Comparison, facts as of November 2026
Postocial vs Agorapulse
Agorapulse is built around community management and prices per user. Postocial charges per plan, with approvals and the API on every plan and link in bio on Premium and higher plans.
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.
Who each tool fits
Agorapulse or Postocial?
Both schedule social posts. They are built for different teams, budgets and networks.
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Who Agorapulse fits
Teams that put community management first and want a strong unified inbox for comments, DMs and reviews, with per-user pricing.
- Community management is the core of your job, and the inbox matters most
- You want a 30-day trial without entering a card
- You only post to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube and want to start on the free Archie plan
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Who Postocial fits
Teams that prefer one plan price to a per-user bill, with approvals and API access on the entry plan and the inbox and link in bio on Premium and higher plans.
- You want 10 social accounts, 5 team members and the inbox for €29.99 a month
- You need client approvals on your entry plan
- You want an MCP server that can schedule posts, not only draft them
Side by side
Postocial and Agorapulse at a glance
Prices, trials and the features teams ask about most. On Postocial, the inbox and link in bio come with Premium and higher plans; the other features are on every plan.
| Feature | Postocial | Agorapulse |
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| Starting priceMonthly billing unless noted | €19.99/monthStarter, or €199.90 a year | $99/user/monthStandard, 10 profiles; $79 billed yearly |
| Free plan | No | YesArchie AI plan, 4 networks |
| Free trial | 7 daysCard required | 30 daysNo card; 15 days plus a 15-day extension |
| NetworksPublishing networks each tool lists | 14X with your own X API key | 10 listedX sold as an add-on |
| AI writing assistant | YesWriting help and AI images on plan credits | Yes |
| Analytics | YesBest times to post; no analytics for X, Reddit, Tumblr or Telegram | YesStandard keeps 6 months of data |
| Unified inbox | YesOn Premium and higher plans, with WhatsApp, a Telegram bot, SMS, live chat and chatbots | YesAssignment from Professional |
| Post approvals | YesClients approve from a shared link | YesFrom Professional |
| Link in bio | YesOn Premium and higher plans, with up to 3 custom domains | YesFrom Professional |
| Public API | YesPublishing API and webhooks; Messaging and Link in Bio APIs on Premium and higher plans | YesReporting data, Custom plan |
| MCP server | YesDrafts and schedules posts | YesDrafts posts, does not publish |
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: Agorapulse: agorapulse.com/pricing, support.agorapulse.com/…/8762514-agorapulse-free-p…, support.agorapulse.com/…/11748805-agorapulse-free-…, agorapulse.com/mcp-integrations.
Honest differences
Where each tool comes out ahead
No tool wins every line. Here is where Agorapulse is stronger, and where Postocial goes further.
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Where Agorapulse is stronger
- A 30-day trial with no card, against Postocial's 7 days with a card
- A free plan: Archie covers up to 50 profiles on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube, with 10 credits a month
- An inbox-first product built for community management teams
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Where Postocial goes further
- Flat plans instead of per-user prices: Starter includes 2 team members and 5 social accounts, Agency 10 team members and 100 social accounts, and Unlimited has no account limit; Agorapulse's self-serve plans stop at 10 profiles
- Approvals and first comments on every plan, and link in bio and inbox assignment on Premium and higher plans; Agorapulse starts all four on Professional
- A publishing REST API and signed webhooks on every plan; Agorapulse's open API covers reporting data on the Custom plan
- X with your own X API key instead of a separate add-on, plus Reddit, Mastodon, Tumblr and Telegram publishing
Pricing
Agorapulse pricing vs Postocial pricing
Postocial lists its prices in euros and Agorapulse in US dollars. Check how each tool counts users, channels or brands before you compare totals.
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Agorapulse pricing
Agorapulse charges per user per month. Standard is $99 on monthly billing or $79 billed yearly, Professional $149 ($119 yearly) and Advanced $199 ($149 yearly), each with 10 social profiles, while Custom is quoted and has unlimited profiles. Extra profiles are listed at $10 or $15 a month each. Agorapulse replaced its classic free plan on July 6, 2026 with a free Archie plan built around its AI assistant, and its paid plans have a 30-day trial with no card.
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Postocial pricing
Postocial has four plans, each with analytics, approvals, the API and unlimited scheduled posts within each network's own rate limits. Yearly billing costs 10 times the monthly price, so two months are free, and plan changes are prorated.
- Starter: €19.99 a month or €199.90 a year, with 5 social accounts and 2 team members
- Premium: €29.99 a month or €299.90 a year, with 10 social accounts, 5 team members, the inbox with chatbots and link in bio
- Agency: €99 a month or €990 a year, with 100 social accounts, 10 team members, the inbox with chatbots and link in bio
- Unlimited: €199 a month or €1,990 a year, with unlimited social accounts, 10 team members, the inbox with chatbots and link in bio
Networks
Which networks each tool lists
Postocial publishes to 14 networks. Here is how that lines up with the networks Agorapulse lists, as of November 2026.
Switching
Switching from Agorapulse: a five-step checklist
Most of the work is reconnecting accounts and rebuilding your schedule. Run both tools side by side for a week if you want a safety net.
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Connect your accounts
Start the 7-day trial and connect the profiles you run in Agorapulse. If a client owns a profile, send them a client invite link so they can connect it without sharing a password.
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Rebuild your posting times
Set your workspace's weekly time slots once, by weekday, to match your Agorapulse schedule. "Add to queue" then drops each new post into the next free slot, and you can still pick an exact time for any post.
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Move your upcoming posts
Put your scheduled posts in a CSV file and create them in one bulk upload, or rebuild them in the composer with a version for each network.
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Set up your inbox
On Premium and higher plans, assign conversations to teammates, add internal notes and tags, and save the replies you use most. Connect WhatsApp Business, a Telegram bot, SMS or website chat if customers reach you there too.
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Bring in your team
Invite teammates as admins, members or viewers and turn on approvals where you need them.
FAQ
Postocial vs Agorapulse: questions and answers
Something we missed, or a detail that changed? Write to hello@postocial.com.
Is Postocial cheaper than Agorapulse?
On list price, yes. Agorapulse Standard costs $99 per user a month on monthly billing, with 10 profiles. Postocial Starter costs €19.99 a month for 2 team members and 5 social accounts, and Premium costs €29.99 a month for 5 team members, 10 social accounts, the inbox and link in bio. Agorapulse costs less only if its free Archie plan covers what you need.
Can the Postocial MCP server publish posts?
Yes. Once connected, Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant can list your accounts and draft and schedule posts, within the limits of your role. Agorapulse's free MCP connector can draft posts but not publish them directly.
Does Postocial have a free plan like Agorapulse?
Agorapulse replaced its classic free plan on July 6, 2026 with a free Archie plan built around its AI assistant, and its paid plans have a 30-day trial with no card. 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.
How does posting to X work in Agorapulse and Postocial?
Agorapulse sells X (Twitter) as a separate add-on. In Postocial, X works with your own X API key: you pre-fund X developer credits, about $5 per 500 posts, and Postocial has no analytics for X.
Try Postocial next to Agorapulse
Start the 7-day trial, connect a few accounts and schedule a real week of posts. Then decide with your own content on the calendar.
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.