and if there's a method to see more than two posts every day without clicking on the day, it's not immediately obvious. It does, however, make it evident if you haven't contributed content for specific days.

I never used the bulk scheduling tool, but it could be quite useful for power users who generate a lot of posts that aren't just links to other people's stuff.

Crowdfire provides a number of stats that show you how well you're doing on social media. This begins with a summary of all of your social profiles, including the most important statistics for each. You can choose to see stats from yesterday, the previous seven days, or the previous 30 days, albeit not all of these options are available on the lesser subscriptions. However, this is a very basic summary. Crowdfire, for example, only displays the amount of followers, posts, likes, and comments on Instagram.

The scope of the Advanced Analytics area is broader. You have additional date setting options and a larger number of stats to choose from. It also includes graphs of various important statistics.

Higher-level plans additionally include competitor analysis and the ability to create bespoke reports. The bespoke reports appeared to be very useful for companies attempting to figure out how well their postings were performing.

Mentions is another area that is only available to higher-tiered plans. This is essentially a social listening tool that allows you to keep track of when people mention your company or account on social media. Although not as comprehensive as some of the other specialty tools we've looked at, it could be useful for firms looking to maintain an overall check on things and avoid a public relations nightmare.

Frequently Asked Questions

What can I use Crowdfire for?

Crowdfire is a highly effective social media scheduling tool. Crowdfire can be used for content curation, scheduling, bulk scheduling, analytics, mentions, and accounts, among other things. One of its strengths is content curating. This tool will assist you in preparing content for sharing and combining content from a variety of sources. It focuses on assisting you in posting at the most optimal times. Thanks to the variety of statistics and customizable reporting, you can also utilize it to gain a sense of your social success.

Can I use Crowdfire for free?

There is a free version of Crowdfire, although it is fairly limited. It doesn't, for example, provide more advanced capabilities like competitor analysis or social listening. It is, nonetheless, useful for evaluating its essential skills. You'll need to sign up for one of Crowdfire's paying plans if you want to enjoy the full capability of the service. The good news is that their paid plans are competitively priced when compared to similar software solutions.

How much does Crowdfire cost?

The costs are really affordable. Crowdfire has three paying plans and one free option. Plus ($9.99 per month), Premium ($49.99 per month), and VIP ($99.99 per month) are the paid options. If you want to pay on a yearly basis instead, you will receive a discount. It's worth noting that the free plan has some limitations. If you're not sure if you want to subscribe for one of the paid plans, you can try it out for free for 14 days.

What are the cons of Crowdfire?

One annoyance is that it logs you out after a specific amount of time has passed. Needless to say, this is really aggravating. It also takes some effort to figure out how to log back in once you've been logged out. Only the Premium and VIP plans provide a consolidated calendar of your planned postings. Even if you choose one of these plans, though, the unified calendar is not very detailed or adaptable.

What are some of the advantages of Crowdfire?

It allows you to link a wide range of accounts. This includes TikTok, which is rapidly gaining traction, particularly among younger audiences. Crowdfire makes it simple to share a variety of material across all of your social media accounts. Its user interface is likewise simple and intuitive, making it simple to navigate the software.

Conclusion

Crowdfire's simple, user-friendly UI wowed me. Everything seemed obvious and clear, and it was certainly simple to use, with one major exception. When you time out and have to log back in, there is one area of worry. They are quite explicit with their reminders, however it is not at all clear how to log back in.

Crowdfire is particularly adept at handling content. I liked how you can integrate almost all of your content channels - websites, blogs, online stores, YouTube channels, Twitch streams, and more – in one place. Crowdfire is always looking for new content on these channels and attempting to write posts that are tailored to each of your social media platforms.

I assume it will be especially useful for the well-organized social marketer. You may schedule your posts for each of your social media accounts, then keep adding material while Crowdfire distributes them according to your preferences. Then, of course, you can mix and match your company's material with other selected content, including both articles and photographs.

Crowdfire also does a good job with the newer social networks. It began as a Twitter app, but it has since expanded to include new sites such as TikTok. It also emphasizes the importance of visuals in today's world, with Instagram and Pinterest prominently featured — far more than afterthoughts, as they look.

While Crowdfirs lacks some of the finer details found in larger programs like Sprout Social or Agora Pulse, it excels in a tighter feature set.