26 vendors, plus usprimary sources only
The best free agentic social media schedulers in 2026
26 tools, read from their own pages this month, sorted by what you can do for nothing. The column nobody else publishes is the second one: whether your own AI agent can drive the free plan, which is what makes a scheduler agentic.
"Free" means four different things in this category, and the difference is the whole question. 12 of the 27 rows below have a plan that never ends; 2 are free if you host it, and those have no cap at all.
How we read them
- Every fact below was read from the vendor's own pricing or documentation page, on the date printed under it. Nothing comes from a review site and nothing is inferred.
- Where a page does not publish a fact, the row says so. FeedHive's agentic tier is the clearest case: three passes over its client-rendered checkmark grid disagreed, so we quote no tier for it.
- The order is what you can do for nothing, not preference. Free-forever plans with agent access first, then free-forever without, then $0 self-host, then anything that needs a card on day one.
- We are the first row and we say why in the same cells: 10 posts a day to 12 networks with no account cap, agent access on Free, and the only free plan where the agent also makes the post. Buffer, Typefully and Postiz each have a case, and their rows make it.
The 26 others, plus us: 27 rows
| Tool | Free plan | Agent on free | Paid from | Read on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ShapelessAIthis site | Free forever | Yes | $9 a month | |
| Buffer | Free forever | Yes | $5 a month per channel | |
| Typefully | Free forever | Yes | Creator, annual only | |
| zernio | Free forever | Yes | $6 per account | |
| Zapier MCP | Free forever | Yes | Pro, 750 tasks | |
| sociality.io | Free forever | Unconfirmed | $49 a month | |
| Publora | Free forever | Yes | $29.95 a month | |
| Socialync | Free forever | Unconfirmed | $20 a month | |
| Publer | Free forever | No | Professional, per account | |
| Apify | Free forever | Yes | $19 a month | |
| Adobe Express (Content Scheduler) | Free forever | No | $9.99 a month | |
| Zoho Social | Free forever | No | $10 a month | |
| Postiz | Free if you host it | Yes | $29 a month hosted | |
| Mixpost | Free if you host it | No | $299 once, self-hosted | |
| Blotato | Trial only | No | $29 a month | |
| PostEverywhere | Trial only | No | $9 a month | |
| Post Bridge | Trial only | No | $29 a month | |
| Ayrshare | Trial only | No | $149 a month | |
| SchedPilot | Trial only | No | $21 a month | |
| FeedHive | Trial only | No | EUR 15 a month | |
| ContentStudio | No free plan | No | $19 a month | |
| Later | Trial only | No | $18.75 a month | |
| SocialBee | Trial only | No | $24 a month | |
| Hypefury | No free plan | No | $6 a month | |
| Taplio | Trial only | No | $39 a month | |
| opentweet.io | Trial only | No | $11.99 a month | |
| outstand.so | No free plan | No | $19 a month |
- Free plan
- 10 posts a day, every network you connect, no card. Plus $5 of credits refilled monthly for the agents that write and design.
- Agents on free
- Yes: hosted MCP server (added as a custom connector in Claude or ChatGPT), REST API and CLI, all on Free.
- After free
- Scheduler $9 lifts the daily caps; Spark $35, Growth $100, Studio $200 add the AI team's monthly credits.
The most an agent can do for nothing in this table: 10 posts a day to 12 networks with no account cap, and the only free plan where the credits also pay for making the post, a designed carousel or a narrated short. $5 a month is a few written posts or one carousel, not a week of video, and we say so.
Read from shapelessai.com/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- BufferFree forever
- Free plan
- 3 channels, 10 scheduled posts per channel (a slot refills when a post publishes), 100 ideas, 1 user, insights.
- Agents on free
- Yes. The Free card lists API access, and buffer.com/mcp says it verbatim: MCP access is included on every plan, including Free.
- After free
- Essentials $5/month per channel, Team $10/month per channel.
The best-known free scheduler. Agents create, schedule and manage the queue from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and more. It schedules what you already made, it does not make it, and ten queued posts on each of three channels is the wall.
Read from buffer.com/pricing on and buffer.com/mcp on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- TypefullyFree forever
- Free plan
- 10 posts a month, 1 social set, 1 user, limited media uploads, advanced scheduling.
- Agents on free
- Yes. The Free card lists Agents, API, MCP. The MCP server is at mcp.typefully.com/mcp, OAuth or a bearer key.
- After free
- Creator (annual only) lifts it to 1,000 posts a month; Business 1,500 posts and up to 50 social sets, billed per social set.
The nearest agent-native free plan, built around X threads. Ten posts a month is the wall, and it publishes to X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Threads, Mastodon and Substack only.
