Head to head
Crowdfire vs Post Planner
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
Post Planner is a budget scheduler built around content discovery: it surfaces proven, high-engagement posts to share, lets you recycle your best content, and schedules to eight networks. Plans run from a free tier up to $57 a month on annual billing.
- From
- $7 /mo
- Free plan
Bottom line
Post Planner is the pick for solo creators and small businesses on a tight budget, and it's the cheaper start, from $7 a month. Crowdfire fits most setups better, and it adds advanced reports that Post Planner leaves out.
Post Planner starts cheaper, $7 a month against $7.48 a month for Crowdfire. Crowdfire brings advanced reports that Post Planner skips, while Post Planner has evergreen recycling Crowdfire doesn't.
Key differences
Where the two actually diverge, before the full tables.
- Post Planner starts at $7 a month, Crowdfire at $7.48 a month.
- Only Crowdfire reaches WordPress.
- Only Post Planner reaches Google Business.
- Post Planner auto-publishes Instagram; Crowdfire sends a reminder to post.
- Post Planner auto-publishes TikTok; Crowdfire sends a reminder to post.
- Crowdfire has advanced reports; Post Planner doesn't.
- Post Planner has evergreen recycling; Crowdfire doesn't.
- Post Planner has team roles; Crowdfire doesn't.
Features compared
| Feature | Crowdfire | Post Planner |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Not assessed | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Yes | No |
| Bulk upload | Yes | Not assessed |
| Evergreen recycling | No | Yes |
| Team roles | No | Yes |
| Approvals | Not assessed | No |
| Link in bio | No | No |
Platforms compared
| Network | Crowdfire | Post Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Reminder | Auto | |
| Auto | Auto | |
| X (Twitter) | Auto | Auto |
| Auto | Auto | |
| TikTok | Reminder | Auto |
| Auto | Auto | |
| YouTube | Auto | 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.
Free plan available.
- Cheapest paid plan
- $7.48/mo
Whole-plan price; it doesn't scale per unit.
Free plan available.
- Cheapest paid plan
- $7/mo
Whole-plan price; it doesn't scale per unit.
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.
Post Planner
Free
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 1
- Scheduled posts
- 15
- 1 social account, 1 user, 15 scheduled posts
- 3 daily posts per account, 100 AI credits a day
- Basic scheduling and content discovery
Starter
$7/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 3
- Scheduled posts
- 150
- $12/mo, $7 on annual ($84/yr)
- 3 social accounts, 1 user, 150 scheduled posts
- 12 daily posts per account, 1,000 AI credits a day
Growth
Popular$37/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 2
- Accounts
- 12
- Scheduled posts
- 1000
- $49/mo, $37 on annual ($444/yr)
- 12 social accounts, 2 users, 1,000 scheduled posts
- 18 daily posts per account, 20,000 AI credits a day, analytics
Business
$57/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 5
- Accounts
- 25
- Scheduled posts
- 5000
- $79/mo, $57 on annual ($684/yr)
- 25 social accounts, 5 users, 5,000 scheduled posts
- 24 daily posts per account, 40,000 AI credits a day, analytics
- Flat, quota-bundled plans: each tier bundles social accounts, users, scheduled posts, a daily posting cap per account, and a daily AI credit allowance. You move up a plan to grow; for more than Business you contact them.
- There's a genuine Free plan (1 account, 15 scheduled posts) plus a 7-day trial of the paid features.
- Annual billing is roughly 30-40% cheaper: Starter is $7 a month, Growth $37, Business $57.
- Analytics arrive on the Growth plan and up; the AI features are metered by a daily credit allowance.
- Prices are USD, read off the live plans page by toggling monthly and annual, and cross-checked against current third-party 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
Post Planner
- Strong content-discovery engine with predicted-performance ratings
- Cheap, with a real free plan and a $7 entry on annual billing
- Evergreen recycling and a simple posting plan
- Publishes to eight networks with AI content built in
- No social inbox, and no Threads or Bluesky
- Analytics are basic and only from the Growth plan up
- AI is capped by a daily credit allowance
- No approval workflows, client workspaces, or white-label
Crowdfire vs Post Planner: FAQ
- Is Crowdfire or Post Planner cheaper?
- Post Planner is cheaper to start, from $7 against $7.48 for Crowdfire. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
- Does Crowdfire or Post Planner have a free plan?
- Both have a free plan, so you can try either one before paying.
- Which is better, Crowdfire or Post Planner?
- Crowdfire is the stronger pick for most people, while Post Planner is the better fit for solo creators and small businesses on a tight budget. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.