fanout vs Postiz, Post Bridge, Buffer & more

One table, every tool. Each competitor column comes from that vendor’s own pricing page, with the month we checked it. Where they beat us, we say so.

fanoutPostizPost BridgeBufferHootsuiteLaterPublerSocialBeeTypefullyHypefuryMetricool
Starting price$29/mo · 5 accounts$29/mo$29/mo$5/mo$99/mo$18.75/mo (billed yearly)$5/mo$29/mo$99/year$6/mo$20/mo
Monthly cost for 15 accounts$39 (Creator)$49$39$90$199 (annual billing)—$70$99—$19—
Monthly cost for 30 accounts$59 (Growth)$49$59$180$199 (annual billing)—$135$179—$19—
Monthly cost for 75 accounts$99 (Pro)$99$99$450$199 (annual billing)—$340$329—$19—
Free tierNo — 3-day free trialNoYesYesNoNoYesNoYesNoYes
Networks listed on their pricing page16 (all included)15 listed10 listed11 listed10 listed8 listed13 listed9 listed4 listed5 listed11 listed
TelegramYesYesNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNo
BlueskyYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYes
ThreadsYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Features gated by planNoneTeam members on the Team plan ($39/mo) and up — Standard has no team support; AI images (100/300/500 per month) on Team, Pro and Ultimate; More channels (10/30/100) as you move up tiersBulk video scheduling, content studio access and analytics (beta) on Creator ($39/mo) and up; Team invites and priority support on Growth ($59/mo) and up; Unlimited connected accounts only on Pro ($99/mo)Advanced analytics and custom reports above the free plan; Multiple team members and approval workflows on paid plans; First comment scheduling and hashtag manager on paid plansUnlimited social accounts on Professional ($199/mo) and up — Standard is capped at 10; Inbox reply automation and trend forecasting on Professional and up; Approval workflows and team performance analytics on Advanced ($399/mo) and upSocial inbox and approval workflows on Growth and up; Multi-profile Best Times to Post on Growth and up; Competitive benchmarking and custom analytics on Scale onlyTwitter/X integration requires a paid plan — not available on Free; Analytics, competitor analysis and unlimited AI prompts on Business and up; Access to the Publer API on Business and upAdvanced analytics, hashtag organizer and post approval on Accelerate and up; Export analytics reports and internal notes on Pro and up; More workspaces and team seats on Pro and the Agency tiersX analytics and AI writing features on Creator ($99/year) and up; Collaborative writing, comments and team roles on Business ($18/mo per social set) and up; Higher API rate limits on Business and upAll channels unlocked without a per-channel fee only on the Full plan ($19/mo); 5 Tweetshots/day and unified content history on Full, vs 2/day on Flexible; AI trained on your posts on the Full planLinkedIn connection and the X analytics add-on on Starter and up; Team and role management, post approval on Advanced and up; White label and custom AI credits on the Custom plan
Open source / self-hostNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

Buffer: Essentials, $6 per channel per month billed monthly ($5 billed yearly). Hootsuite: Per user; prices shown are based on annual billing, as stated on their plans page. Later: Priced per social set (one profile per supported network), not per account. Publer: Professional plan, $5 per social account; every 10th account free. Typefully: Priced per social set (X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky), annual billing. Hypefury: Flexible plan is $6 per channel; Full is $19 for all channels (5 networks, no X). Metricool: Priced per brand, not per account.

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