Key takeaways
- SocialBee export is not self-serve: email [email protected] with the content category names and the workspace, and it sends a CSV.
- SocialBee's documented CSV format has six columns; map text to content, and the media columns to media URLs.
- SkedCast needs a platforms column, which you add: SocialBee chooses profiles at import time rather than in the file.
- A date column is not the final publish time in SkedCast: choose times in the Schedule step.
- SocialBee content lives in categories and recycles; in SkedCast, recycle is a per-post setting for posts you mark evergreen, so plan how to rebuild it.
How to migrate from SocialBee to SkedCast: exporting your content first
SocialBee's help says exporting content directly from SocialBee is not available as a self-serve option, but its team will do it: email [email protected] naming the content category (or categories) and the workspace where the content lives, and it will export the content and send it as a CSV that you can import into a category or use outside SocialBee (read 2026-09-23).
Ask for every category you want to keep, and say you are leaving so they give you the full text, link and media columns. Note that SocialBee's Concierge Migration service is for bringing content into SocialBee from other tools, not for taking it out.
What does SocialBee's CSV look like?
The export is intended to be importable back into a SocialBee category, so expect SocialBee's own import format; check the header row when the file arrives. SocialBee's documented import format has six columns:
- text: the caption.
- link: a URL to attach.
- imageUrls: a public link to an image.
- gifUrls: a public link to a GIF.
- videoUrls: a public link to a video.
- postAtSpecificTime: a date and time in the form yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ssZ.
How do the columns map to SkedCast?
SkedCast's import has 16 columns; only content and platforms are required. A working mapping:
- text becomes content.
- link becomes link (a single https URL).
- imageUrls, gifUrls and videoUrls become mediaUrls: combine them into one cell with a pipe between URLs, up to 20 public https URLs.
- postAtSpecificTime is kept for reference only. SkedCast uses a date column to check the row is inside your chosen window, not as the final time; you set the times in the Schedule step.
- platforms is new: SocialBee picks the profiles when you import, so its CSV has no such column. Add one using the platform keys (x, linkedin, instagram, facebook, tiktok, youtube, threads, pinterest, bluesky, telegram), separated by a pipe or comma if a row goes to several.
- clientName is optional: add it if you want rows assigned to different SkedCast clients.
Step by step: import into SkedCast
Once you have the file from SocialBee, this is the same flow whichever tool you are leaving.
- Get the template. The free bulk CSV template has SkedCast's 16 column headers with one example row. Only
contentandplatformsare required; every other column is optional. - Reshape your export. The free CSV column mapper lets you paste your export, match each of your columns to a SkedCast column and see the result, so you do not have to rename headers by hand. Multi-value cells (platforms, media URLs) are separated with a pipe or a comma.
- Check it before you upload. The free CSV validator and import readiness checker run your rows through the same schema the importer uses, so mistakes show up on your screen instead of mid-import.
- Open the bulk import wizard in the console (Composer, bulk mode), choose the CSV file source and upload. The wizard then shows a Preview grid where every row is marked valid, warning or error, with inline caption fixes, find and replace, skip, and a downloadable error report.
- Set what the CSV does not carry. First comment, alt text and per-platform titles are set per row in the Preview step rather than read from the CSV. Put hashtags in the caption text itself.
- Choose the times in the Schedule step: spread the posts across a date range (paced within each account's daily cap and minimum spacing), or drag posts onto days to pin exact times. A date column in your CSV is used to check a row is inside the window, not as the final publish time.
- Commit. The import runs in the background and reports how many posts were created and which rows were skipped.
How many posts can you import at once?
The per-import row limit depends on your plan: Free 50, Solo 500, Studio 1,500, Agency 2,500, Agency+ 5,000. SocialBee itself recommends CSV files of no more than 300 items per import, so you may be used to smaller batches; SkedCast will take larger ones up to your plan's limit. Every row is validated against the platform it targets before anything is scheduled.
What does not transfer from SocialBee?
Plan to rebuild these, since a CSV of posts carries none of them.
- Categories and their posting schedules. A SocialBee category is a bucket that recycles on a schedule. SkedCast has evergreen recycling as a per-post setting, and each post can be marked evergreen, so decide which posts should recycle and set them up after import.
- Approvals. SocialBee lists a post approval system on its Accelerate plan and above; recreate it with a SkedCast approval chain or client link. See multi-step approval.
- Connected profiles. Reconnect each through its official sign-in, or send clients a connect invite link.
- Analytics history. A CSV of posts carries no performance data; keep your existing SocialBee reports if you need older figures.
How do you avoid posting twice?
Confirm the imported posts in SkedCast, then remove the matching scheduled posts and recycling from SocialBee before you cancel, so both tools do not publish the same post. Do it client by client.
SocialBee's help says disconnecting a profile removes all the data related to it, including its posts, and that pausing stops your posting schedule, but it does not say what happens to a still-scheduled post at the end of a paid term after you cancel, so do not rely on cancelling to stop them: remove them explicitly. The sourced detail on leaving is on what SocialBee lets you take with you.
Sources and last reviewed
Last reviewed 2026-09-23. SocialBee facts were read from SocialBee's own help pages listed below on that date; SkedCast steps were checked against the product's code and docs. Vendors change features without notice, so confirm on their page before you rely on it.
FAQ
- Can I export my content from SocialBee?
- Not self-serve. SocialBee's help says to email [email protected] with the name of the content category (or categories) and the workspace, and it will export the content and send it to you as a CSV file.
- What columns are in SocialBee's CSV format?
- SocialBee's documented CSV import format has six columns: text, link, imageUrls, gifUrls, videoUrls and postAtSpecificTime. The export it sends is meant to be re-importable, so check the header row of the file you receive.
- Do I need to add anything to the SocialBee CSV for SkedCast?
- Yes: a platforms column, because SocialBee chooses profiles at import rather than in the file, and SkedCast requires platforms for each row. Everything else is optional.
- Will my SocialBee recycling categories carry over?
- No. A CSV carries posts, not category schedules. SkedCast has evergreen recycling as a per-post setting, so mark the posts you want to recycle and configure them after import.
- How many posts can I import into SkedCast at once?
- It depends on the plan: Free 50, Solo 500, Studio 1,500, Agency 2,500, Agency+ 5,000. Larger files can be split into several imports.