Social media scheduling · 2026

Best social media scheduling tools for bulk scheduling 40 tools ranked by verified data

Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

We scored 42 social media scheduling tools for bulk scheduling with the same 8-criterion scorecard; 40 have enough verified data to be ranked.

Only tools with a verified bulk scheduling feature are included.

Zoho Social ranks first with 96/100, followed by Posterly (94) and Publer (92).

The lowest starting price among ranked tools (the least you can pay for a paid plan, for one user or account) is Social Post Flow's: $4.08 per month billed yearly on the Starter plan.

The ranking

Score is 0-100 over the criteria with verified data; coverage is the share of the scorecard those criteria carry. Each price links its source.
Best social media scheduling tools for bulk scheduling
#ToolScoreCoverageFrom, billed monthlyFrom, billed yearlyFree planPlatformsIntegrationsChecked
1Zoho Social96/10090%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$10/moYes, 1 workspace14–Oct 14, 2026
2Posterly94/10095%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$6/moNo12–Oct 14, 2026
3Publer92/10065%6 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYes, 1 user12–Oct 14, 2026
4PostEverywhere90/10095%7 of 8 criteria$9/moNot offeredNo10–Oct 14, 2026
5Multi Upload Tool87/10085%6 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYes9–Oct 14, 2026
6Schedule & Chill85/10090%7 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYes, 500 scheduled posts per month6–Oct 14, 2026
7RecurPost85/10085%6 of 8 criteria$9/moNot offeredNo10–Oct 14, 2026
8Posthive83/10095%7 of 8 criteria$9/moNot offeredNo11–Oct 14, 2026
9Social Post Flow83/10095%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$4.08/moNo11–Oct 14, 2026
10Fedica82/100100%8 of 8 criteria$15/mo$10/moYes, 12 social accounts12–Oct 14, 2026
11Planoly81/10075%5 of 8 criteriaNot offered$14/moYes8–Oct 14, 2026
12social-media-skills81/100100%8 of 8 criteriaNot offered$6/moYes, 15 scheduled posts per month2–Oct 14, 2026
13Mallary78/10085%6 of 8 criteria$12/moNot offeredNo9–Oct 14, 2026
14ContentStudio77/10095%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$19/moNo11–Oct 14, 2026
15ReelPilot77/10075%5 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredYes8–Oct 14, 2026
16Planable72/10085%6 of 8 criteria$33/moNot offeredYes9–Oct 14, 2026
17PostPlanify71/10095%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$31/moNo10–Oct 14, 2026
18Post Planner70/10090%7 of 8 criteria$14/mo$9/moYes, 1 social account5–Oct 14, 2026
19Cross-Post70/10095%7 of 8 criteria$15/moNot offeredNo8–Oct 14, 2026
20Tailwind70/10075%5 of 8 criteria$14.99/account/mo$11.99/account/moYes1–Oct 14, 2026
21Social Champ70/10095%7 of 8 criteria$29/mo$23.20/moYes6–Oct 14, 2026
22PinPilot69/10085%6 of 8 criteria$9/moNot offeredNo1–Oct 14, 2026
23seenpaid69/10085%6 of 8 criteria$19.99/moNot offeredNo7–Oct 14, 2026
24Planpo.st68/10095%7 of 8 criteria$19.99/moNot offeredNo5–Oct 14, 2026
25AdaptlyPost68/10095%7 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredNo8–Oct 14, 2026
26SocialPilot68/10095%7 of 8 criteria$30/mo$85/moNo10–Oct 14, 2026
27BulletSocial65/10090%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$24.17/moYes, 3 social accounts5–Oct 14, 2026
28OneUp64/10095%7 of 8 criteria$1,000/mo$15/moNo12–Oct 14, 2026
29PosteAhora64/10095%7 of 8 criteria$24/moNot offeredNo12–Oct 14, 2026
30Statusbrew63/10060%5 of 8 criteriaContact salesContact salesNo4–Oct 14, 2026
31CoSchedule63/10090%7 of 8 criteria$39/mo$29/moYes, 15 scheduled posts total11–Oct 14, 2026
32SocialBee62/10075%5 of 8 criteria$29/moNot offeredNo––Oct 14, 2026
33Sendible61/10085%6 of 8 criteria$35/moNot offeredNo9–Oct 14, 2026
34Autoclip56/10085%6 of 8 criteria$19.99/moNot offeredNo6–Oct 14, 2026
35Agorapulse55/10095%7 of 8 criteria$99/user/mo$79/user/moNo10–Oct 14, 2026
36Taja AI55/10075%5 of 8 criteria$19.99/mo$15.99/moNo6–Oct 14, 2026
37Multifeed51/10085%6 of 8 criteria$29/moNot offeredNo––Oct 14, 2026
38OpenReels47/10095%7 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredNo1–Oct 14, 2026
39Loomly44/10095%7 of 8 criteria$65/mo$49/moNo8–Oct 14, 2026
40Hootsuite43/10095%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$99/user/moNo3100Oct 14, 2026
–ShowsFarmNot ranked35%3 of 8 criteria––Yes2–Oct 14, 2026
–Vista SocialNot ranked25%2 of 8 criteria–––6–Oct 14, 2026

Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.

– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.

Why each one ranks where it does

The two criteria each tool scores best on, with the numbers behind them.
  1. 1. Zoho Social 96/100

    Social media management platform for scheduling, monitoring, analytics and team collaboration across many networks, with Zoho CRM integration.

    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
    • Verified features (100/100): 13 of 19 tracked features verified: bulk scheduling (csv or multi-post), calendar view, first-comment scheduling, direct auto-publishing, recurring posts, media library, post and account analytics, best-time-to-post suggestions, approval workflows, user roles and permissions, separate client workspaces, unified social inbox, link tracking (utm / short links)

    From $10 per month billed yearly on the Standard plan.

    Zoho Social reviewPricing

    Zoho Social homepage (screenshot)
    Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026
  2. 2. Posterly 94/100

    Social media scheduler with AI caption tools, brand voice learning, client approvals, a social inbox and link-in-bio pages for creators and agencies.

    • Entry price (100/100): $6/month billed annually on Starter; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices)
    • Verified features (100/100): 10 of 19 tracked features verified: bulk scheduling (csv or multi-post), calendar view, media library, ai caption assistant, post and account analytics, report exports (pdf/csv), approval workflows, user roles and permissions, separate client workspaces, unified social inbox

    From $6 per month billed yearly on the Starter plan.

    Posterly reviewPricing

  3. 3. Publer 92/100

    Social media scheduling and management tool with a calendar, bulk scheduling, analytics, workspaces and link in bio across many networks.

    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
    • Verified features (100/100): 11 of 19 tracked features verified: bulk scheduling (csv or multi-post), calendar view, first-comment scheduling, direct auto-publishing, media library, ai caption assistant, post and account analytics, best-time-to-post suggestions, approval workflows, separate client workspaces, content repurposing

    Publer reviewPricing

  4. 4. PostEverywhere 90/100

    Social media scheduler that cross-posts to many networks, with a content calendar, bulk CSV scheduling, AI writing and image tools, an API and an MCP server.

    • Entry price (100/100): $9/month billed monthly on Lite (scored on the monthly price)
    • Verified features (100/100): 11 of 19 tracked features verified: posting queue, bulk scheduling (csv or multi-post), calendar view, direct auto-publishing, ai caption assistant, post and account analytics, best-time-to-post suggestions, approval workflows, user roles and permissions, separate client workspaces, content repurposing

    From $9 per month billed monthly on the Lite plan.

    PostEverywhere reviewPricing

  5. 5. Multi Upload Tool 87/100

    Dashboard and API for uploading and scheduling one video to several social platforms, with analytics, webhooks and team workspaces.

    • Entry price (100/100): Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan
    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)

    Multi Upload Tool reviewPricing

  6. 6. Schedule & Chill 85/100

    Free scheduler for LinkedIn and a few other networks, with a built-in MCP server and REST API so AI tools can draft and queue posts.

    • Entry price (100/100): Free: the pricing page lists no paid plan
    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)

    Schedule & Chill reviewPricing

  7. 7. RecurPost 85/100

    Social media scheduler with recurring and evergreen posting, a content calendar, client approvals, workspaces, a unified inbox and white-label reports.

    • Entry price (100/100): $9/month billed monthly on Starter (scored on the monthly price)
    • Verified features (100/100): 11 of 19 tracked features verified: bulk scheduling (csv or multi-post), calendar view, direct auto-publishing, recurring posts, post and account analytics, best-time-to-post suggestions, approval workflows, user roles and permissions, separate client workspaces, unified social inbox, white-label reports

    From $9 per month billed monthly on the Starter plan.

    RecurPost reviewPricing

  8. 8. Posthive 83/100

    Open-source, self-hostable social media scheduler with CSV bulk scheduling, first-comment automation, AI caption help and API and MCP access.

    • Entry price (100/100): $9/month billed monthly on Creator (scored on the monthly price)
    • Pricing transparency (100/100): 3 of 3 plans have a public price

    From $9 per month billed monthly on the Creator plan.

