Three-way comparison

Later (Later Influence) vs EmbedSocial vs Flowbox — which influencer marketing wins?

Updated 2026-09-06 · based on 2,022 verified reviews

by Later (Later Media, Inc.)

★★★★★ 4.5

Custom / quote-based (Later Influence); Later Social scheduling starts separately

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Best Value

by EmbedSocial

★★★★★ 4.9 (202 (G2, as displayed on embedsocial.com/pricing) reviews)

€29/mo (Pro) Freemium

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Underrated Pick

by Flowbox AB

★★★★★ 4.5

Custom / quote-based

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Our verdict

Unlike EmbedSocial/Taggbox/Flowbox, Later's core strength is finding and paying outside creators, not embedding a live social feed on your website.

EmbedSocial — Cheapest transparent entry price of the group; trades outside-creator sourcing (Later) and enterprise CX depth (Emplifi) for speed and affordability.

Flowbox — Closest European equivalent to Later's combined UGC + influencer-marketing positioning, but smaller-scale and less US brand recognition.

Best for

L Ecommerce/DTC brands that want to source content from outside creators (not just their own audience) and reuse it as licensed UGC in paid ads

E Small-to-mid businesses, agencies, and multi-location brands that want a fast, affordable way to embed reviews and social feeds on their own website

F European (and Latin American) ecommerce brands wanting a combined UGC + influencer-marketing suite without Emplifi's enterprise-CX scope

At a glance

Winner marked per row. Ties are left unmarked.

Attribute

L Later (Later Influence)

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E EmbedSocial

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F Flowbox

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Overall rating

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4.9 Winner

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Review count

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2,022 Winner

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Starting price

Custom / quote-based (Later Influence); Later Social scheduling starts separately

€29/mo (Pro) Winner

Custom / quote-based

Free plan

Yes Winner

Free trial

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Best for

Ecommerce/DTC brands that want to source content from outside creators (not just their own audience) and reuse it as licensed UGC in paid ads

Small-to-mid businesses, agencies, and multi-location brands that want a fast, affordable way to embed reviews and social feeds on their own website

European (and Latin American) ecommerce brands wanting a combined UGC + influencer-marketing suite without Emplifi's enterprise-CX scope

Platforms

Web

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Web

Last updated

2026-09-06

See the interface

Screens as each vendor ships them.

L Later (Later Influence)

F Flowbox

Pricing

L Later (Later Influence) plans

Later Influence

Custom/annual contract

Creator discovery
Campaign mgmt
Rights management
Payments

E EmbedSocial plans

Free

€0/forever

1 source
500 views/mo
500 media/source
10 AI credits

Most chosen

Pro

€29/mo/per month

3 sources
5,000 views/mo
Facebook/YouTube/Trustpilot widgets
scheduling

Pro Plus

€49/mo/per month

6 sources
20,000 views/mo
LinkedIn/Threads/IG hashtag widgets

F Flowbox plans

Standard/Growth/Enterprise

Custom/annual contract

Content aggregation
Rights management
Integrations (tier-gated)

Pros & cons

Later (Later Influence)

✓ Pros

+2M+ searchable creator/influencer database

+End-to-end campaign workflow: briefs, negotiation, contracts, automated payments

+Built-in content-rights/licensing collection for reusing creator content in paid ads

+Mobile app (iOS/Android) for on-the-go approvals

+Strong case-study-backed ROI reporting

✕ Cons

–No public pricing — sales-assisted only, slower to evaluate

–No native website widget/embed for displaying UGC live on-site (the core feature of EmbedSocial, Taggbox, Flowbox)

–Heavier, more enterprise-oriented workflow than small sites typically need

–Brand/product line can be confusing after the Mavrck/Mavely mergers

EmbedSocial

✓ Pros

+Real free plan (1 source, 500 views/mo, no time limit)

+254+ ready-made widget templates covering reviews, shoppable feeds, testimonials, link-in-bio

+Official approved API integrations (auto-sync every 24hrs–30min depending on plan)

+AI widget/CSS builder and AI caption translator

+50% nonprofit discount, no contracts

✕ Cons

–Sources/views/media are metered on every tier — costs scale with traffic, unlike a flat-fee tool

–No dedicated creator marketplace/influencer sourcing (it aggregates your own accounts, not outside creators, unlike Later)

