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Both cover social media management and analytics. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Scheduling with a client approval step built in
Bulk scheduling across many client accounts
Sendible | SocialPilot | |
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| Starting price (they differ) | From $35 | From $20 |
| Pricing model | Free trial, then paid | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier | No | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | 14 days | 14 days |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export |
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.
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.
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Bulk scheduling across many client accounts
SocialPilot is built around the case where one person posts for ten brands rather than for one. Bulk upload takes a spreadsheet of hundreds of posts at once, client management keeps each account's approvals apart, and the reports go out under an agency's own name rather than the tool's. A solo creator will find that more machinery than the job needs. Anybody who has started posting on behalf of other people is the reader it was priced for, and extra accounts are billed separately from extra seats.
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| Their cut | None | None |
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| Runs on | Web, iOS, Android | Web, iOS, Android |
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| Covers | Social Media Management, Analytics | Social Media Management, Analytics |
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| Works with | YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Threads | Instagram, LinkedIn |
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| Founded | Not listed | Not listed |
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| Reader rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
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| Live deals | None right now | None right now |
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Our note
Pick this one for the bulk upload and the client separation, not for the composer. If you post for a single brand you are paying for machinery you will never open.