Forty-one social media tools ship an MCP server for ChatGPT and Claude in 2026; eleven are compared below. The cheapest unlimited one underneath is Schedchie, €7.99 a month flat. Start the free trial.
Updated September 6, 2026: every row was re-read on the vendor's own MCP and pricing pages on September 6, 2026. Planable is new since the August census and a second table lists thirty more vendors verified today; Typefully moved to OAuth; Metricool's server now publishes directly and runs on its free plan; Hootsuite added a fourth connector.
An MCP server lets an AI assistant — ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Gemini — operate a social media scheduler directly: you ask in plain language, it schedules real posts on your real accounts. The MCP itself is free in every row below. What differs is the sign-in method, the platforms the product underneath reaches, what lands where (drafts, a review calendar, or a live schedule), and the meter under the badge: per channel, per seat, per workspace, per brand, or nothing at all.
The census: eleven social media management tools with an MCP server, compared field by field
| Tool | Auth | Platforms via MCP | What the MCP can do | Product underneath |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schedchie (setup) | OAuth 2.1 sign-in from ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor; no key to paste | 10: Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram; X with the €4.99 add-on per 30 posts | 53 tools: schedule and edit posts with media and custom video covers, manage the queue, read analytics, run team approvals and client review links | €7.99/mo flat, unlimited accounts and posts; Team plan €24.99 with approvals, groups and client review links |
| Buffer | OAuth sign-in or personal API key, varies by client | Its 11 channels incl. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky, Mastodon, Google Business, X | Create and schedule posts, manage the queue, save ideas, check channels and upcoming content; posts land in the Buffer queue as drafts or scheduled | MCP on every plan incl. Free (3 channels, 10 posts each); paid product meters per channel, $5/channel/mo billed yearly, $6 monthly |
| Hootsuite | Workspace sign-in, one-time authorisation | Its connected networks | Four connectors — Perch (create, schedule, analytics), Nest (inbox), Lumen (listening), Parliament (employee advocacy) — prebuilt for ChatGPT and Claude; Gemini and Copilot need an IT admin | Standard $99 per user/mo billed annually, 10 accounts; Professional $199, Advanced $399; the page states no plan gating for the MCP |
| Planable | OAuth sign-in with the Planable account; authorisation valid 180 days | Its connected pages | Read posts, comments and approval history; create and edit posts across one or several platforms; approve, reject and comment; media library; analytics with the add-on. AI-created posts land as drafts only and go through the normal approval before scheduling | Included on every plan; Basic $33 per workspace/mo billed annually ($39 monthly) with 4 pages and 60 posts a month, Pro $49 per workspace; analytics over MCP needs the $12 per workspace add-on |
| Postiz | API key from the developer settings, pasted into a custom MCP link | 34 listed incl. Reddit, Discord, Telegram, Mastodon | Write, schedule and publish; compose with AI; plan a week; scoped to connected accounts | MCP included; $29/mo for 5 channels, $39 for 10, $49 for 30, $99 for 100; 7-day trial, no permanent free hosted tier; open-source self-hosting is free |
| Metricool | OAuth 2.1 browser consent, or a static user token | 13 incl. Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Twitch and three ads platforms | Publish immediately or schedule, edit scheduled posts, read analytics and competitor data; works on the free plan | Free 1 brand/20 posts a month; Starter €20/mo monthly billing (€16 annual) for 5 brands, €37 (€29) for 10 |
| Outstand | OAuth one-click or API key as a bearer token | 12 incl. Google Business, Vimeo, Reddit | 28 tools: posts, replies, accounts, network configuration, media upload, usage metrics | $19/mo base with a 3,000-post quota, then metered per post |
| Aidelly | OAuth bearer with least-privilege scopes | 11 incl. Google Business and Mastodon | Schedule, approval queues, AI inbox drafts, account state, analytics summaries; MCP and a CLI on every plan | Launch $29/mo, Scale $99, Agency $279 |
| Socialync | Browser sign-in, or revocable per-brand API keys | 8: TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky | Draft, schedule, publish; drafts queue by default; capped at 10 posts a day over MCP on paid plans | Starter $20/mo for 5 accounts ($15 yearly), Creator $30 for 10; extra accounts $2 each, X $10 |
| ZocialOne | API key plus a connector URL | 7: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Google Business, Pinterest, Threads | 44 tools: 8 publishing, 3 creative, 20 analytics, 4 moderation, 4 account, 3 history | Included on paid tiers; ₹1,999/mo for 3 accounts, ₹4,999 for 10, ₹14,999 for 25, plus GST; India-focused |
| Typefully | OAuth sign-in (an API key remains for headless use) | Text-first: X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon — no TikTok, YouTube or Pinterest | Create, edit and schedule drafts, manage queues and published posts, upload media | Its pricing page renders no quotable figures; the ChatGPT and Claude connectors also need a paid assistant plan on the client side |
Every row read off each vendor's own MCP page and pricing page on September 6, 2026 (first census July 26, 2026; Buffer and Hootsuite added August 8, 2026); each tool name links to its source. Currency exactly as each vendor displays it. Thirty more vendors with a first-party server are listed further down. The full 25-vendor price census, updated monthly, lives in our social media scheduler pricing index.