–Advanced rights management & team accounts require the top Premium tier

–No native mobile app for managing the dashboard

Flowbox

✓ Pros

+Combined UGC + influencer-marketing + content-rights suite after 3 mergers (Flowbox, Photoslurp, Dreaminfluence)

+Serves 1,000+ customers across 40 markets with recognizable brand clients (NA-KD, G-Star, Tom Dixon)

+Dedicated Shopify app for shoppable UGC galleries

+Strong European data-residency/GDPR positioning given Stockholm/Barcelona/Amsterdam/Copenhagen HQ footprint

✕ Cons

–No public self-serve pricing — must contact sales

–No meaningful free plan or free trial found

–Brand identity has shifted across three mergers in under a decade, which can complicate long-term support continuity

–Much smaller/less visible than Later or Emplifi in the US market

Platforms & access

Where each tool runs and how far its reach goes.

Criteria

Later (Later Influence)

EmbedSocial

Flowbox

Platforms

Web

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Web

Supported languages

1 (English (primary); interface localization not confirmed)

6 (English, Spanish, Portuguese…)

1 (English + likely Nordic/EU language support given office footprint (not independently confirmed))

Language note

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AI caption translator feature available on higher tiers

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Integrations

8 listed

12 listed

6 listed

Public API

Yes

Capabilities

Capability flags any tool here declares.

Criteria

Later (Later Influence)

EmbedSocial

Flowbox

Free plan

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Feature by feature

Union of every feature any tool here lists.

Criteria

Later (Later Influence)

EmbedSocial

Flowbox

Analytics &amp

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✓

consent/rights management

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Creator discovery & vetting;Campaign briefs & management;Contract + automated creator payments;UGC content rights/licensing capture;Content syndication to paid social & ads;Performance/ROI analytics;AI creator-matching;Social scheduling (Later Social)

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✓

Influencer campaign management (via Dreaminfluence)

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✓

Publishing to web, social &amp

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✓

ROI reporting

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✓

Shoppable galleries

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✓

Social media aggregation (IG, FB, TikTok, X, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads, Pinterest, Vimeo, RSS);Google/Trustpilot/Facebook/Yelp review widgets;AI Widget Builder;Moderation & keyword filtering;Shoppable widgets + Shopify/Google Merchant catalog import;Social listening hub & inbox (Pro Plus+);UGC rights management (Premium);GBP manager & local-SEO tools;Public API

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UGC + influencer content aggregation;Moderation &amp

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Security & compliance

Certifications, controls and where data lives.

Criteria

Later (Later Influence)

EmbedSocial

Flowbox

GDPR compliance listed as a plan feature on the pricing/feature comparison table; no SOC 2 claim found publicly.

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Not independently verified this pass — check Later's Trust Center for SOC 2/GDPR documentation before publishing.

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Not publicly disclosed this pass — verify GDPR/DPA documentation directly with Flowbox given its EU headquarters.

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Support

Channels and the response time each one promises.

Criteria

Later (Later Influence)

EmbedSocial

Flowbox

Account-managed (enterprise sales model

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Amsterdam

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Barcelona

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Copenhagen

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Help Center + account team (enterprise); live chat for Later Social

✓

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In-app live chat (all paid plans); dedicated account manager on Enterprise; Help Center

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regional offices in Stockholm

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Developer & API

What a developer can build against.

Criteria

Later (Later Influence)

EmbedSocial

Flowbox

likely available at enterprise tier

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✓

Not publicly documented

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✓

Not publicly documented for Later Influence

✓

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Yes — EmbedSocial API (Premium tier and above)

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Industry fit

How well each one suits the sectors we assess.

Criteria

Later (Later Influence)

EmbedSocial

Flowbox

Agencies, hospitality/hotels, automotive, ecommerce, multi-location & nonprofit brands

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automotive-adjacent (per client list: Carclean)

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✓

Ecommerce & DTC retail, CPG, beauty, fashion

✓

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Fashion, ecommerce/DTC,

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✓

home goods,

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✓

Integrations

Union of every integration any tool here lists.

