Uplift
$49 USD a month per website (SEO + Social, limited-time offer; usually $149)
Search and social produced for one business, for one price.
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Uplift vs Hootsuite
Hootsuite is a suite for a social team. Uplift is the same work done for a business that hasn't got one.
Hootsuite
$99 per user a month, billed annually (Standard)
A suite for social teams: publishing, inbox, listening and reporting.
Social media tools
- Publishes to
- Posts on
- Found in
Line by line
Uplift and Hootsuite, side by side.
Hootsuite is built for a team that runs social media: scheduling, an inbox, listening, approvals and reporting, priced per user per month. Uplift is built for a business that has no such team. It makes the posts, publishes the articles, keeps the Google Business Profile current, and asks one person to approve.
| What you are comparing | Uplift | Hootsuite |
|---|---|---|
| Price to start | $49 USD a month per website (SEO + Social, limited-time offer; usually $149) | $99 per user a month billed annually, rising to $199 and $399 |
| What the price covers | Search and social together: articles, social posts, local SEO and reporting, per website | Ten social accounts on the entry plan, an inbox, listening and 100 AI credits a month |
| Writes the content for you | Yes, articles and social captions, from your business and your keywords | AI helps generate captions and images from your prompts; the work is yours to drive |
| Designs the images | Yes, on-brand images for each social post | AI image generation, plus Canva and Adobe Express templates, within 100 credits a month |
| Publishes to your website | Yes, to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Framer or your own system | Not offered; Hootsuite posts to social networks, not to your website |
| Posts to your social channels | Yes, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and X | Yes, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Threads, Pinterest and Bluesky, with Google Business Profile through an app |
| Google Business Profile | Yes, local posts, profile updates and review replies | Google Business Profile updates and review monitoring through an app integration |
| Keyword research and SEO audits | Yes, included, before anything is written | Not offered |
| Getting found in AI answers | Yes, content written to be quoted by ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude | Not offered |
| You approve before it goes live | Yes, nothing is published or posted until you say yes | Review and approval workflows on the $399 plan |
| Commitment | Monthly, cancel anytime, no setup fee | Per user, billed annually; a 14-day trial and no free plan |
Checked on Hootsuite's own pages in September 2026: plans, integrations. Prices change; tell us if you spot something out of date.
Both sides
What each one is better at.
We publish this page, so the other product's strengths are on it too.
Where Uplift wins
- The posts are written and designed for you, rather than assisted
- Articles written and published to your website, with keyword research and audits
- Google Business Profile posts and review replies as part of the plan
- $49 a month per website against $99 per user a month
- Approval is standard, not a feature of the top plan
Where Hootsuite wins
- More networks, and a shared inbox for messages and comments
- Social listening and competitor benchmarking
- Team features: assignment, routing, approvals and performance reporting
- Enterprise controls such as SSO and compliance on its top plans
Which to pick
Choose the one that fits how you work.
Choose Uplift if…
- There is no social media manager, and the posts still need making
- Being found on Google matters as much as posting
- One price per website beats paying for each person who logs in
Choose Hootsuite if…
- You have a social team that needs an inbox, approvals and listening
- You manage many accounts or clients across many networks
- Reporting for stakeholders is part of the job
Measured results
Real businesses, real search growth.
Search Console performance from client properties we run: the same view you get in your dashboard.
Growing with UpliftLast 16 monthsTotal clicks15.7K
Total impressions6.42M
Average CTR0.2%
Growing with UpliftLast 16 monthsTotal clicks9.8K
Total impressions3.11M
Average CTR0.3%
Growing with UpliftLast 16 monthsTotal clicks12.4K
Total impressions4.86M
Average CTR0.26%
AI answers
The pages Uplift writes are the pages AI answers quote.
ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Google’s own answers are assembled from pages that already rank. Uplift writes for the questions your customers ask, publishes them on your site, and keeps your Google Business Profile saying the same thing.
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Several caterers cover weddings in your area. Your business is one of them, with chef-inspired menus and tastings before you book.
- Google
- ChatGPT
- Gemini
- Claude
250,000+
Google rankings improved for our clients
29,000+
AI citations and mentions earned
25,000+
Leads generated for our clients
In their words
What owners say after the switch.
Business owners who run Uplift on their own site, with the numbers their dashboards show.
Marco Silva
Owner, Silva Catering
Google and AI search are finally sending us qualified leads. Uplift AI has made a huge difference for our catering business: more inquiries, more events, and less time worrying about SEO.
Daniel Romero
Owner, Whitby Physio & Wellness
Uplift AI helped us show up more often in local search and we've booked significantly more new patients. The setup was simple and the results have been consistent.
Emily Chen
Owner, CleanNest Services
Super easy to set up and we started seeing growth within a few weeks. Uplift AI takes care of the technical stuff so I can focus on running my business. Highly recommend!
Pricing
One plan, search and social.
Everything on Uplift's side of the table, per website, with no setup fee and no contract.
SEO + Social
Limited-time offerAll in one: search and social, one price
$49USDper month, limited-time offer, regularly $149
Get SEO + SocialCancel anytime. No contracts, no setup fees.
Per website.Locked in for as long as you stay subscribed.
What’s included
- Articles written and publishedOn your website, after your OK
- Social posts createdImages and captions for each channel
- Keyword research and SEO auditsDone for you, before anything is written
- Posted to your channelsInstagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and X
- Local SEOGoogle Business Profile, kept correct
- Works with your websiteWordPress, Shopify, Webflow and more integrations
- Found in Google and AI answersIncluding ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude
- Approvals and reportingAll in one dashboard
- Publishes to
- Posts on
- Found in
More websites, less per websiteVolume discounts apply automatically
Running an agency or many sites?Talk to us
FAQ
Uplift and Hootsuite, answered plainly
It helps you create it. Hootsuite generates captions and images from your prompts, within a monthly credit allowance, and gives you templates and stock libraries. Uplift plans and produces the posts for you and shows you the week for approval.
Uplift, for one business: $49 a month per website while the limited-time offer runs. Hootsuite's entry plan is $99 per user a month billed annually, and it does not publish a month-to-month price.
No. Its pages cover social publishing, inbox, listening and reporting; there is no website publishing, keyword research or backlink work. Uplift does the search side and the social side in one plan.
Hootsuite, if the agency runs many clients' social accounts and needs an inbox and approvals. Uplift suits agencies differently: one plan per client website, with volume discounts, and the work produced rather than managed.
Uplift's side comes from its own pricing and product pages. Hootsuite's side was read from hootsuite.com's plans and integrations pages in September 2026, both linked under the table.
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