The best Zoho Social alternative in 2026 is Schedchie: €7.99 a month flat for unlimited accounts and unlimited posts. Zoho Social prices by brand, with one profile per network in each. Start free trial.
€7.99 a month, flat: unlimited accounts and unlimited posts. A Zoho Social brand holds one profile per network, so a second Instagram account means a second brand, and the bill follows the brand count. This guide prices the alternatives at the footprints switchers bring in 2026: 5 accounts and 10 accounts.
It sets Zoho Social's plan structure against seven alternatives: Schedchie, Metricool, ContentStudio, Buffer, SocialPilot, Agorapulse and Hootsuite. Every alternative was read on its own pricing page on November 5, 2026, and every figure below carries its billing period, monthly or billed yearly.
Zoho Social pricing: how the plans are built
Zoho Social lists six plans in 2026, a free one and two for agencies among them. Every plan starts from a brand count, and a brand holds one profile per network: Standard and Professional cover 14 channel types per brand, Premium and the agency plans 16. The yearly toggle on its pricing page reads "Save 33%", and the page states that prices vary by region, so the figure a buyer sees depends on where they open it.
| Plan | Brands | Channel types per brand | Team members | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoho Social Free | 1 brand | 6 | 1 | Free |
| Zoho Social Standard | 1 brand | 14 | 1 | Set by region on zoho.com |
| Zoho Social Professional | 1 brand, plus up to 5 add-on brands | 14 | 1 | Set by region, each add-on brand billed on top |
| Zoho Social Premium | 1 brand, add-on brands billed on top | 16 | 3 | Set by region on zoho.com |
| Zoho Social Agency | 10 client brands | 16 | 5 | Set by region, blocks of 5 more clients on top |
| Zoho Social Agency Plus | 20 client brands | 16 | 5 | Set by region, blocks of 5 more clients on top |
| Schedchie Pro | Unlimited accounts, no brand count | All 13 platforms | Owner | €7.99/mo |
| Schedchie Ultra | Unlimited accounts, no brand count | All 13 platforms | Owner plus 3 invited members | €24.99/mo |
Prices verified on November 5, 2026. Zoho Social plan structure as listed on zoho.com/social/pricing.html on that date; the page shows its prices by region, so no Zoho figure is quoted here. Zoho Social opens with a 15-day trial. Schedchie bills in euro, month to month, with no commitment; posting to X is a €4.99 add-on per 30 posts.
Read the 2026 ladder by brand, not by plan name. Standard and Professional are both one brand and one person. Professional is the plan that grows: up to 5 add-on brands, so 6 brands is its ceiling. Premium adds team members, still on one brand. Past that, Zoho sends you to Agency, which starts at 10 client brands.
Schedchie prices the same work at €7.99 a month, flat: unlimited accounts and unlimited posts. No brand meter, no rule of one profile per network, no post counter that resets on the first of the month.
Why a brand count gets expensive: one profile per network, per brand
A brand count reads small on a plan card. Run it the way a real account list grows in 2026.
- One brand, one person. Zoho Standard covers it. Schedchie is €7.99 a month.
- A second Instagram account. A brand holds one Instagram profile, so the second account is a second brand, which means Professional plus an add-on brand. On Schedchie it is one more account at no extra cost.
- Five brands, one person. Professional plus 4 add-on brands, each billed on top of the plan. Schedchie is still €7.99.
- Seven brands. Professional stops at 6, so the seventh brand means the agency plans, which start at 10 client brands. Schedchie is still €7.99.
- A team of four with approvals. Schedchie Ultra, with post approvals and 3 invited members, is €24.99 a month, at any account count.
Zoho prints the brand rule on every plan card, and it compounds. The brand is the unit that grows when a business opens a second location, adds a product line or signs a client, so in 2026 the bill grows with the business, not with the work done in the tool.
Team size moves the bill as well. Professional is one person, with extra team members billed per head; Premium includes 3; the agency plans include 5. Schedchie's Ultra plan is €24.99 for the owner plus 3 invited members, who pay nothing, with post approvals and access scoped to the client groups you assign.
