Is Planoly or Zoho Social cheaper?

Zoho Social is cheaper to start, from $10 against $14 for Planoly. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.

Does Planoly or Zoho Social have a free plan?

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

Which is better, Planoly or Zoho Social?

Planoly is the stronger pick for Instagram-led creators who plan their grid visually, 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

Planoly vs Zoho Social

Last updated 4 June 2026

Planoly

Planoly grew up as an Instagram feed planner and still leads with the visual side: drag posts around a grid preview until the profile looks right, then schedule them, with a link-in-bio page that can sell digital products. It publishes to eight networks and prices in flat plans from a free mobile tier to $47 a month.

From: $14 /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

Planoly and Zoho Social both cover the basics; the right one comes down to how you post. Planoly is the stronger pick for Instagram-led creators who plan their grid visually; choose Zoho Social for Businesses already using Zoho CRM or the wider Zoho suite.

Features compared

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

Platforms compared

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

Pricing

Planoly

Free

Seats: 1
Accounts: 1
Scheduled posts: 10

1 social set, 1 user (mobile app)
10 uploads a month
Visual planner and link-in-bio

Starter

$16 /mo

$14/mo billed annually

Seats: 1
Accounts: 1
Scheduled posts: Unlimited

$16/mo, $14 on annual
1 social set, 1 user, unlimited uploads
Free link in bio; upgrade to Growth to add sets or users

Growth

Popular

$28 /mo

$24/mo billed annually

Seats: 2
Accounts: 2
Scheduled posts: Unlimited

$28/mo, $24 on annual
2 social sets, 2 users, unlimited uploads
Extra social set $10/mo, extra user $5/mo

Pro

$55 /mo

$47/mo billed annually

Seats: 6
Accounts: 6
Scheduled posts: Unlimited

$55/mo, $47 on annual
6 social sets, 6 users, unlimited uploads
Extra social set $8/mo, extra user $3/mo

Flat, quota-bundled plans: each tier bundles a number of social sets and users. A social set is one account per network (Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and so on), so one set covers your presence across the networks you connect.
Starter has no add-ons (you upgrade to grow). Growth and Pro let you buy extra sets ($10 then $8 a month) and extra users ($5 then $3 a month).
There's a free mobile plan (1 social set, 10 uploads a month).
Annual billing is up to 15% cheaper. Annual rates were read off the live pricing page; the Pro monthly figure is derived from the page's stated annual discount.
Prices are USD, read off the live pricing page.

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

Planoly

Best-known Instagram feed/grid visual planner
Link-in-bio page that can sell digital products
Schedules to eight networks with AI captions and auto-responses
Free mobile plan and clear, cheap add-ons
Analytics are moderate, with no custom reports
No evergreen recycling or broad listening
No Bluesky or Google Business
Starter can't add sets or users without upgrading

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

Planoly vs Zoho Social: FAQ

Is Planoly or Zoho Social cheaper?: Zoho Social is cheaper to start, from $10 against $14 for Planoly. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
Does Planoly or Zoho Social have a free plan?: Both have a free plan, so you can try either one before paying.
Which is better, Planoly or Zoho Social?: Planoly is the stronger pick for Instagram-led creators who plan their grid visually, 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.