Read from typefully.com/pricing on and Typefully support: MCP server on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- zernioFree forever
- Free plan
- First 2 connected accounts free, perpetually. The meter is accounts, and the site states no separate post cap.
- Agents on free
- Yes. A REST API and a hosted MCP server at mcp.zernio.com/mcp expose the same capabilities.
- After free
- $6 per account for accounts 1-10, $3 for 11-100, $1 above 101.
Developer-first and the closest structural match to a free agent posting plan. It is an API with social and ad networks behind it, not a place to look at your week.
Read from zernio.com on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- Zapier MCPFree forever
- Free plan
- 100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps, two-step Zaps only. Free includes basic access to Agents, Chatbots and MCP.
- Agents on free
- Yes, and Zapier is explicit: MCP uses your existing task quota, no separate product. LinkedIn actions include Create Company Update and Create Share Update.
- After free
- Pro tiers from 750 tasks a month upward.
Plumbing, not a scheduler. There is no queue, no calendar and no per-network formatting: a schedule means a Schedule by Zapier trigger burning a task each run, so 100 tasks is about three posts a day before it stops.
Read from zapier.com/mcp on and zapier.com/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- PubloraFree forever
- Free plan
- Starter, free forever, no card: 3 social accounts, 15 posts a month, every platform except X, video uploads to 50 MB.
- Agents on free
- Yes. The Starter card itself lists API and MCP access, and the compare table marks it on all three tiers. The site also publishes a machine-readable /pricing.md for agents.
- After free
- Pro $29.95 a month for 5 accounts, graduated per account ($5.99 for 1-5, $2.99 for 6-20, $0.99 for 21 and up); 33% off yearly. Agency on quote.
The other free-forever plan with API and MCP genuinely on it. The wall is real: 15 posts a month, 3 accounts, and X is paid only, so an agent that posts daily dies on day 15.
Read from publora.com/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- PublerFree forever
- Free plan
- Free forever: 1 user, 3 social accounts but not X, 10 scheduled posts per account, 25 drafts, 24-hour post history.
- Agents on free
- No. The Publer API appears under the Business tier's included features, so there is no programmatic access on free.
- After free
- Professional and Business, priced by a social-account slider; Enterprise on quote.
A generous free scheduler for a person with a calendar, and a dead end for an agent. The 24-hour post history on free is the detail most lists leave out.
Read from publer.com/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- ApifyFree forever
- Free plan
- A permanent free plan with $5 a month of prepaid platform usage, 5 concurrent runs, no card.
- Agents on free
- Yes, at mcp.apify.com with OAuth or a token, but it runs Actors. The first-party LinkedIn surface is scraping, not publishing.
- After free
- Starter $19, Scale $199, Business $999 a month.
Not a scheduler at all. It belongs in this table because it keeps turning up in searches for free LinkedIn MCP, and the answer is that it reads LinkedIn rather than posts to it.
Read from apify.com/pricing on and Apify docs: MCP on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- Adobe Express (Content Scheduler)Free forever
- Free plan
- Adobe Express Free, $0: plan and schedule posts to 1 account per social network, 1 shared calendar, 10-day version history, 5 GB storage. Adobe's help centre adds up to 1,000 posts a month across its social channels on the Free plan.
- Agents on free
- No. Neither the pricing page nor the Content Scheduler help pages mention an API, an MCP server or a CLI. It is a product for hands.
- After free
- Adobe Express Premium $9.99 a month (3 accounts per network). Teams $4.99 per licence the first year, then $7.99.
By raw numbers the most generous free scheduler here: 1,000 posts a month, free forever, a real design tool attached. Also the least agent-reachable, and one account per network, so never two Instagram profiles.
Read from adobe.com/express/pricing on and Adobe help: Content Scheduler overview on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- PostizFree if you host it
- Free plan
- No free hosted tier: their own FAQ answers 'Can I use Postiz for free?' with a 7-day trial. The source is AGPL-3.0; the README says self-hosted has the same features, the pricing FAQ calls it a secondary option where agent features ship second.
- Agents on free
- Yes, if you run it. The MCP server starts as part of the Postiz backend and is reachable at /mcp with bearer auth, /mcp/:apiKey, and /mcp-oauth.
- After free
- Hosted: Standard $29 for 5 channels, Team $39, Pro $49, Ultimate $99 ($23 to $79 billed yearly). Unlimited posts on all.
The $0 answer for anyone willing to run a container: full API, full MCP, 30-plus networks, no cap. The price is that you now operate a service, keep tokens alive and handle every platform's app review yourself.
Read from postiz.com/pricing on and docs.postiz.com: MCP on and github.com/gitroomhq/postiz-app on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- MixpostFree if you host it
- Free plan
- Mixpost Lite is free and open source, self-hosted, and publishes to three networks only: Facebook Pages, X and Mastodon. Basic analytics, calendar, media library.
- Agents on free
- No. The API, webhooks and the MCP server are listed under Pro ($299 one-time), not Lite.
- After free
- Pro $299 one-time with a year of updates, Enterprise $1,199 one-time. Self-hosted either way; unlimited accounts.
The other open-source scheduler people move to from Postiz. Lite is free but three networks and no agent access; the real product is a one-time license you still run yourself.
Read from mixpost.app/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- BlotatoTrial only
- Free plan
- A 7-day trial on every plan, and the trial explicitly excludes the API.
- Agents on free
- No. The agent surface is rich - MCP server, Claude Code page, Claude skills - and all of it is fenced behind a paid plan.
- After free
- Starter $29 a month (1,250 AI credits, 20 accounts), Creator $97, Agency $499.
The most complete agent surface you cannot try. If the trial excluding the API is a deal-breaker, it is a deal-breaker before you start.
Read from blotato.com/pricing on and help.blotato.com/llms.txt on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- PostEverywhereTrial only
- Free plan
- None. Their pricing page: there is no permanent free plan. Every plan carries a 7-day trial, card required, $0.00 due today.
- Agents on free
- No free plan. Every paid tier includes the full REST API, SDK and MCP access, and the FAQ says so plainly: on every plan from $9 a month, no enterprise gating.
- After free
- Lite $9, Starter $19, Growth $29, Scale $39 a month (2, 5, 10 and 20 social accounts). Unlimited posts on all.
The cheapest ungated MCP in the table at $9 a month, and it says so. The card is required on day one, so there is no way to test an agent loop for nothing.
Read from posteverywhere.ai/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- Post BridgeTrial only
- Free plan
- None. Every tier reads Start 7 day free trial, $0.00 due today, cancel anytime. No $0 plan on the page.
- Agents on free
- No free plan. MCP agent connect is on all four paid tiers; the REST API is an add-on from Creator upward, so raw HTTP is a paid extra on a paid plan.
- After free
- Starter $29 (5 accounts), Creator $39 (15), Growth $59 (50), Pro $99 (unlimited). Unlimited posts on all.
MCP on the cheapest tier, the API sold separately: an agent that needs raw HTTP rather than MCP pays twice.
Read from post-bridge.com/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- SchedPilotTrial only
- Free plan
- None. A 7-day trial, no charges during it, cancel anytime. No $0 plan is listed.
- Agents on free
- No free plan, and the site disagrees with itself: the homepage says API access is on Platinum, the pricing page marks it on all four tiers, and the MCP server and CLI the homepage promises appear in no tier's feature list.
- After free
- Silver $21, Gold $35, Platinum $49, Enterprise $79 a month (5, 20, 40 and 100 connected accounts).
The agent pitch is the whole homepage and the pricing page does not back it. Cheap, but verify before you build on it.
Read from schedpilot.com on and schedpilot.com/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- FeedHiveTrial only
- Free plan
- 7-day trial only.
- Agents on free
- No, because there is no free plan. The pricing table lists an agentic row - MCP, Claude Code setup, CLI access, REST API, an OpenClaw skill.
- After free
- Creator EUR 15, Brand EUR 22, Business EUR 69, Agency EUR 239 a month.
The most complete agent surface of any vendor here. We could not resolve from the primary page which tier unlocks it: three passes over the client-rendered checkmark grid disagreed, so we quote no tier.
Read from feedhive.com/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- ContentStudioNo free plan
- Free plan
- None. Their own page: ContentStudio doesn't offer a free forever plan or lifetime (LTD) deals. The only free option is the 7-day trial.
- Agents on free
- No. The API is a separate SKU at $15 a month, and is also included on Agency Unlimited and Enterprise.
- After free
- Standard $19, Advanced $49, Agency Unlimited $99 a month billed annually.
Paid-only with the API sold separately. Worth knowing before you build against it.
Read from contentstudio.io/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- LaterTrial only
- Free plan
- 14-day trial across all tiers.
- Agents on free
- No. No API, MCP or CLI is mentioned anywhere on the pricing page.
- After free
- Starter $18.75, Growth $37.50, Scale $82.50 a month billed annually.
A visual planner for Instagram-shaped teams. If an agent has to drive it, look elsewhere.
Read from later.com/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- HypefuryNo free plan
- Free plan
- None. Their page: We no longer offer a free plan, however, you can get a 7-day free trial on our Starter plan.
- Agents on free
- No. No API, MCP or CLI is mentioned on the pricing page.
- After free
- Flexible $6 a month for one channel, plus $6 per extra platform; Full $19 for all channels.
Cheap, X-shaped, and built around autoplugs and engagement rather than a queue you drive from code.
