Best for: Cheaper recycling, priced per account
Publer has recurring posts and bulk upload, priced per social account from $5 a month. Compared with SocialBee, it is the cheaper way to recycle a few channels. Categories are less central.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 user, 3 social accounts (not X), 10 scheduled posts per account |
| Professional | From $5/mo per account | Or $4/mo billed yearly. Unlimited scheduling and drafts, X included. 7-day trial |
| Business | From $10/mo per account | Or $8/mo billed yearly. Adds analytics, post recycling and unlimited AI. 14-day trial |
USD list prices from publer.com/plans, checked 12 October 2026. Priced per social account, with extra members on top. Every tenth account is free. Ten accounts on Professional came to $36/mo.
Choose Publer if
You have a large library of finished posts and want the cheapest way to schedule and recycle them across two or three channels.
Pros
- Usable free plan
- Recurring and bulk scheduling
- Every tenth account free
Cons
- Free plan has no X
- Cancelling clears the queue
- Does not make posts
Best for: The simplest free queue
Buffer has no recycling, but it is free for three channels and the simplest queue there is. Then $5 per channel a month. Compared with SocialBee, it does less for much less.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|
| Free | $0 | 3 channels, 10 scheduled posts per channel, 1 user |
| Essentials | $5/mo per channel | Or $60 a year per channel. Unlimited scheduled posts, 1 user |
| Team | $10/mo per channel | Or $120 a year per channel. Unlimited team members |
USD list prices from buffer.com/pricing, checked 12 October 2026. 14-day trial on paid plans. The price per channel drops past 10 channels.
Choose Buffer if
You already have a marketing team or writer producing content, and you just need a reliable place to schedule and queue posts across platforms.
Pros
- Usable free plan
- Priced per channel
- Quick to learn
Cons
- No recycling
- Basic reporting
- Does not make posts
Best for: Building the back-catalogue in the first place
This week · approved
MonThree things that stall week threeLinkedIn · 9:00Queued
TueReel from Tuesday's callInstagram · 18:30Best time
WedWeek three is where consistency diesLinkedIn · 8:15Queued
Thu"Consistency beats perfection."Facebook · 12:00Queued
Fri22 seconds, captions burned inTikTok · 17:45Best time
Magic Marketer® builds the library. One source - a recording, a voice note, a transcript, a link - becomes a batch of finished posts in eight formats in your voice, then is scheduled to nine channels. On Autopilot a fresh batch arrives on your schedule. It does not recycle old posts by category.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|
| Free trial | A$0 for 7 days | Card at sign-up. Publishing, scheduling and unlimited creations included. Free for 7 days. Cancel anytime before day 7 and you won't be charged. |
| Up to 2 brands | A$99/mo | Up to 2 brands. Unlimited team members. Publishing and scheduling included. A fresh batch on your schedule, daily, weekly, or monthly. Weekly community calls and workshops included. For 3 or more brands, book a demo and we quote agency pricing. Or A$986/yr, save 17%. |
| Agency | Custom | 3 or more brands. No public rate, quoted on a demo. |
Magic Marketer® prices are in AUD.
Choose Magic Marketer® if
You have three posts and a good intention, and you want new posts made each week rather than old ones repeated.
Pros
- Makes the posts from a source you already have
- New posts, not repeats
- Brand guardrails and compliance presets
Cons
- No evergreen recycling
- No CSV import
- No permanent free plan
Best for: Measuring what the evergreen posts do
Metricool tells you which posts are worth recycling. Free for one brand, then Starter from $20 a month for five brands, with competitor analytics. Compared with SocialBee, the reports go further and the queue is plainer.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 brand, 20 scheduled posts a month |
| Starter | From $20/mo | 5 brands. $36/mo for 10 brands |
| Advanced | From $53/mo | 15 brands, up to 50 |
USD list prices from metricool.com/pricing, checked 12 October 2026. Annual billing saves up to 24%.
Choose Metricool if
You already have content and mainly need a cheap, capable dashboard for scheduling, analytics, and competitor tracking across a lot of brands or accounts.
Pros
- Generous free plan
- Several brands on the entry plan
- Competitor analytics
Cons
- No category recycling
- Busy interface
- Does not make posts
Best for: A calm scheduler with a real inbox
Pallyy is a clean scheduler with an inbox and five years of analytics on paid plans. Pro is $25 a month for one social set. Compared with SocialBee, it has a better inbox and no recycling.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 social set, 15 scheduled posts a month, images only |
| Pro | $25/mo | Or $240 a year. 1 social set, 1 user, unlimited posts. Extra set $10/mo |
| Agency | $99/mo | Or $950 a year. 10 social sets, 3 users. Extra set or user $10/mo |
| Scale | $199/mo | Or $1,980 a year. 30 social sets, 10 users |
List prices from pallyy.com/pricing, checked 12 October 2026. The page does not name a currency. 14-day trial on paid plans. No video, carousels or inbox on the free plan.
Choose Pallyy if
You already have posts, want the cheapest well-made scheduler with a real inbox, or run an agency with up to ten clients.
Pros
- Calm interface
- Inbox on paid plans
- Usable free plan
Cons
- No recycling
- One user on Pro
- Does not make posts
Best for: Enterprise monitoring and an inbox
Hootsuite is the step up for a team: monitoring, an inbox and approvals, from $99 per user a month. Compared with SocialBee, it costs a lot more and suits a much bigger team.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|
| Standard | $99 per user/mo | 10 social accounts |
| Professional | $199 per user/mo | Unlimited social accounts |
| Advanced | $399 per user/mo | Unlimited social accounts |
| Enterprise | Custom | Quoted by sales |
USD list prices from hootsuite.com/plans, checked 12 October 2026. No free plan. 14-day trial.
Choose Hootsuite if
You run social for a large team and need brand monitoring, message routing and multi-step approvals with a paper trail.
Pros
- Strong monitoring and inbox
- Ten accounts on Standard
- Multi-step approvals
Cons
- Per-user pricing
- No free plan
- Does not make posts
