Lately review 23/100 on verified data

Lately is a social media scheduling tool: AI content tool that repurposes existing assets into social media posts and automates employee sharing of company messages.

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

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Score (rank 116 of 117): 23/100
Coverage (4 of 8 criteria): 65%
From, per month: $199
Free plan: No

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Paid plans start at $199 per month billed yearly on the Growth plan, and there is no free plan.

In our social media scheduling tools ranking Lately scores 23/100, rank 116 of 117, based on 4 of 8 criteria (65% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

Lately at a glance

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

Pricing model: Paid only source, Oct 14, 2026
Cheapest paid plan: Growth: $199/mo (billed yearly) source, Oct 14, 2026
Free plan: No source, Oct 14, 2026
Free trial: No source, Oct 14, 2026

Lately plans

1 published plan, per month, billed monthly and yearly.

Growth
$199per month, billed yearly
Billed monthly
Not offered
Billed yearly
$199
Charged per
per workspace
Published limits
None stated

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.

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How Lately scores

The social media scheduling tools scorecard applied to Lately's verified data: 23/100, rank 116 of 117, based on 4 of 8 criteria.

Score

23/100

Rank #116 of 117

Coverage 65%

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

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Entry price
0/100
Weight 38%$199/month billed annually on Growth; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source
Free plan or trial
0/100
Weight 23%No free plan or free trial shown on the pricing page source
Pricing transparency
87/100
Weight 15%1 of 1 plans have a public price source
Verified features
40/100
Weight 23%4 of 19 tracked features verified: calendar view, ai caption assistant, post and account analytics, content repurposing source 1 source 2
API, integrations and export
Excluded
Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Platform coveragecategory criterion
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Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Cost per connected accountcategory criterion
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Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.
Free plan limitscategory criterion
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Weight –No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted.

Lately features

4 of the 20 features we compare social media scheduling tools on, as Lately publishes them.

Calendar view: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
AI caption assistant: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Post and account analytics: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026
Content repurposing: Yes source, Oct 14, 2026

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

Lately alternatives

The highest-scoring of 134 comparable tools.

Top Lately 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

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.

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Questions, answered from the data

How much does Lately cost?

Paid plans start at $199 per month billed yearly on the Growth plan, according to Lately's pricing page (checked Oct 14, 2026).

Does Lately have a free plan?

No: Lately has no free plan (checked Oct 14, 2026).

How does Lately score?

In our social media scheduling tools ranking Lately scores 23/100, rank 116 of 117, based on 4 of 8 criteria (65% of the scorecard weight backed by verified data).

What are the best Lately alternatives?

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

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