Free Social Media Schedulers
Which social media schedulers and LinkedIn and X tools a startup can use for free today, how many channels and scheduled posts the free plan covers, which networks it posts to, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, read from each tool's own page.
Free allowances read on each provider's own pages, all checked on or after . Social media schedulers change their free plans from time to time: confirm the terms on the tool's page before you plan a month of posts on it.
Social media schedulers you can use for free today include Buffer (Free forever: 3 channels, 10 posts each), Typefully (Free for everyone, 10 posts a month), Publer (Free forever, 3 social accounts), Hypefury (7-day free trial on Starter), and Metricool (Free forever: 1 brand, 20 posts a month). Each of the 14 free plans below links to the tool's page that states it, with its main limit, which networks it posts to, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs.
A scheduler lets a small team write a week of posts in one sitting and publish them on time across every network. Most schedulers have a free plan or a free trial, and for a founder posting from one or two accounts that can be enough.
The headline rarely tells you how far it goes. A free plan can cap the channels you connect or the posts in the queue, leave out a network you need, or keep analytics and team seats for paid plans. Each tool below shows what is free, its main limit, which networks it posts to, whether a card is needed and what the first paid plan costs, quoted from the tool's own page with the date we read it.
Which tools we picked and the order they appear in are our editorial choices; the terms are the tools'. Some of these tools pay us a referral commission when someone signs up through our link: those links are labeled, and they play no part in which tools are listed or where.
Social media schedulers with a free plan
Tools that schedule posts across several networks, with a free plan to start.
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Buffer
Solo creators and small brands starting out
Buffer's Free plan is free forever for up to 3 channels, with 10 scheduled posts per channel that you can refill anytime. Essentials starts at $5 a month per channel.
- First paid plan
- Essentials: $5 a month per channel (source: buffer.com)
- 2
Publer
One person running one brand on a few accounts
Publer's Free plan is free forever for 3 social accounts, with 10 scheduled posts per account. X (Twitter) accounts are not included, and Professional is $5 a month.
- First paid plan
- Professional: $5 a month, $4 yearly (source: publer.com)
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Metricool
Single brands that want analytics for free
Metricool's Free plan is free forever for 1 brand, with up to 20 scheduled posts a month on networks other than LinkedIn and Twitter. Starter is from $20 a month.
- First paid plan
- Starter: from $20 a month (source: metricool.com)
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Postiz
Technical teams willing to run their own server
Postiz is free to self-host under AGPL-3.0, but you run the server and handle the developer-app approvals yourself. Hosted Standard is $29 a month.
- First paid plan
- Standard: $29 a month (hosted) (source: postiz.com)
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Planable
Teams trying an approval workflow on 50 posts
Planable gives the first 50 posts free with no time limit and no credit card. Basic is $33 per workspace per month, and X (Twitter) publishing is not available during the trial.
- Payment card
- No credit card required (source: planable.io)
- First paid plan
- Basic: $33 per workspace a month (source: planable.io)
- 6
Later
Brands wanting a two-week trial of scheduling
Later offers a 14-day free trial, and its Starter plan includes 1 social set with 8 profiles. Starter is $18.75 USD a month.
- What's free
- 14-day free trial (source: later.com)
- First paid plan
- Starter: $18.75 USD a month (source: later.com)
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SocialBee
Agencies and freelancers testing 25 profiles
SocialBee's 14-day trial gives full access to every Pro feature with no credit card. Pro connects up to 25 social profiles, and Bootstrap is $29 a month.
- Payment card
- No credit card needed (source: socialbee.com)
- First paid plan
- Bootstrap: $29 a month (source: socialbee.com)
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Vista Social
Teams that want a trial with no card needed
Vista Social's 14-day trial needs no credit card. Its Professional plan connects up to 15 social profiles, at $99 a month.
- What's free
- 14-day free trial (source: vistasocial.com)
- First paid plan
- Professional: $99 a month (source: vistasocial.com)
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Pallyy
One client or brand posting images
Pallyy's free plan covers one social set with 15 scheduled posts a month, for image posts only, and needs no card. Pro is $25 a month.
- Payment card
- No card needed (source: pallyy.com)
- First paid plan
- Pro: $25 a month, 1 social set (source: pallyy.com)
LinkedIn and X writing and scheduling tools with a free plan
Tools for writing and scheduling posts on LinkedIn and X, with a free plan or trial.
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Typefully
Solo writers posting to X and LinkedIn
Typefully's Free plan is free for everyone, with 1 social set, 1 user and 10 posts a month. It posts to X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Threads and Mastodon.
Start free at TypefullyTerms read on typefully.com on Typefully: the free allowance and how to start - 2
Hypefury
X creators who want a week to test it
Hypefury no longer has a free plan, but its Starter plan has a 7-day free trial with no credit card. Pricing starts at $6 a month for 1 channel.
- Payment card
- No credit card required (source: hypefury.com)
- First paid plan
- Flexible: $6 a month, 1 channel (source: hypefury.com)
Start free at HypefuryReferral linkTerms read on hypefury.com on Hypefury: the free allowance and how to start - 3
Taplio
LinkedIn creators testing the full Pro app
Taplio's 7-day free trial gives full Pro access for LinkedIn. Starter is $39 a month after the trial.
- Networks
- LinkedIn (source: taplio.com)
- First paid plan
- Starter: $39 a month (source: taplio.com)
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Ordinal
Teams that need approvals on LinkedIn and X
Ordinal's 14-day free trial needs no credit card. Starter covers 4 social profiles, including LinkedIn, X and Instagram, at $95 a month.
- Payment card
- No credit card needed (source: tryordinal.com)
- First paid plan
- Starter: $95 a month (source: tryordinal.com)
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MagicPost
LinkedIn creators who want to test every feature
MagicPost has a free trial, not a free plan, that opens all features with no credit card. The trial length depends on your country.
- Payment card
- No credit card required (source: magicpost.in)
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Social media startup offers
Offers from social media tools that give startups a discount on paid plans.
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How this comparison is built
The list covers social media schedulers and LinkedIn and X writing tools a founder can use for free today without applying to a program. The order and the "best for" notes are our editorial reading of each tool's terms. Every term comes from the tool's own pricing or help page on the date shown, never from a third-party list; follow each link for the full conditions. A cap on channels or queued posts, or analytics kept for paid plans, can matter more than the headline, so the comparison quotes them wherever the tool states them. Some of these tools pay StartupPerks a referral commission, and their links are labeled as referral links; that decides neither whether nor where a tool appears, and no tool pays for a placement on this page.
Read the full methodologyCommon questions
What is the best free social media scheduler?
It depends on how many accounts you post to. By the terms each tool states, Buffer's free plan covers 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts each, Publer 3 social accounts with 10 scheduled posts each, Metricool 1 brand with 20 posts a month, Pallyy 15 posts a month and Typefully 10 posts a month.
Is Buffer free?
Yes. Buffer's free plan is free forever for 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts per channel. Essentials costs $5 a month per channel.
Which free scheduler posts to LinkedIn and X?
Typefully's free plan posts to X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon, 10 posts a month. Publer's free plan covers every network except X, and Metricool's every network except LinkedIn and Twitter, so check the network before you pick.
Is Postiz free?
Postiz is free to self-host under the AGPL-3.0 license, which means running the server and getting each network's app approval yourself. Its hosted Standard plan costs $29 a month.
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