What 5 and 10 accounts cost across Zoho Social alternatives
The table prices one person running 5 and 10 social accounts on the cheapest plan of each tool that covers the footprint. Where a vendor shows a monthly rate and a yearly rate, both are listed, and the currency is the one each vendor displays.
| Tool | 5 accounts | 10 accounts | First cap you hit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schedchie Pro | €7.99/mo | €7.99/mo | None, accounts and posts are both uncapped |
| Metricool | €20/mo monthly, €16 billed annually (Starter, up to 5 brands) | €20/mo monthly, €16 billed annually, if the 10 fit 5 brands; at 10 brands €37 monthly, €29 billed annually | The brand band, which steps at 5, 10 and 15 |
| ContentStudio | $29/mo month to month, $19 billed annually (Standard, 5 accounts) | $69/mo month to month, $49 billed annually (Advanced, 10 accounts) | The 6th account, since Standard sells no extra accounts |
| Buffer | $30/mo monthly, $25 billed yearly (Essentials, 5 channels) | $60/mo monthly, $50 billed yearly (Essentials, 10 channels) | The per-channel rate: every account adds a line to the bill |
| SocialPilot | $30/mo monthly, $25.50 billed annually (Essentials, 7 accounts) | $42/mo monthly (Essentials plus 3 accounts at $4) | The account tier: 7, 15, 25 and 50 |
| Agorapulse | $99/user monthly, $79 billed yearly (Standard, 10 profiles) | $99/user monthly, $79 billed yearly (Standard, 10 profiles) | The 11th profile, and every added user |
| Hootsuite | $99/user billed annually, €149/user on monthly billing (Standard, 10 accounts) | $99/user billed annually, €149/user on monthly billing (Standard) | The 11th account, and every added user |
Prices verified on November 5, 2026 on each vendor's own pricing page: metricool.com/pricing, contentstudio.io/pricing, buffer.com/pricing, socialpilot.co/plans, agorapulse.com/pricing and hootsuite.com/plans with the price list its signup page loads. Hootsuite's monthly rate is the euro price shown to a visitor from the euro area. Currency as each vendor displays it; no conversion applied.
At 5 accounts, the cheapest rival on monthly billing is Metricool at €20; at 10 accounts, the cheapest per-account rival is SocialPilot at $42. Schedchie is €7.99 at both, and at 50 accounts, and at 200.
The full-market view, 25 vendors on one table with the census rules, lives in our social media scheduler pricing index. It is also where the superlative comes from: Schedchie is the cheapest unlimited social media scheduler we track, the only plan that leaves both accounts and posts uncapped. Radaar caps profiles at 6 on its Standard plan, and Pallyy caps a social set at 11 accounts.
A year of each Zoho Social alternative at 10 accounts
A monthly figure hides what a year of switching costs. Here is the 10-account column multiplied out over 12 months in 2026, month to month and billed yearly where the vendor offers both.
| Tool and plan | Month to month, per year | Billed yearly, per year |
|---|---|---|
| Schedchie Pro | €95.88 | €95.88, no annual tier needed |
| Metricool Starter (5 brands) | €240 | €192 |
| SocialPilot Essentials plus 3 accounts | $504 | Not quoted |
| Buffer Essentials, 10 channels | $720 | $600 |
| ContentStudio Advanced | $828 | $588 |
| Agorapulse Standard, 1 user | $1,188 | $948 |
| Hootsuite Standard, 1 user | €1,788 | $1,188 |
Prices verified on November 5, 2026 on each vendor's own pricing page; yearly figures are the monthly rates times 12. SocialPilot lists its extra-account rate per month only, so no yearly figure is quoted for that footprint. A year of Schedchie Ultra is €299.88, paid month to month.
The gap holds at every footprint in 2026. Ten accounts on Schedchie cost €95.88 a year. The nearest rival on monthly billing, Metricool at 5 brands, is €240, and the per-user tools start above $1,000 for a single seat.
The best Zoho Social alternatives, ranked by what you pay
Ranked by the monthly bill at 5 accounts, cheapest first, with what each tool meters in 2026. Every one of them is a working scheduler; the difference is the unit each one bills by.
1. Schedchie in 2026: €7.99 flat, unlimited accounts and posts
Schedchie is €7.99 a month for unlimited accounts and unlimited posts, with no brand count and no rule of one profile per network. Five Instagram accounts are five accounts, not five brands. It publishes to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, Google Business Profile, Discord and X (posting to X is a €4.99 add-on per 30 posts).
