Minter.io vs TubeBuddy Comparison 2026
Both cover analytics. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Social profile analytics billed per account
Bulk YouTube edits and thumbnail A/B testing
At a glance
- Minter.io starts cheaper, at $9.
- Neither has a free tier.
Side by side
Minter.io | TubeBuddy | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $9 | From $12 |
| Pricing model | Paid subscription | Paid subscription |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 14 days | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export | Not stated | Some of it |
| Their cut | Not stated | None |
| Runs on | Web | Web |
| Covers | Analytics, Social Media Management | SEO & Discovery, Analytics, Thumbnails & Cover Art |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
Minter.io
Social profile analytics billed per account
Minter.io reports on one social profile at a time and charges that way, which suits somebody running three accounts and nothing like a marketing department. Instagram is where it goes deepest, down to stories, reels, collabs and hashtag performance. Reports are scheduled and emailed rather than waiting in a dashboard nobody opens. Adding a competitor's public profile costs the same as adding your own.
Our note
Count your profiles first and multiply, because this is cheap at two accounts and expensive at ten in a way the headline price hides. Iconosquare and Metricool are the flat-rate comparisons; Minter.io wins when you track few accounts deeply and loses when you track many.
Only on this side
- Covers social media management
- Works with Instagram
- Works with TikTok
- Works with Facebook
- Works with LinkedIn
- Works with X
- Works with Threads
TubeBuddy
Bulk YouTube edits and thumbnail A/B testing
TubeBuddy is the older of the two big YouTube extensions and is stronger on the boring half: changing end screens on two hundred videos, finding and replacing a line in every description, sorting tags. Its A/B thumbnail test is the feature people cite most. There is no free plan on the pricing page.
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