Social media schedulingOpen source · AGPL-3.0Free plan

brightbean-studio review 58/100 on verified data

brightbean-studio is a social media scheduling tool: Social media scheduling and management tool, free to use hosted or self-hosted, with calendar, approvals, inbox, analytics and an agent API.

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

Homepage captured Oct 14, 2026

Score (rank 82 of 117): 58/100
Coverage (8 of 8 criteria): 100%
From, per month: $119
Free plan: Yes

brightbean-studioFrom $119/moVisit

It works with 10 platforms of the 15 we track: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Google Business Profile and Mastodon.

Paid plans start at $119 per month billed monthly on the Plan plan, and there is a free plan with unlimited workspaces, unlimited users and unlimited social accounts.

brightbean-studio has a public API.

In our social media scheduling tools ranking brightbean-studio scores 58/100, rank 82 of 117, based on 8 of 8 criteria (100% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

brightbean-studio at a glance

Each value links the vendor page it was read from and the date we checked it.

Pricing model: Free plan + paid plans source, Oct 14, 2026
Cheapest paid plan: Plan: $119/mo source, Oct 14, 2026
Free plan: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Free trial: No source, Oct 14, 2026
Platforms: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Google Business Profile, Mastodon source, Oct 14, 2026
Public API: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Open-source licence (GitHub): AGPL-3.0 source, Oct 14, 2026
GitHub stars: 2,466 source, Oct 14, 2026
Self-hosting: Stated by the vendor source, Oct 14, 2026

brightbean-studio plans

4 published plans, per month, billed monthly and yearly.

Free
Free
Billed monthly
Free
Billed yearly
Free
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- Unlimited workspaces
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited social accounts
7-day trial
$7 once
Billed monthly
$7 once
Billed yearly
–
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
None stated
Plan
$119per month, billed monthly
Billed monthly
$119
Billed yearly
Not stated
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- 10,000 credits per month
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited social accounts
Managed
$1,499per month, billed monthly
Billed monthly
$1,499
Billed yearly
Not stated
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
- 100,000 credits per month
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited social accounts

Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.

Full brightbean-studio pricing and plan limits

How brightbean-studio scores

The social media scheduling tools scorecard applied to brightbean-studio's verified data: 58/100, rank 82 of 117, based on 8 of 8 criteria.

Score

58/100

Rank #82 of 117

Coverage 100%

8 of 8 criteria. Ranked at 60% or more.

Full ranking of social media scheduling tools How we score

Entry price
0/100
Weight 25%$119/month billed monthly on Plan (scored on the monthly price) source
Free plan or trial
100/100
Weight 15%Free plan (Free) source
Pricing transparency
100/100
Weight 10%4 of 4 plans have a public price source
Verified features
50/100
Weight 15%5 of 19 tracked features verified: calendar view, direct auto-publishing, post and account analytics, approval workflows, unified social inbox source 1 source 2
API, integrations and export
100/100
Weight 10%public API source
Platform coveragecategory criterion
100/100
Weight 10%10 of 15 tracked platforms supported source
Cost per connected accountcategory criterion
0/100
Weight 10%$39.67 per connected account per month on Plan (3 accounts, 1 user, billed monthly) source
Free plan limitscategory criterion
100/100
Weight 5%Free plan: unlimited connected accounts source

brightbean-studio features

6 of the 20 features we compare social media scheduling tools on, as brightbean-studio publishes them.

Platforms supported: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Google Business Profile, Mastodon source, Oct 14, 2026
Calendar view: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Direct auto-publishing: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Post and account analytics: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Approval workflows: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Unified social inbox: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

16 more details we track are not published by the vendor or not verified yet (shown as – in tables). How we verify

brightbean-studio alternatives

The highest-scoring of 134 comparable tools.

Top brightbean-studio alternatives
#	Tool	Score	Coverage	From, billed monthly	From, billed yearly	Free plan	Platforms	Checked
1	Buffer	98/100	80%6 of 8 criteria	Not offered	$5/account/mo	Yes, 3 social accounts	–	Oct 14, 2026
2	Zoho Social	96/100	90%7 of 8 criteria	Not offered	$10/mo	Yes, 1 workspace	14	Oct 14, 2026
3	Posterly	94/100	95%7 of 8 criteria	Not offered	$6/mo	No	12	Oct 14, 2026
4	Iconosquare	93/100	100%8 of 8 criteria	Not offered	$10/mo	Yes, 2 social accounts	8	Oct 14, 2026
5	Publer	92/100	65%6 of 8 criteria	Free	Free	Yes, 1 user	12	Oct 14, 2026

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Questions, answered from the data

How much does brightbean-studio cost?

Paid plans start at $119 per month billed monthly on the Plan plan, according to brightbean-studio's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does brightbean-studio have a free plan?

Yes: brightbean-studio has a free plan with unlimited workspaces, unlimited users and unlimited social accounts (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Which social platforms does brightbean-studio support?

brightbean-studio supports 10 platforms: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Google Business Profile and Mastodon.

Does brightbean-studio have an API?

Yes, a public API is documented (checked Oct 14, 2026).

How does brightbean-studio score?

In our social media scheduling tools ranking brightbean-studio scores 58/100, rank 82 of 117, based on 8 of 8 criteria (100% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

What are the best brightbean-studio alternatives?

By our scorecard the top-ranked alternatives are Buffer (98/100), Zoho Social (96/100) and Posterly (94/100).