Head to head
Postly vs SocialBee
Last updated 4 June 2026
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
SocialBee is built around content categories: you sort posts into buckets and it cycles through them on a schedule, recycling the evergreen ones so the queue keeps going without you refilling it by hand. Plans are set by how many social profiles you connect, from $29 a month for five up to the agency tiers, with no permanent free plan, just a 14-day trial.
- From
- $29 per month
- Free plan
Bottom line
Postly is the pick for creators and small agencies who want wide coverage cheaply, and it's the only one of the two with a free plan. SocialBee fits solopreneurs and small businesses who want a recycling content queue better.
Postly starts cheaper, $3.2 per channel / mo against $29 per month for SocialBee. They bill on different units, so the real gap depends on how much you run. Postly adds link in bio that SocialBee leaves out.
Key differences
Where the two actually diverge, before the full tables.
- Postly has a free plan; SocialBee doesn't, though it offers a 14-day trial.
- Postly starts at $3.2 per channel / mo, SocialBee at $29 per month.
- Postly posts to 13 networks, SocialBee to 12.
- Only Postly reaches WordPress.
- Postly auto-publishes Mastodon; SocialBee sends a reminder to post.
- Postly auto-publishes Telegram; SocialBee sends a reminder to post.
- Postly has link in bio; SocialBee doesn't.
Features compared
| Feature | Postly | SocialBee |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Yes | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Not assessed | Yes |
| Bulk upload | Yes | Yes |
| Evergreen recycling | Partial | Yes |
| Team roles | Yes | Yes |
| Approvals | Yes | Yes |
| Link in bio | Yes | No |
Platforms compared
| Network | Postly | SocialBee |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Auto | Reminder |
| Telegram | Auto | Reminder |
| WordPress | Auto | No |
Pricing
Headline prices are for a single unit. Here is the real monthly cost as each tool scales, costed on its own unit so the two stay honest.
Postly
Starter
- 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- 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
- 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.
What it really costs
Postly charges per channel, so the headline price is for one. Here is the monthly cost as you connect more, with the 8-channel row marked as a realistic setup.
| channels | Pro |
|---|---|
| 1 | $3/mo |
| 3 | $10/mo |
| 5 | $16/mo |
| 8Typical | $26/mo |
| 10 | $32/mo |
| 25 | $56/mo |
| 50 | $96/mo |
Monthly billing. Volume discounts lower the per-channel rate at higher counts.
SocialBee
Bootstrap
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 5
- $29/mo (billed monthly or annually; no annual discount at list)
- 5 social profiles, 1 user, 1 workspace
- 10 content categories, 10 RSS / content sources
- Unlimited AI content; analytics history 3 months
Accelerate
Popular- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 10
- $49/mo
- 10 social profiles, 1 user, 1 workspace
- 50 content categories, 30 content sources
- Adds advanced analytics, hashtag organizer, bulk editor, CSV upload, approvals
Pro
- Seats
- 3
- Accounts
- 25
- $99/mo
- 25 social profiles, 3 users, 5 workspaces
- Unlimited content categories and content sources
- Adds report export and internal notes; analytics history 2 years
Pro50
- Seats
- 5
- Accounts
- 50
- $179/mo (agency tier)
- 50 social profiles, 5 users, 10 workspaces
- Everything in Pro
Pro100
- Seats
- 5
- Accounts
- 100
- $329/mo (agency tier)
- 100 social profiles, 5 users, 20 workspaces
Pro150
- Seats
- 5
- Accounts
- 150
- $449/mo (agency tier)
- 150 social profiles, 5 users, 30 workspaces
- Plans are chosen by how many social profiles you connect, from 5 on Bootstrap up to 150 on the top agency tier. The price isn't multiplied per profile; it steps up with the band you land in.
- No permanent free plan. There's a 14-day free trial of the Pro plan, no card required.
- Annual billing doesn't lower the per-month rate at list price: the yearly plan is twelve times the monthly one (Bootstrap $348/yr, Accelerate $588/yr, Pro $1,188/yr). The discounts come from frequent promotions; a 50%-off birthday sale (code SBDAY2026) was live when this was checked, ending June 10, 2026.
- Add-ons stack on top of any plan: extra profiles are $15/mo per 5, extra users $10/mo each ($100/yr), and extra workspaces $10/mo each.
- ConciergeBee is SocialBee's separate done-for-you service (managed posting, strategy, ad management) and is billed apart from these software plans.
- Prices are USD list, read off the live pricing page and its plan-comparison table; the agency tiers were cross-checked against the page's Agency view and current third-party listings.
Pros and cons
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
SocialBee
- Category-based queue with automatic evergreen recycling, the thing it does best
- RSS import and CSV bulk upload for filling the queue fast
- Wide network list, including X, TikTok, and Google Business, plus reminder posting for the rest
- AI Copilot and built-in DALL·E image generation
- Profile-band pricing is simple to read
- No permanent free plan, only a 14-day trial
- No standing annual discount; you rely on promotions
- Add-ons for extra profiles, users, and workspaces stack up for agencies
- No link-in-bio or visual feed planner
- Listening is limited to your own mentions, not keyword tracking
Postly vs SocialBee: FAQ
- Is Postly or SocialBee cheaper?
- Postly is cheaper to start, from $3.2 against $29 for SocialBee. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
- Does Postly or SocialBee have a free plan?
- Postly has a free plan; SocialBee does not, though it offers a 14-day trial.
- Which is better, Postly or SocialBee?
- Postly is the stronger pick for creators and small agencies who want wide coverage cheaply, while SocialBee is the better fit for solopreneurs and small businesses who want a recycling content queue. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.