Social media scheduling

Cheapest Simplified alternatives 83 tools cheaper than Simplified, like for like

Simplified from, billed monthly
$79/mo
Cheaper tools
83
Lowest price
Free plan
Biggest saving, paid plan
94%

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

Simplified's cheapest paid plan costs $79 billed monthly (Starter). We found 83 tools in its market that cost less, compared on the same billing basis.

67 are cheaper billed monthly, 16 have a free plan (Simplified has none).

The largest saving on a paid plan is Delulu Social: $4.99 a month billed monthly on Echo, $74.01 (94%) less than Simplified's $79.

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.

1 cheaper tool verifiably lacks at least one feature Simplified has (the vendor's page says so). Below, each tool lists only differences we could verify on both sides.

Simplified alternatives by price

Cheapest first. "Same basis" is Simplified's cheapest paid plan billed the same way.
Cheapest Simplified alternatives
#ToolPrice per monthBilling basisSimplified, same basisYou saveFree planData checked
1AuthormityFree (Free Forever)free plan$79/mo$79 (100%)YesOct 14, 2026
2AutoXFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)YesOct 14, 2026
3brightbean-studioFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)Yes, unlimited workspacesOct 14, 2026
4BufferFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)Yes, 3 social accountsOct 14, 2026
5BulletSocialFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)Yes, 3 social accountsOct 14, 2026
6Contents PilotFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)Yes, 1 workspaceOct 14, 2026
7FeedkraftFree (Free Trial)free plan$79/mo$79 (100%)Yes, 1 workspaceOct 14, 2026
8MixpostFree (Lite)free plan$79/mo$79 (100%)YesOct 14, 2026
9Multi Upload ToolFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)YesOct 14, 2026
10PostPeerFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)Yes, 20 credits per monthOct 14, 2026
11PublerFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)Yes, 1 userOct 14, 2026
12Schedule & ChillFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)Yes, 500 scheduled posts per monthOct 14, 2026
13social-media-skillsFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)Yes, 15 scheduled posts per monthOct 14, 2026
14TrackMediaOur productFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)Yes, 15 scheduled posts per monthOct 15, 2026
15TypefullyFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)Yes, 1 userOct 14, 2026
16URL2PinFree planfree plan$79/mo$79 (100%)YesOct 14, 2026
17Delulu Social$4.99/mobilled monthly$79/mo$74.01 (94%)NoOct 14, 2026
18Antwork$5/mo per social accountbilled monthly$79/mo$74 (94%)Yes, 2 social accountsOct 14, 2026
19PostBroadcaster$5/mobilled monthly$79/mo$74 (94%)NoOct 14, 2026
20PostSyncs$5/mobilled monthly$79/mo$74 (94%)NoOct 14, 2026
21useOrionix$5/mobilled monthly$79/mo$74 (94%)NoOct 14, 2026
22Hypefury$6/mo per social accountbilled monthly$79/mo$73 (92%)NoOct 14, 2026
23Donivo$7/mobilled monthly$79/mo$72 (91%)Yes, 3 social accountsOct 14, 2026
24CannerAI$9/mobilled monthly$79/mo$70 (89%)Yes, 3 images per monthOct 14, 2026
25EchoPost$9/mobilled monthly$79/mo$70 (89%)NoOct 14, 2026
26PinPilot$9/mobilled monthly$79/mo$70 (89%)NoOct 14, 2026
27PostEverywhere$9/mobilled monthly$79/mo$70 (89%)NoOct 14, 2026
28Posthive$9/mobilled monthly$79/mo$70 (89%)NoOct 14, 2026
29RecurPost$9/mobilled monthly$79/mo$70 (89%)NoOct 14, 2026
30ZedGad$9/mobilled monthly$79/mo$70 (89%)NoOct 14, 2026
31PilotMyX$9.99/mobilled monthly$79/mo$69.01 (87%)NoOct 14, 2026
32PostWing$9.99/mobilled monthly$79/mo$69.01 (87%)NoOct 14, 2026
33ReelDrop$9.99/mobilled monthly$79/mo$69.01 (87%)Yes, 1 social accountOct 14, 2026
34Sally$9.99/mobilled monthly$79/mo$69.01 (87%)YesOct 14, 2026
