--- title: "Hootsuite pricing in 2026: plans and costs" canonical: "https://weekbird.app/pricing-guides/hootsuite-pricing" language: "en" type: "pricingGuide" updated: "2026-10-11T16:47:12.807Z" --- # Hootsuite pricing in 2026 Hootsuite pricing starts at $99 per user a month on Standard, billed yearly, with 10 social accounts. Professional costs $199 per user and Advanced $399, and approvals start on Advanced. Hootsuite has no free plan and shows no monthly prices. We read the Hootsuite plans page on 10 October 2026. ## Where Hootsuite earns its price - Social listening and competitor monitoring sit inside the product, with advanced listening on Enterprise. - Professional and Advanced have no cap on social accounts. - Enterprise adds SSO and compliance, and you can buy as many seats as you need. If your team works from listening data, those features justify the seat price. ## Cheaper or simpler options Buffer includes approvals and unlimited users on its Team plan at $12 per channel a month. Weekbird costs $24, $49 or $149 a month per plan with unlimited posts; Team and Agency add approval links that clients open without an account and an Inbox for comments, replies and reviews. Weekbird has no social listening and no free plan. See Hootsuite alternatives, Weekbird vs Hootsuite, Weekbird pricing and all alternatives. ## Questions ### How much does Hootsuite cost? Standard costs $99 per user a month, Professional $199 and Advanced $399, all billed yearly. Enterprise is priced on request. Prices checked 10 October 2026. ### Does Hootsuite have a free plan? No. The plans page shows no free plan. Paid plans start with a 14-day trial without a card. ### Is Hootsuite billed per user? Yes. Each plan is priced per user seat, so 3 people on Professional cost 3 x $199 = $597 a month, billed yearly. ### Is Hootsuite cheaper billed yearly? The plans page shows yearly prices and no monthly ones, so there is no published difference to compare. Ask Hootsuite for a monthly rate. ### How much is Hootsuite for 3 brands? With 10 channels and 3 people on Standard: $297 a month, billed yearly. With 15 channels on Professional: $597. With approvals on Advanced: $1,197. ## See what one price per plan looks like [Compare Weekbird plans](https://weekbird.app/) ## Hootsuite Last verified: 2026-10-10 ## Hootsuite: plans | Plan | Monthly price | Price per month (billed annually) | Currency | Billing unit | Seats or brands | Channels | Users | Limits | Source | Observed | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Standard | — | 99 | USD | per-user | n/a | 10 social accounts | 1+ (buy seats) | Posts: Unlimited scheduled posts; AI: Wisdom AI included (no credit counts published); Approvals: No; Inbox: Single inbox | [Source](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | 2026-10-10 | | Professional | — | 199 | USD | per-user | n/a | Unlimited social accounts | 1+ (buy seats) | Posts: Unlimited; AI: Wisdom AI; Approvals: No; Inbox: Inbox with automated replies and workflows; Custom performance reports, trend forecasting to 90 days | [Source](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | 2026-10-10 | | Advanced | — | 399 | USD | per-user | n/a | Unlimited social accounts | 1+ (buy seats) | Posts: Unlimited; AI: Wisdom AI; Approvals: Yes (review and approve content); Inbox: Assignment and auto-routing | [Source](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | 2026-10-10 | | Enterprise | Contact sales | Contact sales | USD | — | custom | Unlimited | Custom | Approvals: Yes; SSO, advanced listening, advanced analytics | [Source](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | 2026-10-10 | ## Hootsuite: strengths | Claim | Source | | --- | --- | | Social listening and competitor monitoring are in the product; advanced listening on Enterprise. | [Source](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | | Unlimited accounts from Professional. | [Source](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | | Purchase as many user seats as needed with SSO and compliance on Enterprise. | [Source](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | | Inbox (Standard): Single inbox | [Source](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | | Approvals (Advanced): Yes (review and approve content) | [Source](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | ## Base plan examples | Users | Brands | Channels | Plan | Monthly equivalent | Currency | Billing period | Other monthly equivalent | Other currency | Other billing period | Source | Other source | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 3 | 3 | 10 | Standard | 297 | USD | Billed annually | — | — | — | [Source](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | — | ## Hidden costs | Text | Source | | --- | --- | | Each person needs a seat. Approvals start on Advanced at $399 per user. Standard caps social accounts at 10, and the page does not say whether that cap counts per seat or per plan. Enterprise is priced on request. | [https://www.hootsuite.com/plans](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | ## Free plan limits | Text | Source | | --- | --- | | No free plan on the plans page. Paid plans start with a 14-day trial without a card. | [https://www.hootsuite.com/plans](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | ## Annual available | Annual available | | --- | | Yes | ## Annual notes | Text | Source | | --- | --- | | The plans page shows yearly billing only: Standard $99, Professional $199 and Advanced $399 per user a month. No monthly-billing price is displayed. | [https://www.hootsuite.com/plans](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) | ## Changes since last quarter | Text | Source | | --- | --- | | First record, captured 10 October 2026. Changes will be logged from the next quarterly check. | [https://www.hootsuite.com/plans](https://www.hootsuite.com/plans) |