1. Meltwater's customer support is unlimited and global. Hootsuite's customer support has been frequently poorly rated.
2. Meltwater pulls news content back to 2009 no matter the subscription. Hootsuite does not provide free retroactive data.
3. Meltwater's subscription price includes everything while Hootsuite considers additional users, assistance, training etc. to be additional costs.
4. Many users and reviews note that the platform is less than user-friendly, especially for beginner social media managers.