Is SocialBee or Zoho Social cheaper?

Zoho Social is cheaper to start, from $10 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 SocialBee or Zoho Social have a free plan?

Zoho Social has a free plan; SocialBee does not, though it offers a 14-day trial.

Which is better, SocialBee or Zoho Social?

SocialBee is the stronger pick for solopreneurs and small businesses who want a recycling content queue, 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

SocialBee vs Zoho Social

Last updated 4 June 2026

SocialBee

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

Visit SocialBee

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

SocialBee and Zoho Social both cover the basics; the right one comes down to how you post. SocialBee is the stronger pick for Solopreneurs and small businesses who want a recycling content queue; choose Zoho Social for Businesses already using Zoho CRM or the wider Zoho suite.

Features compared

Feature	SocialBee	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	SocialBee	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	Auto	Auto
Google Business	Auto	Auto
Mastodon	Reminder	Auto
Telegram	Reminder	Auto

Pricing

SocialBee

Bootstrap

$29 per month

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

$49 per month

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

$99 per month

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

$179 per month

Seats: 5
Accounts: 50

$179/mo (agency tier)
50 social profiles, 5 users, 10 workspaces
Everything in Pro

Pro100

$329 per month

Seats: 5
Accounts: 100

$329/mo (agency tier)
100 social profiles, 5 users, 20 workspaces

Pro150

$449 per month

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.

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

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

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

SocialBee vs Zoho Social: FAQ

Is SocialBee or Zoho Social cheaper?: Zoho Social is cheaper to start, from $10 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 SocialBee or Zoho Social have a free plan?: Zoho Social has a free plan; SocialBee does not, though it offers a 14-day trial.
Which is better, SocialBee or Zoho Social?: SocialBee is the stronger pick for solopreneurs and small businesses who want a recycling content queue, 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.