The best Publer alternatives in 2026, by what you need
Publer charges $4 per account and $2 per member a month, so the bill grows with the team. Eight alternatives compared on seats, approvals, analytics and price.
Short answer
For a growing team, Sendible has unlimited users on every plan, from $35 a month. For a client who approves without logging in, SocialPilot's Premium or Metricool's Advanced. For analytics without Publer's Business rate, Metricool from $25 for 5 brands. For text-first posting, Typefully. Publer is free for 3 accounts, then from $4 per account a month.
People leave Publer for one of five reasons. The bill grows with the team, because every account and every extra member is charged: $4 and $2 a month on Professional. Each profile has a daily posting cap, such as 20 Instagram posts a day on Professional. Publer's plans page puts approval workflows on Professional, but its help centre lists them under Business. On either plan, a client approves as a member of your workspace. And unlimited AI prompts, analytics and the API all need Business, at $7 an account. The right alternative depends on the reason. Every price below comes from each vendor's own pricing page and help centre, read on 11 and 12 November 2026, in US dollars. Publer's prices were read again signed out on 13 November. To see every tool priced at the same size, read the cheapest social media schedulers.
The eight at a glance
| Tool | Starts at | Priced by | Extra people | Free plan | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sendible | $35 a month for 6 profiles | Workspace | Unlimited users on every plan | No | A team that keeps growing |
| Buffer | $6 per channel a month | Channel | Unlimited on Team ($12 per channel) | 3 channels | A queue for many networks |
| SocialPilot | $30 a month for 7 accounts | Bundle of accounts | $5 a month each on Standard and Premium | No | Client approval with no login |
| Metricool | $25 a month for 5 brands | Bundle of brands | Unlimited on Advanced (from $67) | 1 brand, 20 posts a month | Analytics on the entry plan |
| SocialBee | $29 a month for 5 profiles | Bundle of profiles | $10 a month each | No | AI writing and evergreen recycling |
| Zoho Social | $15 a month for 1 brand ($10 yearly) | Brand | $12 a month each | 1 brand, but it can't schedule | One brand on a small budget |
| Typefully | $99 a year | Social set | Unlimited on Business | 10 posts a month | Writing for text networks |
| PostDaily | See the pricing page | Plan | Seats included in the plan | 1 channel (not X) and 5 scheduled posts a month | Client approval with no account |
If every new teammate raises the bill
Sendible
Sendible prices by workspace, not by person. Every plan has unlimited users, so a team of ten pays the same as a team of one. Core is $35 a month ($29.75 billed yearly) for one workspace of 6 profiles, and each extra workspace adds 6 more for $15 to $35 a month. Approvals start on Plus, $99 a month for 3 workspaces. The client approves as a user on your account, which costs nothing. It also has an inbox and branded reports. For a small team, Publer usually costs less: 10 accounts and 3 people are $40 a month on Publer's Professional. What Sendible changes is that adding people never changes the bill. The catches: Core has no approvals, each workspace has a daily sending limit (100 posts on Core), its pricing page lists no Pinterest or Mastodon, and there's no free plan, only a 14-day trial with no card. Sendible pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs Sendible.
Buffer
Buffer's Team plan is $12 per channel a month ($10 yearly), with unlimited users and approvals, so adding a person costs nothing once you are on it. Essentials is $6 per channel ($5 yearly) for one user, with unlimited scheduled posts under a fair-use cap of 5,000 per channel. The free plan covers 3 channels with 10 posts queued on each. Buffer publishes to 12 networks, including X, Bluesky, Mastodon and Substack. The catches: per channel, Buffer costs more than Publer for the same accounts. 10 channels on Team are $120 a month, against $40 for 10 Publer accounts and 3 people. And approvers need a Buffer login. Buffer pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs Buffer.
If a client should approve without joining your workspace
SocialPilot
SocialPilot's Premium lets a client approve or send back a post from an emailed link, without logging in, and client seats are unlimited. Premium is $100 a month ($85 billed yearly) for 25 accounts and 6 users. Below it, Essentials is $30 a month ($25.50) for 7 accounts and one user. Standard is $50 ($42.50) for 15 accounts and 3 users, with manager approval, where a teammate signs off. Extra accounts are $4 a month on every plan, and extra users $5 on Standard and Premium. The catches: client approval needs Premium, it doesn't publish to Mastodon, and there's no free plan, only a 14-day trial with no card. SocialPilot pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs SocialPilot.
PostDaily
PostDaily is our product, so weigh this accordingly. Publer reaches more networks, including Google Business Profile, Telegram and WordPress. It has a bigger free plan, a link-in-bio page and post recycling, and it costs less for one or two accounts. PostDaily publishes to Bluesky, Mastodon, X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, YouTube and Pinterest. It prices by plan, with a channel allowance and seats included, so a teammate within those seats doesn't change the bill. Its paid plans have no monthly post cap; X alone has a monthly budget. A client approves from a review link with no account and no seat on the Pro plan. Its MCP server works on every plan, Free included, and the free plan covers 1 channel (not X) and 5 scheduled posts a month. PostDaily vs Publer says where Publer is still the better buy, and social media approval tools compares how other schedulers handle approval.
