Social media scheduling
Cheapest Lately alternatives 51 tools cheaper than Lately, like for like
- Lately from, billed annually
- $199/mo
- Cheaper tools
- 51
- Lowest price
- Free plan
- Biggest saving, paid plan
- 98%
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
Lately's cheapest paid plan costs $199 per month billed annually (Growth). We found 51 tools in its market that cost less, compared on the same billing basis.
35 are cheaper billed annually, 16 have a free plan (Lately has none).
The largest saving on a paid plan is Social Post Flow: $4.08 a month billed annually on Starter, $194.92 (98%) less than Lately's $199.
Some plans are priced per user or per account and others per workspace, so the entry price is not always the price for your team: check the plan limits before switching.
No vendor here states that it lacks a feature Lately has. Below, each tool lists the features and numbers it publishes; vendors rarely state what they do not offer, so a feature that is not listed is unknown, not missing.
Lately alternatives by price
| # | Tool | Price per month | Billing basis | Lately, same basis | You save | Free plan | Data checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Antwork | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes, 2 social accounts | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  AutoX | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  brightbean-studio | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes, unlimited workspaces | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  cadencz | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes, 2 social accounts | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  Contant | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes, 1 workspace | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6 |  Contents Pilot | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes, 1 workspace | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 7 |  Donivo | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes, 3 social accounts | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 8 |  Mixpost | Free (Lite) | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 9 |  Multi Upload Tool | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 10 |  Pallyy | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes, 1 workspace | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 11 |  Planable | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 12 |  Publer | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes, 1 user | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 13 |  ReelDrop | Free (Starter) | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes, 1 social account | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 14 |  Sally | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 15 |  Schedule & Chill | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes, 500 scheduled posts per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 16 |  Typefully | Free plan | free plan | $199/mo | $199 (100%) | Yes, 1 user | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 17 |  Social Post Flow | $4.08/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $194.92 (98%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 18 |  Buffer | $5/mo per social account | billed annually | $199/mo | $194 (97%) | Yes, 3 social accounts | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 19 |  Posterly | $6/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $193 (97%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 20 |  social-media-skills | $6/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $193 (97%) | Yes, 15 scheduled posts per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 21 |  TrackMediaOur product | $8.25/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $190.75 (96%) | Yes, 15 scheduled posts per month | Oct 15, 2026 |
| 22 |  Post Planner | $9/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $190 (95%) | Yes, 1 social account | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 23 |  URL2Pin | $9/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $190 (95%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 24 |  Fedica | $10/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $189 (95%) | Yes, 12 social accounts | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 25 |  Zoho Social | $10/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $189 (95%) | Yes, 1 workspace | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 26 |  Tailwind | $11.99/mo per social account | billed annually | $199/mo | $187.01 (94%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 27 |  Missinglettr | $12/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $187 (94%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 28 |  Planoly | $14/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $185 (93%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 29 |  OneUp | $15/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $184 (92%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 30 |  Post.Buzz | $15/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $184 (92%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 31 |  Viraloop | $16/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $183 (92%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 32 |  Quuu | $16.49/mo per social account | billed annually | $199/mo | $182.51 (92%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 33 |  Later | $18.75/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $180.25 (91%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 34 |  ContentStudio | $19/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $180 (90%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 35 |  Marky | $19/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $180 (90%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 36 |  Metricool | $20/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $179 (90%) | Yes, 1 workspace | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 37 |  Social Champ | $23.20/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $175.80 (88%) | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 38 |  Predis AI | $24/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $175 (88%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 39 |  Wahlu | $24/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $175 (88%) | Yes, 1 workspace | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 40 |  BulletSocial | $24.17/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $174.83 (88%) | Yes, 3 social accounts | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 41 |  Edgar | $24.91/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $174.09 (87%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 42 |  Aidelly | $29/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $170 (85%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 43 |  PostPlanify | $31/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $168 (84%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 44 |  Picmim | $33/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $166 (83%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 45 |  PostPeer | $33/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $166 (83%) | Yes, 20 credits per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 46 |  Loomly | $49/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $150 (75%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 47 |  Sked Social | $58/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $141 (71%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 48 |  Agorapulse | $79/mo per user | billed annually | $199/mo | $120 (60%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 49 |  Sprout Social | $79/mo per user | billed annually | $199/mo | $120 (60%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 50 |  SocialPilot | $85/mo | billed annually | $199/mo | $114 (57%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 51 |  Hootsuite | $99/mo per user | billed annually | $199/mo | $100 (50%) | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
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What you give up for the lower price
- Antwork · Free plan
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.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: Antwork: per social account; Lately: per workspace
- Free limits: 2 social accounts, unlimited scheduled posts per month source
- Verified features: Calendar view, Direct auto-publishing, AI caption assistant, Post and account analytics, Approval workflows and 1 more
7 of 24 tracked details verified
Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026 - AutoX · Free plan
Telegram bot that queues text and media posts and publishes them to a connected X account at scheduled times.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: AutoX: not stated; Lately: per workspace
- Verified features: Posting queue, Direct auto-publishing, Recurring posts
5 of 24 tracked details verified
- brightbean-studio · Free plan
Social media scheduling and management tool, free to use hosted or self-hosted, with calendar, approvals, inbox, analytics and an agent API.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: unlimited workspaces, unlimited users, unlimited social accounts source
- Verified features: Calendar view, Direct auto-publishing, Post and account analytics, Approval workflows, Unified social inbox and 1 more
8 of 24 tracked details verified
- cadencz · Free plan
AI social media manager for founders that reads a company website, drafts a weekly plan of posts for several channels and publishes after approval.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 2 social accounts, 1 users, 1 workspaces, unlimited scheduled posts per month source
- Verified features: Calendar view, Post and account analytics, Approval workflows
5 of 24 tracked details verified
- Contant · Free plan
LinkedIn-focused platform for AI-written posts, carousel design, scheduling, analytics and identifying post engagers to add to an outreach CRM.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 1 workspaces, 1 social accounts source
- Verified features: Calendar view, Post and account analytics, Best-time-to-post suggestions, Separate client workspaces, Content repurposing
7 of 24 tracked details verified
- Contents Pilot · Free plan
AI tool that analyzes an Instagram profile and generates carousels, static posts and Reel scripts in the user's brand style, with scheduling to Instagram.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: Contents Pilot: not stated; Lately: per workspace
- Free limits: 1 workspaces source
- Verified features: Calendar view, Direct auto-publishing, AI caption assistant, Post and account analytics
6 of 24 tracked details verified
- Donivo · Free plan
Social media scheduler that publishes one post to eight networks, with separate workspaces for brands or clients and automatic retries of failed posts.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: Donivo: not stated; Lately: per workspace
- Free limits: 3 social accounts, 30 scheduled posts per month source
- Verified features: Direct auto-publishing, User roles and permissions, Separate client workspaces
5 of 24 tracked details verified
- Mixpost · Free plan
Open source, self-hosted social media management software for scheduling, analytics, inbox and team approvals, sold as a one-time license or as a hosted cloud version.