The €7.99 plan includes client review links, so a client can approve a post without a login or a seat, and analytics on every platform except X, TikTok included, with CSV export. The €24.99 Ultra plan adds 3 invited members, post approvals, access scoped to client groups, and client connect links. For an AI assistant, the MCP server connects ChatGPT or Claude to your account, opt-in, with 88 tools.
2. Metricool in 2026: priced per brand, like Zoho Social
Metricool counts brands too, so it is the shortest move for a team that thinks in brands. Starter covers up to 5 brands at €20 a month on monthly billing (€16 billed annually), and the band steps to €37 (€29 billed annually) at 10. Post approvals sit on Advanced, from €54 a month on monthly billing (€43 billed annually) for 15 brands. Its free plan is one brand with 20 posts a month, without LinkedIn or X. Schedchie vs Metricool runs the full comparison.
3. ContentStudio in 2026: accounts, users and workspaces
ContentStudio meters three things at once: accounts, users and workspaces. Standard is $29 month to month ($19 billed annually) for 5 accounts, 1 user and 1 workspace, with no extra accounts for sale, so the 6th account means Advanced at $69 month to month ($49 billed annually) for 10 accounts and 2 users. Past that, every extra account ($5), user ($10) and workspace ($10) is its own monthly line. The trial runs 7 days, and the page states there is no free plan. Our ContentStudio alternatives guide prices it at 5, 10 and 25 accounts.
4. Buffer in 2026: priced per channel
Buffer bills every channel you connect: $6 a month each on Essentials on monthly billing, $5 billed yearly, for the first 10 channels, then $4 a month each from 11 to 25. Five channels cost $30 a month ($25 billed yearly), ten cost $60 ($50 billed yearly). Approvals sit on the Team plan at $12 a channel on monthly billing ($10 billed yearly), which doubles the rate. The free plan covers 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts each. More in Schedchie vs Buffer and our Buffer alternatives guide.
5. SocialPilot in 2026: tiers of accounts and users
SocialPilot sells account tiers with a user allowance on each. Essentials is $30 a month on monthly billing ($25.50 billed annually) for 7 accounts and 1 user, with extra accounts at $4 a month each, so 10 accounts run $42 a month. Standard is $50 ($42.50 billed annually) for 15 accounts and 3 users with manager approvals; client approvals start on Premium at $100 ($85 billed annually) for 25 accounts. Our SocialPilot alternatives guide has the full ladder.
6. Agorapulse in 2026: per user, 10 profiles each
Agorapulse prices per user. Standard is $99 a user a month on monthly billing, $79 billed yearly, with 10 social profiles. Professional is $149 ($119 billed yearly) and Advanced $199 ($149 billed yearly), each still with 10 profiles, and extra profiles are sold one by one each month. Two people on Standard are two seats: $198 a month on monthly billing.
7. Hootsuite in 2026: per user, 10 accounts on Standard
Hootsuite prices per user: Standard is $99 a user a month, billed annually, for 10 social accounts, and €149 a user on monthly billing; Professional is $199 billed annually with unlimited accounts; content approvals sit on Advanced at $399 billed annually. Every plan starts with a 14-day trial. Three people on Standard are three seats, $297 a month billed annually. See the Hootsuite alternative for small business and our Hootsuite alternatives ranking.
Zoho Social alternatives for small business
A small business with one or two brands and a few people lands on one of three Zoho plans in 2026: Standard for one brand and one person, Professional with an add-on brand for two, or Premium for 3 people. Each of those is a separate price on Zoho's page. Schedchie covers every account on €7.99, and a team of four with approvals on €24.99.
The other thing small businesses notice is the per-network rule. A shop with two Instagram accounts, one for the store and one for the owner, is two Zoho brands. On Schedchie both are just accounts. For local posts, Google Business Profile is in the €7.99 plan, next to Instagram and Facebook.
Small teams also feel the per-user tools fastest. At 5 accounts in 2026, Agorapulse is $99 a user a month on monthly billing and Hootsuite $99 a user billed annually, so a two-person shop pays for two seats before posting anything. Schedchie's owner pays €7.99, and Ultra's invited members pay nothing.
