PlatPost vs Publer
By Guy Hamilton, founder of PlatPost. Last checked: . Updated .
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PlatPost is better for a founder who wants posts written in their own voice, 16 networks, ad boosts, a Managed tier and a community of founders at one flat price. Publer is better for a person with one or two accounts who wants the lowest price, a free plan with three accounts, AI pictures today, bulk and recurring scheduling, or client approvals.
Publer is a social media scheduler priced per connected account, with a free tier, bulk and recurring scheduling, an AI assistant, analytics, team approvals, Zapier, an API and an MCP server, for creators, small businesses and agencies. Every Publer fact below was read on their own site (opens in a new tab) on the date beside it. A fact that was not on their public pages says so. PlatPost’s price is read from the same table as the pricing page.
How do PlatPost and Publer compare?
16 rows, each with a result on the right. PlatPost comes out ahead on 3 rows, Publer on 7, 4 are level, 2 are not decided because the Publer fact is not on their public pages.
Price
PlatPost
From $29.99 a month for 3 channels (Standard), before tax. The annual cycle is 2 months free. Team, Enterprise and a Managed tier sit above it. X posts and ad boosts are priced on top, shown before you spend.
Publer
Per account: Professional from $5 a month, Business from $10 a month, for 1 account and 1 user; it rises per account and member, every 10th free. Yearly: 20% off. Free trial: 7 days Professional, 14 days Business. Enterprise by quote. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
Publer
Publer’s Professional is USD 5 a month for one account and one user, rising per account and member. PlatPost is a plan for three channels, with up to two more as paid extras.
Free plan
PlatPost
A free account shows every screen. It connects no channel, posts nothing and runs no AI writing. No trial clock.
Publer
A free plan with no end date: 3 social accounts (not X), 1 user, 1 workspace, 10 queued posts an account (30 in all), 25 drafts, published posts kept 24 hours, Canva, Linkie and link shortening. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
Publer
Publer’s free plan connects three accounts, not X, and queues 10 posts an account. PlatPost’s free account connects nothing.
Networks
PlatPost
16 networks: X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky, Pinterest, Reddit, Google Business, Telegram, Snapchat, Discord, Slack, WhatsApp.
Publer
13: Facebook (pages, groups, profiles), Instagram (business), X (paid plans only), LinkedIn, Pinterest, Google Business Profile, YouTube, WordPress, TikTok, Telegram, Mastodon, Threads and Bluesky. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
PlatPost
PlatPost posts to 16 networks. Publer lists 13, with WordPress and Mastodon, and X on paid plans only.
AI writing
PlatPost
Drafts in your own voice from your Business Brain: what you sell, who buys it, how you talk. A native version for each network, only from facts you gave. Nothing invented.
Publer
AI Assist writes, rephrases and completes posts, comments, threads, alt text and blog articles. Unlimited prompts on Business; Free and Professional can connect their own OpenAI key and pay OpenAI; a few trial credits at sign-up. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
Both
Both write and rephrase posts. Publer’s AI Assist is unlimited on Business or with your own OpenAI key; PlatPost drafts from your Business Brain.
AI image, video and music
PlatPost
Not today. A picture editor, a timeline video editor and a free library of pictures, video and music run in the browser. AI creation is planned (see Coming soon).
Publer
Image: Yes: AI Assist generates images inside the composer, on Business or with the user's own OpenAI key. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Video: not found on their public pages
Music: not found on their public pages
Result
Publer
Publer generates images in the composer on Business or with your own key; video and music are not on its pages. PlatPost has none today; it is planned.
Ads tools
PlatPost
Boost a post you published on Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Pinterest, Google, Reddit. The budget bills to your own ad account, plus a 10% platform fee, $1 minimum, shown before you commit.
Publer
not found on their public pages; a Publer help article only lets a tagged business partner boost a Facebook page post from Meta's side.
Result
Not decided
No ads tool on Publer’s public pages; a help article covers a Meta-side boost only. PlatPost boosts a published post on seven ad networks.
Scheduling
PlatPost
A calendar and a weekly queue with best-time slots and the reason for each, up to one year ahead. Batch scheduling and drag to move.
Publer
Calendar and list views, auto-schedule into posting slots, bulk up to 500 posts (Professional), recurring and recycled posts and best times (Business). Daily caps a network by plan, e.g. Instagram 15/20/25. Horizon not stated. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
Both
Both have a calendar with slots and best times. Publer schedules up to 500 posts in bulk and recycles posts; PlatPost schedules up to a year ahead with Batch.
Approval before posting
PlatPost
Nothing posts without your yes. You approve each draft on the calendar, and you can pull a post back before it goes out.