How to read that table
Auth is about friction. OAuth means you click sign-in and approve; an API key means you find it in settings and paste it into a config. Nine of the eleven rows now sign in without pasting a key, so OAuth is table stakes rather than a differentiator — Schedchie, Buffer, Hootsuite, Planable, Metricool, Outstand, Aidelly, Socialync and Typefully all offer it; Postiz and ZocialOne still take a key.
Where the post lands matters more than the tool count. Three patterns exist. Planable's server writes drafts only, which then pass its approval flow before anyone schedules them. Buffer's lands drafts or scheduled posts in its queue. Schedchie, Metricool, Postiz and the rest schedule or publish directly, with the optional human step being a real approval workflow: Schedchie's post approvals and client review links sit on the Team plan and apply to MCP-created posts like any other.
Platform reach decides more than tool count. The video platforms — TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest — are reached by Schedchie, Buffer, Metricool, Outstand, Socialync and Aidelly. Telegram and Mastodon are reached by Schedchie and Postiz; Mastodon also by Buffer and Aidelly. Text-first servers such as Typefully stop at X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon because the product underneath has no video platform integration. Schedchie's Telegram channel publishing and Mastodon posting are included in the flat price.
Look at the meter underneath. The MCP is free everywhere; the product under it is not. Socialync caps MCP posting at 10 a day. Outstand meters past 3,000 posts a month. Metricool's Starter covers 5 brands. Planable prices per workspace, Buffer per channel, Hootsuite per seat. Schedchie's €7.99 has no account meter and no post meter — the flat price is the actual differentiator, not the MCP badge. Of the 25 tools in the pricing index it is the only plan that leaves both accounts and posts uncapped: Radaar Standard caps profiles at 6, Pallyy Pro at 11.
Safety is scoping plus a human step. Every server here is scoped to the accounts you connected and cannot touch billing or credentials. Planable's drafts-only rule, Buffer's queue and Schedchie's or Aidelly's approval workflows are the three ways vendors keep a person between the assistant and the live post.
Thirty more social media tools with a first-party MCP server in 2026
The eleven rows above are the servers compared field by field. The following tools also publish their own MCP server — each name links to the vendor's own MCP page, read on September 6, 2026 — with the sign-in method and any plan gate the page states. Prices for most of them sit in the pricing index.
| Tool | Sign-in | Plan gate stated on the page |
|---|---|---|
| SocialPilot | OAuth or API key | None stated |
| Vista Social | Sign-in scoped to your role | Advanced plan and higher |
| Zoho Social | OAuth (Zoho platform MCP) | None stated |
| Agorapulse | OAuth connector (beta) | All plans except Legacy and Free |
| Sprout Social | OAuth, per user | Professional and up; TikTok data only |
| Pallyy | OAuth or bearer key | Paid plans only |
| SocialBu | OAuth | None stated |
| ContentStudio | API key | API plan |
| Nuelink | API key | None stated |
| Zernio (formerly Late) | OAuth or bearer key | None |
| Blotato | OAuth or API key | None stated |
| Ayrshare | API key | Profiles need Business or Enterprise |
| Simplified | OAuth | Works on the free tier |
| Upload-Post | API key or OAuth | Any plan, including free |
| RobinReach | API key | Bloom or Thrive plans |
| SocialClaw | Workspace API key | None stated |
| PostEverywhere | Bearer key | Every plan |
| Sked Social | Not disclosed; early access | Grow and up |
| Tailwind | OAuth, API key fallback | None; Pinterest only |
| FeedHive | Bearer key | Docs state no tier limit |
| Planoly | OAuth | Every plan; analytics and library need a paid plan |
| Social Champ | OAuth | None stated |
| bundle.social | Organisation API key | None stated |
| OmniSocials | OAuth or API key | Every plan |
| PostPlanify | API key | None stated |
| Publora | Bearer key | None stated |
| OpenTweet | Bearer key | Paid subscription |
| PostFast | API key, local server | None stated |
| Mallary.ai | OAuth | All tiers |
| Oktopost | OAuth, API key or basic auth | Platform roles, no MCP tier; enterprise pricing on quote |
Read on each vendor's own MCP or developer page on September 6, 2026. Publer, Loomly and Radaar have community-built or aggregator-listed servers only, with no vendor page; Later, SocialBee and Sendible publish none. Sociality.io publishes a read-only analytics server with no scheduling and is left out.
