Publer
Budget-minded small businesses, creators and agencies that want lots of scheduling features per account
Quick overview
- Pricing
- Free plan (3 accounts); paid from $5/month for 1 account (Professional), about $4/account at 3+ accounts
- Plans
- Priced per social account plus per extra member (plan owner included). Free: $0, 1 user, 1 workspace, 3 social accounts (no X), 10 scheduled posts at a time per account, 25 drafts, 24-hour post history. Professional: $5/month for 1 account, $4.50 each for 2, $4 each for 3 or more; extra members $2/month each; unlimited scheduling, workspaces, RSS, first comments and threads, X, approval workflows, bulk scheduling; 7-day free trial. Business: $10/month for 1 account, $8.50 each for 2, $7 each for 3 or more; extra members $3/month each; adds unlimited AI, analytics and reports, best times, competitor and hashtag analysis, post recycling with Spintax, API and MCP; 14-day free trial. Enterprise: by quote, billed yearly. Publer says every 10th account and every 10th extra member is free; its price calculator applies this on yearly billing (10 accounts on Professional: $40/month monthly, $28.80/month yearly). Yearly billing is about 20% off. 14-day money-back guarantee. VAT not included.
- G2 rating
- 4.7 / 5.0
- Comparisons
- Featured in 3 comparisons
Key features
- Calendar scheduling with drag-and-drop, queue auto-scheduling and Instagram/TikTok feed preview
- Bulk scheduling via CSV, bulk uploader and multi-post scheduler
- Post recycling, recurring posts and Spintax variations (Business)
- Scheduled first comments and X threads, auto-share and auto-delete
- Approval workflows and unlimited workspaces with roles (paid plans)
- AI Assist for text, images and comment replies; unlimited AI on Business
- Analytics, best times, hashtag and competitor analysis (Business); API and MCP (Business)
Pros
- Very low per-account pricing; every 10th account and member free on yearly billing
- Usable free plan (3 accounts) without a card
- Wide network list including Telegram, Mastodon, Bluesky and WordPress
- Approval workflows already on the $5 Professional plan
Cons
- Analytics, best times and competitor analysis only on Business
- Free plan cannot connect X and keeps post history only 24 hours
- Price grows with every account and member, so totals need a calculator
- Unlimited posting still has daily post limits (Publer says it can waive them on paid plans)
Publer in our comparisons
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Publer is the best Buffer alternative for most Buffer users: same per-account pricing, but cheaper, with approvals, bulk scheduling and X on the $4-per-account Professional plan. Pick Metricool for analytics, or Later for Instagram and TikTok.
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