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Schedule posts across every account at once
Buffer schedules across every connected account from one calendar, with a free tier of its own to compare directly against Publer's before switching.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, X, Threads
Scheduling and analytics across brands
Metricool is built for running several brands at once, with deeper analytics attached, on a free tier alongside Publer's.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitch, LinkedIn, Pinterest, X, Threads
Scheduling with a client approval step built in
Sendible adds a client approval step before a post goes out, built for an agency posting on behalf of others rather than one account holder.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Threads
The heavyweight, priced per seat
Sprout Social prices per seat instead of per account, the model Publer built itself around not using.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Threads
Covers the networks the older schedulers skip
Vista Social reaches newer networks that older schedulers skip, from $79 on a trial with no free plan, a pricier trade against Publer's $5-per-account model for the extra platform coverage.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Reddit, Threads
Plan the grid before anything is posted
Planoly is built around planning the visual grid before anything posts, a stronger fit for Instagram-first accounts than Publer's broader eight-network scheduling.
Works with YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Threads
Built for people who grow an audience by writing
Hypefury is built around growing an audience through writing threads and posts, narrower than Publer's scheduling across eight networks, and it has no free tier.
Works with Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, Threads
Category-based scheduling for a steady mix
SocialBee organizes posts into categories to keep a steady mix in rotation, a different scheduling model than Publer's per-account pricing, and it has no free tier.
Works with Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn