Teams usually leave Agorapulse over the bill rather than the product. Its price is set per user and per plan, with ten social profiles on every tier and the reports a manager needs spread across the higher ones. Alternatives either charge by workspace, brand or channel, or drop the inbox and keep scheduling only.
Sebastiaan SmitsFounderShort answer: The first three alternatives to Agorapulse in our social media management ranking are Sendible, Metricool and Planable. The first three places are kept for challengers when the category has enough of them; the best-known brands come after that, in ranked order. Choose Sendible if you want to add clients and approvers without adding seats. These 11 products are all in Best Social Media Management Tools in 2026; the notes say how each one compares with Agorapulse.
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Agorapulse lists Standard, Professional and Advanced at $99, $149 and $199 per user a month, or $79, $119 and $149 on the annual figures. Every plan carries 10 social profiles, and further profiles are an extra charge. A team of four on Professional pays for four seats before a single extra account is added.
Standard has basic reports. Team performance reports and simple approval workflows start at Professional, while competitor benchmarking, ads reports and ROI analysis wait for Advanced. Multi-step approval, API access and sentiment filtering belong to Custom. An agency that needs sign-off and client reports lands on a mid or top tier quickly.
The pricing page names Advanced Listening, Advocacy, Competitive Benchmarking and two X add-ons without printing a figure, so those costs come from a sales conversation. History is capped by plan as well: 6 months of data on Standard, 12 on Professional, 24 on Advanced.
| Alternative | Headquarters | Free option | Pricing model | Switch if | Our rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sendible | United Kingdom | No free tier | Published | you want to add clients and approvers without adding seats | #8 |
| Metricool | Spain | Yes | Published | you manage many brands and want a price tied to brands | #4 |
| Planable | Romania | Yes | Published | clients approving drafts matters more than an all-in-one inbox | #2 |
| Publer | Albania | Yes | Published | your cost should scale with accounts and not with people | #1 |
| Iconosquare | France | Yes | Published | analytics and benchmarks for a few profiles outweigh team features | #9 |
| SocialBee | Romania | No free tier | Published | a small team wants scheduling and approval at a flat monthly price | #11 |
| Vista Social | United States | No free tier | Published | you want listening and advocacy as optional modules with printed prices | #3 |
| Loomly | United States | No free tier | Published | you need approvals for cautious clients and can live with light listening | #7 |
| Buffer | United States | Yes | Published | you run many channels with a small crew and want pricing per channel | #5 |
| Zoho Social | India | Yes | Published | you already run other Zoho products and want brand-based tiers | #15 |
| Hootsuite | Canada | No free tier | Published | your board expects the best-known brand and approvals are essential | #13 |
United Kingdom · Published
Sendible charges by workspace and profile instead of by person, and every plan lists unlimited users. Core gives 1 workspace and 6 profiles, Plus 3 and 18, up to Enterprise with 50 and 300. Assignment and approvals appear from Plus. It has a 14-day trial, and extra workspaces add six profiles each.
Switch from Agorapulse if you want to add clients and approvers without adding seats.
Our social media management guide puts Sendible at 8 of 18; read why →
Spain · Published
Metricool prices by number of brands. Starter runs from 16 euros a month on annual billing for up to 5 brands, Advanced from 43 euros for up to 15. Team roles and post approval arrive on Advanced. A free plan covers 1 brand with 20 scheduled posts a month and 30 days of analytics.
Switch from Agorapulse if you manage many brands and want a price tied to brands.
Metricool, #4 of 18 in our social media management ranking →
Romania · Published
Planable bills each workspace: Basic at $33 and Pro at $49 a month, with unlimited users on both. Approval can be optional or required on Pro. Analytics, a social inbox and listening are add-ons per workspace, listed at $12, $7.5 and $82.5 on the cards. The trial is 50 posts with no time limit.
Switch from Agorapulse if clients approving drafts matters more than an all-in-one inbox.
Check Planable in the ranked list (2 out of 18, social media management) →
Albania · Published
Publer is sold per social account, and the pricing page notes that the tenth account is free for every nine paid. Its free version allows 10 scheduled posts per account and 25 saved drafts and cannot connect X. Collaboration and approval workflows are tied to additional members that you add on a paid plan.
Switch from Agorapulse if your cost should scale with accounts and not with people.
Where Publer stands: place 1 of 18 in the social media management ranking →
France · Published
Iconosquare quotes euro prices from 9 euros a month on yearly billing. Launch, from 33 euros, adds an inbox for comments, DMs and mentions plus X publishing. Scale, from 69 euros, adds approvals and competitor and hashtag monitoring. Users are limited to 1 on most tiers and 3 on Scale.
Switch from Agorapulse if analytics and benchmarks for a few profiles outweigh team features.
