Looking for a Postiz alternative?
Postiz is an open-source scheduler under the AGPL licence. You can host it yourself for free, or pay for Postiz Cloud: $29 a month for 5 channels, up to $99 for 100, or $23 to $79 a month billed yearly. Every plan has unlimited posts, an API, a CLI and an MCP server. What sends people looking is usually one of two things: self-hosting means registering your own developer app with each network, and the cloud has no free plan.
Who should use which
Stay with Postiz if you want open source, are happy to run a server and register your own network apps, or need unlimited team members, a REST API and webhooks, or networks such as Reddit and Discord. Postiz Cloud is also cheap per channel at 100. PostDaily fits when you'd rather not host anything, want a free plan to start on, or need a client's approval to hold a post until it is given.
Where Postiz is the better choice
Leading with this because it decides the question for a lot of people, and you should not have to dig for it.
Open source, with no limits when you host it
Postiz's code is public under the AGPL licence. On your own server there are no plan limits: its docs say every install behaves as the top tier. PostDaily is not open source and can't be self-hosted.
Unlimited team members and many channels for the price
From the $39 Team plan, Postiz doesn't count seats, and Ultimate covers 100 channels for $99 a month ($79 billed yearly). PostDaily's plans have a set number of seats.
An API, webhooks and AI media on every plan
Every Postiz plan has a public API, webhooks, a CLI and an MCP server, and the cloud plans include AI video generation and video clipping. PostDaily has an MCP server on every plan, which scripts and tools such as n8n can reach with an API key, but no REST API or webhooks.
Far more networks
Postiz lists 21 networks and apps that PostDaily does not publish to, including Reddit, Discord, Telegram, Google Business Profile and WordPress.
Where PostDaily is the better fit
Nothing to host, and nothing to register
To self-host Postiz you run Postgres, Redis and Temporal, and register a developer app with each network yourself; Postiz says Meta and YouTube reviews usually take more than a month. PostDaily is hosted, and its apps are already registered with each network.
A free plan, and no card to try it
Postiz Cloud has no free plan, and its 7-day trial asks for a card. PostDaily's free plan is permanent: 1 channel and 5 scheduled posts a month.
Approval that holds the post
Postiz's preview link collects a client's comments, but its docs say there is no approved flag that blocks publishing. PostDaily's review link, on Pro, records an approval or a request for changes, and a post waiting for approval does not publish.
Each Mastodon server's own limit
Postiz's code holds every Mastodon server to 500 characters. PostDaily reads each server's own limit, so a server that allows longer posts gets them.
Side by side
Postiz figures taken from their own pricing page on . Prices change — check theirs before deciding.
| Postiz | PostDaily | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | None on the cloud; 7-day trial with a card. Free to self-host | 1 channel, 5 posts a month |
| Entry list price | $29 a month ($23 billed yearly), 5 channels, no team | See pricing |
| Self-hosting | Yes, AGPL licence; you register each network's app | No |
| Team members | Unlimited from Team ($39 a month) | Up to 10 seats, by plan |
| Client approval | Preview link with comments; no approved state | Pro plan, review link, no account |
| API and MCP | API, webhooks, CLI and MCP on every plan | MCP server on every plan, with API keys; no REST API or webhooks |
| Networks | 30 or more, incl. Reddit, Discord and Telegram | Bluesky, Mastodon, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, YouTube and Pinterest live (LinkedIn in review) |
Common questions
- Is Postiz free?
- The code is, under the AGPL licence, if you host it yourself. Postiz Cloud has no free plan: it starts at $29 a month after a 7-day trial that asks for a card.
- What do I need to self-host Postiz?
- A server with Postgres, Redis and Temporal, and a developer app registered with each network that needs one, such as Meta's or X's. Postiz says Meta's reviews usually take more than a month.
- Can a client approve a post in Postiz?
- A client can read a post and comment from a preview link with no account. Postiz's docs say there is no approved flag that blocks publishing; you move the post to scheduled yourself.
- What does Postiz do that PostDaily does not?
- Self-hosting, open-source code, unlimited team members, a REST API and webhooks, AI video generation and clipping, and publishing to 21 networks and apps we don't, such as Reddit, Discord and Telegram.
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