Head to head
Agorapulse vs SocialBee
Last updated 4 June 2026
Agorapulse combines publishing across ten networks with a shared inbox and ROI reporting. Paid self-service plans start at $79 per user/month annually; X access and additional profiles cost extra. Mobile-notification publishing covers some Instagram/TikTok formats.
- From
- Free
- Free scheduling
- Yes
SocialBee organizes recurring posts into categories, with defaults for whether new items repeat and where they enter the queue. It documents both date-based and publication-count expiry, plus variations for reusable posts.
- From
- $24.17a month, billed yearly
- Free scheduling
- No
Bottom line
Agorapulse is the pick for teams that spend more time on engagement than on posting, and it's the only one of the two with a free scheduling plan. SocialBee fits teams organizing recurring posts into categories better, and it reaches Mastodon and Telegram, which Agorapulse doesn't.
Agorapulse has a free plan and paid plans from $79 per user a month, billed yearly, and SocialBee starts at $24.17 a month, billed yearly. They bill on different units, so the real gap depends on how much you run. Agorapulse brings social listening that SocialBee skips, while SocialBee has AI images Agorapulse doesn't.
Key differences
Where the two actually diverge, before the full tables.
- Agorapulse has a free scheduling plan; SocialBee doesn't, though it offers a 14-day trial.
- Paid plans start at $24.17 a month, billed yearly on SocialBee and $79 per user a month, billed yearly on Agorapulse.
- Agorapulse posts to 10 networks, SocialBee to 12.
- Only SocialBee reaches Mastodon and Telegram.
- Agorapulse has social listening; SocialBee doesn't.
- Agorapulse has competitor tracking; SocialBee doesn't.
- Agorapulse has a link-in-bio page; SocialBee doesn't.
- SocialBee has AI images; Agorapulse doesn't.
Features compared
| Feature | Agorapulse | SocialBee |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Yes | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Yes | Yes |
| Bulk upload | Yes | Yes |
| Evergreen recycling | Partial | Yes |
| Team roles | Yes | Yes |
| Approvals | Yes | Yes |
| Link in bio | Yes | No |
Platforms compared
| Network | Agorapulse | SocialBee |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Reminder |
| Telegram | No | Reminder |
Pricing
Prices use each tool’s billing unit. Annual equivalents are labeled as billed yearly; scaling rows show monthly costs and available annual rates.
Free plan available.
- 1 seat · Standard
- $99/mo~$79/mo annual
- 3 seats · StandardTypical
- $297/mo~$237/mo annual
Lowest priced plan at each shown workload. Check the plan's included features before choosing it.
No free plan; 14-day trial.
- Lowest public entry price
- $24.17 a month, billed yearly
Plan set by your profile count.
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 per user a month 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 per user a month 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 per user a month 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
- Paid list prices are per seat; annual rates are monthly equivalents of an annual commitment.
- Paid self-service plans include 10 social profiles. The official pricing PDF distinguishes additional profiles at $10/month on annual billing and $15/month on monthly billing; confirm the current checkout quote. X profiles are separately purchased and do not consume this profile allowance.
- 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.
- Standard, Professional and Advanced annual rates are $79, $119 and $149 per user/month, versus $99, $149 and $199 monthly. Savings differ by tier.
- Current X documentation lists X Lite at $29 and X Plus at $69 per connected X profile/month (also quoted in EUR). Lite covers publishing; Plus adds inbox/reporting and starts collecting data when activated. Older official pricing PDFs show superseded X terms.
- 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.
- USD base-plan rates are corroborated by the official pricing PDF. Confirm the current checkout quote; current help takes priority for conflicting X add-on details.
