Head to head
Sendible vs Sprout Social
Last updated 4 June 2026
An agency-minded scheduler built around client work: white-label dashboards, client onboarding, approval rounds, monitoring, and reporting across nine networks. It sells five quota-bundled tiers from $29 to $750 a month, with no free plan and a 14-day trial.
- From
- $25 /mo
- Free plan
Sprout Social is the high-end suite: publishing, a shared inbox, listening, and reporting that goes deep, sold by the seat and priced for businesses with a budget. There's no free plan; the cut-down Essentials tier is $79 a seat each month on annual billing, and the main plans start at $199.
- From
- $79 per user / mo
- Free plan
Bottom line
Sendible is the pick for agencies and freelancers managing social for multiple clients, and it's the cheaper start, from $25 a month. Sprout Social fits businesses running social as a core function better, and it reaches Snapchat and Reddit, which Sendible doesn't.
Sendible starts cheaper, $25 a month against $79 per user / mo for Sprout Social. They bill on different units, so the real gap depends on how much you run. Sendible brings evergreen recycling that Sprout Social skips, while Sprout Social has competitor tracking Sendible doesn't.
Key differences
Where the two actually diverge, before the full tables.
- Sendible starts at $25 a month, Sprout Social at $79 per user / mo.
- Only Sendible reaches Google Business and WordPress.
- Only Sprout Social reaches Reddit and Snapchat.
- Sendible has evergreen recycling; Sprout Social doesn't.
- Sendible has browser extension; Sprout Social doesn't.
- Sprout Social has competitor tracking; Sendible doesn't.
- Sprout Social has employee advocacy; Sendible doesn't.
Features compared
| Feature | Sendible | Sprout Social |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Yes | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Yes | Yes |
| Bulk upload | Yes | Yes |
| Evergreen recycling | Yes | No |
| Team roles | Yes | Yes |
| Approvals | Yes | Yes |
| Link in bio | No | Yes |
Platforms compared
| Network | Sendible | Sprout Social |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | No |
| No | Auto | |
| Snapchat | No | Auto |
| 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.
No free plan; 14-day trial.
- Cheapest paid plan
- $25/mo
Whole-plan price; it doesn't scale per unit.
No free plan; 30-day trial.
- 1 seat
- $99/mo~$79/mo annual
- 3 seatsTypical
- $297/mo~$237/mo annual
Cheapest plan: Essentials.
Sendible
Creator
$25/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 6
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $29/mo, $25 on annual (15% off)
- 1 user/calendar, 6 social profiles
- Scheduling, Smart Queues, AI Assist, monitoring and the priority inbox, basic reports
Traction
$76/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 4
- Accounts
- 24
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $89/mo, $76 on annual
- 4 users/calendars, 24 social profiles
- Adds team collaboration, client dashboards, assignment and approval workflows
Scale
Popular$170/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 7
- Accounts
- 49
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $199/mo, $170 on annual
- 7 users/calendars, 49 social profiles
- Adds the custom Report Builder, automated branded reports, content library, campaigns, 1:1 onboarding
Advanced
$255/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 20
- Accounts
- 100
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $299/mo, $255 on annual
- 20 users, 100 social profiles
- Adds advanced user permissions, bulk posting with custom tags, live report sharing
- White-label dashboard available as a paid add-on (from $315/mo with it)
Enterprise
$638/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 80
- Accounts
- 400
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $750/mo, $638 on annual, for 80 users and 400 profiles
- Scalable users and profiles, built with their team
- Optional SSO, dedicated customer success, white label (from $790/mo with it)
- Flat, quota-bundled tiers: each of the five plans includes a fixed number of users (each user is also a separate calendar) and social profiles, and you move up a plan as you outgrow the quota rather than buying seats or profiles one at a time.
- You can also add a bundle of extra users and profiles without changing plan. On Creator a bundle is one more user and six more profiles for an extra $29 a month, taking the total to $58; the bundle size and price vary by plan.
- White labelling (your own branded dashboard and domain) is a paid add-on on Advanced and Enterprise. With it, Advanced starts at $315 a month and Enterprise at $790.
- There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial; no card to start, and you add one to keep going at the end.
