Head to head
Agorapulse vs Postly
Last updated 4 June 2026
Agorapulse schedules to ten networks, but the inbox and the reporting are the reasons to pick it: one place to handle every comment, DM, mention, review, and ad comment, plus ROI reports that pull Google Analytics to tie posts back to traffic and sales. It's billed per user, from $79 a seat each month on annual, with a small free plan and a 30-day trial.
- From
- $79 per user / mo
- Free plan
Postly is an AI-forward, per-channel scheduler that reaches a dozen social networks plus email. It bills by channel (cheaper as you add more), throws in unlimited team members and an AI studio for text, image, and video, and adds bio pages and a social inbox.
- From
- $3.2 per channel / mo
- Free plan
Bottom line
Agorapulse and Postly both cover the basics; the right one comes down to how you post. Agorapulse is the stronger pick for Teams that spend more time on engagement than on posting; choose Postly for Creators and small agencies who want wide coverage cheaply.
Features compared
| Feature | Agorapulse | Postly |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Yes | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Yes | Not assessed |
| Bulk upload | Yes | Yes |
| Evergreen recycling | Partial | Partial |
| Team roles | Yes | Yes |
| Approvals | Yes | Yes |
| Link in bio | Yes | Yes |
Platforms compared
| Network | Agorapulse | Postly |
|---|---|---|
| Auto | Auto | |
| Auto | Auto | |
| X (Twitter) | Auto | Auto |
| Auto | Auto | |
| TikTok | Auto | Auto |
| Auto | Auto | |
| YouTube | Auto | Auto |
| Threads | Auto | Auto |
| Bluesky | Auto | Auto |
| Google Business | Auto | Auto |
| Mastodon | No | Auto |
| Telegram | No | Auto |
| WordPress | No | Auto |
Pricing
Agorapulse
Free
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 3
- Scheduled posts
- 10
- 3 social profiles, 1 user
- 10 scheduled posts, 100 inbox items per month
- Permanent free plan, no card required
Standard
$79/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 10
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $79 per user/mo on annual, $99 monthly
- 10 social profiles, unlimited scheduling
- All-in-one inbox, basic reports, white-label exports
- 6-month data retention
Professional
Popular$119/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 10
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $119 per user/mo on annual, $149 monthly
- Adds link in bio, Instagram product tagging, grid preview, calendar notes
- Ad-comment moderation, post and inbox assignments
- Team performance reports, 12-month retention
Advanced
$149/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 10
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $149 per user/mo on annual, $199 monthly
- Adds labels, saved replies, automated moderation rules, bulk actions
- Shared calendars, publishing queues, scheduled report emails
- Advanced and ROI reporting, competitor benchmarking, 24-month retention
Custom
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Tailored pricing for large teams
- Unlimited social profiles, AI reply suggestions
- SSO, custom roles, multi-step approval workflows
- Historical data import, Reports open API, sentiment analysis
- Dedicated Customer Success Manager and onboarding
- Priced per user/seat: the headline $79 / $119 / $149 is for one user and multiplies by how many people you add. The per-user rate is flat, with no volume discount for more seats.
- Every paid plan includes 10 social profiles; extra profiles are $10/month each. Profiles are a bundled quota, not the thing the price multiplies by, so adding seats and adding profiles are two separate costs.
- There's a permanent free plan (3 profiles, 1 user, 10 scheduled posts, 100 inbox items a month) alongside a 30-day trial of Advanced features, no card required.
- Annual billing saves about 20%: Standard $79 vs $99, Professional $119 vs $149, Advanced $149 vs $199 per user/month, which the page states as $240, $360, and $600 off per user per year.
- X (Twitter) management is sold as a paid add-on, X Lite for publishing and threads or X Plus for full inbox and analytics, because of X's API pricing.
- Advanced Listening, Advocacy (employee advocacy), and Competitive Benchmarking are separate add-ons billed on quote with a demo required, not included in the base plans.
- Prices are USD list. The pricing page renders 'US $' figures even from an Australian IP; the annual numbers were read off the live page, the monthly numbers confirmed by toggling the billing switch, and both cross-checked against current third-party listings. List prices have risen from older published figures (around $49 / $79 / $109), so these reflect the current live plans.
Postly
Starter
- Seats
- 2
- Accounts
- 2
- Scheduled posts
- 50
- Free: 2 channels, 2 team members
- 50 one-time scheduled posts, 5,000 AI writing credits a month
- 1GB storage
Pro
Popular- Seats
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $3.20 per channel/mo (5-channel minimum, so from $16/mo)
- Cheaper per channel at scale: $1.60 (11-100), $0.80 (101+)
- Unlimited posts, unlimited AI, unlimited team members, 100GB, API
Enterprise
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- Custom pricing and volume rates
- Dedicated onboarding and migration, priority support
- Priced per channel on Pro, where a channel is a page, profile, Google Business location, Pinterest board, or similar destination. The rate falls as you add channels: $3.20 each up to 10, $1.60 from 11 to 100, and $0.80 beyond 100.
- Pro has a 5-channel minimum, so it effectively starts at $16 a month; the cost-at-scale figures start from one channel but you can't buy fewer than five on Pro.
- There's a genuine free Starter plan (2 channels, 50 scheduled posts, 2 team members). Annual billing is about 20% cheaper.
- Unlimited team members are included on Pro, unlike per-seat tools. Postly also sells email campaigns (Postly Email) alongside social.
- Prices are USD, read off the live pricing page.
Pros and cons
Agorapulse
- Unified inbox for comments, DMs, mentions, reviews, and ad comments, built around inbox zero
- ROI reporting that ties posts and conversations to traffic, leads, and sales via Google Analytics
- Direct publishing to ten networks, Instagram Stories included
- Genuinely free plan plus a 30-day trial of the top tier
- Per-seat pricing climbs with the team, and every plan caps profiles at 10
- Listening, advocacy, competitive benchmarking, and full X management are quote-based add-ons
- No true evergreen recycling and no AI image generation
- The depth is overkill if you only want a simple posting queue
Postly
- Per-channel billing that gets cheaper as you scale
- Unlimited team members on Pro
- Broad AI Studio: text, image, video, avatars, voiceovers
- A dozen networks plus WordPress and email, with a social inbox and bio pages
- Five-channel minimum on Pro
- Recycling is limited to recurring posts
- Young, lightly documented company
- Wide AI feature set means uneven depth
Agorapulse vs Postly: FAQ
- Is Agorapulse or Postly cheaper?
- Postly is cheaper to start, from $3.2 against $79 for Agorapulse. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
- Does Agorapulse or Postly have a free plan?
- Both have a free plan, so you can try either one before paying.
- Which is better, Agorapulse or Postly?
- Agorapulse is the stronger pick for teams that spend more time on engagement than on posting, while Postly is the better fit for creators and small agencies who want wide coverage cheaply. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.