Publer
Three levels per member and account: approval by admin or owner, approval by a client, or full posting access; a post not approved by its time is marked failed. Roles and approvals are a Business plan feature. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
Both
Publer has three approval levels for each member, a client approval among them. PlatPost holds every post for your yes on every plan.
Team seats
PlatPost
One login a workspace. No team seats today.
Publer
Paid plans start with 1 user (the owner) and 0 extra members; members are added per head for a fee, every 10th free. The per-member price was not on the pages reached. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
Publer
Publer adds members per head, every tenth free; the per-member price was not on the pages reached. PlatPost is one login a workspace.
API and AI agent access
PlatPost
A remote MCP server for your own AI agent (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini CLI, Copilot, Hermes, OpenClaw or any MCP client), up to 10 keys, with read, draft, schedule and publish scopes you set a key. No public REST API.
Publer
API: API with public docs for Business accounts in good standing and Enterprise; a Zapier app on every plan with many triggers and actions; an MCP server on Business. Make not mentioned. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
AI agent: Publer MCP (28 September 2026) lets ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or any MCP client read accounts, posts, calendar and analytics and create, schedule and report. Business plan only. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
Publer
Publer has an API with public docs on Business, a Zapier app on every plan and an MCP server. PlatPost has an MCP server with scoped keys and no public API.
Support
PlatPost
Email support on every plan. Direct contact with the founder on Team and above, by email and by phone if you want it.
Publer
Live chat, email and social media, 24 hours Monday to Friday, limited at weekends and holidays. Live chat is listed as a Professional feature; Enterprise gets prioritised support and 1:1 onboarding. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
Publer
Publer has live chat, email and social support, 24 hours on weekdays. PlatPost answers by email on every plan, the founder direct on Team and above.
Community
PlatPost
The Builders Circle: a free community of founders and entrepreneurs, real people. A weekly newsletter, a feed of what each member did today and a members list, on the same login. Every account joins.
Publer
A private Facebook group (#PublerNation) for users, an ambassador programme with its own group, and a newsletter. No forum of its own. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
Both
Publer has a private Facebook group and an ambassador programme. PlatPost’s Builders Circle has a weekly newsletter, a feed and a members list on the same login.
Inbox
PlatPost
Messages, comments, mentions and reviews from your connected channels in one list, and you reply from it. On every paid plan.
Publer
Comments on published posts can be read, replied to and deleted inside Publer for Facebook, Instagram, X, Mastodon, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky and YouTube (admin role). No unified inbox for messages or mentions was found. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
PlatPost
Publer reads and replies to comments on published posts for eight networks, with no messages. PlatPost’s inbox holds messages, comments, mentions and reviews.
Analytics
PlatPost
Posts, reach, engagement and followers for every channel, day by day, and the ads on their own page.
Publer
Business only: advanced analytics, downloadable and automated reports, best times, competitor analysis and hashtag analytics. Free and Professional have no analytics. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
PlatPost
Publer’s analytics are on Business only; Free and Professional have none. PlatPost shows every channel day by day on every paid plan.
Managed service
PlatPost
The Managed tier: PlatPost builds your Business Brain, writes the month ahead, and a person reads every post before it goes out.
Publer
not found on their public pages
Result
Not decided
No managed service on Publer’s public pages, so nothing is claimed. PlatPost’s Managed tier has a person read every post.
Business tools
PlatPost
Not today. Invoicing and a client scheduling calendar are planned (see Coming soon).
Publer
Linkie link-in-bio profiles, WordPress blog publishing with AI articles, RSS auto-posting, link shortening with UTM tags, media from Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox. No invoicing, booking or CRM. source, 18 Oct 2026 (opens in a new tab)
Result
Publer
Publer has link-in-bio profiles, WordPress publishing, RSS auto-posting and a link shortener. PlatPost has none today; invoicing and a client calendar are planned.
Coming soon (planned, not built)
PlatPost
AI image, video and music creation; Invoicing; Client scheduling calendar. Planned means not built today, with no date. A planned feature is not part of any plan sold today and is not a promise. Buy for what exists now.
Publer
Not compared. Only PlatPost’s own plans are listed here, and they are marked as planned.
Result
Not scored
A planned feature is not built, so it counts for nothing here.
Who should choose which?
Choose PlatPost if
- You want the writing done from your Business Brain, in your voice, with nothing posted until you say yes.
- You want to boost a post as an ad, read an inbox of messages and mentions, or have a person read every post on the Managed tier.
- You want a community of real founders with a weekly newsletter on the same login.
Choose Publer if
- You have one or two accounts and want to pay per account, or a free plan that connects three accounts.
- You want AI picture generation today, bulk upload of hundreds of posts, recurring posts and evergreen recycling.