More on Iconosquare: ranked 9 of 18 in social media management →
Romania · Published
SocialBee lists Bootstrap at $29, Accelerate at $49 and Pro at $99 a month, each with fewer seats than Agorapulse offers per plan: one user per workspace on the first two, three on Pro. Post approval starts on Accelerate. Agency tiers go to 150 profiles and 30 workspaces, and a 14-day trial needs no card.
Switch from Agorapulse if a small team wants scheduling and approval at a flat monthly price.
More on SocialBee: ranked 11 of 18 in social media management →
United States · Published
Vista Social has Professional at $99, Advanced at $199 and Scale at $449 a month, with 15, 30 and 70 profiles and 2, 3 and 4 users. Listening costs $75 a month and employee advocacy $199 for 25 people, while X is a $29 add-on. Trial lasts 14 days without a card.
Switch from Agorapulse if you want listening and advocacy as optional modules with printed prices.
Vista Social, #3 of 18 in our social media management ranking →
United States · Published
Loomly publishes two tiers with prices: Starter at $49 a month on yearly billing for 12 accounts and 3 users, and Beyond at $249 for 60 accounts and unlimited users. Approval workflows come with both. Social listening is limited to 2 or 5 runs a month, so it is no substitute for a monitoring tool.
Switch from Agorapulse if you need approvals for cautious clients and can live with light listening.
United States · Published
Buffer charges per channel: Essentials at $5 a month and Team at $10, with a free plan for up to 3 channels. Unlimited members, access levels and approval workflows are reserved for Team. A community inbox is part of every plan, which covers basic comment handling that smaller teams need.
Switch from Agorapulse if you run many channels with a small crew and want pricing per channel.
Buffer comes 5 of 18 when social media management products are ranked here →
India · Published
Zoho Social sells by brand, from a free plan with 1 brand, 6 channels and 1 member up to Agency tiers of 10 or 20 brands. Approvals and an inbox arrive on Professional, and a 15-day trial needs no card. Its price page showed no figures when we read it.
Switch from Agorapulse if you already run other Zoho products and want brand-based tiers.
Zoho Social holds rank 15 among 18 entries in our social media management guide →
Canada · Published
Hootsuite lists Standard from $99 with 10 accounts, Professional from $199 and Advanced up to $399, all on annual billing. Approval workflows are marked on Advanced only, and a 14-day trial applies. It is a like-for-like step for people who want a large established name, not a cheaper route.
Switch from Agorapulse if your board expects the best-known brand and approvals are essential.
See the full Hootsuite entry, ranked 13 of 18 among social media management products →
Sendible: Every plan lists unlimited users, and assignment and approvals begin on Plus with 3 workspaces and 18 profiles.
Metricool: Starter covers up to 5 brands from 16 euros a month on annual billing, with approvals on Advanced.
Planable: Pro at $49 per workspace lets approval be required, with unlimited users on every plan.
Buffer: Pricing is $5 or $10 per channel a month, and Team adds unlimited members and approvals.
Vista Social: Listening is listed at $75 a month and employee advocacy at $199 a month for 25 employees.
Agorapulse remains a sound choice when a team works through its inbox every day. One inbox covers messages and comments across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Reddit and Google Business Profile, with assignment, keyword rules and AI sentiment flags. It also reports holding SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certifications. If you value that queue and its client-facing reports, check whether the lowest tier that fits you is affordable before leaving.
Posts queued in Agorapulse stay there. Export what you need from its reports first, then rebuild the queue, saved content and calendars in the new tool, starting with the next two weeks. Data retention is limited by plan, so the older history is worth saving before you cancel.
Every network sets its own rules for outside tools, and the Agorapulse site says not every feature works on every network. Reconnect each account in the new tool and test publishing and replying before you close the old one, especially for X, TikTok and Google Business Profile.
The pricing page lists Standard at $99, Professional at $149 and Advanced at $199 per user a month, with lower figures of $79, $119 and $149 that match its stated annual savings.
Custom is quoted. The page does not label which column is monthly, so check at checkout.
The pricing page advertises a 30-day free trial with no credit card. An FAQ mentions a free plan after the trial but gives no limits for it, so we cannot say what it includes.
Simple approval workflows start at Professional. Multi-step approval is listed for Custom only. The Agorapulse home page adds that on some plans clients can approve posts without their own seat.
Sendible lists unlimited users on every plan, Planable bills per workspace with unlimited users, Metricool by number of brands, and Buffer and Publer by channel or account. Whether that is cheaper depends on how many accounts you run.
Buffer lists a community inbox on every plan, Iconosquare from its Launch plan, and Planable as a paid add-on. Metricool lists inboxes for some networks, but its pricing page was cut off in our reading, so confirm details there.
Vista Social sells listening at $75 a month, Planable at about $82.5 per workspace, and Loomly offers 2 or 5 runs a month. Agorapulse lists Advanced Listening as an add-on with a lookback of up to 24 months.
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Written, edited and fact-checked by Sebastiaan Smits. Last reviewed 4 November 2026. How we review.
