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Sprout is a holistic wellbeing platform that enables and promotes a healthy and balanced workplace ecosystem.

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Pros:

Sprout can be a free tool for a small marketing team with a small budget. You can have all your company social platforms in one view as well as monitor competitors, hashtags etc.

Cons:

Many of the points tracking systems are broken and dont fairly allocate points for different activities.

Sprout ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.2
Customer Service
4.4
Features
4.2
Value for Money
4.4

Likelihood to recommend

8.1/10

Sprout has an overall rating of 4.3 out 5 stars based on 605 user reviews on Capterra.

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Harshita
Harshita
Content Writer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Writing & Editing, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Sprout has got your back.

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

I've had a great experience with Sprout. Keeping track of my health and exercising has helped me improve my overall wellbeing.

Cons:

There is nothing wrong with Sprout, but sometimes notifications take a while to appear on the platform.

Hannah
Hannah
Principal CEO in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Graphic Design, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Highly recommended sprout

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: Sprout I have already been using it for several years and I always see improvements in all aspects, I can also follow up and analyze the activities I intend to do, I like this a lot.

Pros:

Sprout is intuitive and easy to use, that is important for me and for the other people who use it in the work team, it is very easy to track each activity that is carried out, it is also interesting to see the activity and follow what they do the other people. It is a good help in my work, it is easy to use from the computer or from the mobile application so I can always be using Sprout efficiently and easily from wherever I am.

Cons:

Certainly although it does not represent major problems, sometimes the mobile application presents some errors but nothing to worry about since they always solve the problems, customer service should implement other languages to be able to solve and answer our questions. However it is an application and website Very interesting and good that I am always using it every day.

Angela
Administrative Assistant in US
Chemicals, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Honest Review

1.0 6 years ago

Comments: a normal basis than to subject myself for everyone else to criticize/comment on a daily basis. That would be setting myself up for failure. I know who I am and what I need to do in life than to have someone "cheer" me on. I don't need "approval" to know that I am on the right track.
6. If I feel the need to contact EAP to "help" me, I will. I don't need it in my face every time I am on your website.
7. Lastly, I feel like I have to keep my phone on my person 24/7 in order to get the "movement" points. It is attached to me enough, it doesn't need to go with me EVERYWHERE. I have gone through enough Fitbits over the last several years that I am never wearing one again. They are a waste of money. I will continue to guesstimate my activities and forge ahead without a device or my phone.

Pros:

...still waiting to see what I like most...

Cons:

1. First, the app will not work when I try to open it on my phone. Maybe the 3rd time is the charm, maybe not! Soon, I will uninstall it from my phone as it is taking up precious space. 2. Somehow I got logged out of the website and now it wants me to answer questions all over again! If that information needs updated, I'll do it - when I feel the need! Not every time I get logged out. Now, I cannot log into my account until I go through your little preview of Health Survey Results. 3. I cannot update activities easily. If I need to update something, I have to delete them then go back and add them again. I can see them on two different screens but they both do different things and neither one is efficient. 4. I cannot narrow anything down by date. I have to look at everything by "downloading" the entire month to see what I did or didn't enter yet. 5. I feel the only reason people post their pictures of healthy eating and active lifestyle is for personal attention. One should not have to post that sort of thing in order to get "approval" from their peers. If they do, then they need professional help. If someone wants to document their lives for all to see that is one thing, but not force others to look at it or post it. Why would I want to tell the entire Sprout community what I am doing/eating/feeling at every moment of my day? They don't need to know. They need to focus on themselves and better themselves. I have enough drama in my life on

Gloria
Gloria
Digital Marketing Trainer in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Marketing & Advertising, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Good Tool for employee management with multiple features

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

This tool is simple to use and useful for tracking tasks.My company uses sprout tools to calculate employee incentives and their activities as it is time saving .

Cons:

I felt the health activities like walking step count is not accurate as compared to other tools in the market.Mobile App rarely has glitches else it is great tool.

Mr. Marcus
Mr. Marcus
Talent support in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Human Resources, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Sprout is great to keep you active and on your toes with an edge of competition

5.0 6 years ago

Pros:

I love being able to track my status/ progress from the app on my phone. It's so easy to use and if i miss a day then i can always go back to it using the ease of the calendar feature.

Cons:

There is nothing that I don't like about this app.

Pankaj
Pankaj
Associate Group Lead in India
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Best for keeping track of fitness and stay motivated

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: Overall Sprout is good product and provides motivation to keep health on track, and to promote health and wellness in an organization.

Pros:

Sprout is simple and easy to use and keeps track of fitness and health.Provides features like leader-boards and task hub which eventually motivates to be more active.Also is accessible via different devices tab and cellphone etc.

Cons:

Sometime it is harder to navigate for online help is website also mobile app is bit glitchy.Integration with other social platform is not so good.

Lori
Lori
Customer Success Manager in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Customer Success Manager

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: I enjoy the app and the information provided. It has taken some effort learning to negotiate. When entering activities...you cannot see if you are duplicating until they post. A view of the month and entries would be helpful.

