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Social Champ vs Zoho Social
Last updated 4 June 2026
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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
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
Bottom line
Social Champ and Zoho Social both cover the basics; the right one comes down to how you post. Social Champ is the stronger pick for Freelancers and small agencies wanting broad coverage on a budget; choose Zoho Social for Businesses already using Zoho CRM or the wider Zoho suite.
Features compared
| Feature | Social Champ | Zoho Social |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Yes |
Platforms compared
| Network | Social Champ | Zoho 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 | Auto |
| Mastodon | Auto | Auto |
| Telegram | No | Auto |
Pricing
Social Champ
Free
Free
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 3
- Scheduled posts
- 15
- 3 social accounts, 1 user
- 15 scheduled posts per account
- Scheduling, calendar, basic analytics
Standard
$29 /mo
$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$59 /mo
$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
$149 /mo
$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.
Zoho Social
Free
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
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
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
Social Champ vs Zoho Social: FAQ
- Is Social Champ or Zoho Social cheaper?
- Zoho Social is cheaper to start, from $10 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 Zoho Social have a free plan?
- Both have a free plan, so you can try either one before paying.
- Which is better, Social Champ or Zoho Social?
- Social Champ is the stronger pick for freelancers and small agencies wanting broad coverage on a budget, 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.