35PostChad$10/mobilled monthly$79/mo$69 (87%)NoOct 14, 2026
36Mallary$12/mobilled monthly$79/mo$67 (85%)NoOct 14, 2026
37Post Planner$14/mobilled monthly$79/mo$65 (82%)Yes, 1 social accountOct 14, 2026
38Tailwind$14.99/mo per social accountbilled monthly$79/mo$64.01 (81%)YesOct 14, 2026
39Cross-Post$15/mobilled monthly$79/mo$64 (81%)NoOct 14, 2026
40Fedica$15/mobilled monthly$79/mo$64 (81%)Yes, 12 social accountsOct 14, 2026
41Postopus$15/mobilled monthly$79/mo$64 (81%)NoOct 14, 2026
42PostQuickAI$15/mobilled monthly$79/mo$64 (81%)NoOct 14, 2026
43SocialClaw$15/mobilled monthly$79/mo$64 (81%)NoOct 14, 2026
44AutoAIShorts$16.99/mobilled monthly$79/mo$62.01 (78%)NoOct 14, 2026
45AdaptlyPost$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)NoOct 14, 2026
46AI Vids Pro$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)NoOct 14, 2026
47Contant$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)Yes, 1 workspaceOct 14, 2026
48LinkGenie$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)YesOct 14, 2026
49OpenReels$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)NoOct 14, 2026
50PassiveShorts$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)NoOct 14, 2026
51Post.Buzz$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)NoOct 14, 2026
52Propelr$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)Yes, 5 credits per monthOct 14, 2026
53ReelPilot$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)YesOct 14, 2026
54TryPost.it$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)NoOct 14, 2026
55Viraloop$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)YesOct 14, 2026
56Voxa$19/mobilled monthly$79/mo$60 (76%)NoOct 14, 2026
57Quuu$19.79/mo per social accountbilled monthly$79/mo$59.21 (75%)NoOct 14, 2026
58Planpo.st$19.99/mobilled monthly$79/mo$59.01 (75%)NoOct 14, 2026
59seenpaid$19.99/mobilled monthly$79/mo$59.01 (75%)NoOct 14, 2026
60PosteAhora$24/mobilled monthly$79/mo$55 (70%)NoOct 14, 2026
61Viibeo$24/mobilled monthly$79/mo$55 (70%)YesOct 14, 2026
62Metricool$25/mobilled monthly$79/mo$54 (68%)Yes, 1 workspaceOct 14, 2026
63Pallyy$25/mobilled monthly$79/mo$54 (68%)Yes, 1 workspaceOct 14, 2026
64automate-for-growth$29/mobilled monthly$79/mo$50 (63%)NoOct 14, 2026
65Hubcast$29/mobilled monthly$79/mo$50 (63%)NoOct 14, 2026
66Multifeed$29/mobilled monthly$79/mo$50 (63%)NoOct 14, 2026
67Ocoya$29/mobilled monthly$79/mo$50 (63%)NoOct 14, 2026
68openpost$29/mobilled monthly$79/mo$50 (63%)NoOct 14, 2026
69Postiz$29/mobilled monthly$79/mo$50 (63%)NoOct 14, 2026
70Social Champ$29/mobilled monthly$79/mo$50 (63%)YesOct 14, 2026
71SocialBee$29/mobilled monthly$79/mo$50 (63%)NoOct 14, 2026
72Tweet Hunter$29/mobilled monthly$79/mo$50 (63%)NoOct 14, 2026
73Wahlu$29/mobilled monthly$79/mo$50 (63%)Yes, 1 workspaceOct 14, 2026
74Edgar$29.99/mobilled monthly$79/mo$49.01 (62%)NoOct 14, 2026
75SocialPilot$30/mobilled monthly$79/mo$49 (62%)NoOct 14, 2026
76Planable$33/mobilled monthly$79/mo$46 (58%)YesOct 14, 2026
77Marky$39/mobilled monthly$79/mo$40 (51%)NoOct 14, 2026
78Mutator$39/mobilled monthly$79/mo$40 (51%)NoOct 14, 2026
79Niche Traffic Kit$39/mobilled monthly$79/mo$40 (51%)NoOct 14, 2026
80Taplio$39/mobilled monthly$79/mo$40 (51%)NoOct 14, 2026
81Picmim$40/mobilled monthly$79/mo$39 (49%)NoOct 14, 2026
82SuperX$49/mobilled monthly$79/mo$30 (38%)NoOct 14, 2026
83Loomly$65/mobilled monthly$79/mo$14 (18%)NoOct 14, 2026

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What you give up for the lower price

The 15 cheapest against Simplified: only differences verified on both sides, then what each one publishes.
  1. Authormity · Free plan

    LinkedIn content tool that learns a user's writing style from past posts, scores hooks before publishing, plans a multi-week calendar and schedules posts.

