Postiz can be self-hosted for free or used as a paid cloud service. This guide sets out what each involves, using only what Postiz's own docs, pricing page and GitHub README say (read in October 2026), then where a hosted tool like fanout fits. Docs change, so check them before you commit.
Postiz's quickstart names two options. Postiz Cloud: you sign up at postiz.com and pick a plan; the docs say there is no free tier on cloud and new organisations are usually offered a 7-day trial. Self-hosted: you follow the installation docs and register on your own instance; the first account becomes the organisation owner, and the docs say there are no plans or limits on a self-hosted install.
The code is under the AGPL-3.0 license, per the GitHub README.
From postiz.com/pricing, October 2026: Standard $29/month for 5 channels, Team $39 for 10, Pro $49 for 30, Ultimate $99 for 100. Yearly billing is listed at $23, $31, $39 and $79 a month. Standard has no team members; the other plans list unlimited team members.
Every plan lists unlimited posts, analytics, the API, the MCP server and a 7-day free trial.
According to Postiz's installation docs and configuration reference:
The providers docs say that for most platforms you register a developer app with the network and give Postiz the resulting keys, as environment variables on your instance. Examples named include Facebook Page, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube and Google My Business; the configuration reference also lists X, TikTok, Reddit, Pinterest, Threads, Discord and Slack key pairs.
Some providers need nothing registered: the docs list Bluesky, Lemmy, Nostr, Medium, Dev.to, Hashnode, WordPress, Listmonk, Moltbook and Skool, where users enter their own credentials in Postiz.
Developer-app approval rules are set by each network, not by Postiz, and we did not find them on Postiz's pages, so we leave them out.
fanout is hosted only, from $29/month for 5 accounts, with a 3-day free trial. You connect each account through that network's own login and permission screen. There is nothing to deploy and no developer app to register.
The trade-offs: fanout is not open source, cannot be self-hosted, has no team seats and no first-comment scheduling, and covers the networks in its own list rather than Postiz's longer one.
Three questions settle most cases.
Card required, cancel anytime, no charge during the trial.
The software is open source (AGPL-3.0) and Postiz's docs say a self-hosted install has no plans or limits. You still pay for the server and whatever services it needs.
Per its docs: Docker Compose, PostgreSQL, Redis, and since v2.12.0 a Temporal stack for scheduled posts, configured through environment variables.
For most networks, yes: the docs say you register a developer app and give Postiz the keys. A few providers, such as Bluesky, need nothing registered.
No. fanout is hosted; you connect accounts through each network's login. It cannot be self-hosted.
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Last updated 2026-10-25.