Zoho Social alternatives for agencies
Agencies meet Zoho's agency ladder in 2026: Agency for 10 client brands and 5 team members, Agency Plus for 20, and blocks of 5 more client brands on top. Each client brand still holds one profile per network, so a client with two Instagram accounts takes two client slots.
On Schedchie, clients are groups, not price tiers. An eleventh client means a new group in the same account, in 2026 as on day one. The €7.99 plan has no client count, and client review links let a client approve posts without a login. Ultra at €24.99 adds 3 invited members, access scoped per client group, post approvals and client connect links, with which a client adds their own Facebook Pages and Instagram accounts to their group without a Schedchie account or a shared password.
Against the per-account tools the agency math is the same. Twenty-five accounts on SocialPilot are Premium at $100 a month on monthly billing ($85 billed annually); on Buffer Essentials they are $120 a month on monthly billing. Our agency pricing comparison runs the same math across the market, and the best schedulers for agencies ranks the field for 2026.
Switching from Zoho Social without losing a month
Switching takes an afternoon. One Facebook login brings in every Page and its Instagram account; each other platform connects on its own consent screen. Then import your posts from one CSV: every row is checked against each platform's rules first, and rows that need fixing come back as a file.
A practical order: connect the accounts, import the next four weeks of posts, check the calendar, then let the Zoho Social plan lapse. Group accounts by client or brand so the calendar reads the way your Zoho brands did. If a post fails to publish, Schedchie shows which account it failed on and why, with a Retry.
Two details make the first week calmer. Keep the overlap short and clean: once a post sits in the Schedchie calendar, remove it from the Zoho queue so nothing goes out twice. And reconnect accounts in the order you post, busiest first, so the accounts that carry the most weight are checked first.
Three checks before you pick a Zoho Social alternative
- Count accounts per network, not brands. Two Instagram accounts are two Zoho brands. On a per-account tool they are two lines on the bill; on Schedchie they cost nothing extra.
- Price the people. Zoho bills team members past each plan's allowance; Hootsuite ($99 a user billed annually) and Agorapulse ($99 a user on monthly billing) bill every seat. Schedchie's Ultra plan covers 3 invited members for €24.99, and invited members pay nothing.
- Check where approvals live. Metricool keeps post approvals on Advanced (€54 on monthly billing), Hootsuite on Advanced ($399 a user billed annually), Buffer on Team ($12 a channel on monthly billing) and SocialPilot's client approvals on Premium ($100). On Schedchie they come with Ultra at €24.99.
FAQ
What is the best Zoho Social alternative?
For multiple brands, Schedchie: €7.99 a month flat for unlimited accounts and unlimited posts, with no brand count and no rule of one profile per network. In 2026 the cheapest per-account rival at 10 accounts is SocialPilot at $42 a month on monthly billing.
Is Zoho Social expensive for multiple brands in 2026?
It gets expensive as brands add up, because every brand holds one profile per network. A second Instagram account is a second brand, Professional stops at 6 brands, and the agency plans start at 10 client brands. Schedchie is €95.88 a year at any account count.
Does Zoho Social have a free plan in 2026?
Yes. Zoho Social's free plan is 1 brand with 6 channels for 1 person, after a 15-day trial. Schedchie starts with a 14-day free trial, then costs €7.99 a month flat for every account you connect.
Which Zoho Social alternative is cheapest with unlimited accounts?
Schedchie. At €7.99 a month it is the cheapest unlimited social media scheduler we track, and the only plan that leaves both accounts and posts uncapped. Posting to X is a €4.99 add-on per 30 posts.
How much do 5 and 10 accounts cost on Zoho Social alternatives in 2026?
On monthly billing: Schedchie €7.99 at both, Metricool €20 at 5 brands, ContentStudio $29 and $69, Buffer $30 and $60, SocialPilot $30 and $42. Agorapulse is $99 a user at both; Hootsuite is $99 a user billed annually.
The short version
Zoho Social prices by brand, and a brand is one profile per network. In 2026, 10 accounts cost $42 a month on SocialPilot, $60 on Buffer and $69 on ContentStudio, all on monthly billing. Schedchie is €7.99 a month, flat: unlimited accounts and unlimited posts, on thirteen platforms with X as a €4.99 add-on per 30 posts. Start free trial: 14 days of the full product. Cancel anytime, no questions asked. For every tool side by side, see Schedchie vs the alternatives.