- Annual billing is a flat 15% off, shown on the page as a 'save $X a year' figure, so Creator works out to about $25 a month, Scale to $170, and Enterprise to $638. Nonprofits get 15% off monthly or 25% off annual.
- Prices are USD read off the live pricing page, which renders client-side and defaults to USD with a currency selector (it does not geo-price to local currency). Monthly and annual figures were read by toggling the billing switch and cross-checked against current third-party 2026 listings.
Sprout Social
Essentials
$79/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 5
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $79 per seat/mo on annual, $99 monthly
- Up to 5 social profiles
- Publishing, calendar, and the Smart Inbox
- Profile and post-level reporting
Standard
$199/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 5
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $199 per seat/mo on annual, $249 monthly
- Up to 5 social profiles
- Smart Inbox, review management, and tasks
- Unlocks paid add-ons: Listening, Premium Analytics, Advocacy
Professional
Popular$299/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $299 per seat/mo on annual, $399 monthly
- Unlimited social profiles
- Competitor, tag, and paid reporting
- Message tagging and scheduling for optimal send times
Advanced
$399/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $399 per seat/mo on annual, $499 monthly
- Unlimited social profiles
- Chatbots, automated workflows, and helpdesk integrations
- AI-enhanced replies, message spike alerts, and the Sprout API
Enterprise
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Custom pricing
- SSO and advanced security
- Premium Listening, Advocacy, and Influencer Marketing add-ons
- Dedicated support and professional services
- Priced per seat: the headline rate is for one user and multiplies by everyone you add. Sprout charges every extra seat at the same plan rate, with no volume discount.
- No free plan. There's a 30-day trial with no card required.
- Annual billing is paid upfront and is cheaper per seat than monthly: Essentials $79 vs $99, Standard $199 vs $249, Professional $299 vs $399, Advanced $399 vs $499.
- Premium Analytics, Listening, and Employee Advocacy are paid add-ons on Standard and up, quoted on request, so the real bill runs higher than the seat price.
- Prices are USD list, read off the live pricing page (which renders in USD here); the monthly figures come from the billing FAQ on that page.
What it really costs
Sprout Social charges per seat, so the headline price is for one. Here is the monthly cost as you connect more, with the 3-seat row marked as a realistic setup.
| seats | Essentials | Standard | Professional | Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $99/mo | $249/mo | $399/mo | $499/mo |
| 3Typical | $297/mo | $747/mo | $1197/mo | $1497/mo |
| 5 | $495/mo | $1245/mo | $1995/mo | $2495/mo |
| 10 | $990/mo | $2490/mo | $3990/mo | $4990/mo |
| 25 | $2475/mo | $6225/mo | $9975/mo | $12475/mo |
| 50 | $4950/mo | $12450/mo | $19950/mo | $24950/mo |
Monthly billing.
Pros and cons
Sendible
- Genuinely agency-shaped: white label, Client Connect onboarding, client dashboards, approvals
- Five tiers plus add-on bundles, so scaling up is smoother than a two-plan lineup
- Smart Queues recycle evergreen content, and Monitoring covers keyword and mention tracking
- Direct publishing to nine networks, including Threads and Bluesky
- No free plan, and a 14-day trial is the only way in
- Pinterest has faded and Instagram DMs aren't in the inbox
- Several features have been sunset over the years (content suggestions, review monitoring)
- Listening and competitor analysis are thin next to the bigger suites
Sprout Social
- Polished, deep platform: inbox, listening, and reporting together
- Strong analytics and presentation-ready reports
- Wide network list, including Reddit, Bluesky, and Snapchat
- Genuinely good for customer care and approval-heavy teams
- Expensive, and per-seat pricing has no volume discount
- No free plan, and the main plans start at $199 a seat each month
- Listening, Premium Analytics, and Advocacy cost extra on top
- Overkill if you only schedule a few accounts
Sendible vs Sprout Social: FAQ
- Is Sendible or Sprout Social cheaper?
- Sendible is cheaper to start, from $25 against $79 for Sprout Social. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
- Does Sendible or Sprout Social have a free plan?
- Neither has a free plan. You get a free trial to test things, then you pay.
- Which is better, Sendible or Sprout Social?
- Sendible is the stronger pick for agencies and freelancers managing social for multiple clients, while Sprout Social is the better fit for businesses running social as a core function. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.