Head to head
MeetEdgar vs SocialBu
Last updated 4 June 2026
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
- $24.91a month, billed yearly
- Free scheduling
- No
SocialBu offers publishing across twelve networks, with inbox, listening, approvals and automation on Growth and Agency. Its current paid lineup is Starter, Growth and Agency, and API/MCP access is documented.
- From
- Limited free credits; confirm paid offer
- Free scheduling
- No
Bottom line
MeetEdgar is the pick for creators and small businesses with a backlog of evergreen content. SocialBu fits small businesses and agencies who want scheduling plus automation better, and it reaches Reddit and Mastodon, which MeetEdgar doesn't.
A verified price comparison requires the same billing term, currency and eligible workload. See each pricing section for the published terms. SocialBu adds social listening and advanced reports that MeetEdgar leaves out.
Key differences
Where the two actually diverge, before the full tables.
- MeetEdgar posts to 10 networks, SocialBu to 12.
- Only SocialBu reaches Mastodon and Reddit.
- SocialBu has social listening; MeetEdgar doesn't.
- SocialBu has advanced reports; MeetEdgar doesn't.
- SocialBu has an approval workflow; MeetEdgar doesn't.
- SocialBu has AI images; MeetEdgar doesn't.
Features compared
| Feature | MeetEdgar | SocialBu |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Yes | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | No | Yes |
| Bulk upload | Yes | Yes |
| Evergreen recycling | Yes | Partial |
| Team roles | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Approvals | No | Yes |
| Link in bio | No | Not assessed |
Platforms compared
| Network | MeetEdgar | SocialBu |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| No | Auto |
Pricing
Prices use each tool’s billing unit. Annual equivalents are labeled as billed yearly; scaling rows show monthly costs and available annual rates.
MeetEdgar
Eddie
$24.91 a month billed annually
- Seats
- 20
- 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 a month billed annually
- Seats
- 20
- 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
- Both plans include twenty team members. Eddie has five accounts, four categories and ten weekly automations; Edgar has twenty-five accounts, unlimited categories and one thousand weekly automations.
- 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.
SocialBu
Free
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 3
- Scheduled posts
- 10
- Ten lifetime posts; three social accounts
Starter
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- Not confirmed
- Scheduled posts
- 750
- USD29 monthly; annual offer and account allowance conflict across official sources
- No teams, inbox or listening
Growth
- Seats
- 4
- Accounts
- 20
- Scheduled posts
- 3000
- Twenty accounts, four team members, five teams
- Inbox, listening, approvals and automation
Agency
- Seats
- 8
- Accounts
- 50
- Scheduled posts
- 100000
- Fifty accounts, eight team members, twenty teams
- App-limit help specifies 100,000 posts/month despite marketing unlimited label
Custom
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Custom plans for agencies and large teams, priced on request
- Current new-customer plans are Free, Starter, Growth and Agency; Standard/Super/Supreme are not the current public lineup.
- Monthly USD29/79/199 agrees across pricing and current help. Annual marketing totals USD261/711/1791 conflict with app-configuration help USD290/790/1990; confirm your offer.
- Starter marketing says eight accounts, current help six. Agency help specifies 100,000 monthly posts. Disputed values are not used in automatic comparisons.
- Growth/Agency include 5/10 listening streams and 5,000/20,000 matched items monthly. API and MCP are on paid plans; not Free.
- The free ten-post allowance is lifetime, not a renewing free scheduling quota. It is excluded from recurring-free-plan comparisons.
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
SocialBu
- Twelve supported social networks
- API and MCP on paid plans
- RSS/webhook automation on Growth and Agency
- Limited free entry allowance of ten lifetime posts
- Official annual pricing and some limits conflict
- Starter lacks team collaboration, inbox and listening
- Automation, AI and listening allowances vary by plan
MeetEdgar vs SocialBu: FAQ
- Is MeetEdgar or SocialBu cheaper?
- A verified price comparison is unavailable for these configurations. Check the current billing term, currency, required capacity and plan features before comparing totals.
- Does MeetEdgar or SocialBu have a free plan?
- Neither has a free plan. At least one advertises a trial. Check each current trial offer and billing terms.
- Which is better, MeetEdgar or SocialBu?
- MeetEdgar is the stronger pick for creators and small businesses with a backlog of evergreen content, while SocialBu is the better fit for small businesses and agencies who want scheduling plus automation. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.