Social media scheduling · 2026

Best social media scheduling tools for creators 60 tools ranked by verified data

Data checked Oct 14, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify

Disclosure: TrackMedia is made by the team behind this site. It is scored by the same scorecard and code as every other tool, with no custom weights. Methodology

We scored 69 social media scheduling tools for creators with the same 8-criterion scorecard; 60 have enough verified data to be ranked.

Only tools listed for creators are included.

Buffer ranks first with 98/100, 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 Delulu Social's: $4.99 per month billed monthly on the Echo 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 creators
#ToolScoreCoverageFrom, billed monthlyFrom, billed yearlyFree planPlatformsChecked
1Buffer98/10080%6 of 8 criteriaNot offered$5/account/moYes, 3 social accounts–Oct 14, 2026
2Posterly94/10095%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$6/moNo12Oct 14, 2026
3Publer92/10065%6 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYes, 1 user12Oct 14, 2026
4TrackMediaOur product90/100100%8 of 8 criteriaNot offered$8.25/moYes, 15 scheduled posts per month13Oct 15, 2026
5PostEverywhere90/10095%7 of 8 criteria$9/moNot offeredNo10Oct 14, 2026
6Antwork89/10080%6 of 8 criteria$5/account/moNot offeredYes, 2 social accounts–Oct 14, 2026
7Multi Upload Tool87/10085%6 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYes9Oct 14, 2026
8Posthive83/10095%7 of 8 criteria$9/moNot offeredNo11Oct 14, 2026
9Typefully81/10090%7 of 8 criteriaFreeFreeYes, 1 user5Oct 14, 2026
10Planoly81/10075%5 of 8 criteriaNot offered$14/moYes8Oct 14, 2026
11social-media-skills81/100100%8 of 8 criteriaNot offered$6/moYes, 15 scheduled posts per month2Oct 14, 2026
12useOrionix80/10075%5 of 8 criteria$5/moNot offeredNo–Oct 14, 2026
13CannerAI79/10075%5 of 8 criteria$9/moNot offeredYes, 3 images per month2Oct 14, 2026
14ContentStudio77/10095%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$19/moNo11Oct 14, 2026
15ReelPilot77/10075%5 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredYes8Oct 14, 2026
16Authormity76/10075%5 of 8 criteria––Yes1Oct 14, 2026
17Donivo76/10090%7 of 8 criteria$7/moNot offeredYes, 3 social accounts8Oct 14, 2026
18Hypefury74/10075%5 of 8 criteria$6/account/moNot offeredNo5Oct 14, 2026
19ZedGad74/10075%5 of 8 criteria$9/moNot offeredNo7Oct 14, 2026
20Later73/10085%6 of 8 criteriaNot offered$18.75/moNo8Oct 14, 2026
21ReelDrop70/10090%7 of 8 criteria$9.99/moNot offeredYes, 1 social account1Oct 14, 2026
22Cross-Post70/10095%7 of 8 criteria$15/moNot offeredNo8Oct 14, 2026
23Tailwind70/10075%5 of 8 criteria$14.99/account/mo$11.99/account/moYes1Oct 14, 2026
24PostNitro70/10095%7 of 8 criteria$15/moNot offeredYes6Oct 14, 2026
25seenpaid69/10085%6 of 8 criteria$19.99/moNot offeredNo7Oct 14, 2026
26Planpo.st68/10095%7 of 8 criteria$19.99/moNot offeredNo5Oct 14, 2026
27StreamLadder68/10075%5 of 8 criteria$15/moNot offeredYes4Oct 14, 2026
28AdaptlyPost68/10095%7 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredNo8Oct 14, 2026
29Quso.ai67/10085%6 of 8 criteria$29/mo$19/moYes, 75 credits per month7Oct 14, 2026
30TryPost.it66/10095%7 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredNo12Oct 14, 2026
31Missinglettr66/10085%6 of 8 criteriaNot offered$12/moNo1Oct 14, 2026
32BulletSocial65/10090%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$24.17/moYes, 3 social accounts5Oct 14, 2026
33PosteAhora64/10095%7 of 8 criteria$24/moNot offeredNo12Oct 14, 2026
34proclips63/10085%6 of 8 criteria$15/mo$14.50/moYes1Oct 14, 2026
35Postiz62/10095%7 of 8 criteria$29/moNot offeredNo13Oct 14, 2026
36Delulu Social62/10085%6 of 8 criteria$4.99/moNot offeredNo7Oct 14, 2026
37Choppity62/10095%7 of 8 criteria$24/mo$16.80/moYes, 1 user3Oct 14, 2026
38Predis AI61/10095%7 of 8 criteriaNot offered$24/moNo7Oct 14, 2026
39openpost60/10095%7 of 8 criteria$29/moNot offeredNo2Oct 14, 2026
40Contant59/10090%7 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredYes, 1 workspace1Oct 14, 2026
41Viibeo59/10085%6 of 8 criteria$24/mo$19/moYes3Oct 14, 2026
42Spikes Studio58/10075%5 of 8 criteria$32.99/mo$14.09/moYes, 30 video minutes per month5Oct 14, 2026
43Autoclip56/10085%6 of 8 criteria$19.99/moNot offeredNo6Oct 14, 2026
44Taja AI55/10075%5 of 8 criteria$19.99/mo$15.99/moNo6Oct 14, 2026
45Edgar55/10085%6 of 8 criteria$29.99/mo$24.91/moNo9Oct 14, 2026
46Quuu55/10075%5 of 8 criteria$19.79/account/mo$16.49/account/moNo4Oct 14, 2026
47Ocoya52/10095%7 of 8 criteria$29/moNot offeredNo2Oct 14, 2026
48AutoAIShorts49/10085%6 of 8 criteria$16.99/moNot offeredNo3Oct 14, 2026
49RedactAI49/10075%5 of 8 criteriaNot offered$11.90/moNo1Oct 14, 2026
50OpenReels47/10095%7 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredNo1Oct 14, 2026
51Taplio47/10075%5 of 8 criteria$39/moNot offeredNo1Oct 14, 2026
52Post.Buzz46/10085%6 of 8 criteria$19/mo$15/moNo1Oct 14, 2026
53Clippo45/10085%6 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredNo1Oct 14, 2026
54Tweet Hunter42/10085%6 of 8 criteria$29/moNot offeredNo1Oct 14, 2026
55SuperX41/10095%7 of 8 criteria$49/moNot offeredNo2Oct 14, 2026
56Voxa38/10075%5 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredNo1Oct 14, 2026
57PassiveShorts36/10075%5 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredNo2Oct 14, 2026
58XreplyAI32/10095%7 of 8 criteria$599/moNot offeredNo10Oct 14, 2026
59AI Vids Pro32/10085%6 of 8 criteria$19/moNot offeredNo1Oct 14, 2026
60Niche Traffic Kit30/10085%6 of 8 criteria$39/moNot offeredNo1Oct 14, 2026
–MixpostNot ranked50%4 of 8 criteriaNot offeredNot offeredYes–Oct 14, 2026
–PostSchedulerNot ranked50%4 of 8 criteria––No8Oct 14, 2026
–AgentReacherNot ranked35%3 of 8 criteria–––10Oct 14, 2026
–SchedulalaNot ranked35%3 of 8 criteria–––12Oct 14, 2026
–ShowsFarmNot ranked35%3 of 8 criteria––Yes2Oct 14, 2026
–FlexAINot ranked25%2 of 8 criteria–––6Oct 14, 2026
–FlickNot ranked25%2 of 8 criteria–––4Oct 14, 2026
–GrowthXNot ranked25%2 of 8 criteria–––1Oct 14, 2026
–Vista SocialNot ranked25%2 of 8 criteria–––6Oct 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. Buffer 98/100

