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Tailwind alternatives: Magic Marketer® vs Tailwind, and five others worth a look
Tailwind is the Pinterest specialist. Magic Marketer® makes posts for every channel, Pinterest included, from one source.
Tailwind is the Pinterest tool. It schedules Pins, writes them, finds keywords, and has spent years learning how Pinterest actually works. If Pinterest is your main channel it is the specialist, and specialists are worth paying for.
The Tailwind alternative search comes from people whose business moved. Tailwind now sells three separate Pinterest products, priced per Pinterest account, with credits that run out. The moment you need the same idea on LinkedIn, Instagram or as a short video, you are looking for a second tool. (Or a third. It adds up.)
Choose Tailwind if
Pinterest drives your sales, you sell products, and Pinterest keyword research and Communities matter to you.
Choose Magic Marketer® if
Pinterest is one channel of several, your content is what you know rather than what you photograph, and nothing gets posted anywhere.
Tailwind vs Magic Marketer®, feature by feature
What Tailwind does well
Pinterest, specifically. Pin scheduling and creation on the main plan, a keyword research product for Pinterest SEO, and an engagement product that promotes your Pins through Tailwind Communities. Nobody else has gone this deep on one network, and for ecommerce, food, home and craft businesses that live on Pinterest, that depth is the point.
Where it stops
Everything that is not Pinterest. The products are sold separately, so the full set is $41.97 a month per Pinterest account on a monthly plan. Creation is credit-based - 300 credits a month on the main plan, then $10 per hundred. And the source of every Pin is still you: Tailwind will write a Pin from a link, but it does not turn your client calls, workshops or voice notes into a set of posts across channels.
How Magic Marketer® is different
Magic Marketer® is built for the business whose content is what they know, across every channel they use. One source - a recording, a transcript, a link, a photo - becomes eight post formats in your voice, checked against your guardrails, and published to LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X, Threads, Pinterest, YouTube and Google Business at the best time for each. Weekly on Autopilot.
Pinterest is one of those channels, with feed graphics and quote cards sized for it. What Magic Marketer® does not do is Pinterest keyword research or Communities, and it will not out-Pinterest Tailwind on Pinterest.
If Pinterest is your business and the rest is a hobby, keep Tailwind. If Pinterest is one channel of five and none of them get posted to, this is the one.
Tailwind pricing vs Magic Marketer® pricing
| Tool | Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tailwind | Pin Scheduling & Creation | $29.99/mo | Per Pinterest account. 300 credits a month. $17.99/mo billed annually. |
| Tailwind | Pinterest SEO | $14.99/mo | Keyword research. 50 credits a month. $11.99/mo annually. |
| Tailwind | Pinterest Engagement | $14.99/mo | Communities and Turbo Pins. 50 credits a month. $11.99/mo annually. |
| Tailwind | All three | $41.97/mo | $29.98/mo billed annually. Extra credits $10 per 100. |
| Magic Marketer® | Free trial | A$0 for 14 days | Unlimited creations and exports, no card. Publishing needs a paid plan. |
| Magic Marketer® | One brand | A$29/mo | A single brand. Posts in your voice. |
| Magic Marketer® | 5 brands | A$99/mo | Up to 5 brands. A fresh batch on your schedule, daily, weekly, or monthly. Team members included. No extra charge for an admin. More than 5 brands is agency pricing, quoted on a demo. |
Tailwind prices are USD list prices as published on tailwindapp.com, checked September 2026. A free start is offered without a card; limits are not published. Magic Marketer® prices are in AUD.
Other Tailwind alternatives worth considering
Magic Marketer® is not the right fit for everyone. These are the tools we would point you to instead, and why.
Visual planner for Instagram and Pinterest with a grid preview, from $25/mo. No free plan.
Instagram-first planner that also schedules to Pinterest and TikTok, from $14/mo.
Free for 3 channels including Pinterest; the cheapest way to add other networks alongside Tailwind.
Pinterest plus nine other channels on a $25/mo social set, with a free plan.
If Pin design is the part you actually need, Canva Pro plus native Pinterest scheduling covers it.
See the full list on the alternatives hub.
Tailwind alternative FAQs
Does Magic Marketer® post to Pinterest?
Yes. Pinterest is one of nine channels, and feed graphics, quote cards and carousels are sized for it. It does not do Pinterest keyword research or Tailwind Communities.
What is the best free Tailwind alternative?
Buffer's free plan covers three channels including Pinterest with ten queued posts each. Pallyy's free plan gives one social set and 15 image posts a month. Tailwind itself offers a free start, though the limits are not published.
Is Tailwind only for Pinterest now?
Its current plans are all Pinterest products - scheduling and creation, SEO, and engagement - priced per Pinterest account. If you need Instagram, LinkedIn or video as well, you will need another tool alongside it.
Which Tailwind alternative is best for a service business?
If your content comes from what you say to clients rather than product photos, Magic Marketer® - it turns recordings, transcripts and links into posts across every channel. If you sell products and Pinterest drives sales, Tailwind is still the specialist.
Every channel, one source, no credits.
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