Is there a free hosted alternative to Postiz?

Yes. Postiz itself has no free hosted plan: the cloud version is a 7-day trial, then $29 a month. Our Free plan is 10 posts a day on every platform, free forever, plus $5 of credits a month for the agents: hosted, no card, and your agent drives it through the same MCP server, API and CLI the paid plans use. Buffer's free plan (3 channels, 10 queued posts each) is the other hosted one worth knowing.

Postiz is free. Why pay you?

You may not have to: our Free plan costs nothing either, and needs no server. Pay only when 10 posts a day or the monthly credits run short. $35 then buys what Postiz does not do at any price: deciding what to post and producing it. If self-hosting really is free for you and you need no cap, Postiz is the right answer and we would say so.

Which publishes to more platforms?

Postiz, by a wide margin - thirty-plus against our 11. We cover Telegram, Discord and Mastodon too; if you need Slack, WordPress or Dev.to, we do not publish there yet and Postiz does.

Do both have an MCP server?

Yes, and both have a REST API and a CLI. The difference is the free door: Postiz's agent surface is free only if you host it, ours is on the Free plan, hosted, connected in a minute.

How many AI videos do I get?

Postiz meters them: 3 a month on the entry tier up to 60 at the top. We do not count videos separately - one monthly pool covers video, images and carousels, which is why a generative video quietly costs more of it than a simple one.

Is the open-source version the same as the hosted one?

Their two pages answer a little differently. The README says both are the same core product with no gated features; the pricing FAQ calls self-hosting a secondary option where agent features ship to hosted first. Plan on the README's promise and the FAQ's caveat.

Postizlast verified 2026-10-08

Shapeless vs Postiz

The open-source one. AGPL-3.0, 36,000 GitHub stars, thirty-plus networks: free forever if you host it yourself, $29 a month if you do not. Below is every row we could read from their own pricing page, the places they beat us, and the one question that actually decides it.

Pick Postiz if

You want to own the software, you can run a container, and the honest answer to 'what does it cost' is your server bill. Self-hosted Postiz is the best uncapped free option in this category and we will not pretend otherwise.

Pick Shapeless if

You want free without running a server, with your agent connected today - or you want the week decided, written, designed and filmed, not only scheduled.

Side by side

Our column comes from the same pricing table our pricing page renders, so it cannot drift. Their column was read from postiz.com/pricing on 2026-10-08. A fact their page does not publish says so instead of guessing.

Shapeless compared with Postiz, feature by feature
What	Shapeless	Postiz
Entry price	$35/month for the whole product, one workspace, no per-channel or per-seat multiplier.	$29/month hosted (Standard, 5 channels), $23 billed yearly. $0 if you self-host the AGPL-3.0 source.
Top self-serve plan	$200/month. Same product as the $35 plan - the tier only changes how much you make.	$99/month hosted (Ultimate, 100 channels), $79 billed yearly.
Free tier or trial	A free plan, not a taste: 10 posts a day, counted on the day they go out (UTC), to every connected platform, by hand or from your own agent, with no card. $5 of credits a month on top, so the agents can write and design those posts rather than showing you a tour.	No free hosted plan. Their own FAQ answers 'Can I use Postiz for free?' with a 7-day trial. Self-hosting is free, with unlimited channels.
Publishes to	LinkedIn, X, Bluesky, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Instagram, Facebook, Mastodon, Discord and Telegram, LinkedIn Pages included.	Thirty-plus, the widest here: the usual nine plus Reddit, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Mastodon, Pinterest, WordPress, Dev.to, Hashnode, Warpcast, Nostr and more.
Writes the post	Yes, grounded in the research below rather than in a blank prompt.	Yes. An AI copilot and a chat 'Smart Agent' on every tier.
Designs the image or carousel	Yes. Images and PDF carousels designed per brand - palette, layout, type. No templates.	AI images are metered per tier: none on Standard, 100 to 500 a month above it. A picture editor on every plan.
Makes the video	Yes. Narrated short video with script, voice, footage, captions and score, built for the post it belongs to.	Yes, metered: 3 to 60 AI videos a month by tier, plus 60 to 600 minutes of clipping long YouTube videos into shorts.
Researches what wins first	Yes. This is the part we exist for: agents read what is winning in your market this week, then write from it.	No. It plans and generates; it does not go and find what is winning in your market first.
Scheduling	Yes. Approve each post, or let the agents plan, draft and publish the week.	Yes, and unusually complete: calendar views, repeated posts, delays, posting sets and RSS auto-post.
Analytics	Per-post metrics on what we published, swept back automatically. No social listening - we do not pretend to have it.	Yes - impressions, likes, comments, shares, engagement. Basic depth, no listening.
Your own agents can drive it	Yes to all three: a REST API, a published CLI, and a hosted MCP server - on every plan, not as an upgrade.	All three on every hosted tier: REST API with webhooks, a hosted MCP server and the Postiz CLI. Their FAQ says agent features ship to hosted first, self-hosted second.
Company	Early stage, founder-run. We do not publish revenue or headcount, and you should not credit a number nobody has published.	Open source: 36,879 stars, 7,140 forks, AGPL-3.0, first commit 2023-07-08, last push 2026-10-08. No revenue or headcount published.

