Head to head
Social Champ vs SocialPilot
Last updated 4 June 2026
Social Champ is a broad, affordable scheduler: eleven networks, content recycling, a social inbox, competitor analysis, and listening on the agency tier, plus a free plan. It offers both flat bundled plans and a pay-per-profile option.
- From
- $23 /mo
- Free plan
SocialPilot is the value pick for agencies and small businesses: ten networks, bulk scheduling, a social inbox, AI, and white-label client reports, at prices well under the big suites. Plans run from $17 a month on annual billing, with extra accounts and users sold cheaply on the side.
- From
- $17 /mo
- Free plan
Bottom line
Social Champ is the pick for freelancers and small agencies wanting broad coverage on a budget, and it's the only one of the two with a free plan. SocialPilot fits agencies and SMBs who want broad coverage and client reporting on a budget better, and it's the cheaper start, from $17 a month.
SocialPilot starts cheaper, $17 a month against $23 a month for Social Champ. Social Champ adds social listening that SocialPilot leaves out.
Key differences
Where the two actually diverge, before the full tables.
- Social Champ has a free plan; SocialPilot doesn't, though it offers a 14-day trial.
- SocialPilot starts at $17 a month, Social Champ at $23 a month.
- Social Champ posts to 11 networks, SocialPilot to 10.
- Only Social Champ reaches Mastodon.
- Social Champ has social listening; SocialPilot doesn't.
Features compared
| Feature | Social Champ | SocialPilot |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Yes | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Yes | Yes |
| Bulk upload | Yes | Yes |
| Evergreen recycling | Yes | Partial |
| Team roles | Yes | Yes |
| Approvals | Yes | Yes |
| Link in bio | No | No |
Platforms compared
| Network | Social Champ | SocialPilot |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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.
Free plan available.
- Cheapest paid plan
- $23/mo
Whole-plan price; it doesn't scale per unit.
No free plan; 14-day trial.
- Cheapest paid plan
- $17/mo
Whole-plan price; it doesn't scale per unit.
Social Champ
Free
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 3
- Scheduled posts
- 15
- 3 social accounts, 1 user
- 15 scheduled posts per account
- Scheduling, calendar, basic analytics
Standard
$23/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 2
- Accounts
- 6
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $29/mo, $23 on annual
- 6 social accounts, 2 users, 1 workspace
- Unlimited scheduling, recycling, AI, bulk upload
Professional
Popular$47/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 5
- Accounts
- 12
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $59/mo, $47 on annual
- 12 social accounts, 5 users, 3 workspaces
- Adds client management, competitor analysis, automation rules, WhatsApp Business
Agency
$119/mo billed annually
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Accounts
- 30
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $149/mo, $119 on annual
- 30 social accounts, unlimited users and workspaces
- Adds white-label reports, social listening, API access, priority support
- Social Champ offers two ways to pay: these flat, quota-bundled plans (Free, Standard, Professional, Agency), and a pay-per-profile option (a Starter rate around $5 a profile and a Growth rate around $9 a profile, with volume discounts as you add more). The bundled plans are the simplest to compare.
- There's a permanent free plan (3 accounts, 15 posts per account).
- Annual billing saves about 20%: Standard works out to $23 a month, Professional $47, Agency $119.
- Add-ons include extra profiles ($3-$5 each), AI credits, and social listening modules.
- Prices are USD, read off the live pricing page.
SocialPilot
Essentials
$17/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 5
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $20/mo, $17 on annual ($204/yr)
- 5 social accounts, 1 user, 500 AI credits
- Scheduling, content library, analytics
Standard
$34/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 3
- Accounts
- 10
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $40/mo, $34 on annual ($408/yr)
- 10 social accounts, 3 users, 1,000 AI credits
- Adds bulk scheduling, the social inbox, and team collaboration
Premium
Popular$85/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 6
- Accounts
- 20
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $100/mo, $85 on annual ($1,020/yr)
- 20 social accounts, 6 users, 5,000 AI credits
- Adds advanced analytics, client approvals, custom and white-label reports
Ultimate
$170/mo billed annually
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Accounts
- 40
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $200/mo, $170 on annual ($2,040/yr)
- 40 social accounts, unlimited users, unlimited AI credits
- Advanced security, dedicated account manager, migration support
Enterprise
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- Custom pricing, custom accounts, unlimited users
- Unlimited AI credits, dedicated account manager
- SSO and API access
- Flat, quota-bundled plans: each tier bundles social accounts, users, and AI credits. Extra accounts are $4 a month each on every plan, and extra users are $5 a month on Standard and Premium, so the real cost depends on how many of each you add.
- There's no free plan, only a 14-day trial, no card required.
- Annual billing is a flat 15% off: Essentials works out to $17 a month, Standard $34, Premium $85, Ultimate $170.
- AI credits are metered per plan (500, 1,000, 5,000, then unlimited). White-label reports and client approvals start on Premium.
- Prices are USD. The live pricing page geo-located to Australia and showed AUD here, so the USD figures were taken from the page's USD view and cross-checked by converting the AUD (for example A$263.50 times about 0.66 lands near the $170 Ultimate annual rate).
Pros and cons
Social Champ
- Broad: recycling, inbox, competitor analysis, listening, AI
- Eleven networks, including Bluesky, Mastodon, and WhatsApp Business
- Free plan plus flexible flat or per-profile pricing
- Good value against the bigger suites
- Listening and white-label only on the Agency plan
- No visual feed planner or link-in-bio
- Two pricing models can be confusing
- Reporting is solid but not best-in-class
SocialPilot
- Excellent value: ten networks and agency features well under the big suites
- Bulk scheduling, social inbox, and white-label client reports
- Cheap extra-account and extra-user add-ons
- Clear, flat plans with a flat 15% annual discount
- No real evergreen recycling and no visual feed planner
- No broad social listening or link-in-bio
- AI is metered by credits on the lower plans
- Client approvals and white-label start on Premium
Social Champ vs SocialPilot: FAQ
- Is Social Champ or SocialPilot cheaper?
- SocialPilot is cheaper to start, from $17 against $23 for Social Champ. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
- Does Social Champ or SocialPilot have a free plan?
- Social Champ has a free plan; SocialPilot does not, though it offers a 14-day trial.
- Which is better, Social Champ or SocialPilot?
- Social Champ is the stronger pick for freelancers and small agencies wanting broad coverage on a budget, while SocialPilot is the better fit for agencies and SMBs who want broad coverage and client reporting on a budget. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.