Postiz is free. Why pay you?

Only if self-hosting is actually free for you. It costs a server, an OAuth app per network, upgrades, and your own time when something breaks at 2am. If that time is cheap, Postiz is the right answer and we would say so. Our $35 buys the thing Postiz does not do at any price: deciding what to post and producing it.

Which publishes to more platforms?

Postiz, by a wide margin - thirty-plus against our ten. If you need Telegram, Discord, Slack, WordPress or Dev.to, we do not publish there and Postiz does.

Do both have an MCP server?

Yes. Postiz ships a hosted MCP server, a REST API on every tier and a dedicated AI Agents CLI; we ship all three too. This is one of the few places in this comparison where the capability lists genuinely match.

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?

The source is AGPL-3.0 and actively developed - 6,767 forks, last push 2026-09-06. Feature parity between self-hosted and hosted is theirs to state, not ours; check their repo before you commit to a self-host.

Postizlast verified 2026-09-06

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. 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. Postiz is the best free option in this category and we will not pretend otherwise.

Pick Shapeless if

You want the week decided, written, designed and filmed - and you would rather not run infrastructure to get it.

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 2026-09-06. 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). $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).
Free tier or trial	$5 of real credit on sign-in, no card. It renders actual posts rather than showing you a tour.	No free hosted plan - a 7-day trial. Self-hosting is free and unlimited.
Publishes to	LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Threads, Reddit, Bluesky and Mastodon, plus LinkedIn Pages.	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 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.
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 depending on tier.
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: public REST API on every tier, hosted MCP server, and a dedicated AI Agents CLI.
Company	Early stage, founder-run. We do not publish revenue or headcount, and you should not credit a number nobody has published.	Open source: 35,497 stars, 6,767 forks, AGPL-3.0, first commit 2023-07-08, last push 2026-09-06. 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). $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).
Free tier or trial: Shapeless$5 of real credit on sign-in, no card. It renders actual posts rather than showing you a tour.
PostizNo free hosted plan - a 7-day trial. Self-hosting is free and unlimited.
Publishes to: ShapelessLinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Threads, Reddit, Bluesky and Mastodon, plus LinkedIn Pages.
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 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.
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 depending on tier.
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: public REST API on every tier, hosted MCP server, and a dedicated AI Agents CLI.
Company: ShapelessEarly stage, founder-run. We do not publish revenue or headcount, and you should not credit a number nobody has published.
PostizOpen source: 35,497 stars, 6,767 forks, AGPL-3.0, first commit 2023-07-08, last push 2026-09-06. 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, if you self-host. Nothing we offer competes with $0.
Thirty-plus networks against our ten, including Telegram, Discord, Slack, WordPress and Dev.to.
You own it. AGPL-3.0 source, your database, your server, no vendor able to change the terms under you.
A dedicated AI Agents CLI as a first-class product surface, which is more than most of this list ships.
35,497 stars and daily commits: a real community, and the audit trail that comes with open source.

Where we win

Nothing to run. Self-hosting Postiz means a server, upgrades, OAuth apps per network, and being your own support.
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

Postiz is free. Why pay you?: Only if self-hosting is actually free for you. It costs a server, an OAuth app per network, upgrades, and your own time when something breaks at 2am. If that time is cheap, Postiz is the right answer and we would say so. Our $35 buys the thing Postiz does not do at any price: deciding what to post and producing it.
Which publishes to more platforms?: Postiz, by a wide margin - thirty-plus against our ten. If you need Telegram, Discord, Slack, WordPress or Dev.to, we do not publish there and Postiz does.
Do both have an MCP server?: Yes. Postiz ships a hosted MCP server, a REST API on every tier and a dedicated AI Agents CLI; we ship all three too. This is one of the few places in this comparison where the capability lists genuinely match.
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?: The source is AGPL-3.0 and actively developed - 6,767 forks, last push 2026-09-06. Feature parity between self-hosted and hosted is theirs to state, not ours; check their repo before you commit to a self-host.

Sources, verified 2026-09-06

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]Standard and Ultimate prices, channel counts, trial terms, AI image and video metering, network list, API/MCP/CLI availability.postiz.com/pricingverified 2026-09-06
[github.com/gitroomhq/postiz-app]Stars, forks, licence, creation date and last push, read through the GitHub API rather than the page.github.com/gitroomhq/postiz-appverified 2026-09-06