- You run accounts for clients and need a client approval role, or you publish to WordPress and Mastodon.
Where is PlatPost better than Publer?
- Networks: PlatPost posts to 16 networks. Publer lists 13, with WordPress and Mastodon, and X on paid plans only.
- Inbox: Publer reads and replies to comments on published posts for eight networks, with no messages. PlatPost’s inbox holds messages, comments, mentions and reviews.
- Analytics: Publer’s analytics are on Business only; Free and Professional have none. PlatPost shows every channel day by day on every paid plan.
Each line is the Result of a row above, where the Publer fact was read on their own pages on the date shown there.
Where is Publer better than PlatPost?
- A free plan with no end date that connects 3 social accounts; PlatPost's free account connects none. source (opens in a new tab)
- Entry pricing from $5 a month for one account, scaling per account, far below PlatPost's plan for 3 channels (up to 2 more as paid extras). source (opens in a new tab)
- Built-in AI image generation today, which PlatPost only plans. source (opens in a new tab)
- Mastodon and WordPress publishing, which PlatPost does not offer. source (opens in a new tab)
- Team members with a client role and a two-step approval workflow; PlatPost has one login. source (opens in a new tab)
- A Zapier app on every plan and a documented API on Business, beside the MCP server. source (opens in a new tab)
- Live chat support 24 hours on weekdays. source (opens in a new tab)
- Bulk scheduling of up to 500 posts, recurring posts and evergreen recycling, plus competitor analysis on Business. source (opens in a new tab)
publer.io now redirects to publer.com (301). The pricing page (publer.com/pricing and /plans) answered with a redirect loop to WebFetch on 18 October 2026, so every price comes from the help centre: it names $ figures without a currency code, gives only the starting prices ($5 and $10 for 1 account), and not the price of each extra account or member. Publer's own comparison blogs quote older figures ($12 start, $4 an extra account, $2 a member); treat them as stale. The yearly discount reads 20% in the help centre; a search snippet of the plans page says 2 months free. X accounts are paid plans only because of X's API cost. Legacy plans (Argentum, Aurum) still exist for old customers. The Kibo inbox product announced on the blog in 2021 was a separate closed beta, not a Publer feature. Daily post caps a network differ by plan and are set in a public rate-limits document; Enterprise removes Publer's own caps.
What is PlatPost building next?
Planned means not built today, with no date. A planned feature is not part of any plan sold today and is not a promise. Buy for what exists now.
- AI image, video and music creation, planned. Create pictures, video and music from a written description, inside the media studio, for your posts. Credit-based. A free account will be able to buy credits too.
- Invoicing, planned. Send an invoice to a client and see when it is paid, in a Business tools section next to your posts. Included in the subscription at no extra charge.
- Client scheduling calendar, planned. A booking calendar your clients use to book time with you, in the same Business tools section. Included in the subscription at no extra charge.
What PlatPost is building next keeps the list of what exists and what is planned.
Questions buyers ask
- How does Publer’s pricing compare with PlatPost?
- Publer’s help centre lists Professional from USD 5 a month and Business from USD 10, each for one account and one user, rising per account and member, with a free plan of three accounts. PlatPost sells a plan for three channels, plus up to two paid extras, on its pricing page. Publer costs less for one account. Checked 18 October.
- Does Publer make AI pictures and PlatPost not?
- Yes, today. Publer’s AI Assist generates pictures inside the composer on the Business plan, or with your own OpenAI key on lower plans. PlatPost has a picture editor, a timeline video editor and a free library today, and AI picture, video and music creation is planned, not built.
- Which writes the posts for me?
- Both write with AI, differently. Publer’s AI Assist writes, rephrases and completes posts, unlimited on Business and with your own OpenAI key on Free and Professional. PlatPost drafts from a Business Brain it holds about your business, only from facts you gave, with a native version for each of the networks you ticked.
- Can Publer boost a post as an ad?
- Publer’s public pages show no boost or ad campaign tool, so none is claimed here. PlatPost boosts a post you published on seven ad networks, Meta, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Pinterest, Google and Reddit, billed to your own ad account, plus a platform fee shown before you commit.
- Which is better for a team or for clients?
- Publer. Its Business plan has three approval levels, including a client role, and members are added per head with every tenth free. PlatPost is one login a workspace with no team seats today. A person who posts for clients and needs their sign-off should choose Publer for now.
- Can my own AI agent use Publer or PlatPost?
- Both. Publer MCP, released in September 2026, lets ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor or any MCP client read and schedule on the Business plan, beside a Zapier app and an API. PlatPost has a remote MCP server with up to ten keys and read, draft, schedule and publish scopes you set for each key.