The best Loomly alternatives in 2026, by what you need

Loomly is $49 a month billed yearly for 12 accounts and 3 users, and clients take a seat. Eight alternatives compared on price, approvals, users and networks.

People leave Loomly for one of four reasons. Every person on a calendar counts as a user, including a client who only approves posts, and Starter has 3. There is nothing between 12 accounts at $49 a month and 60 at $249. Loomly doesn't publish to X or Mastodon. And its free plan, 3 accounts and 5 posts a month, appears only in its help centre and may not be offered to you. The right alternative depends on which one it is. Every price below comes from each vendor's own pricing page and help centre, read on 11 and 12 November 2026 (Loomly's re-read on 13 November), in US dollars. To see every tool priced at the same size, read the cheapest social media schedulers.

The eight at a glance

If you want Loomly's approvals with unlimited users

Planable

Planable is the closest like-for-like: a content calendar built around review, with comments on the post, suggested edits and versions, and unlimited users on every plan. It charges per workspace, usually one brand or client. Basic is $39 a month ($33 billed yearly) for 4 pages and 60 posts a month, with approval optional. Pro is $59 ($49) for 10 pages and 150 posts, with required approval and a Client membership. Because users are free, a client who approves doesn't use up one of 3 seats the way they do in Loomly, but they still join the workspace as a member; share links only allow comments. The catches: each client is another workspace at full price, so 5 clients on Pro cost $295 a month; posts are capped per workspace; the inbox and analytics are add-ons at $9 and $14 a month per workspace; X is limited to 1 post a day on Basic; and it doesn't publish to Bluesky or Mastodon. Planable pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs Planable.

Sendible

Sendible prices by workspace, each one brand or client with 6 profiles, and every plan has unlimited users, so neither your team nor your clients cost a seat. Core is $35 a month ($29.75 billed yearly) for 1 workspace, with an inbox, reports, bulk CSV uploads and RSS posting, but no approvals. Approvals start on Plus, $99 a month ($84.15) for 3 workspaces and 18 profiles; four clients with 24 profiles cost $129 a month. The catches: a client approves as a user on your account, with their own username and password, from a client dashboard; there's no free plan, only a 14-day trial with no card; and it doesn't publish to Pinterest or Mastodon, where Loomly does publish to Pinterest. Sendible pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs Sendible.

If clients shouldn't take a seat to approve

SocialPilot

SocialPilot sells bundles too, but fills the gap Loomly leaves between 12 and 60 accounts: every plan adds accounts at $4 a month each. Essentials is $30 a month ($25.50 billed yearly) for 7 accounts and 1 user. Standard is $50 ($42.50) for 15 accounts and 3 users, with an inbox and approval by your own team, which is cheaper than Loomly's Starter for more accounts. Premium is $100 ($85) for 25 accounts and 6 users, and there a client approves or sends back a post from an emailed link without logging in, with unlimited client seats. The catches: client approval and bulk scheduling start on Premium, there's no free plan (a 14-day trial with no card), and it publishes to Bluesky but not Mastodon. SocialPilot pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs SocialPilot.

Metricool

Metricool sells bundles of brands, where a brand is one profile on each network, and its steps are smaller than Loomly's. Advanced is $67 a month ($53 billed annually) for up to 15 brands, $107 ($85) for 25 and $210 ($159) for 50. It has unlimited team members, client collaborators per brand, and approval by review link: someone without a Metricool account gets the link by email, and a post still waiting 3 hours after its time doesn't publish. Starter, at $25 a month ($20) for up to 5 brands, has a single login and no approvals. The catches: X costs $10 a month per account, Metricool doesn't publish to Mastodon, and there's no free trial on its pricing page. The free plan covers 1 brand and 20 posts a month, without LinkedIn or X. Metricool pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs Metricool.

If you post to X or Mastodon

Buffer

Buffer charges per channel and publishes to 12 networks, including X, Bluesky, Mastodon and Substack. Essentials is $6 per channel a month ($5 yearly) for one user. Team is $12 ($10) with unlimited users and approvals, and channels past ten cost $4 each on both plans. The free plan covers 3 channels with 10 posts queued on each. The catches: a team on 10 channels pays $120 a month on Team, against $65 a month for Loomly's Starter with 12 accounts, and approvers need a Buffer login. Buffer pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs Buffer.

PostDaily

PostDaily is our product, so weigh this accordingly. It has no inbox, no post ideas, no listening and no scheduled reports, so a team that answers comments in Loomly or plans from its ideas board should stay. It publishes to Bluesky, Mastodon, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, YouTube and Pinterest, but not to Google Business Profile, which Loomly does. A client approves from a review link in the browser, with no account and no seat, on the Pro plan, and a post waiting for review is held instead of published. Plans include a set number of seats, where Planable and Sendible have unlimited users, and the free plan covers 1 channel (not X) and 5 scheduled posts a month. PostDaily vs Loomly says where Loomly is still the better choice.

If the inbox is the job

Agorapulse

Agorapulse charges per user, and every plan includes 10 profiles and an inbox for comments, messages and Google reviews. Standard is $79 per user a month billed annually ($99 monthly). Professional, at $119, adds approvals inside your team. Advanced, at $149, adds a shared calendar that a client approves from without an account, through an emailed link that lasts 60 days and works on desktop only. The catches: every user costs the full price, so three people on Advanced pay $447 a month billed annually; X is never included ($29 a month per X profile to publish); there's no Mastodon; and the free plan ended on 6 July 2026, leaving a 30-day trial with no card. Agorapulse pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs Agorapulse.

Vista Social

Vista Social is a full suite sold in bundles, with many profiles and few users. Professional is $99 a month ($80 billed yearly) for 15 profiles and 2 users, with an inbox for every network, review monitoring, reports and single-step approval by your team. A client approves without an account from a shared calendar on Advanced, $199 a month ($160) for 30 profiles and 3 users, but isn't emailed when a post is waiting unless you invite them as a team member. Its networks include X, Bluesky, Reddit and Snapchat. The catches: users are the tight limit, X costs $29 a month per profile, there's no Mastodon, and there's no free plan, only a 14-day trial with no card. Vista Social pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs Vista Social. For bigger suites, the best Sprout Social alternatives goes further.

When to stay with Loomly

Stay if your team plans from a calendar per brand, leans on Loomly's post ideas from holidays, RSS feeds and evergreen prompts, or answers comments in its inbox. Stay too if you want a cheap bundle for a small team: Starter covers 12 accounts and 3 users for $49 a month billed yearly ($65 monthly), and Loomly refunds a yearly payment in full within 60 days. It also publishes to Google Business Profile, Pinterest and Bluesky from the same calendar. Loomly pricing, worked out shows what 3, 10 and 25 accounts cost.

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Last checked Nov 13, 2026 against each vendor's own pricing page and help centre.