Comparison, facts as of November 2026
Postocial vs Publer
Publer charges per account, has a free plan and can publish to WordPress. Postocial puts analytics, approvals, API and MCP on every plan, and a unified inbox 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
Publer or Postocial?
Both schedule social posts. They are built for different teams, budgets and networks.
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Who Publer fits
Budget-minded individuals and small teams who want pay-per-account scheduling across many networks, including Telegram, Mastodon and WordPress.
- You manage one or two accounts and want the lowest possible price
- You want a free plan for up to 3 accounts
- You also publish to WordPress
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Who Postocial fits
Teams that want analytics, approvals and API access without a Business plan, and comments and messages in one inbox on Premium and higher plans.
- You want a unified inbox for comments, DMs and reviews, on Premium and higher plans
- You need analytics and approvals on your entry plan
- You publish to Reddit or Tumblr
Side by side
Postocial and Publer 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 | Publer |
|---|---|---|
| Starting priceMonthly billing unless noted | €19.99/monthStarter, or €199.90 a year | $5/monthProfessional, 1 account; about $4 billed yearly |
| Free plan | No | Yes3 accounts, no X |
| Free trial | 7 daysCard required | 7 daysProfessional; 14 days on Business |
| NetworksPublishing networks each tool lists | 14X with your own X API key | 13 listedX on paid plans; includes WordPress |
| 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 | YesBusiness plan |
| Unified inbox | YesOn Premium and higher plans, with WhatsApp, a Telegram bot, SMS, live chat and chatbots | NoComments handled per post |
| Post approvals | YesClients approve from a shared link | YesBusiness plan |
| Link in bio | YesOn Premium and higher plans, with up to 3 custom domains | YesSeparate Linkie product |
| Public API | YesPublishing API and webhooks; Messaging and Link in Bio APIs on Premium and higher plans | YesBusiness, eligible customers |
| MCP server | YesDrafts and schedules posts | YesBusiness, eligible customers |
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: 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.
Honest differences
Where each tool comes out ahead
No tool wins every line. Here is where Publer is stronger, and where Postocial goes further.
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Where Publer is stronger
- A very low entry price: Professional starts at $5 a month for 1 account
- A free plan with 3 accounts, 10 scheduled posts per account and 25 drafts
- WordPress publishing, which Postocial does not offer
- A 14-day money-back guarantee
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Where Postocial goes further
- A unified inbox for comments, DMs and reviews on Premium and higher plans; Publer handles comments per published post
- Analytics, approvals, the API and the MCP server on every plan; Publer lists them as Business features
- Link-in-bio pages inside the same app, on Premium and higher plans; Publer runs link in bio through its separate Linkie product
- Reddit and Tumblr publishing, which Publer does not list
Pricing
Publer pricing vs Postocial pricing
Postocial lists its prices in euros and Publer in US dollars. Check how each tool counts users, channels or brands before you compare totals.
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Publer pricing
Publer Professional starts at $5 a month on monthly billing for 1 social account plus the plan owner, and yearly billing is 20% cheaper, about $4 a month. Each extra account adds about $4 a month and each extra member $2, with every 10th account or member free. Business starts at $10 a month for 1 account, Enterprise is quoted, VAT is extra, and there is a 14-day money-back guarantee. Publer has a free-forever plan for 3 social accounts (X not allowed), and its paid trials last 7 days for Professional and 14 days for Business.
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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 Publer lists, as of November 2026.
Switching
Switching from Publer: 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 Publer. 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 Publer 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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Move comment handling to the inbox
On Premium and higher plans, work from one inbox instead of opening each post to answer comments: assign threads to teammates, add internal notes, tag conversations and reuse saved replies.
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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 Publer: questions and answers
Something we missed, or a detail that changed? Write to hello@postocial.com.
Is Postocial cheaper than Publer?
For a few accounts, no. Publer Professional starts at $5 a month for 1 account and adds about $4 a month per extra account and $2 per extra member, so 5 accounts and a second member come to about $23 a month. Postocial Starter costs €19.99 a month for 5 social accounts and 2 team members, with analytics, approvals, the API and MCP included, which Publer lists as Business features.
Does Publer have a unified inbox?
Not inside Publer today: comments are handled per published post, and its inbox product, Kibo, is a standalone early version that is not yet built into Publer. Postocial's inbox, on Premium and higher plans, gathers comments, DMs and reviews from 9 networks and can also connect WhatsApp Business, a Telegram bot, SMS and a website chat widget.
Does Postocial have a free plan like Publer?
Publer has a free-forever plan for 3 social accounts (X not allowed), and its paid trials last 7 days for Professional and 14 days for Business. 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 Publer and Postocial?
Publer supports X on paid plans only. 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 Publer
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.