Pros:

ease of use and stats provided. the drop downs could guide you better through the site.

Cons:

navigation. learning how to easily review data provided

Francis
Francis
Principal CEO in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Graphic Design, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

I recommend this tool

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: It is an excellent tool and I recommend it.

Pros:

It is very easy to use, you can analyze the data of social networks and it is excellent to organize the projection of each social network. It is a good tool if you work with digital marketing or something similar. It offers a detailed analysis and is what we expect from a service of this type, which makes it a good experience to use it because it provides what we want to know about our social networks.

Cons:

Regarding certain problems, it is worth mentioning that technical support is needed in several languages. the price may be high, but it is worth paying for the service. Basically, the main problem I can talk about is about the technical service because they need to be available to anyone and in several languages as well.

Alyssa
Alyssa
Marketing Manager in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Renewables & Environment, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Easy to Use

4.0 6 years ago

Pros:

I liked Sprout when I used it at my old marketing agency. It made scheduling social posts for 10 different companies incredibly easy. I liked that I could schedule all the posts and make changes without having to sign in and out of multiple accounts. It was also nice to be able to download the analytics in an easy-to-read Excel sheet so that I could forward the data to my clients.

Cons:

If my boss logged into the account while I was using it, it would kick me out. That made for some frustrating situations, but that may have been more of an issue on our end than with the software itself.

Stephen
Stephen
Senior Business Development Manager in Canada
Verified LinkedIn User
Hospital & Health Care, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Sprout at Work

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: It is a great tool for company engagement and I would recommend to other businesses.

Pros:

This is a great tool to engage your company and employees. Not only does it engage colleagues to communicate with others that they may otherwise not, but it also engages employee to participate in healthy competition. Healthy both in the sense that it gets them exercising, but also competing in fun events against each other.

Cons:

As someone that trains regularly, I would like there to be additional functionality around exercises and exercise tracking.

Abegail
Researcher in Philippines
Market Research, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Super Sprout

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: I already encountered softwares same as Sprout but I can say that Sprout is the easiest to use of them all. It is really ALL IN ONE that is why I call it SUPER SPROUT. Because it is SUPER EASY TO USE most especially for the first timers every part of it is really SUPER EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

Pros:

The software is easy to use and user friendly.

Cons:

For me, there are no features that should be improved as of the moment.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Food Production, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

User-Friendly Employee Management Tool

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Overall, it's a good tool to manage employee online. It has additional fun features like greetings on employees about their work anniversary and birthdays.

Pros:

The interface of the software is simple and easy to use. It has also nice UI experience because the feed is cohesive in design.

Cons:

The software lacks some self-employee services like editing your profile on your own. You need to request the changes to the HR.

Shanna
Social Media Specialist in US
Marketing & Advertising, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Sprout Social for High Volume of Clients

4.0 5 years ago

Comments: We love Sprout, because it makes scheduling and reporting incredibly easy and efficient. We're grandfathered into an old plan, so our price is extremely affordable, but even if we updated Sprout would still be more affordable than most of the competitors, with the same capabilities. It's saved us tons of time and money!

Pros:

We manage a high volume of small business accounts, and so we divide our clients up by vertical and post a lot of the same content to multiple pages at once. Sprout allows us to create groups, which can include many different clients, allowing us to streamline this process. We have been able to drive up margins significantly with this feature.

Cons:

Instagram frequently becomes disconnected (which is likely due to Instagram, not Sprout), but the notification emails from Sprout do not contain the account name, so you have to check all the accounts. As we have upwards of 500 accounts, this is frustrating.

JAZMINE
JAZMINE
Sales Admin in Canada
Human Resources, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

LOVE LOVE LOVE

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: I am so happy with using sprout! A great way to check in with yourself and the people you work with!

Pros:

This software has been an amazing tool to connect with coworkers in healthy ways, by sharing recipes, workouts, photos. You can create events or groups based on certain interests. Paleo, running, yoga, water. Best of all if we keep up to date with our health tracking we have the opportunity to make some extra cash!

Cons:

It would be a lot easier when tracking activities to be able to use the tab button to enter times/units of measure instead of having to use the mouse and click on each entry.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great Tool to Track Activities

5.0 6 years ago

Pros:

Being able to share your accomplishments very easily with others by posting on the home page and being able to see everyone else's achievements! It is a great motivational way to get ideas on how to stay moving, along with other great tips on establishing an overall wellness lifestyle.

Cons:

The navigation of the overall software. There seems to be a lot of everything in one page and my eyes keep going back and forth to figure out where I need to go. It is also hard to track and see my previous submissions. Would suggest a more simple, cleaner home page with more sub tabs to navigate more easily.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Enough to get the job done

4.0 6 years ago

Pros:

Sprout has a mobile application that can connect to your wearable Sprout allows you to track your wellness information from multiple areas (online & mobile) Sprout allows you to create groups and challenge fellow team members to achieve certain goals.

