Buffer$5/month per channel (Essentials, billed yearly). Team is $10/month per channel.
Shapeless vs Buffer
The default social scheduler. Fifteen years old, free forever at the bottom, $5 a channel after that.
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Shapeless compared with every tool people ask about
We are $35 a month and most of this list is cheaper. Every page below says so, names what the other tool does better, and cites the page we read it on. If one of them is the right answer for you, we would rather you found that out here.
Hootsuite$99/month per user (Standard, on annual billing).
Shapeless vs Hootsuite
The enterprise incumbent. Priced per seat, sold to marketing teams, with the deepest listening in the category behind a sales call.
Blotato$29/month (Starter), flat, unlimited posts, 20 accounts. Annual saves about 17%.
Shapeless vs Blotato
The agent-first publishing layer. A hosted MCP server and a REST API with a studio attached, sold to people who already run agents.
Postiz$29/month hosted (Standard, 5 channels). $0 if you self-host the AGPL-3.0 source.
Shapeless vs Postiz
The open-source one. AGPL-3.0, 35,000 GitHub stars, thirty-plus networks, and free forever if you host it yourself.
Taplio$39/month per seat (Starter), or $32 billed yearly.
Shapeless vs Taplio
LinkedIn, and only LinkedIn. A writing coach, a lead list and a scheduler built on a database of what performs there.
Typefully$99/year (Creator), annual billing only - about $8.25/month.
Shapeless vs Typefully
The writer's tool. A clean editor for X and LinkedIn with a real free tier - and API and MCP access given away on it.
Predis.ai$24/month (Core, billed yearly; $32 monthly) for 1 brand and 10 channels.
Shapeless vs Predis.ai
An AI ad and UGC video factory that also schedules. Credit-metered, priced per brand, aimed at performance marketers.
Marky$19/month billed yearly (Solo, 1 workspace, 1 user); $39 billed monthly.
Shapeless vs Marky
AI social posts for small businesses, in your brand voice. The clearest free taste in this list: thirty posts, no card.
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