Sked Social alternatives start at €7.99 a month flat with Schedchie: unlimited accounts and posts on ten platforms. Sked's cheapest plan is US$290 a year for one social set. Prices verified 8 September 2026.
Updated September 8, 2026: Sked Social's pricing page re-read today, in the annual column its page shows by default (USD, plus GST); every other tool below re-read on its own pricing page the same day. The July figures held, and Sked now lists a third tier, Accelerate. Start the free 14-day trial and connect every account at once.
Sked's numbers first (source, read 8 September 2026). Basic is US$24 a month billed as US$290 a year for one user and one social set, meaning one account per platform. Grow, the plan Sked recommends, is US$58 a month billed as US$690 a year for three users and 6 profiles, with extra profiles at US$80 a year each. Accelerate is US$166 a month billed as US$1,990 a year for six users and 10 profiles, extra profiles US$100 a year and extra users US$150 a year. Custom starts at US$249 a month. On Basic and Grow, internal approvals cost another US$500 a year and the external client-review portal US$1,000 a year; Accelerate bundles both. There is no free plan; the trial is 14 days.
What a real footprint costs
Entry prices hide the bill. Nobody runs a scheduler for one account, so this table prices two realistic footprints, 5 and 10 connected accounts, on each tool's cheapest plan that actually covers the count.
| Tool | 5 accounts | 10 accounts | Post cap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schedchie (pricing) | €7.99/mo flat | €7.99/mo flat | None. Unlimited |
| Sked Social | US$58/mo billed annually (Grow, 6 profiles) | ≈US$84/mo billed annually (Grow + 4 extra profiles, US$1,010/yr), or Accelerate at US$166/mo | Not stated on its pricing page |
| Pallyy | US$25/mo (Pro, one social set) | US$25/mo (Pro, up to 11 accounts in one set) | None on Pro |
| Later | US$25/mo (Starter, one social set; US$18.75 billed yearly) | US$50/mo (Growth, two sets; US$37.50 billed yearly) | 30 per profile on Starter, 180 on Growth |
| Metricool | €20/mo (Starter, up to 5 brands; €16 billed annually) | €37/mo (Starter tier for up to 10 brands; €29 billed annually) | Unlimited on paid tiers; 20 a month on the free plan |
| Buffer | US$30/mo (Essentials, five channels at US$6 each; US$25 billed yearly) | US$60/mo (ten channels; US$50 billed yearly) | Fair-use cap of 5,000 per channel |
| Publer | US$21/mo (Professional: US$5 for the first account, US$4 for each extra) | US$37/mo (every 10th account free) | None on paid plans |
| SocialBee | US$29/mo (Bootstrap, 5 profiles) | US$49/mo (Accelerate, 10 profiles) | 1,000 posts per category on Bootstrap, 5,000 on Accelerate |
All figures read from each vendor's own pricing page on 8 September 2026; currency exactly as displayed, no conversion. Account structures differ: Sked, Later and Pallyy sell social sets (one account per platform), Metricool sells brands, Buffer bills per channel, Publer per account. Sked's page shows annual billing by default, so its row is the annual rate; Publer's per-account formula is from its help centre. Prices move; if one is wrong now, tell us and we will fix it.
Is Sked Social too expensive in 2026?
For a solo Instagram manager, Sked Basic is US$290 a year for one account per platform. Add a second Instagram account and Basic no longer fits; the next stop is Grow at US$690 a year. A three-person team that wants approvals pays US$690 plus US$500, US$1,190 a year, and US$2,190 with the client-review portal, or takes Accelerate at US$1,990 a year with both bundled. None of those figures includes GST, which Sked adds on top.
The same three people on Schedchie pay €24.99 a month, €299.88 a year, on the Team plan: approvals, client review links that need no login and no seat, and three invited members who pay nothing. A solo user pays €7.99 a month, €95.88 a year, and connects as many accounts as the business has. That is the gap: Sked charges roughly three times more at one seat, four times more at three seats with approvals, and seven times more once the client portal is added.