Cons:

Even though Sprout provides a mobile application, there are areas where the application can be improved on to better the experience for on-the-go users.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Motivating!!

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: I love Sprout!! Its a way to connect with my coworkers, even though I work from my vehicle most of the time. It helps keep me on track with my active living goals and my progress motivates me to do more!

Pros:

I like the group interaction and accountability. It helped keep me motivated and actually join the gym without feeling like all of my Facebook friends were creeping on me. My water intake for example, has increased daily just by keeping track and holding myself accountable. I love the inspirational quotes that are shared. My quote is “one day, or day 1. You decide”

Cons:

When my company posts a challenge, it is not easy for me to figure out how to join and participate or make a group to join the challenge. I wish that this feature was more user friendly.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Sprout

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: I mostly just use it passively to track my movement for goals. I'd rather not enter information whenever possible, so the step tracking is very helpful for me.

Pros:

I like the goal tracking for passive activity like steps and movement.

Cons:

There aren't enough specific sports options - it would be better to have common sports like softball and baseball to specify your personal log.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Sprout Trackers

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: Its been a great experience, my company utilizes it to motivate employees to take stock in their lives and I think it is a great tool.

Pros:

How easy it is to use, it automatically tracks my activity from my apple watch and uploads it to sprout. Its very easy to log activities manually as well.

Cons:

I haven't had any gripes with the software thus far.

matt
Health and Wellness Cordinator in US
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

The Best Wellness Platform Out There!

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: A must have a wellness tool for large or small businesses! Create challenges, socialize, earn points and get rewarded! A great way to live well!

Pros:

I love Sprout. This customizable, easy to use wellness platform is the best on the market. Connect with coworkers with a built-in social feed. Recognize the hard work of your teammates by liking and commenting on 50+ activities. Dont see something on there to track? Reach out to the Sprout team and they will add an activity to make the platform appeal to almost every (now that's service)

Cons:

Can be a bit laggy at times! Post that are the most recently active are put at the top of the social feed so you may miss an important post if nobody has liked or commented on it!

Mike
Administrative Services Manager in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Utilities, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Sprout makes it easy to track your path to Wellness

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: No business problems have been experienced thus far. My employer is into its second full year with Sprout.

Pros:

The software application provides employers with the ability to select a wide variety of healthy activities and behaviors to which point allocations can be awarded. By having the behaviors prelisted and the corresponding Wellness Program points shown, participants have access to easily inputting their activities in order to capture their respective points towards earning a Wellness Program incentive. The leaderboard for employee point totals also provides a strong reminder to participants as to how you are faring comparing to other participants in the program.

Cons:

There is very little not to like about the convenience of Wellness Program point tracking that Sprout provides. Could too many automated reminders be a problem? If so, there are ways to limit the number of automated reminders that participants receive. Sprout is a very well-conceived and implemented Wellness Program tracking application.

Bryan
Bryan
Strategic Engagement Consultant in US
Computer Software, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Easy to use, easy to understand

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: This helps me track my fitness activities as well as well being activities

Pros:

I think that it is easy to log your activities.

Cons:

I think the app does not refresh notifications which requires manual refresh each time but that is not bad.

Daniel
Software Engineer in US
Computer Software, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Simple and clean... maybe too much so

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: I observe that it seems to be motivating people in my company to do more activity, and that's the whole point, so that's good. People are naturally competitive and they seem to be paying attention to the challenges and the leaderboards. I say "people", because me personally, I'm an avid road cyclist and I already do a ton of activity regardless of Sprout, but I do note that others have taken to competing and chasing me on Sprout, so it's working. :)

Pros:

It is simple and clean. The challenges and leaderboards seem to work to push people to do more activity.

Cons:

I can't figure out where to go for online help on using the website, or where to report an issue. So, I'm using this survey to report an issue. I have Strava connected to Sprout to log my bike rides. However, I notice that Sprout is giving me credit both for the Ride Time and the Elapsed Time for the same bike ride. Seems like I'm getting double-points. I ride frequently, so there's no question I would be surpassing the goals for Bronze, Silver, Gold anyways, but, where it is more noticeable is on the Leaderboards.... it makes me look like a real champ, but it's not fair to others. I looked around the Sprout Website, logged in, and couldn't find any help forums to read through to see if others had this, or how to fix, and couldn't find any way to send a message to Support for it. Maybe I just didn't come across it, but other sites I've dealt with (like Strava) it's very obvious where to go on the site for Help and Support, but I found very little in Sprout.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Sprout Review @ Ultimate Software

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: The experience has been smooth and easy. I haven't encountered any major issues or features that I would add

Pros:

Automatically tracks activities Multiple activities tracked I was able to set up quickly and only have to go back to add any missing sessions if I forgot my tracker

Cons:

Using fitbit tracks steps as movement and not walking

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Is Sprout for you?

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: It seems like the level of engagement is good with our peeps using it to set goals and attain next level status

Pros:

Navigation is very easy between features

Cons:

Not able to easily see history or add to historical items you track. I can’t easily identify where to engage support though, not that it’s needed much though.