The best schedulers for Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon in 2026
Eleven schedulers checked for Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon: which publish to all three, which post whole threads, and which respect each server's limit.
Short answer
Buffer, Publer, Postiz, Fedica, Typefully, Zoho Social and CoSchedule publish to all three. Of those, Buffer, Publer, Postiz and Fedica also post whole thread chains on all three, and Buffer reads each Mastodon server's own character limit. Hootsuite, Sprout Social and Metricool skip Mastodon. On its own, only Threads has a scheduler.
Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon reward posting in threads, count characters in their own ways, and run on very different technology, so a scheduler that handles Instagram well can still get these wrong. Each tool below was checked on its own pricing page and help centre on 12 November 2026.
Eleven schedulers at a glance
| Tool | Threads | Bluesky | Mastodon | Thread chains | Cheapest that covers them |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffer | Yes | Yes | Yes | All three, up to 25 | Free for 3 channels; $6 a channel |
| Publer | Yes | Yes | Yes | All three, on paid plans | Free for 3 accounts; $12 a month for 3 |
| Fedica | Yes | Yes | Yes | All three, free plan included | Free; $15 a month |
| Postiz | Yes | Yes | Yes | All three | $29 a month |
| Typefully | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not documented | Free, 10 posts a month; $99 a year |
| Zoho Social | Yes | Yes | Yes | Threads and Bluesky, up to 15 | $15 a month; the free plan excludes them |
| CoSchedule | Yes | Yes | Yes | No: single posts | $39 a month |
| SocialBee | Yes | Yes | Phone reminder | No on Threads | $29 a month |
| Metricool | Yes | Yes | No | Threads and Bluesky, up to 80 | Free; $25 a month |
| Hootsuite | Yes | Yes | No | Not documented | $99 a user a month, billed yearly |
| Sprout Social | Yes | Yes | No | Not documented | $79 a seat a month, billed yearly |
| PostDaily | Yes | Yes | Yes | All three, up to 25 | Free for 1 channel (not X) and 5 scheduled posts a month; see the pricing page |
What to check before you pick one
- Direct posting, not reminders. SocialBee covers Mastodon only by sending your phone a notification to post it yourself.
- Whole threads. A chain should go out as replies to the post before. CoSchedule posts single posts only on Threads and Bluesky.
- Mastodon's own limit. Every server sets its character limit and many allow far more than 500. Buffer reads the server's limit; Postiz and CoSchedule hold every server to 500, and Postiz doesn't count links as 23 the way Mastodon does.
- Bluesky's way of counting. Bluesky allows 300 graphemes, the characters a person sees, so one family emoji is one character. No tool here documents counting that way, and Postiz's code counts raw text length.
- Bluesky handles. Metricool connects only accounts with a .bsky.social handle, so a custom-domain handle won't work there.
Can you schedule natively?
- Threads: yes, from the three-dot menu in the composer, since January 2025. How to schedule Threads posts.
- Bluesky: not in the official app. A feature request has been open on Bluesky's GitHub since July 2024 with no reply from the team. How to schedule Bluesky posts.
- Mastodon: the API has had scheduling since version 2.7, at least 5 minutes ahead, but the official web app doesn't offer it; a Mastodon developer said in August 2026 that it is being built into a new composer. Third-party apps such as Tusky, Phanpy and Elk schedule today. How to schedule Mastodon posts.
The tools, one by one
Buffer
The most complete for these three networks: thread chains of up to 25 posts on all of them, each Mastodon server's own limit with links counted as 23, Bluesky video up to 10 minutes and custom Bluesky servers. The free plan covers 3 channels. Its help pages disagree on Threads alt text and on Bluesky analytics.
Publer
All three networks and chains of 25 on each, with every Mastodon server supported, from $12 a month for 3 accounts. Chains are a paid feature. Its help pages disagree on whether Mastodon replies are capped at 500 or follow the server.
Fedica
Built for these networks, with chains on all three even on the free plan, which covers one account per network and 10 scheduled posts. Paid plans start at $15 a month. It doesn't document how it handles Mastodon servers' own limits.
Postiz
Open source, with chains on all three and a cloud plan at $29 a month, or self-hosted for free. Its code holds every Mastodon server to 500 and counts Bluesky and Mastodon text by raw length, so a long post can be cut short of what the network would accept. PostDaily vs Postiz.
Typefully
A writing-first tool for X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon, $99 a year for one person. Its help centre doesn't say whether chains go out as replies on these three, and its analytics cover X only. PostDaily vs Typefully.
Zoho Social
Cheap at $15 a month ($10 yearly) with any Mastodon server, and chains of up to 15 posts on Threads and Bluesky, though not Mastodon. The free plan doesn't include any of the three, and prices vary by region.
Metricool, Hootsuite and Sprout Social
All three cover Threads and Bluesky but not Mastodon. Metricool posts chains of up to 80 on both and has a free plan, but only connects .bsky.social handles. Hootsuite and Sprout Social are full suites priced per seat and document no chains; Sprout's Bluesky isn't available to customers on its EU data centre.
CoSchedule and SocialBee
CoSchedule publishes to all three but only single posts on Threads and Bluesky, and holds Mastodon to 500. SocialBee covers Mastodon by phone reminder only, posts single posts on Threads, and doesn't support Bluesky video.
Where PostDaily fits
PostDaily is our product, so weigh this accordingly. It publishes chains of up to 25 posts on Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon and X, each post with its own media. It counts Bluesky by graphemes the way Bluesky does, reads each Mastodon server's own limit from its API, and weighs emoji on Threads by their bytes, as Meta counts them. It publishes to Bluesky, Mastodon, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, YouTube and Pinterest, and the free plan covers 1 channel (not X) and 5 scheduled posts a month. The Bluesky scheduler and the Mastodon scheduler have the details.
Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon questions
Can you schedule posts on Bluesky?
Not in Bluesky's own app. Schedulers that publish to Bluesky include Buffer, Publer, Fedica, Postiz, Metricool and PostDaily.
Can you schedule posts on Mastodon?
Mastodon's API supports it, but the official web app doesn't yet. Apps such as Tusky, Phanpy and Elk, and schedulers such as Buffer, Publer and PostDaily, can.
Which scheduler supports Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon?
Buffer, Publer, Fedica, Postiz, Typefully, Zoho Social, CoSchedule and PostDaily publish to all three. Buffer, Publer, Fedica, Postiz and PostDaily also post whole threads on each.
Is there a free scheduler for all three?
Yes: Buffer for 3 channels, Publer for 3 accounts, Fedica for one account on each, and Typefully for 10 posts a month. PostDaily's free plan covers 1 channel.
Last checked against each tool's own pricing page and help centre, and the networks' own docs.