Entry price: Shapeless$35/month for the whole product, one workspace, no per-channel or per-seat multiplier.
Postiz$29/month hosted (Standard, 5 channels), $23 billed yearly. $0 if you self-host the AGPL-3.0 source.
Top self-serve plan: Shapeless$200/month. Same product as the $35 plan - the tier only changes how much you make.
Postiz$99/month hosted (Ultimate, 100 channels), $79 billed yearly.
Free tier or trial: ShapelessA free plan, not a taste: 10 posts a day, counted on the day they go out (UTC), to every connected platform, by hand or from your own agent, with no card. $5 of credits a month on top, so the agents can write and design those posts rather than showing you a tour.
PostizNo free hosted plan. Their own FAQ answers 'Can I use Postiz for free?' with a 7-day trial. Self-hosting is free, with unlimited channels.
Publishes to: ShapelessLinkedIn, X, Bluesky, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Instagram, Facebook, Mastodon, Discord and Telegram, LinkedIn Pages included.
PostizThirty-plus, the widest here: the usual nine plus Reddit, Telegram, Discord, Slack, Mastodon, Pinterest, WordPress, Dev.to, Hashnode, Warpcast, Nostr and more.
Writes the post: ShapelessYes, grounded in the research below rather than in a blank prompt.
PostizYes. An AI copilot and a chat 'Smart Agent' on every tier.
Designs the image or carousel: ShapelessYes. Images and PDF carousels designed per brand - palette, layout, type. No templates.
PostizAI images are metered per tier: none on Standard, 100 to 500 a month above it. A picture editor on every plan.
Makes the video: ShapelessYes. Narrated short video with script, voice, footage, captions and score, built for the post it belongs to.
PostizYes, metered: 3 to 60 AI videos a month by tier, plus 60 to 600 minutes of clipping long YouTube videos into shorts.
Researches what wins first: ShapelessYes. This is the part we exist for: agents read what is winning in your market this week, then write from it.
PostizNo. It plans and generates; it does not go and find what is winning in your market first.
Scheduling: ShapelessYes. Approve each post, or let the agents plan, draft and publish the week.
PostizYes, and unusually complete: calendar views, repeated posts, delays, posting sets and RSS auto-post.
Analytics: ShapelessPer-post metrics on what we published, swept back automatically. No social listening - we do not pretend to have it.
PostizYes - impressions, likes, comments, shares, engagement. Basic depth, no listening.
Your own agents can drive it: ShapelessYes to all three: a REST API, a published CLI, and a hosted MCP server - on every plan, not as an upgrade.
PostizAll three on every hosted tier: REST API with webhooks, a hosted MCP server and the Postiz CLI. Their FAQ says agent features ship to hosted first, self-hosted second.
Company: ShapelessEarly stage, founder-run. We do not publish revenue or headcount, and you should not credit a number nobody has published.
PostizOpen source: 36,879 stars, 7,140 forks, AGPL-3.0, first commit 2023-07-08, last push 2026-10-08. No revenue or headcount published.

