Postiz alternatives for 2026
Weekbird is a Postiz alternative for teams that want approval links and an Inbox: $24, $49 or $149 a month per plan, with unlimited posts. Postiz prices tiers of channels, from $29 a month ($23 billed yearly) for 5 channels, and costs less at most sizes. Prices checked on 10 October 2026.
| Tool | Best for | How it bills | Cheapest paid plan | Free plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekbird | small agencies whose clients sign off on posts. See Weekbird pricing. | Per plan | $19 / monthbilled annually | No |
| BufferBuffer pricing in 2026: plans and costs | A few channels, with a free plan for 3 | per channel | $5 / monthbilled annually | Yes |
| Publer | The lowest price per account | Per plan / per channel | $4 / monthbilled annually | Yes |
| MetricoolMetricool pricing in 2026: plans and costs | Many brands, with ads reporting | per brand | $20 / monthbilled annually | Yes |
Prices from buffer.com/pricing, checked 10 Oct 2026; publer.com/pricing, checked 10 Oct 2026; metricool.com/pricing, checked 10 Oct 2026
Product prices from weekbird.app, updated 11 Oct 2026
1. Weekbird: a Postiz alternative with approvals and an Inbox
Weekbird costs $24, $49 or $149 a month ($228, $468 or $1,428 a year), with unlimited posts on every plan. 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 Google Business Profile reviews. AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude can draft and schedule over MCP, and each action waits for your one-use approval.
Postiz is cheaper for many channels and does more for developers. Weekbird has no self-hosted edition, no Reddit, Discord or Mastodon publishing, and its API is on Team and Agency only.
Best for: small agencies whose clients sign off on posts. See Weekbird pricing.
2. Buffer: per channel, free plan and public API
Buffer charges $6 per channel a month on Essentials and $12 on Team ($5 and $10 billed yearly). It publishes to Mastodon and Google Business Profile, has a community inbox, and includes a public API on every plan.
Best for: a few channels with a free starting point.
3. Publer: per account, with MCP and Mastodon
Publer charges $5 or $10 per account a month ($4 or $8 billed yearly), every tenth account free. Business adds approvals, an API and MCP, and Publer supports Mastodon, Telegram and WordPress.
Best for: automation-minded owners who want hosted MCP and Mastodon.
4. Metricool: brand tiers with deep analytics
Metricool Starter costs $25 a month for up to 5 brands ($20 billed yearly), with unlimited analytics history. Its free plan includes an MCP server. Advanced adds approvals at $67. X is a paid add-on.
Best for: anyone leaving Postiz because of analytics.
Postiz plans
| Plan | Price | Brands / seats | Channels | Users | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $29 / month $23 / monthbilled annually | n/a | 5 channels | No team support | Posts: Unlimited; AI: AI copilot, 3 AI videos/month, 60 min clipping; API: API, MCP server, CLI, webhooks |
| Team | $39 / month $31 / monthbilled annually | n/a | 10 channels | Unlimited team members | Posts: Unlimited; AI: 100 AI images, 10 AI videos/month; API: API, MCP, CLI |
| Pro | $49 / month $39 / monthbilled annually | n/a | 30 channels | Unlimited team members | Posts: Unlimited; AI: 300 AI images, 30 AI videos/month; API: API, MCP, CLI |
| Ultimate | $99 / month $79 / monthbilled annually | n/a | 100 channels | Unlimited team members | Posts: Unlimited; AI: 500 AI images, 60 AI videos/month; API: API, MCP, CLI |
| Plan | Price | Brands / seats | Channels | Users | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $29 / month | n/a | 5 channels | No team support | Posts: Unlimited; AI: AI copilot, 3 AI videos/month, 60 min clipping; API: API, MCP server, CLI, webhooks |
| Team | $39 / month | n/a | 10 channels | Unlimited team members | Posts: Unlimited; AI: 100 AI images, 10 AI videos/month; API: API, MCP, CLI |
| Pro | $49 / month | n/a | 30 channels | Unlimited team members | Posts: Unlimited; AI: 300 AI images, 30 AI videos/month; API: API, MCP, CLI |
| Ultimate | $99 / month | n/a | 100 channels | Unlimited team members | Posts: Unlimited; AI: 500 AI images, 60 AI videos/month; API: API, MCP, CLI |
| Plan | Price | Brands / seats | Channels | Users | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $23 / monthbilled annually | n/a | 5 channels | No team support | Posts: Unlimited; AI: AI copilot, 3 AI videos/month, 60 min clipping; API: API, MCP server, CLI, webhooks |
| Team | $31 / monthbilled annually | n/a | 10 channels | Unlimited team members | Posts: Unlimited; AI: 100 AI images, 10 AI videos/month; API: API, MCP, CLI |
| Pro | $39 / monthbilled annually | n/a | 30 channels | Unlimited team members | Posts: Unlimited; AI: 300 AI images, 30 AI videos/month; API: API, MCP, CLI |
| Ultimate | $79 / monthbilled annually | n/a | 100 channels | Unlimited team members | Posts: Unlimited; AI: 500 AI images, 60 AI videos/month; API: API, MCP, CLI |
Prices from postiz.com/pricing, checked 10 Oct 2026
- MCP server, CLI and API included on every plan, including cheapest.
- Unlimited posts and 100 channels for $99/month ($79 annual).
- Reddit and Discord supported.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Postiz | Weekbird |
|---|---|---|
| Public API and webhooks | API or MCP (Standard): API, MCP server, CLI, webhooks | REST API and signed webhooks for published posts, approvals and channel events. |
Reasons to switch
- Several 2026 Trustpilot reviewers say support was hard to reach or answered only by an AI assistant, and one reports being billed for months after asking to cancel without getting a reply.
- Connected channels can drop and need repeated re-authorisation; self-hosters reported YouTube channels asking to be reconnected daily or hourly, and a reviewer reported LinkedIn pages not being detected.
- Analytics coverage and accuracy are uneven: users reported Instagram metrics shown at double their real value, a trend figure fixed at the same percentage for several networks, and no analytics for LinkedIn personal profiles, Bluesky or Telegram.
- After the early-2026 move to a Temporal-based backend, users of the official self-hosted Docker Compose setup reported fresh installs failing until they changed undocumented settings by hand.
- Self-hosting requires registering your own developer app and keys for each network, and self-hosters connecting X reported that X's API now charges them per post, which they found too costly to keep running.
Who should stay
Teams that want an MCP server, CLI and API on the cheapest plan, post to Reddit, Discord or Mastodon, need up to 100 channels for $99 a month, or prefer to host the software themselves.
Moving your workflow
- List your channels and the posts scheduled in Postiz for the next two weeks.
- Connect the same channels in Weekbird.
- Schedule next week's posts again in Weekbird; it has no import from Postiz or any other tool.
- On Team or Agency, send approval links to the people who sign off.
- Let Postiz publish its last scheduled post, then cancel.