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EBOOK

The Cost of the Wrong Social Media Tool: What to Consider Before You Renew

Your renewal date is coming up, and signing again feels like the easy option. Your team knows the tool, and your workflows run on it. But the contract price is only part of the cost: there are also the hours spent working around its limits, the third-party tools piling up, and the approvals lost in email threads. Switching has a cost too, of course. This guide helps you compare both honestly, with real numbers, before you commit to another year.

What you'll get:

  • A 4-step method to calculate what your current tool really costs, workarounds included
  • A full worked example: renew vs. switch, line by line, over two years
  • 10 questions to ask vendors (and the answers to get in writing)
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Inside the ebook:

What your current tool really costs

A content calendar in a spreadsheet, approvals over email, an AI assistant in another tab: each workaround adds a few minutes to a task. Across every post, profile, and account, those minutes add up fast. We'll show you how to spot them and put a number on them with a simple formula.

The real risks of switching (and how to defuse them)

17% of the prospects we spoke with about switching worried about losing their historical data and publishing history. Then there's the learning curve, the notice period, and, for agencies, the clients to reassure. For each concern, the guide covers the questions to ask and the steps to plan for.

Renew or switch: the full calculation

In our example, switching saves $6,480 in year one and $15,480 every year after, with upfront costs paid back in about seven months. Your numbers will be different, so the guide gives you the method to run your own calculation, plus a weighted scorecard to compare platforms on the same criteria.

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"17% of the prospects we spoke with about switching worried about losing their history. The guide tells you exactly what to check before you migrate."