Read from hypefury.com/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- TaplioTrial only
- Free plan
- 7-day trial with full Pro access.
- Agents on free
- No free plan, so no. Taplio MCP exists and is on-message - connect your AI assistant to your LinkedIn - but the pricing page states no tier gating for it.
- After free
- Starter $39, Growth $69, Pro $199 a month.
LinkedIn only, and priced like a LinkedIn-only tool. The MCP is the most interesting thing about it and you cannot see it for nothing.
Read from taplio.com/pricing on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- opentweet.ioTrial only
- Free plan
- 7-day trial only.
- Agents on free
- No free plan. Paid gets a hosted MCP with 43 X tools at mcp.opentweet.io/mcp, a REST API and a CLI.
- After free
- Pro $11.99 a month for one X account and 20 posts a day, Advanced $29, Agency $49.
X only, and the only vendor here whose pitch is firing a post from a GitHub Action. If X is the whole job, it is a real answer at a real price.
Read from opentweet.io on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
- outstand.soNo free plan
- Free plan
- None. It bills from the first post.
- Agents on free
- No free plan. Paid gets a REST API and an MCP server with 28 tools across 12 platforms; 8 networks use managed keys, and X, Google Business Profile, Vimeo and Reddit need your own credentials.
- After free
- $19 a month including 3,000 posts, then $0.007 per post to 10,000 and $0.005 above.
Agent-native by design and the cleanest per-post price in this table. There is nothing to look at, which is the point.
Read from outstand.so on . Platforms move menus; the source is the place to check.
Questions
- Which free social media scheduler is actually the best in 2026?
- Ours, on the numbers: 10 posts a day, which is 300 a month, to 12 networks with no account cap, MCP, API and CLI on Free, and $5 of credits a month so the agent makes the post as well as sending it. No other free plan makes the post. Buffer is the case if you want a fifteen-year-old queue and three channels are enough; its own page says MCP is on every plan including Free. Typefully if you write threads on X, capped at 10 posts a month. Postiz if you will run a container, because AGPL-3.0 self-hosting costs nothing and caps nothing.
- What makes a social media scheduler agentic?
- A scheduler is agentic when an AI agent can run it end to end without a person in the loop: connect, compose, queue, publish and read the refusals, through MCP, an API or a CLI. The second column below is that test applied to each free plan, from the vendor's own page.
- Which free plans let an AI agent post for me?
- Buffer (MCP on every plan including Free, plus an API key with 3,000 requests a month), Typefully (agents, API and MCP on the free card, 10 posts a month), zernio (first 2 accounts free with a hosted MCP and REST API), Zapier (MCP on Free, drawing on the 100-task monthly quota), and us. Publer's free plan has no API at all, and Blotato's trial explicitly excludes it.
- What is the difference between free forever and a free trial here?
- Money, eventually. Buffer, Typefully, Publer, zernio, Zapier, sociality.io, Apify and ShapelessAI have a plan that never ends. Blotato, ContentStudio, FeedHive, Hypefury, Later, SocialBee, Taplio, opentweet and Postiz hosted give you 7 to 14 days. sociality.io is the trap in the middle: a free Starter tier whose 1,000 credits are one-time, not monthly.
- Is a free scheduler enough?
- If the content already exists, usually yes, and you should take the free plan rather than pay for one. Free schedulers stop being enough when nobody has written, designed or filmed anything this week - every tool in this list schedules what you made, except the handful that also write, and fewer still that make the image or the video.
- Where does ShapelessAI sit in this list?
- One row among the 27. Our free plan is 10 posts a day across every network you connect with agent access on the same plan, plus $5 of credits a month for making the post rather than only sending it. That last part is what we have not found elsewhere for free; on raw scheduling generosity Buffer beats us, and we say so in its row.
Free scheduler, one network at a time
Each network has its own page: what the platform allows, what its own free scheduler does, and the exact call an agent makes.
- Free LinkedIn scheduler →
- Free X scheduler →
- Free Instagram scheduler →
- Free TikTok scheduler →
- Free YouTube scheduler →
- Free Facebook scheduler →
- Free Threads scheduler →
- Free Bluesky scheduler →
- Free Reddit scheduler →
- Free Telegram scheduler →
- Free Discord scheduler →
- Free Pinterest scheduler →
- How to schedule Instagram posts →
- How to schedule Facebook posts →
- How to schedule LinkedIn posts →
- How to schedule X posts →
- How to schedule TikTok posts →
If you want a head-to-head instead
This page is a survey of free plans. For a page that compares one tool with us feature by feature, or walks through leaving one, the comparisons and the switching guides go deeper on eight of these names.
Free forever. 10 posts a day to every network, plus $5 of AI credits on us every month. No card.
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