If you want analytics and AI without paying Business on every account
Metricool
Metricool is analytics first, and its entry plan includes what Publer saves for Business. Starter is $25 a month ($20 billed annually) for up to 5 brands. It has unlimited analytics history, 100 competitors, PDF and PPT reports, and unlimited posts under a fair-use policy. Publer's Business is $35 a month for 5 accounts. A Metricool brand is one profile on each network, so 5 brands can be many more than 5 accounts. Advanced, from $67 a month ($53) for 15 brands, adds unlimited team members. It also adds approval by someone without a Metricool account, from a link sent by email. The free plan covers 1 brand and 20 posts a month, without LinkedIn or X. The catches: Starter has a single login, X is $10 a month per account, and Metricool doesn't publish to Mastodon. Metricool pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs Metricool.
SocialBee
SocialBee includes unlimited AI content and an inbox on its entry plan. Bootstrap is $29 a month ($290 a year) for 5 profiles and one user, with 3 months of analytics. Accelerate, $49 a month ($490 a year), gives 10 profiles, 2 years of analytics, CSV uploads and post approval. Its strength is categories: posts sit in folders by topic, and evergreen ones are recycled on a schedule. The catches: each extra person is $10 a month, and only Pro ($99) includes 3 users. The approver needs a SocialBee account in a role that can also publish. Mastodon is reminder-only, through its mobile app. And there's no free plan, only a 14-day trial with no card. SocialBee pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs SocialBee.
If you run one brand on a small budget
Zoho Social
Zoho Social sells plans by the brand: one profile on each network. Standard is $15 a month ($10 billed yearly) for one brand on 14 channels, Mastodon, Threads and Bluesky among them. Its pricing page states no monthly post limit. Premium, $65 a month ($40 yearly), adds 3 users, approvals and an inbox. The catches: a second profile on the same network means a second brand, sold from Professional at $17 a month. An extra user is $12 a month. A client signs in to approve. And the free plan can't schedule: posts go out straight away. Zoho also sets prices by region, so check yours. Zoho Social pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs Zoho Social.
If you mostly write for X, LinkedIn and Threads
Typefully
Typefully is a writing tool that schedules to X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon and Substack, and nothing else. Creator is $99 a year, billed yearly only, for one user and one social set, with 1,000 posts a month. Business is $18 a month per social set billed yearly ($20 monthly), with unlimited users, so a team pays for brands, not people. The free plan covers 10 posts a month, X included, with its API and MCP server. The catches: there's no Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or YouTube, and its analytics cover X only. There's no approve step either: a writer can draft without publishing, and a client comments on a shared draft with a free account. Typefully pricing, worked out, and PostDaily vs Typefully.
When to stay with Publer
Stay if you are one person with a few accounts. Three accounts are $12 a month on Professional ($9.60 billed yearly), or free if none of them is X. Stay too if you need Google Business Profile, Telegram or WordPress, or you use its link in bio, unlimited workspaces or bulk scheduling of up to 500 posts. Publer is one of the best-value schedulers there is. The tools above earn their place when a team, a client or the Business rate changes the sum. Publer pricing, worked out shows what 3, 10 and 25 accounts cost.
Publer alternative questions
What is the best free alternative to Publer?
Buffer is free for 3 channels with 10 posts queued on each, and Metricool for 1 brand and 20 posts a month, without LinkedIn or X. Typefully is free for 10 posts a month on text networks. PostDaily's free plan covers 1 channel (not X) and 5 scheduled posts a month. Zoho Social's free plan can't schedule, and SocialPilot, SocialBee and Sendible have no free plan.
Which Publer alternative has unlimited users?
Sendible, on every plan from $35 a month. Buffer's Team plan, Metricool's Advanced and Typefully's Business also include unlimited team members, and SocialPilot's Ultimate, at $200 a month, has unlimited users.
Which alternative lets a client approve without an account?
SocialPilot from Premium ($100 a month), Metricool from Advanced ($67 a month) and PostDaily on Pro. In Publer, Buffer, SocialBee, Sendible and Zoho Social the approver signs in, and Typefully has no approve step.
What is cheaper than Publer?
For one person, very little: 3 Publer accounts are $12 a month. Zoho Social's Standard is $10 a month billed yearly for one brand, and Typefully's Creator is $99 a year for one social set on text networks. For a team, Sendible and Buffer's Team plan stop charging per person.
Which Publer alternatives publish to Bluesky and Mastodon?
Buffer, Zoho Social (from Standard), Typefully and PostDaily publish to both. SocialPilot, Metricool and Sendible publish to Bluesky but not Mastodon, and SocialBee only reminds you to post to Mastodon.
Does Publer limit posts per day?
Yes, per profile. On Professional the limit is 24 Facebook posts, 20 Instagram posts and 50 X posts a day. Enterprise has no daily limit, and Publer says it can waive the limits for some paid accounts.
Last checked against each vendor's own pricing page and help centre.
