Updated November 2026
4 Typefully alternatives to compare in 2026
We compared Postocial, Buffer, Publer and Social Champ with Typefully on price, free plans, networks, inbox, approvals, link in bio, API and MCP. Every fact links to an official source.
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About Typefully
What is Typefully?
Typefully is built for people who write before they schedule, with an editor for text posts and threads that publishes to X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon and Substack. Creator is sold yearly at $99, and the free plan includes 10 published posts a month with API and MCP access.
- Category: Writing and scheduling tool for text-first social networks
- Starting price: $8.25/month. Creator, billed yearly at $99
- Free plan: Yes. 10 published posts a month
- Free trial: Not confirmed
- Networks listed: 6
Why people switch
Why people look for Typefully alternatives
Most reasons come down to price, plan limits and network coverage. This is what Typefully's own pages show, as of November 2026.
- Creator is sold yearly only, with one social set and one user
- Collaborators need Business, priced per social set
- There is no formal approval step, unified inbox or link-in-bio page
- Its network list does not include Instagram, Facebook Pages, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Business Profile, Reddit, Tumblr and Telegram
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Postocial
Postocial fits Typefully users who also publish images and video. Every plan covers 14 networks, including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, with threads on X and Mastodon, approvals and monthly or yearly billing, and Premium and higher plans add an inbox and link in bio. Typefully keeps X analytics and Substack.
- Instagram, Facebook Pages, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Business Profile, Reddit, Tumblr and Telegram, none of which Typefully publishes to
- A formal approval step: clients approve or reject posts from a shared calendar link
- A unified inbox and link-in-bio pages on Premium and higher plans
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Worth knowing
- Typefully has a free plan. Postocial does not: its 7-day trial needs a card.
- Typefully also lists Substack, which is not on Postocial's network list.
- On Postocial, X needs your own X API key and pre-funded X developer credits, and there are no X analytics.
More options
Other Typefully alternatives
Numbered for reference, not ranked. Each card says how that tool differs from Typefully, using facts from its official pages.
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2. Buffer
Buffer covers the same text networks except Substack, plus Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Pinterest. It bills per channel from $6 a month, and its free plan includes MCP access.
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3. Publer
Publer publishes to X, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon as well as image and video networks, from $5 a month for 1 account. Its free plan holds 3 accounts but leaves out X, and the API and MCP server are Business features.
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4. Social Champ
Social Champ publishes to Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon as well as image and video networks, with pay-per-profile pricing from $5 a month. X is a paid add-on there.
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At a glance
Typefully and its alternatives, side by side
Entry prices, trials and the features teams ask about most. On Postocial, the inbox and link in bio come with Premium and higher plans.
| Feature | Postocial | Typefully | Buffer | Publer | Social Champ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting priceMonthly billing unless noted | €19.99/monthStarter, or €199.90 a year | $8.25/monthCreator, billed yearly at $99 | $6/channel/monthEssentials, 1 user; $5 billed yearly | $5/monthProfessional, 1 account; about $4 billed yearly | $5/account/monthPay-Per-Profile Starter; $4 billed yearly |
| Free plan | No | Yes10 published posts a month | YesUp to 3 channels | Yes3 accounts, no X | Yes3 accounts, 15 scheduled posts |
| Free trial | 7 daysCard required | Not confirmed | 14 daysOn paid plans | 7 daysProfessional; 14 days on Business | 14 daysNo card |
| NetworksPublishing networks each tool lists | 14X with your own X API key | 6 listedText-first networks only | 11 listed | 13 listedX on paid plans; includes WordPress | 12 listedX as a paid add-on; includes WhatsApp Business |
| Unified inbox | YesOn Premium and higher plans, with WhatsApp, a Telegram bot, SMS, live chat and chatbots | NoNone listed | YesComments; DMs not mentioned | NoComments handled per post | Yes |
| Post approvals | YesClients approve from a shared link | NoRole permissions instead | YesTeam plan | YesBusiness plan | YesFrom Growth or bundled Standard |
| Link in bio | YesOn Premium and higher plans, with up to 3 custom domains | NoNone listed | YesStart Page, billed as a channel | YesSeparate Linkie product | YesInstagram only |
| Public API | YesPublishing API and webhooks; Messaging and Link in Bio APIs on Premium and higher plans | Yes | Yes1 API key on the free plan | YesBusiness, eligible customers | YesAgency ($149) and Enterprise |
| MCP server | YesDrafts and schedules posts | Yes | YesFree plan included | YesBusiness, eligible customers | Yes |
On Postocial, message only people who opted in or wrote to you first, and stop when they ask. Broadcasts go to contacts who opted in and skip anyone who opted out, and on Messenger and Instagram they reach only people who messaged you in the last 24 hours. Meta bills WhatsApp messages to your WhatsApp Business account, and SMS goes through your own Twilio, Plivo or SMS gateway account. Competitor details as of November 2026, from the official pricing, feature and help pages linked here. Plans change often, so check the source before you buy. Sources: Typefully: typefully.com/pricing, support.typefully.com/…/8717333-collaborating-in-t…, support.typefully.com/…/8717684-social-sets-and-ac…, support.typefully.com/…/13128440-typefully-mcp-ser…, typefully.com/docs/api; Buffer: buffer.com/pricing, buffer.com/pricing.md, buffer.com/mcp, buffer.com/community; Publer: publer.com/plans, publer.com/…/what-are-publers-plans-and-pricing-15…, publer.com/…/professional-vs-business-vs-enterpris…, publer.com/…/how-to-manage-comments-of-published-p…, publer.com/roadmap, publer.com/blog/year-in-review-2025; Social Champ: socialchamp.com/pricing, socialchamp.com/pricing.md.
FAQ
Typefully alternatives: questions and answers
Is there a free alternative to Typefully?
Buffer, Publer and Social Champ have free plans, as of November 2026. Typefully has one too. Postocial has no free plan; every plan starts with a free trial instead. A card is required to start the 7-day free trial. When the trial ends, we charge your card for the plan you picked, unless you cancel before.
Which Typefully alternative is closest?
Buffer, Publer and Social Champ all publish to text networks such as Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon as well as to image and video networks.
How did you choose these Typefully alternatives?
We picked Buffer, Publer and Social Champ because they overlap with Typefully, which is a specialist tool. Then we compared starting prices, free plans, trials, networks, inbox, approvals, link in bio, API and MCP using official pricing and feature pages, as of November 2026. Postocial comes first because this is the Postocial site; the other tools are not ranked.
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