    Social media publishing tool with scheduling queues, an idea library, analytics, a community inbox, a link-in-bio page and an AI assistant.

    • Entry price (100/100): $5/month per account billed annually on Essentials; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices)
    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)

    From $5 per social account per month billed yearly on the Essentials plan.

    Buffer reviewPricing

    Buffer 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. TrackMedia 90/100Our product

    Social media publishing tool that posts one draft to many networks with per-network versions, queues, link tracking, analytics, an API and an MCP server.

    • Entry price (100/100): $8.25/month billed annually on Creator; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices)
    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)

    From $8.25 per month billed yearly on the Creator plan.

    TrackMedia reviewPricing

  5. 5. 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

  6. 6. Antwork 89/100

    Social media manager that works inside AI assistants such as Claude and ChatGPT, drafting posts in each account's own voice and publishing them on schedule to eight networks.

    • Entry price (100/100): $5/month per account billed monthly on Per account (scored on the monthly price)
    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan (Free)

    From $5 per social account per month billed monthly on the Per account plan.

    Antwork reviewPricing

  7. 7. 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

  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. Typefully 81/100

    Collaborative social media scheduler and writing editor for X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads and Mastodon, with AI writing help, a calendar and analytics.

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

    Typefully reviewPricing

  10. 10. Planoly 81/100

    Social media planner with a content calendar, scheduling and auto-posting, Instagram grid preview, AI idea generation, link in bio and comment and DM automation.

    • Free plan or trial (100/100): Free plan
    • Pricing transparency (100/100): 3 of 3 plans have a public price

    From $14 per month billed yearly on the Starter plan.

    Planoly 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 creators?

Buffer, with 98/100 on our scorecard; Posterly is second with 94/100.

What is the cheapest social media scheduling tool for creators?

By entry price among ranked tools, Delulu Social: $4.99 per month billed monthly on the Echo plan.

Which of these have a free plan?

25 of the 69 tools have a free plan; the highest-ranked is Buffer.

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.