    Posthive reviewPricing

  9. 9. Social Post Flow 83/100

    WordPress plugin and service that automatically shares published posts, pages and custom post types to connected social networks.

    • Entry price (100/100): $4.08/month billed annually on Starter; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices)
    • Pricing transparency (100/100): 3 of 3 plans have a public price

    From $4.08 per month billed yearly on the Starter plan.

    Social Post Flow reviewPricing

  10. 10. Fedica 82/100

    Social media dashboard for scheduling across many networks, with follower and audience analytics, listening and AI message optimization.

    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)
    • API, integrations and export (100/100): documented data export

    From $15 per month billed monthly ($10 billed yearly) on the Publish plan.

    Fedica reviewPricing

How we picked

Every one of these social media scheduling tools is scored by the same 8 criteria (scorecard v2). Each criterion gives 0 to 100 from the vendor's published data; the total is the weighted average. A criterion without verified data is left out and the other weights are re-normalised. A tool with under 60% of the weight covered is listed as not ranked, and so is a tool with no verified price and fewer than 2 verified features (“needs a verified price”); each score shows how many criteria it is based on. The core criteria are the same in every category; the category criteria are specific to social media scheduling tools. Nobody gets custom weights, including our own products.

Scorecard criteria and weights
CriterionWeightTypeWhat we measure
Entry price25%CorePrice per month of the cheapest paid plan, against the prices of other social media scheduling tools on the same billing basis (monthly-billed prices against monthly, annual-billed against annual).Log scale. Billed monthly: $9/month or less = 100, $49 or more = 0. Only billed annually: $9/month or less = 100, $58 or more = 0. Only free plans = 100. Usage-priced and one-time plans are not scored.
Free plan or trial15%CoreWhether you can use the tool before paying: a free plan, or failing that a free trial, as shown on the vendor's pricing page.Free plan = 100. No free plan but a free trial = 60. The pricing page lists plans but shows neither = 0. No plans read = not scored.
Pricing transparency10%CoreHow much of the pricing is public: the share of plans with a published price ("contact sales" counts against), and whether there are at least 3 published tiers.80 x (plans with a public price / plans listed) + 20 x (public plans, up to 3) / 3. No plans read = not scored.
Verified features15%CoreHow many of the 19 features we track for this category the vendor's own pages verifiably show (posting queue, bulk scheduling (csv or multi-post), calendar view, first-comment scheduling, direct auto-publishing, recurring posts, media library, ai caption assistant, post and account analytics, report exports (pdf/csv), best-time-to-post suggestions, approval workflows, user roles and permissions, separate client workspaces, unified social inbox, white-label reports, link tracking (utm / short links), content repurposing, ugc collection). This counts verified features only: a tool that documents less scores lower here, and only here.Linear: verified features / 10 (half the tracked list) x 100, capped at 100. No tracked feature verified = not scored.
API, integrations and export10%CoreWhether a public API exists, how many integrations the vendor states, and whether the vendor documents a way to export your data.Average of the parts with data: public API yes = 100, no = 0; integrations on a log scale (100 or more = 100); a documented data export = 100. None verified = not scored.
Platform coverage10%CategoryHow many of the 15 social platforms we track the vendor says the tool supports.Linear: platforms / 10 x 100, capped at 100. No verified platform list = not scored.
Cost per connected account10%CategoryMonthly price per connected account on the cheapest paid plan that allows at least 3 social accounts.Log scale: $2 per account or less = 100, $40 or more = 0. Plans that do not state an account limit are not used.
Free plan limits5%CategoryWhat the free plan allows: connected accounts (full marks at 3), scheduled posts per month (full marks at 100).Each stated limit linear up to its full mark (unlimited = 100), averaged. Tools without a free plan, or whose free plan states none of these limits, are not scored here.

Sources are vendor pricing pages, docs and changelogs, each with the date we checked it. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Full formulas: methodology.

Questions, answered from the data

What is the best social media scheduling tool for bulk scheduling?

Zoho Social, with 96/100 on our scorecard; Posterly is second with 94/100.

What is the cheapest social media scheduling tool for bulk scheduling?

By entry price among ranked tools, Social Post Flow: $4.08 per month billed yearly on the Starter plan.

Which of these have a free plan?

15 of the 42 tools have a free plan; the highest-ranked is Zoho Social.

How did you rank these social media scheduling tools?

Each tool gets 0 to 100 per criterion from its published pricing, limits and features; the total is the weighted average over the criteria with verified data. Tools with under 60% of the weight covered are not ranked.