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title: "Social media management tools: alternatives and prices for 2026"
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# Social media management tools compared

Social media management tools charge per channel, user, seat, brand or plan. This page lists 22 of them with their cheapest paid plan and free plan, checked on vendor pages on 10 October 2026. Weekbird costs $24, $49 or $149 a month per plan, with unlimited posts.

## How social media management tools charge

- **Per channel or account:** Buffer, Publer, Hypefury. Cheap for a few channels; the bill grows with each one you connect.
- **Per user or seat:** Hootsuite, Sprout Social, Agorapulse. Each person who logs in costs a seat.
- **Per brand, social set or workspace:** Metricool, Later, Pallyy, Planable. One unit covers a group of profiles.
- **Per tier:** Postiz, Blotato, SocialPilot. A plan covers a fixed number of channels or accounts.
- **Per plan:** Weekbird. You pay $24, $49 or $149 a month, with unlimited posts on each.

## Price table

Cheapest paid plan on each vendor's own pricing page, US prices in US dollars, checked 10 October 2026. Per-channel and per-account prices are for one unit. Canva, Meta Business Suite and Tailwind are left out until their prices are fully verified.

| Tool | Billing unit | Cheapest paid plan | Free plan |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agorapulse | Per user | Standard: $99 a month ($79 billed yearly) | No |
| Blotato | Per account tier | Starter: $29 a month | No |
| Buffer | Per channel | Essentials: $6 a month ($5 billed yearly) | Yes |
| CoSchedule | Per plan + per profile | Starter: $29 a month, billed yearly | No |
| Hootsuite | Per user | Standard: $99 a month, billed yearly | No |
| Hypefury | Per channel | Flexible: $6 a month ($5 billed yearly) | No |
| Later | Per social set | Starter: $18.75 a month, billed yearly | No |
| Loomly | Per plan (accounts) | Starter: $65 a month ($49 billed yearly) | No |
| Metricool | Per brand | Starter (up to 5 brands): $25 a month ($20 billed yearly) | Yes |
| Pallyy | Per social set | Pro: $25 a month | Yes |
| Planable | Per workspace | Basic: $39 a month ($33 billed yearly) | Yes |
| Planoly | Per social set | Starter: $14 a month | Yes |
| post bridge | Per account | Marketer: $39 a month | Yes |
| Postiz | Per channel tier | Standard: $29 a month ($23 billed yearly) | No |
| Publer | Per account | Professional: $5 a month ($4 billed yearly) | Yes |
| Sendible | Per workspace | Core: $35 a month ($30 billed yearly) | No |
| SocialBee | Per plan (profiles/workspaces) | Bootstrap: $29 a month ($24.20 billed yearly) | No |
| SocialPilot | Per plan (accounts bundles) | Essentials: $20 a month ($17 billed yearly) | No |
| Sprout Social | Per seat | Essentials: $99 a month ($79 billed yearly) | No |
| Typefully | Per social set | Creator: $8.25 a month, billed yearly | Yes |
| Vista Social | Per plan (profiles/users) | Professional: $99 a month ($79.17 billed yearly) | Not stated |
| Zoho Social | Per brand | Standard: $15 a month ($10 billed yearly) | Yes |
| Weekbird | Per plan | Solo: $24 a month ($19 billed yearly) | No |

## Free plans

Buffer, Metricool, Pallyy, Planable, Planoly, post bridge, Publer, Typefully and Zoho Social have free plans. Buffer's covers 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts each. Hootsuite, Sprout Social, Postiz, Blotato and Weekbird have none, and Later shows none on its pricing page. More in free social media schedulers.

## Where Weekbird fits

Weekbird suits small businesses, freelancers and small agencies that plan the week's posts in one sitting. It publishes to Facebook Pages, Instagram, Threads, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Business Profile and Bluesky. Team and Agency add approval links that clients open without an account, and an Inbox for comments, replies and reviews.

Weekbird has no free plan, social listening, ads reporting, mobile app, white-label or import from other tools. If you need those, the tables above point to tools that have them. Compare head to head in comparisons or see Weekbird pricing.

- [Sprout Social alternatives for 2026](/alternatives/sprout-social)
- [Hootsuite alternatives for 2026](/alternatives/hootsuite)
- [Buffer alternatives for 2026](/alternatives/buffer)
- [Metricool alternatives for 2026](/alternatives/metricool)
- [Later alternatives for 2026](/alternatives/later)
- [Postiz alternatives for 2026](/alternatives/postiz)

- [Social media tool pricing guides for 2026](/pricing-guides)
- [Social media scheduler comparison: Weekbird, Buffer, Hootsuite and more](/compare)

## Questions

### What is the cheapest social media scheduler?

For one or two channels, per-channel tools: Publer starts at $5 per account a month ($4 billed yearly), Buffer and Hypefury at $6 per channel. Several tools also have free plans. For many channels and people, compare the totals on each alternatives page.

### Which scheduler has a free plan?

Buffer, Metricool, Pallyy, Planable, Planoly, post bridge, Publer, Typefully and Zoho Social. Weekbird has no free plan.

### Which tools charge per channel?

Buffer and Hypefury charge per channel, and Publer and post bridge per account. Postiz and Blotato sell tiers of channels or accounts.

### Which tools charge per user?

Hootsuite and Agorapulse charge per user, and Sprout Social per seat. Weekbird, Buffer Team and Postiz Team and above do not charge per user.

### How does Weekbird charge?

Per plan: Solo $24, Team $49 and Agency $149 a month, or $228, $468 and $1,428 a year. Every plan has unlimited posts.

## Plan next week in one sitting

[See Weekbird plans](https://weekbird.app/)