Planable vs Buffer vs Hootsuite MCP: three servers, three meters
These three are the most-compared MCP servers among small teams, because the products underneath are the ones small teams already know. The servers differ less than the bills do.
| MCP server | Sign-in | A post created by the assistant lands as | Plan gating | Product at 5 accounts | Product at 10 accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planable | OAuth | Draft, then the normal approval flow | Every plan | $66/mo billed annually ($78 monthly) — 2 Basic workspaces, 4 pages each | $99/mo billed annually ($117 monthly) — 3 Basic workspaces |
| Buffer | OAuth or API key | Draft or scheduled post in the Buffer queue | Every plan incl. Free | $30/mo ($25 billed yearly) | $60/mo ($50 billed yearly) |
| Hootsuite | Workspace sign-in | Scheduled post via the Perch connector | Not gated on the page; product is per seat | $99/mo per user, billed annually | $99/mo per user; Standard includes 10 accounts |
| Schedchie | OAuth 2.1 | Scheduled post; approvals optional on the Team plan | Every plan | €7.99/mo | €7.99/mo |
Prices verified on September 6, 2026 on planable.io/pricing, buffer.com/pricing, hootsuite.com/plans and schedchie.com/pricing. Planable's rows assume one page per connected account and the 4-pages-per-workspace Basic limit; Hootsuite's Standard rate is the annual-billing display, its monthly rate is not published. The Buffer vs Hootsuite comparison runs the seat and channel maths in full.
For a team of three that wants sign-off before posts go live, Planable's drafts-only MCP is the safest default and its per-workspace price stays flat as the team grows. The bill grows per brand instead. Buffer's bill grows per channel, at $6 a month each. Hootsuite's grows per seat, and approvals only arrive on Advanced at $399 per user. Schedchie's €24.99 Team plan covers approvals, three invited members and unlimited accounts, and the €7.99 plan covers a solo operator with any number of accounts. The Buffer comparison and the Hootsuite comparison go feature by feature.
What Schedchie's MCP does
It schedules and edits posts with media — including uploading video and setting custom covers — manages the queue, reads analytics, and runs team approvals and client review links, on any plan. It signs in from ChatGPT, Claude (web, Desktop, Code), Cursor or any MCP client with OAuth 2.1; no key to paste. AI stays opt-in: the assistant you already pay for does the writing and keyword work in the same conversation, Schedchie takes the finished post and publishes it on schedule to ten platforms, and the dashboard stays clean. The wiring details — connector URL, per-client setup — are on the Schedchie AI page. Moving an existing queue in is a file upload: CSV import with a fix-me file for any row that needs attention.
FAQ: social media MCP servers in 2026
Which social media scheduler has an MCP server for ChatGPT and Claude?
As of September 6, 2026, the social media management tools with an MCP server compared above are Schedchie, Buffer, Hootsuite, Planable, Postiz, Metricool, Outstand, Aidelly, Socialync, ZocialOne and Typefully; thirty more — from SocialPilot, Vista Social, Zoho Social, Agorapulse and Sprout Social to Zernio, Blotato and Social Champ — publish one too, listed in the second table, for forty-one in total. Schedchie's server connects from ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor with an OAuth sign-in and runs on the €7.99 plan.
Planable vs Buffer vs Hootsuite MCP: which is the better fit for a small team?
All three sign in without an API key and all three include the MCP on every plan. Planable's server writes drafts that pass its approval flow; Buffer's lands drafts or scheduled posts in the queue; Hootsuite's Perch connector schedules directly. The difference is the meter: Planable bills $33 per workspace on annual billing, Buffer $6 per channel a month, Hootsuite $99 per user a month billed annually. A small team running 10 accounts pays $99 a month at Planable across three Basic workspaces, $60 at Buffer, $99 per seat at Hootsuite, and €7.99 at Schedchie — or €24.99 with approvals and three invited members on the Team plan.
Which MCP servers sign in with OAuth instead of an API key?
Schedchie, Hootsuite, Planable, Metricool, Aidelly and Typefully sign in with OAuth; Buffer, Outstand and Socialync accept either OAuth or a key. Postiz and ZocialOne use an API key.
Can ChatGPT or Claude post to TikTok and YouTube through MCP?
Yes, through a server whose product reaches those platforms: Schedchie, Buffer, Metricool, Outstand, Socialync or Aidelly. Text-first servers such as Typefully cannot, because the product underneath has no TikTok or YouTube integration. Schedchie publishes YouTube videos and Shorts with thumbnails, and TikTok with its per-post settings, from the same MCP tools — see which schedulers handle YouTube in 2026.
Does using an MCP cost extra?
In every row above the MCP itself is included; you pay for the scheduler under it, and on Typefully the ChatGPT and Claude connectors also need a paid assistant plan on the client side. The cheapest unlimited product in the table is Schedchie at €7.99 a month with unlimited accounts and posts; the cheapest-scheduler guide ranks the rest by what you pay at 5 and 10 accounts.
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