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Iconosquare vs LinkedIn post scheduling
Last updated 4 June 2026
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Iconosquare started as an Instagram analytics tool and still leads with reporting: deep performance and audience analytics across eight networks, with scheduling, listening, and competitor tracking layered on. Plans run from a free tier up to $116 a month on annual billing, with a profiles slider and per-user pricing on the team plans.
- From
- $33 /mo
- Free plan
LinkedIn now lets you schedule posts natively, free, from the post composer. It's the simplest way to queue a LinkedIn post in advance, and it does nothing beyond that, no calendar, no bulk scheduling, no editing a post once it's scheduled.
- From
- Custom
- Free plan
Bottom line
Iconosquare and LinkedIn post scheduling both cover the basics; the right one comes down to how you post. Iconosquare is the stronger pick for Social media managers and agencies who lead with analytics; choose LinkedIn post scheduling for LinkedIn-only users who just want to queue the occasional post.
Features compared
| Feature | Iconosquare | LinkedIn post scheduling |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Yes | Partial |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Yes | No |
| Bulk upload | Not assessed | No |
| Evergreen recycling | No | No |
| Team roles | Yes | Not assessed |
| Approvals | Not assessed | Not assessed |
| Link in bio | No | Not assessed |
Platforms compared
| Network | Iconosquare | LinkedIn post scheduling |
|---|---|---|
| Auto | No | |
| Auto | No | |
| X (Twitter) | Auto | No |
| Auto | Auto | |
| TikTok | Auto | No |
| Auto | No | |
| YouTube | Auto | No |
| Threads | Auto | No |
Pricing
Iconosquare
Free
Free
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 2
- Scheduled posts
- 10
- 2 social profiles, 1 user
- 10 scheduled posts per profile a month
- Basic analytics and limited reporting
Launch
$39 /mo
$33/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 5
- Scheduled posts
- 100
- $39/mo, $33 on annual
- 5 social profiles (sliderable), 1 user, 100 posts a month
- Standard analytics and reports, best time to post, AI caption writing
Scale
Popular$83 /mo
$69/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 3
- Accounts
- 5
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $83/mo, $69 on annual
- 5 social profiles (sliderable), 3 users (extra users $16/mo)
- Adds campaign analytics, social listening, competitor tracking, DM management, collaboration
Excel
$139 /mo
$116/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 6
- Accounts
- 5
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $139/mo, $116 on annual
- 5 social profiles (sliderable), 6 users (extra users $16/mo)
- Adds white-label reporting, unlimited data retention, API access, unlimited competitor benchmarking
Custom
Custom
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- Contact sales, for 20 or more social profiles
- Dedicated customer success manager and personalised onboarding
- Flat plans that differ mainly by users and feature depth, all starting from a base of 5 social profiles, with a slider to add more profiles (which scales the price) and Custom for 20 or more. Extra users are $16 a month each on Scale and Excel.
- There's a genuine free plan (2 profiles, 1 user, 10 posts a month per profile) plus a 14-day trial of the top features, no card required.
- Annual billing is up to 17% cheaper (two months free): Launch works out to $33 a month, Scale $69, Excel $116.
- Iconosquare is analytics-first: listening and competitor tracking arrive on Scale, and white-label reporting and API access on Excel.
- Prices are USD. The live pricing page geo-located to Australia and showed AUD, so the USD figures were taken from Iconosquare's USD listings and cross-checked by converting the AUD (for example AU$53 times about 0.74 lands near the $39 Launch monthly rate).
LinkedIn post scheduling
Free
Free
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 1
- Built into LinkedIn for personal profiles and Company Pages, free
- Schedule text, image, and video posts up to 3 months ahead
- No bulk scheduling, and you can't edit a scheduled post
- LinkedIn's native scheduler is free and built into the post composer (click the clock icon instead of Post). There's nothing to buy.
- It only schedules to LinkedIn itself, and only standard posts, polls, events, and articles can't be scheduled natively.
- AI post rewriting is a LinkedIn Premium feature, which is a separate paid LinkedIn subscription rather than part of the scheduler.
Pros and cons
Iconosquare
- Deep, analytics-first reporting and audience insights
- Competitor tracking and social listening on Scale and up
- White-label reporting and API on Excel
- Genuine free plan and a clear annual discount
- No evergreen recycling or link-in-bio
- No Google Business; network list stops at eight
- Listening and competitor tracking are Scale-only
- Team plans add per-user fees on top
LinkedIn post scheduling
- Free and built right into LinkedIn
- Works for both personal profiles and Company Pages
- Schedule up to three months ahead
- No third-party tool or login needed
- LinkedIn only
- No bulk scheduling, no calendar, no editing scheduled posts
- No best-time suggestions or recycling
- Analytics are basic and AI rewriting needs Premium
Iconosquare vs LinkedIn post scheduling: FAQ
- Is Iconosquare or LinkedIn post scheduling cheaper?
- Iconosquare starts at $33 per month, while LinkedIn post scheduling is quoted custom, so Iconosquare is the one with a public entry price.
- Does Iconosquare or LinkedIn post scheduling have a free plan?
- Both have a free plan, so you can try either one before paying.
- Which is better, Iconosquare or LinkedIn post scheduling?
- Iconosquare is the stronger pick for social media managers and agencies who lead with analytics, while LinkedIn post scheduling is the better fit for LinkedIn-only users who just want to queue the occasional post. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.