Head to head
Crowdfire vs MeetEdgar
Last updated 4 June 2026
Crowdfire's social media app shut down in 2025, so this is here for the record rather than as a recommendation. In its day it leaned on content curation, surfacing articles and images to share, plus scheduling, light analytics, and the follower management it started life with as JustUnfollow.
- From
- $7.48 /mo
- Free plan
MeetEdgar more or less invented category-based evergreen recycling: you sort posts into buckets, set a weekly schedule, and it reshares from those buckets forever so the queue never empties. It's a focused tool with two flat plans, no free tier, and a 30-day trial.
- From
- $24.91 /mo
- Free plan
Bottom line
Crowdfire is the pick for most setups, and it's the only one of the two with a free plan. MeetEdgar fits creators and small businesses with a backlog of evergreen content better, and it reaches Threads and Google Business among others, which Crowdfire doesn't.
Crowdfire starts cheaper, $7.48 a month against $24.91 a month for MeetEdgar. Crowdfire brings advanced reports that MeetEdgar skips, while MeetEdgar has evergreen recycling Crowdfire doesn't.
Key differences
Where the two actually diverge, before the full tables.
- Crowdfire has a free plan; MeetEdgar doesn't, though it offers a 30-day trial.
- Crowdfire starts at $7.48 a month, MeetEdgar at $24.91 a month.
- Crowdfire posts to 8 networks, MeetEdgar to 10.
- Only Crowdfire reaches WordPress.
- Only MeetEdgar reaches Threads, Bluesky, and Google Business.
- MeetEdgar auto-publishes Instagram; Crowdfire sends a reminder to post.
- MeetEdgar auto-publishes TikTok; Crowdfire sends a reminder to post.
- Crowdfire has advanced reports; MeetEdgar doesn't.
- MeetEdgar has evergreen recycling; Crowdfire doesn't.
- MeetEdgar has team roles; Crowdfire doesn't.
Features compared
| Feature | Crowdfire | MeetEdgar |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Not assessed | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Yes | No |
| Bulk upload | Yes | Yes |
| Evergreen recycling | No | Yes |
| Team roles | No | Yes |
| Approvals | Not assessed | No |
| Link in bio | No | No |
Platforms compared
| Network | Crowdfire | MeetEdgar |
|---|---|---|
| Reminder | Auto | |
| Auto | Auto | |
| X (Twitter) | Auto | Auto |
| Auto | Auto | |
| TikTok | Reminder | Auto |
| Auto | Auto | |
| YouTube | Auto | Auto |
| Threads | No | Auto |
| Bluesky | No | Auto |
| Google Business | No | Auto |
| WordPress | Auto | No |
Pricing
Headline prices are for a single unit. Here is the real monthly cost as each tool scales, costed on its own unit so the two stay honest.
Crowdfire
Free
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 3
- Scheduled posts
- 10
- 3 accounts, 10 scheduled posts per account
- Article and image curation, basic analytics
Plus
$7.48/mo billed annually
- $9.99/mo, $7.48 on annual (25% off)
- More accounts and scheduling, content curation
Premium
Popular$37.48/mo billed annually
- $49.99/mo, $37.48 on annual
- Bulk scheduling, deeper analytics, more accounts
VIP
$74.98/mo billed annually
- $99.99/mo, $74.98 on annual
- Most accounts, full analytics and curation
- Crowdfire's social media management product shut down in 2025 (widely reported as May 15, 2025). The figures here are its last-known plans, kept for reference; you can no longer subscribe.
- The brand has pivoted to a media site covering social media, Web3, and AI, and no longer offers scheduling, curation, or analytics.
- Flat, quota-bundled plans: Free plus Plus, Premium, and VIP, each with more accounts and scheduling than the last. Annual billing was 25% off.
MeetEdgar
Eddie
$24.91/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 5
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $29.99/mo, $24.91 on annual ($299/yr)
- 5 social accounts, 4 content categories, 10 weekly automations
- Unlimited content library and recycling, 15 Inky AI credits/mo
- Extra accounts $3.99-$4.99 each
Edgar
Popular$41.58/mo billed annually
- Accounts
- 25
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $49.99/mo, $41.58 on annual ($499/yr)
- 25 social accounts, unlimited content categories, 1,000 weekly automations
- Team collaboration, 50 Inky AI credits/mo
- Extra accounts $1.99-$2.99 each
- Flat, two-plan pricing: Eddie for one person and Edgar for small teams. The difference is mostly capacity, 5 accounts and 4 categories versus 25 accounts and unlimited categories, plus team collaboration on Edgar.
- No free plan, but a 30-day free trial of either plan.
- Annual billing is about 17% cheaper ($299 a year on Eddie, $499 on Edgar).
- Extra social accounts are a second cost: $3.99-$4.99 each on Eddie, $1.99-$2.99 on Edgar. The Inky AI assistant is credit-limited at 15 (Eddie) or 50 (Edgar) generations a month.
- Prices are USD, read off the live pricing page and confirmed against current third-party 2026 listings.
Pros and cons
Crowdfire
- Strong content curation, suggesting articles and images to share
- Mobile-first and simple to use
- Audience management roots from its JustUnfollow days
- Discontinued in 2025; you can no longer sign up
- No team collaboration or evergreen recycling
- Leaned on reminder publishing for Instagram
MeetEdgar
- Best-in-class category-based evergreen recycling, the feature it pioneered
- Auto-refill keeps the queue from ever running dry
- Content variations and Inky AI to vary and write posts
- Now includes a social inbox and team collaboration
- No free plan, and not the cheapest if you don't need recycling
- Light analytics and no competitor tracking or listening
- AI is credit-limited per month
- SocialBee offers similar recycling, often for less
Crowdfire vs MeetEdgar: FAQ
- Is Crowdfire or MeetEdgar cheaper?
- Crowdfire is cheaper to start, from $7.48 against $24.91 for MeetEdgar. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
- Does Crowdfire or MeetEdgar have a free plan?
- Crowdfire has a free plan; MeetEdgar does not, though it offers a 30-day trial.
- Which is better, Crowdfire or MeetEdgar?
- Crowdfire is the stronger pick for most people, while MeetEdgar is the better fit for creators and small businesses with a backlog of evergreen content. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.