Where Postiz wins

A comparison page that finds nothing good to say about the other product is an advertisement. These are the reasons to buy theirs.

Free, permanently and uncapped, if you self-host. Our Free plan stops at 10 posts a day; a self-hosted Postiz has no cap at all.
Thirty-plus networks against our 11, including Slack, WordPress, Dev.to and Pinterest today.
You own it. AGPL-3.0 source, your database, your server, no vendor able to change the terms under you.
Clipping long YouTube videos into vertical shorts with captions, which we do not do.
36,879 stars and daily commits: a real community, and the audit trail that comes with open source.

Where we win

A hosted free plan. Postiz has none - its free option is a 7-day trial. Ours is 10 posts a day on every platform, free forever, plus $5 of credits a month for the agents, no card, with the MCP server, REST API and CLI working on it.
Nothing to run. Self-hosting Postiz means a server, Postgres and Redis, upgrades, and your own developer app on every network. Meta, YouTube and TikTok reviews take weeks, which is why Postiz sells app approval as a paid service.
Research before generation. Postiz's copilot writes what you ask for; our agents work out what is worth asking for.
Video is not rationed. Postiz meters 3 to 60 AI videos a month by tier; our monthly pool covers video, images and carousels together.
Designed carousels and per-brand image design rather than generic AI images.

Questions

Is there a free hosted alternative to Postiz?: Yes. Postiz itself has no free hosted plan: the cloud version is a 7-day trial, then $29 a month. Our Free plan is 10 posts a day on every platform, free forever, plus $5 of credits a month for the agents: hosted, no card, and your agent drives it through the same MCP server, API and CLI the paid plans use. Buffer's free plan (3 channels, 10 queued posts each) is the other hosted one worth knowing.
Postiz is free. Why pay you?: You may not have to: our Free plan costs nothing either, and needs no server. Pay only when 10 posts a day or the monthly credits run short. $35 then buys what Postiz does not do at any price: deciding what to post and producing it. If self-hosting really is free for you and you need no cap, Postiz is the right answer and we would say so.
Which publishes to more platforms?: Postiz, by a wide margin - thirty-plus against our 11. We cover Telegram, Discord and Mastodon too; if you need Slack, WordPress or Dev.to, we do not publish there yet and Postiz does.
Do both have an MCP server?: Yes, and both have a REST API and a CLI. The difference is the free door: Postiz's agent surface is free only if you host it, ours is on the Free plan, hosted, connected in a minute.
How many AI videos do I get?: Postiz meters them: 3 a month on the entry tier up to 60 at the top. We do not count videos separately - one monthly pool covers video, images and carousels, which is why a generative video quietly costs more of it than a simple one.
Is the open-source version the same as the hosted one?: Their two pages answer a little differently. The README says both are the same core product with no gated features; the pricing FAQ calls self-hosting a secondary option where agent features ship to hosted first. Plan on the README's promise and the FAQ's caveat.

Sources, verified 2026-10-08

Prices and features move. Each link below is what we read and when we read it - if something here has gone stale, their page is the authority, not ours.

[postiz.com/pricing]Tier prices monthly and yearly, channel counts, the 7-day trial as the free answer, AI image, video and clipping metering, API/MCP/CLI on every plan, self-hosting as a secondary option, paid app approval.postiz.com/pricingverified 2026-10-08
[github.com/gitroomhq/postiz-app]Stars, forks, licence, creation date and last push, read through the GitHub API; the README's cloud vs self-hosted table.github.com/gitroomhq/postiz-appverified 2026-10-08
[mixpost.app/pricing]Mixpost Lite's three networks and free licence; API, webhooks and MCP listed under Pro at $299 one-time.mixpost.app/pricingverified 2026-10-08
[buffer.com/pricing]Buffer's free plan: 3 channels, 10 queued posts each, API and MCP included.buffer.com/pricingverified 2026-10-06