    • Price: free plan (Free Forever); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Verified features: Posting queue, Direct auto-publishing, Post and account analytics, Best-time-to-post suggestions, Approval workflows

    7 of 24 tracked details verified

    Authormity reviewPricing

    Authormity homepage (screenshot)
    Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026
  2. 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); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Verified features: Posting queue, Direct auto-publishing, Recurring posts

    5 of 24 tracked details verified

    AutoX reviewPricing

  3. 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); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: brightbean-studio: per workspace; Simplified: not stated
    • 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

    brightbean-studio reviewPricing

  4. Buffer · Free plan

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

    • Price: free plan (Free); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: Buffer: per social account; Simplified: not stated
    • Free limits: 3 social accounts, 1 users source
    • Matches Simplified: has all 7 features we verified for Simplified

    11 of 24 tracked details verified

    Buffer reviewPricing

  5. BulletSocial · Free plan

    Social media post scheduler with a content calendar, bulk posting across accounts, media storage and AI ideation credits.

    • Price: free plan (Free); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: BulletSocial: per workspace; Simplified: not stated
    • Free limits: 3 social accounts, 1 storage gb source
    • Verified features: Bulk scheduling (CSV or multi-post), Calendar view, Media library, Approval workflows

    6 of 24 tracked details verified

    BulletSocial reviewPricing

  6. 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); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • 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

    Contents Pilot reviewPricing

  7. Feedkraft · Free plan

    AI tool that learns a brand from a website URL, generates posts and carousels, and publishes them on a schedule to LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.

    • Price: free plan (Free Trial); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: Feedkraft: usage-based; Simplified: not stated
    • Free Trial limits: 1 workspaces source
    • Verified features: Calendar view, Direct auto-publishing, Separate client workspaces

    5 of 24 tracked details verified

    Feedkraft reviewPricing

  8. 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); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: Mixpost: per workspace; Simplified: not stated
    • Matches Simplified: has all 7 features we verified for Simplified

    10 of 24 tracked details verified

    Mixpost reviewPricing

  9. 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); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: Multi Upload Tool: per workspace; Simplified: not stated
    • 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

    Multi Upload Tool reviewPricing

  10. PostPeer · Free plan

    Unified social media API for developers and AI agents to publish, schedule, read analytics, manage comments and handle messages across networks.

    • Price: free plan (Free); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: PostPeer: per workspace; Simplified: not stated
    • Free limits: 20 credits per month, 1 users, unlimited social accounts source
    • Verified features: Direct auto-publishing, Post and account analytics, Public API

    5 of 24 tracked details verified

    PostPeer reviewPricing

  11. 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); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: Publer: per workspace; Simplified: not stated
    • Free limits: 1 users, 1 workspaces, 3 social accounts source
    • Verified features: Bulk scheduling (CSV or multi-post), Calendar view, First-comment scheduling, Direct auto-publishing, Media library and 7 more

    14 of 24 tracked details verified

    Publer reviewPricing

  12. 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); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: Schedule & Chill: per workspace; Simplified: not stated
    • 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

    Schedule & Chill reviewPricing

  13. social-media-skills · Free plan

    BlackTwist is a scheduler and analytics tool for Threads and Bluesky accounts, with drafts, a calendar, post templates and AI agent access.

    • Price: free plan (Free); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: social-media-skills: per workspace; Simplified: not stated
    • Free limits: 15 scheduled posts per month source
    • Verified features: Posting queue, Bulk scheduling (CSV or multi-post), Calendar view, Direct auto-publishing, Post and account analytics and 3 more

    10 of 24 tracked details verified

    social-media-skills reviewPricing

  14. TrackMedia · Free planOur 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.

    • Price: free plan (Free); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: TrackMedia: per workspace; Simplified: not stated
    • Free limits: 15 scheduled posts per month, 1 users, 1 workspaces, 1 storage gb source
    • Simplified has, TrackMedia does not (verified): Team access
    • Verified features: Posting queue, Calendar view, First-comment scheduling, Direct auto-publishing, Post and account analytics and 3 more

    10 of 24 tracked details verified

    TrackMedia reviewPricing

  15. Typefully · Free plan

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

    • Price: free plan (Free); Simplified has no free plan source
    • Simplified on the same basis: $79 a month, billed monthly, on Starter source
    • Saving: $79 a month (100%) while you stay within the free plan's limits
    • Pricing unit: Typefully: per workspace; Simplified: not stated
    • Free limits: 1 users, 10 scheduled posts per month source
    • Verified features: Calendar view, First-comment scheduling, Direct auto-publishing, Post and account analytics, Report exports (PDF/CSV) and 2 more

    10 of 24 tracked details verified

    Typefully reviewPricing

How we picked

  1. 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).
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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 Simplified?

Delulu Social: $4.99 a month billed monthly on Echo, against $79 for Simplified's Starter on the same basis.

How much can I save compared with Simplified?

Up to $79 a month (100%) with Authormity's free plan, before any difference in limits or seats.

Is there a free alternative to Simplified?

Authormity, AutoX, brightbean-studio, Buffer and BulletSocial and 30 more have a free plan.

What do the cheaper Simplified alternatives lack?

Most often: team access (1 of 83), where the vendor's page says the feature is missing.

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.