Sproutsocial Enhances Advanced Plan with API Access, Removes API from Premium Analytics Add-on
What happened
Between the Apr 11, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025 captures of Sproutsocial's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Advanced plan: Sprout API access added - 'Helpdesk integrations' expanded to 'The Sprout API and Helpdesk integrations'; Premium Analytics add-on: API access feature removed - 'Harness our public API to extend publishing and analytics workflows beyond Sprout' no longer listed (API access now included in Advanced plan). Pulse files it as a packaging change (feature added, add-on change). Pulse's latest capture (Nov 9, 2026) lists Essentials at $79, Standard at $199, Professional at $299, Advanced at $399 and Trellis Plus at $28.
Sproutsocial's previous recorded change was "Sproutsocial Renames Key AI Features to Enhance User Experience in Professional and Advanced Plans" (Q1 2025). Sproutsocial has been tracked since 2024-10-01.
In the same window Buffer and Hootsuite also changed their Marketing & Content pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- AddedAdvancedFeatureNot listedSprout API access
- RemovedAdvancedAdd-onAPI access featureNot listed
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced | Feature | Not listed | Sprout API access | Added |
| Advanced | Add-on | API access feature | Not listed | Removed |
Values as written on Sproutsocial's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Sproutsocial's pricing page (sproutsocial.com) from Apr 11, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the change is marked near the top of the page, where Sprout API access now appears.
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Sproutsocial, the last 90 days
Full history- Jul 4, 2026ImprovementSproutsocial demotes reporting and send-time tools to Essentials, adds…
- Apr 9, 2026ImprovementSproutsocial reshuffles Standard plan, gates key reporting tools
- Jan 12, 2026PackagingSproutsocial Restricts Premium Analytics, Employee Advocacy, and Professional Services Add-ons to Standard Plan and Up
- Q2 2025PackagingSproutsocial Enhances Advanced Plan with API Access, Removes API from Premium Analytics Add-on This change
- Q1 2025ImprovementSproutsocial Renames Key AI Features to Enhance User Experience in Professional and Advanced Plans
Across Marketing & Content in the same window
All Marketing & Content changes- BufferJan 13Buffer Expands Free Plan with Reply to Comments Feature and AI Suggestions, Enhancing Engagement Across All Platforms
- HootsuiteJan 11Hootsuite Removes Ad Spend Limits on Professional and Team Plans, Unlocking Unlimited Post Boosting
- BufferJan 13Buffer Reduces Tags Limit from Unlimited to 250 for Essentials and Team Plans
- BufferJan 13Buffer Announces Major Price Drop: Agency Plan Reduced from $120 to $100 for 10 Channels, Saving Customers 17%
- BufferJan 13Buffer Introduces Bluesky Channel Support Across All Plans
Questions about this change
Did Sproutsocial raise prices in July 2025?
No list-price increase was recorded between Apr 11, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: feature added, add-on change.
What changed on Sproutsocial's pricing page between Apr 11, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025?
Advanced feature added: Sprout API access; Advanced add-on removed: API access feature. Pulse compared the captures it took on Apr 11, 2025 and Jul 6, 2025; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Sproutsocial change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 1 other pricing-page change for Sproutsocial in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Sproutsocial Renames Key AI Features to Enhance User Experience in Professional and Advanced Plans" in Q1 2025; Sproutsocial has been tracked since 2024-10-01.