Criteria

Later (Later Influence)

EmbedSocial

Flowbox

Facebook

✓

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✓

Facebook API

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✓

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Instagram

✓

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✓

Instagram API

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✓

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Meta Ads

✓

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✓

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✓

Shopify

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✓

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Shopify (dedicated app)

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✓

Shopify (via Later commerce tools)

✓

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Slack

✓

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Squarespace

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✓

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TikTok

✓

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✓

TikTok Ads

✓

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TikTok API

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✓

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Trustpilot API

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✓

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Webflow

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✓

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Wix

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✓

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WooCommerce

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✓

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WordPress

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✓

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X (Twitter) API

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✓

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YouTube

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✓

YouTube API

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✓

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Company

Who is behind each product.

Criteria

Later (Later Influence)

EmbedSocial

Flowbox

Legal name: EmbedSocial (Skopje-based entity). Founded: 2015. Founders: Nikola Bojkov (CEO), Katerina Bojkov/Stojanovska (COO), Dejan Dimitrovski (CTO) — all previously ran a digital marketing agency together. HQ: 52 Blvd Saint Clement of Ohrid, Skopje, North Macedonia. Employees: ~30–50 (small, bootstrapped team). Funding: Bootstrapped — no external VC funding disclosed. Customers: 400,000+ brands claimed on-site, incl. Mercedes-Benz, Ford, Emirates, Universal, Best Western (as logos, not necessarily paid enterprise customers).

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Legal name: Flowbox AB. Founded: 2016, Stockholm, Sweden, by Marcus Carloni (founder & first CEO). Merged with Photoslurp (Barcelona, founded 2015 by Eulogi Bordas) in 2022. Acquired Dreaminfluence (Copenhagen, founded 2018 by Mikkel Malesa and Rasmus Tobiasen) in 2025. Current CEO: Eulogi Bordas (since the Photoslurp merger). HQ: Riddargatan 17D, Stockholm, Sweden; additional offices in Barcelona, Amsterdam and Copenhagen. Employees: ~70 (post-Dreaminfluence). Funding: bootstrapped until a €7.5M raise from Viking Venture in 2020. Scale: 1,000+ customers across 40 markets; ~€9M ARR (2025 figures).

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Legal name: Later Media, Inc. (product line includes the former Mavrck and Mavely). Founded: 2014 (as Latergramme). Founders: Matt Smith, Ian MacKinnon, Cindy Chen (Roger Patterson later joined as CEO). HQ: Vancouver, BC, Canada (company); Boston, MA, US (Later Influence/Mavrck team). Employees: reported ~150–250 (sources vary, some report 1,900+ post-merger — treat with caution). Funding: reports range from ~$174M to ~$270M raised across multiple rounds; investors include Summit Partners. Note: third-party data sources (Crunchbase/Tracxn/PitchBook) conflict on founding date, HQ and employee count due to multiple mergers — verify against later.com/about before publishing.

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What users actually say

L Later (Later Influence)

Gartner Peer Insights, company site

E EmbedSocial 202 (G2, as displayed on embedsocial.com/pricing) reviews

G2 (4.9/5, 202 reviews, badge shown on embedsocial.com/pricing)

F Flowbox

Gartner Peer Insights · company press releases · Crunchbase

How each one handles your data

Later (Later Influence)

Publishes a standard privacy notice covering creator and customer data.

EmbedSocial

Standard privacy policy; GDPR-oriented data handling referenced in pricing table.

Flowbox

Not independently confirmed this pass.

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Frequently asked

Is there a free plan for Later Influence?+

No public free tier; Later Social (scheduling) has historically offered a starter tier, but the UGC/influencer product is sold via demo.

Does Later have a mobile app?+

Yes, iOS and Android apps for Later Social; Later Influence is primarily managed via web dashboard.

Is Later Influence the same as Mavrck?+

Yes. Later Influence is the rebranded version of Mavrck, which Later acquired in 2022. In 2024, Mavrck and Later fully merged into one company under the "Social Revenue Platform" umbrella, with Later Influence as the influencer-marketing product line.

How much does Later Influence cost?+

Later Influence doesn't publish one fixed price — it's sold via three self-serve/managed tiers. Third-party pricing trackers report roughly $16.67/mo (Starter, billed annually), $30/mo (Growth), and $53.33/mo (Advanced), but Later's own pricing page directs most buyers to "contact us," so treat these as estimates and verify with a quote.

Is there a contract or minimum commitment?+

No — cancel anytime, no hidden fees.

Do widgets update automatically?+

Yes, via approved API integrations with Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, X and Instagram.