- Price: free plan (Lite); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Posting queue, Calendar view, First-comment scheduling, Media library, AI caption assistant and 4 more
10 of 24 tracked details verified
- Multi Upload Tool · Free plan
Dashboard and API for uploading and scheduling one video to several social platforms, with analytics, webhooks and team workspaces.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Bulk scheduling (CSV or multi-post), Post and account analytics, Approval workflows, Separate client workspaces, Public API
7 of 24 tracked details verified
- Pallyy · Free plan
Social media scheduler organised around client social sets, with shared approval links, per-client calendars and reports, a social inbox and link in bio pages.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 1 workspaces, 1 users, 15 scheduled posts per month source
- Verified features: Posting queue, Calendar view, First-comment scheduling, Direct auto-publishing, Media library and 8 more
16 of 24 tracked details verified
- Planable · Free plan
Social media planning and collaboration tool with feed and calendar views, step-by-step approvals, scheduling, inbox, analytics and social listening.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Verified features: Bulk scheduling (CSV or multi-post), Calendar view, First-comment scheduling, Post and account analytics, Best-time-to-post suggestions and 4 more
11 of 24 tracked details verified
- Publer · Free plan
Social media scheduling and management tool with a calendar, bulk scheduling, analytics, workspaces and link in bio across many networks.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 1 users, 1 workspaces, 3 social accounts source
- Matches Lately: has all 4 features we verified for Lately
14 of 24 tracked details verified
- ReelDrop · Free plan
Instagram growth tool that schedules Reels and carousels, generates AI captions and hashtags, and automates comment-triggered direct messages.
- Price: free plan (Starter); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Starter limits: 1 social accounts, 1 users, 1 workspaces source
- Verified features: Calendar view, First-comment scheduling, Direct auto-publishing, AI caption assistant, Post and account analytics
7 of 24 tracked details verified
- Sally · Free plan
Personal brand assistant that turns voice notes or typed updates into drafted posts and schedules them to LinkedIn, TikTok and Instagram.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Pricing unit: Sally: not stated; Lately: per workspace
- Verified features: Direct auto-publishing, Best-time-to-post suggestions
4 of 24 tracked details verified
- Schedule & Chill · Free plan
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.
- Price: free plan (Free); Lately has no free plan source
- Lately on the same basis: $199 a month, billed annually, on Growth source
- Saving: $199 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
- Free limits: 500 scheduled posts per month, 2 social accounts source
- Verified features: Posting queue, Bulk scheduling (CSV or multi-post), Calendar view, Media library, Post and account analytics and 1 more
8 of 24 tracked details verified
How we picked
- Pool: tools in the same market as the tool on this page (they list its primary category, and their own primary category is one it lists).
- Like for like: a tool's cheapest paid plan billed monthly is compared with the cheapest plan billed monthly; if that is not cheaper, its price per month billed annually is compared with the annual price. Monthly and annual prices are never mixed in one comparison.
- A free plan counts as cheaper only when the tool on this page has no free plan. Usage-priced and "contact sales" plans are left out.
- Saving = the reference price on the same basis minus the alternative's price, per month; the percentage is rounded. Entry plans differ in seats, accounts and limits, so the saving is for the entry plan, not your team.
- Sorted by price per month, then name. The page is built only when the tool has a verified paid price and at least 3 tools qualify.
Every value is read from the vendor's own pages (or GitHub for licences and stars) and shown with the date we checked it. A value we could not verify is shown as a dash, never estimated, and never read as a “no”. We did not test these tools hands-on unless a listing says so. Methodology
Questions, answered from the data
What is the cheapest alternative to Lately?
Social Post Flow: $4.08 a month billed annually on Starter, against $199 for Lately's Growth on the same basis.
How much can I save compared with Lately?
Up to $199 a month (100%) with Antwork's free plan, before any difference in limits or seats.
Is there a free alternative to Lately?
Antwork, AutoX, brightbean-studio, cadencz and Contant and 26 more have a free plan.
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Prices as published on each vendor's pricing page on the date shown, in USD, for social media scheduling tools. Confirm with the vendor before you buy.