Free social media scheduler: which tools really have one?
Looking for a free social media scheduler? This checks for a permanently free tier, not a free trial — verified against each vendor's own pricing page, reused from the same comparison matrix as every /alternatives page.
Free social media scheduler, tool by tool
| Tool | Free plan |
|---|---|
| SkedCast | Free — 2 accounts |
| Buffer | Yes — 3 channels |
| Hootsuite | No |
| Later | No |
| Sprout Social | No |
| Publer | Yes — 3 accounts |
| SocialBee | No |
| PostSpread | No |
| Planable | No — 50-post trial |
| Sked Social | No — trial only |
| HeyOrca | Yes — 2 profiles |
| Metricool | Yes — 1 brand |
| MeetEdgar | No — 30-day trial |
| Planoly | Yes — 10 uploads/mo |
| Agorapulse | No — 30-day trial |
| CoSchedule | No — trial only (14 days) |
| Sendible | No — trial only (14 days) |
| Eclincher | No — trial only (14 days) |
| Cloud Campaign | No — trial only (14 days) |
| Flick | No — 7-day trial |
| Kontentino | No — trial only (14 days) |
| Vista Social | No — trial only (14 days) |
| Pallyy | Yes — 15 posts/mo, image only |
| Plann | Yes — Instagram only, 30 posts/mo |
| RecurPost | No — trial only (14 days) |
| Iconosquare | Yes — 2 profiles, 10 posts/mo |
| Onlypult | No — 7-day trial |
| Loomly | No — trial only |
| ContentStudio | No — 7-day trial |
| Preview | Yes — 1 user, 1 device |
| Adobe Express | Yes — limited assets/credits |
| SocialPilot | No — 14-day trial |
| Tailwind | Yes — credit-based free tier |
| AgencyAnalytics | No — 14-day trial |
| Ayrshare | No — 28-day trial |
| Blotato | No — 7-day trial |
| Bundle.social | Yes — 20 posts/mo, 3 accounts |
| DashThis | No — 14-day trial |
| FeedHive | No — 7-day trial |
| Ocoya | No — 7-day trial |
| Post Bridge | No — 7-day trial |
| Postiz | Yes — open-source self-host |
| PostPeer | Yes — 20 credits/mo |
| PostProxy | Yes — 10 posts/mo, no card |
| Predis.ai | No — 3-day trial, card required |
| Simplified | No — trial only |
| Zernio | Yes — 2 accounts, unlimited posts |
| Canva | Yes — limited features |
| Typefully | Yes — 1 social set, 10 posts/mo |
| Hopper HQ | No — 14-day trial |
| Apphi | Yes — 10 schedules/mo per platform |
| Post for Me | No — usage-based only |
| Upload-Post | Yes — 10 uploads/mo, 2 profiles |
| PostEverywhere | No — 7-day trial, card required |
| Sprinklr | No public plans — demo only |
| Circleboom | None listed — 90-day trial |
| Outstand | None listed — free signup, no card |
| Meta Business Suite | Yes — free platform |
| Mailchimp | Yes — publish now only; scheduling needs Standard |
| monday.com | Yes — 2 seats, 3 boards |
Free plans: FAQ
- What counts as a "free plan" on this page?
- A permanently free tier a vendor offers with no time limit — not a free trial. Several competitors lead their pricing page with a prominent free trial and have no real $0 tier; those are scored "no" here, the same distinction SkedCast draws about its own plan.
- Why does a competitor with a "free trial" show as "no"?
- A trial that expires is not the same offer as a plan you can stay on indefinitely. Scoring a trial as a free plan would repeat, about other products, exactly the trial-vs-plan conflation this site is careful to avoid about its own pricing.
- How current is this data?
- Verified first-party against each vendor’s own pricing page on 14 Sep 2026 — a separate, more recent check than the general compare-matrix sweep, since a false "no free plan" claim about a competitor has to be defensible on its own.
- Does this match the numbers on the individual comparison pages?
- Yes — it reads from the same underlying comparison matrix as /compare and every /alternatives page, so it cannot show a different answer for the same competitor than those pages do.
- Can a free plan cover a full social media marketing schedule?
- For one account and a light posting cadence, often yes. Once you are running a real media plan and schedule across several accounts or clients, free tiers hit their account or post-count caps fast — that is the gap the paid tiers above are built for.
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