Is Crowdfire or Zoho Social cheaper?

Crowdfire is cheaper to start, from $7.48 against $10 for Zoho Social. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.

Does Crowdfire or Zoho Social have a free plan?

Both have a free plan, so you can try either one before paying.

Which is better, Crowdfire or Zoho Social?

Crowdfire is the stronger pick for most people, while Zoho Social is the better fit for businesses already using Zoho CRM or the wider Zoho suite. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.

Head to head

Crowdfire vs Zoho Social

Last updated 4 June 2026

Crowdfire

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

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Zoho Social

Zoho Social is the scheduler inside Zoho's wider business suite: capable publishing, a monitoring dashboard, and reporting that plugs straight into Zoho CRM. Pricing splits into single-brand business plans, billed per brand per member, and flat agency plans for managing many brands.

From: $10 /mo
Free plan

Visit Zoho Social

Bottom line

Crowdfire and Zoho Social both cover the basics; the right one comes down to how you post.

Features compared

Feature	Crowdfire	Zoho Social
AI captions	Not assessed	Yes
Basic analytics	Yes	Yes
Advanced reports	Yes	Yes
Bulk upload	Yes	Yes
Evergreen recycling	No	Partial
Team roles	No	Yes
Approvals	Not assessed	Yes
Link in bio	No	Yes

Platforms compared

Network	Crowdfire	Zoho Social
Instagram	Reminder	Auto
Facebook	Auto	Auto
X (Twitter)	Auto	Auto
LinkedIn	Auto	Auto
TikTok	Reminder	Auto
Pinterest	Auto	Auto
YouTube	Auto	Auto
Threads	No	Auto
Bluesky	No	Auto
Google Business	No	Auto
Mastodon	No	Auto
Telegram	No	Auto
WordPress	Auto	No

Pricing

Crowdfire

Free

Seats: 1
Accounts: 3
Scheduled posts: 10

3 accounts, 10 scheduled posts per account
Article and image curation, basic analytics

Plus

$9.99 /mo

$7.48/mo billed annually

$9.99/mo, $7.48 on annual (25% off)
More accounts and scheduling, content curation

Premium

Popular

$49.99 /mo

$37.48/mo billed annually

$49.99/mo, $37.48 on annual
Bulk scheduling, deeper analytics, more accounts

VIP

$99.99 /mo

$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.

Zoho Social

Free

Seats: 1
Accounts: 6

1 brand, 6 channels (Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn profile and page, Google Business), 1 member
Home dashboard, drafts, basic publishing, 5 AI credits
Forever free after the 15-day all-access trial

Standard

$15 /mo

$10/mo billed annually

Seats: 1
Accounts: 12

$15/mo, $10 on annual (per brand, per member)
1 brand, 12 channels (adds YouTube, Pinterest, TikTok, Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky), 1 member
Publishing calendar, multi-channel publishing, zurl shortener, summary reports, 40 AI credits

Professional

$40 /mo

$30/mo billed annually

Seats: 1
Accounts: 12

$40/mo, $30 on annual (per brand, per member)
1 brand, 12 channels, 1 member
Adds bulk scheduling, repeat posting, post insights, monitoring dashboard, media library, RSS, messages, first comment

Premium

Popular

$65 /mo

$40/mo billed annually

Seats: 3
Accounts: 14

$65/mo, $40 on annual (per brand)
1 brand, 14 channels (adds WhatsApp Business and Telegram Business), 3 members
Adds SmartQ, unified Inbox, content approvals and workflow, custom reports, UTM, Zoho CRM and Desk integration, 80 AI credits

Agency

$320 /mo

$230/mo billed annually

Seats: 5
Accounts: 140

$320/mo, $230 on annual
10 brands, up to 140 channels, 5 members
Client invite, customizable client portal, agency-branded reports, all Premium features

Agency Plus

$460 /mo

$330/mo billed annually

Seats: 5
Accounts: 280

$460/mo, $330 on annual
20 brands, up to 280 channels, 5 members
All Agency features, with 10 more brands available as add-ons

Zoho splits into business plans (one brand) and agency plans (many brands). The business tiers (Standard, Professional, Premium) are billed per brand per team member, so the headline is for a single brand with the bundled members; the agency tiers bundle 10 or 20 brands at a flat price.
Extra brands and members are add-ons: roughly $19.50 a brand each month and $10 a member each month on annual billing (a little more monthly, and the brand rate varies by plan), so a single-brand business with a few people climbs past the sticker price.
Annual billing is up to about 33% cheaper: Standard $10 vs $15, Professional $30 vs $40, Premium $40 vs $65 a month.
There's a forever-free plan (1 brand, 6 channels, 1 member) that kicks in after the 15-day all-access trial, no card required.
Records are USD. The live pricing page geo-locates and showed Australian dollars including GST here, so the USD list figures were taken from Zoho's US pricing and current third-party listings, then cross-checked by stripping the 10% GST from the AUD and converting (for example Premium A$66.91, less GST, times about 0.66, lands near $40).

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

Zoho Social

Deep Zoho CRM and Desk integration, a genuine differentiator
Direct publishing to a dozen channels, with monitoring and a unified inbox
Forever-free plan and a clear annual discount
Flat agency plans for managing many brands
Per-brand-per-member pricing plus add-ons gets fiddly
WhatsApp and Telegram are Premium-only
No evergreen recycling queue or visual feed planner
Listed business-plan prices are before brand and member add-ons

Crowdfire vs Zoho Social: FAQ

Is Crowdfire or Zoho Social cheaper?: Crowdfire is cheaper to start, from $7.48 against $10 for Zoho Social. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
Does Crowdfire or Zoho Social have a free plan?: Both have a free plan, so you can try either one before paying.
Which is better, Crowdfire or Zoho Social?: Crowdfire is the stronger pick for most people, while Zoho Social is the better fit for businesses already using Zoho CRM or the wider Zoho suite. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.