Sked Social's caps: one social set, then US$80 a year per profile
Sked meters profiles. Basic holds one social set, so the second Instagram account, the second Facebook Page or the second Pinterest profile forces Grow. Grow includes 6 profiles and then charges US$80 a year for each one after that; Accelerate includes 10 and charges US$100 a year per extra profile plus US$150 a year per extra user. The eleventh profile on Accelerate costs more than a whole year of Schedchie Pro.
Schedchie meters nothing. €7.99 a month covers unlimited connected accounts, unlimited scheduled posts and unlimited client groups, so the number that grows your client list stops growing your bill. Schedchie is the cheapest unlimited social media scheduler in this comparison and the only one that leaves both accounts and posts uncapped; the closest tools still cap profiles (Radaar at 6, Pallyy at 11) even on their unlimited-post plans. Posting to X (Twitter) is a separate €4.99 add-on per 30 posts.
Apps like Sked Social for Instagram-first teams
Sked buyers are usually Instagram-first: a visual grid, Reels, Stories, carousels, a client or two. Three things to check before you switch.
What the price meters. Later and Pallyy sell social sets like Sked does, Metricool sells brands, Buffer and Publer bill per channel or account. Only Schedchie's price stays at €7.99 whatever you connect.
Which cap you hit first. Later Starter stops at 30 posts per profile a month, Metricool's free plan at 20 posts, SocialBee at 1,000 posts per category. Schedchie has no post cap on any plan.
What Instagram itself gets. On Schedchie, Instagram scheduling covers feed posts, Reels with a custom cover or a chosen frame, music on Reels from Instagram's own library, Stories and carousels, from the same composer as Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon and Telegram. The per-tool math for the rest of the table lives in the Later, Buffer, Metricool and Publer breakdowns.
Approvals are the other line item. Sked prices internal approvals at US$500 a year and its client review portal at US$1,000 a year on Basic and Grow. Schedchie's Team plan at €24.99 a month includes post approvals, client review links and three invited members. Agencies running more clients than that can price the whole roster in the agency pricing guide.
Moving over
Reconnecting accounts is one OAuth consent screen per account, minutes apiece. Rebuilding the queue is a spreadsheet job: Schedchie's CSV import takes datetime, text, media and title columns, loads a month of posts in one pass and hands back a fix-me file for any row it could not schedule. Budget an afternoon end to end.
FAQ
What is the cheapest Sked Social alternative?
Schedchie, at €7.99 a month flat with unlimited accounts and unlimited posts, the cheapest tool in this comparison at both footprints and the only one with no account or post meter at all, as of 8 September 2026. Full plan details: pricing.
What are the best Sked Social alternatives in 2026?
At ten connected accounts: Schedchie €7.99, Pallyy US$25, Publer US$37, Metricool €37, SocialBee US$49, Later US$50 and Buffer US$60 a month, against Sked's US$84 a month on Grow with four extra profiles or US$166 on Accelerate. Only Schedchie's figure stays the same at twenty accounts.
Does Sked Social have a free plan?
No. Sked offers a 14-day trial and then starts at US$290 a year. Schedchie also has no free plan and a 14-day trial with every feature; the schedulers that still have a free tier, and what each one caps, are in our free-plan census.
Does Schedchie schedule Instagram Reels, Stories and carousels?
Yes. Feed posts, Reels with custom covers and music, Stories and carousels, scheduled from the same composer as the other nine platforms. Details: Instagram scheduling.
Can I write and schedule posts with AI after leaving Sked?
Yes, through the assistant you already use. Schedchie's MCP server connects ChatGPT and Claude directly to your calendar with 53 tools, so you draft there and schedule without switching tabs; the dashboard itself stays clean. Setup guide: /ai.
How long does switching from Sked Social take?
An afternoon. Reconnect each account over OAuth, export your planned content, and bulk-load it through CSV import. Client groups recreate your per-client workspaces in a few clicks.
Does Schedchie charge extra for approvals or client review?
No. The €24.99 Team plan includes internal approvals, public client review links and three member seats. Sked sells the same two capabilities as US$500 and US$1,000 a year add-ons on Basic and Grow, per its own pricing page on 8 September 2026.
The wider field is on alternatives and in the 2026 pricing index. Plans in machine-readable form: /pricing.md.
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