Head to head
MeetEdgar vs Postly
Last updated 4 June 2026
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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
Postly is an AI-forward, per-channel scheduler that reaches a dozen social networks plus email. It bills by channel (cheaper as you add more), throws in unlimited team members and an AI studio for text, image, and video, and adds bio pages and a social inbox.
- From
- $3.2 per channel / mo
- Free plan
Bottom line
MeetEdgar and Postly both cover the basics; the right one comes down to how you post. MeetEdgar is the stronger pick for Creators and small businesses with a backlog of evergreen content; choose Postly for Creators and small agencies who want wide coverage cheaply.
Features compared
| Feature | MeetEdgar | Postly |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Yes | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | No | Not assessed |
| Bulk upload | Yes | Yes |
| Evergreen recycling | Yes | Partial |
| Team roles | Yes | Yes |
| Approvals | No | Yes |
| Link in bio | No | Yes |
Platforms compared
| Network | MeetEdgar | Postly |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Auto |
| Telegram | No | Auto |
| WordPress | No | Auto |
Pricing
MeetEdgar
Eddie
$29.99 /mo
$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$49.99 /mo
$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.
Postly
Starter
Free
- Seats
- 2
- Accounts
- 2
- Scheduled posts
- 50
- Free: 2 channels, 2 team members
- 50 one-time scheduled posts, 5,000 AI writing credits a month
- 1GB storage
Pro
Popular$3.2 per channel / mo
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $3.20 per channel/mo (5-channel minimum, so from $16/mo)
- Cheaper per channel at scale: $1.60 (11-100), $0.80 (101+)
- Unlimited posts, unlimited AI, unlimited team members, 100GB, API
Enterprise
Custom
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- Custom pricing and volume rates
- Dedicated onboarding and migration, priority support
- Priced per channel on Pro, where a channel is a page, profile, Google Business location, Pinterest board, or similar destination. The rate falls as you add channels: $3.20 each up to 10, $1.60 from 11 to 100, and $0.80 beyond 100.
- Pro has a 5-channel minimum, so it effectively starts at $16 a month; the cost-at-scale figures start from one channel but you can't buy fewer than five on Pro.
- There's a genuine free Starter plan (2 channels, 50 scheduled posts, 2 team members). Annual billing is about 20% cheaper.
- Unlimited team members are included on Pro, unlike per-seat tools. Postly also sells email campaigns (Postly Email) alongside social.
- Prices are USD, read off the live pricing page.
Pros and cons
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
Postly
- Per-channel billing that gets cheaper as you scale
- Unlimited team members on Pro
- Broad AI Studio: text, image, video, avatars, voiceovers
- A dozen networks plus WordPress and email, with a social inbox and bio pages
- Five-channel minimum on Pro
- Recycling is limited to recurring posts
- Young, lightly documented company
- Wide AI feature set means uneven depth
MeetEdgar vs Postly: FAQ
- Is MeetEdgar or Postly cheaper?
- Postly is cheaper to start, from $3.2 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 MeetEdgar or Postly have a free plan?
- Postly has a free plan; MeetEdgar does not, though it offers a 30-day trial.
- Which is better, MeetEdgar or Postly?
- MeetEdgar is the stronger pick for creators and small businesses with a backlog of evergreen content, while Postly is the better fit for creators and small agencies who want wide coverage cheaply. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.