What it really costs
Monthly cost by seat count. Per-unit tiers grow with usage; flat tiers keep their whole-plan price within the published allowance, with the 3-seat row marked as a realistic setup.
| seats | Standard | Professional | Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $99/mo | $149/mo | $199/mo |
| 3Typical | $297/mo | $447/mo | $597/mo |
| 5 | $495/mo | $745/mo | $995/mo |
| 10 | $990/mo | $1,490/mo | $1,990/mo |
| 25 | $2,475/mo | $3,725/mo | $4,975/mo |
| 50 | $4,950/mo | $7,450/mo | $9,950/mo |
Monthly billing.
SocialBee
Bootstrap
$24.17 a month billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 5
- USD29 monthly or USD290 per year
- $29/mo (billed monthly or annually; no annual discount at list)
- 5 social profiles, 1 user, 1 workspace
- 10 content categories, 10 RSS / content sources
- Unlimited AI content; analytics history 3 months
Accelerate
Popular$40.83 a month billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 10
- $49/mo, $40.83 on annual ($490/yr)
- 10 social profiles, 1 user, 1 workspace
- 50 content categories, 30 content sources
- Adds advanced analytics, hashtag organizer, bulk editor, CSV upload, approvals
Pro
$82.50 a month billed annually
- Seats
- 3
- Accounts
- 25
- $99/mo, $82.50 on annual ($990/yr)
- 25 social profiles, 3 users, 5 workspaces
- Unlimited content categories and content sources
- Adds report export and internal notes; analytics history 2 years
Pro50
$149.17 a month billed annually
- Seats
- 5
- Accounts
- 50
- $179/mo, $149.17 on annual (agency tier)
- 50 social profiles, 5 users, 10 workspaces
- Everything in Pro
Pro100
$274.17 a month billed annually
- Seats
- 5
- Accounts
- 100
- $329/mo, $274.17 on annual (agency tier)
- 100 social profiles, 5 users, 20 workspaces
Pro150
$374.17 a month billed annually
- Seats
- 5
- Accounts
- 150
- $449/mo, $374.17 on annual (agency tier)
- 150 social profiles, 5 users, 30 workspaces
- Plans are chosen by how many social profiles you connect, from 5 on Bootstrap up to 150 on the top agency tier. The price isn't multiplied per profile; it steps up with the band you land in.
- No permanent free plan. There's a 14-day free trial of the Pro plan, no card required.
- Annual list bills are USD290/490/990 for Bootstrap/Accelerate/Pro and USD1,790/3,290/4,490 for Pro50/Pro100/Pro150. Monthly equivalents are annual totals divided by twelve; no expired promotion is included.
- Extra five-profile bundles cost USD15/month or USD150/year; extra users and workspaces each cost USD10/month or USD100/year.
- USD list prices from official pricing and plan documentation. User allowances are per workspace, not necessarily a single organization-wide seat total.
- ConciergeBee is SocialBee's separate done-for-you service (managed posting, strategy, ad management) and is billed apart from these software plans.
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-user billing and separate profile/X charges increase total cost
- Some listening, advocacy and reporting capabilities require additional entitlements
- Native audio and interactive formats can require mobile completion
- Approval and reporting limits depend on the plan
SocialBee
- Date-based and publication-count expiry
- Defaults for repeat behavior and top/bottom queue placement
- Post or category re-queue controls
- Documented reusable-post variations
- New-content queue defaults can alter the expected rotation
- Variations and permanent factual changes require editorial ownership
- Repetition rules and approval behavior need plan- and network-specific checks
Agorapulse vs SocialBee: FAQ
- Is Agorapulse or SocialBee cheaper?
- Agorapulse has a free entry plan. SocialBee starts at $24.17 a month, billed yearly. The plans may cover different workloads, so check the required accounts and features.
- Does Agorapulse or SocialBee have a free plan?
- Agorapulse has a free plan; SocialBee does not, though it offers a 14-day trial.
- Which is better, Agorapulse or SocialBee?
- Agorapulse is the stronger pick for teams that spend more time on engagement than on posting, while SocialBee is the better fit for teams organizing recurring posts into categories. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.