Planoly vs Sendible Comparison 2026
Planoly plans a visual grid before scheduling, free on mobile for 10 uploads a month, then $14 a month for Starter, aimed at a creator running their own Instagram and Pinterest feed. Sendible is built for agencies: a draft routes to a client for approval before it publishes, starting at $35 a month with no free plan and daily posting limits stated per plan. Planoly is for one person minding their own grid. Sendible is for a team billing clients who need to sign off before anything goes live.
Plan the grid before anything is posted
Scheduling with a client approval step built in
At a glance
- Planoly starts cheaper, at $14.
- Only Planoly has a free tier.
Side by side
Planoly | Sendible | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $14 | From $35 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
Planoly
Plan the grid before anything is posted
Planoly started as a visual planner for Instagram and still leads with the thing that made it: drag posts around a mock grid until the feed looks right, then schedule from there. Pinterest and TikTok came later and the link in bio is included rather than sold separately. Pricing is by social set and by user, both of which can be added one at a time, which suits somebody running two accounts rather than twenty.
Our note
Count your social sets and users before comparing tiers, since the per-unit add-ons are where this quietly gets expensive. If the grid preview is not the thing you want, a general scheduler will cover the rest for less.
Only on this side
- Covers link in bio
- Works with Pinterest
Sendible
Scheduling with a client approval step built in
Sendible sits where an agency needs somebody outside the tool to sign off before a post goes out. Drafts route to a client, the client approves or comments, and only then does it publish, which is the workflow that keeps freelancers off email threads about a caption. The daily posting limit is per user and stated on every plan, so read that number before the price. It covers the usual networks and states which account types work on each.
Why people weigh these two
- Sendible instead of Planoly
- Sendible adds a client approval step from $35, for someone posting on behalf of others.
- Planoly instead of Sendible
- Planoly plans the visual grid before anything posts, with a free tier and a $14 plan, built for the Instagram-first workflow rather than a client sign-off step.
Which one should you pick
Choose Planoly if you are managing your own feed and the grid's visual layout matters: drag posts around a mock layout until Instagram or Pinterest looks right, with the link in bio tool included. The free plan lives on mobile for 10 uploads a month, and Starter is $14 a month, far below Sendible's entry price, though extra social sets and users are bought one at a time and can add up. There is no client approval workflow here, since it is built for the person posting, not a team billing a client for the work.
Choose Sendible if clients need to approve a post before it goes live and you bill for a monthly report afterward: a draft routes out for sign-off, with comments attached, and Creator starts at $35 a month for one user and a handful of profiles. There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial, and the daily posting limit per plan is worth reading before the price, since that is the ceiling most people meet first. A solo creator managing one feed is paying for agency machinery they do not need.
Common questions
- Which is cheaper, Planoly or Sendible?
- Planoly, by a wide margin at the entry tier: $14 a month against Sendible's Creator plan at $35. They are built for different buyers, though: Planoly is priced for one creator's feed, and Sendible's price includes a client approval workflow Planoly does not have at any tier.
- Does Planoly let a client approve a post before it publishes, like Sendible does?
- No, its listing describes scheduling and grid planning without a client sign-off step. Sendible routes a draft to a client, who approves or comments before it goes out, the workflow an agency buys it for.
- Is there a free plan for either?
- Planoly has one, living on mobile with 10 uploads a month. Sendible has no free plan at all, only a 14-day trial across its paid tiers, which start at $35 a month.
- Which one is built for an agency managing several clients?
- Sendible, with per-client content libraries, reusable evergreen posts and templated reports built for invoicing a client at the end of the month. Planoly is priced and built around one account holder's own feed rather than a roster of clients.
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