# Planable Alternatives Without the Monthly Post Cap > Planable's approval workflow is excellent, but Basis caps you at 60 posts a month and 4 social pages. Here are 5 alternatives that do not meter your publishing. **Source:** https://posteverywhere.ai/blog/planable-alternatives **Author:** Jamie Partridge **Published:** 2026-08-03 --- *Last updated: August 2026.* **What are the best Planable alternatives?** For most teams it is whichever tool stops metering your posts. Planable's approval workflow is genuinely one of the best in the category, but its [pricing](https://planable.io/pricing/) caps Basis at **60 posts per workspace per month** and **4 social pages**, and bills per workspace rather than per account. [PostEverywhere](/social-media-management) is the closest replacement with unlimited posting at $29/mo across 11 platforms, [Loomly](https://www.loomly.com) is the pick if approvals are the only reason you are there, and [SocialPilot](https://socialpilot.co) is better for agencies running many client accounts. Most people searching for Planable alternatives are not unhappy with the product. They have outgrown a plan that counts their posts. ## Why teams look for a Planable alternative Planable's model is unusual, and whether it suits you depends almost entirely on your posting volume. | | Basis | Pro | |---|---|---| | Price | $33/workspace/mo | $49/workspace/mo | | **Posts per month** | **60** | **150** | | **Social pages** | **4** | **10** | | Users | Unlimited | Unlimited | | Approval types | 2 | 3 | Two things stand out. **Unlimited users is a genuine strength.** Very few tools let you add every stakeholder without charging per seat, and for agencies running client reviews that is worth real money. If your bottleneck is people, Planable is well priced. **The post cap is the problem.** Sixty posts a month is two a day. If you publish to four platforms, that is a single piece of content every other day before you hit the ceiling. Pro's 150 posts sounds generous until you divide it by ten social pages, which is 15 posts per account per month. There is also a free plan, but it is capped at 50 posts total rather than per month, so it is a trial in everything but name. Analytics and the Social Inbox are separate add-ons at $14/mo and $9/mo per workspace, so the headline price is not the final price if you want reporting. ## 1. PostEverywhere: Best Overall Planable Alternative Full disclosure: this is our product. Judge the claims by what you can check in a minute. The relevant difference is the pricing model. We charge for connected accounts, not for posts, so nothing meters how often you publish. [Starter is $29/mo](/pricing) with 10 accounts, Growth $39/mo with 25, and Pro $79/mo with 40. Posting is unlimited on all three. **Platforms:** Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest, [Bluesky](/bluesky-scheduler), [Telegram](/telegram-scheduler) and Discord. That is 11, including three Planable does not support. Planable covers Google Business Profile, which we do not, so check that first if local listings matter to you. **On approvals**, which is the thing Planable does best: we hold posts as drafts for a human to approve before anything publishes, including posts drafted by an AI assistant. That is lighter than Planable's multi-stage approval chains. If your process genuinely needs three sequential sign-off stages with per-stage commenting, Planable or Loomly will serve you better, and I would rather say that than pretend otherwise. **Where we go further** is publishing depth: PostEverywhere handles [posting the same idea to every network](/cross-posting) with per-platform formatting, [queueing up to 50 posts in one call](/bulk-scheduling), a [PostEverywhere content generator](/ai-content-generator) for captions and images, and a hosted [server that Claude and ChatGPT can drive](/mcp) so an assistant can draft and schedule for you. **Best for:** teams whose posting volume outgrew a metered plan, and anyone publishing to more than four accounts. > **Publishing more than 60 posts a month?** [Start a 7-day trial](/pricing) and post as much as you like across 11 platforms from $29/mo. A card is required and there is no free plan. --- ## 2. Loomly: Best if Approvals Are the Only Reason You Use Planable [Loomly](https://www.loomly.com) is the closest like-for-like on workflow. It was built around content approval and its calendar, and it handles multi-stage review with comments and version history properly. It bills per user rather than per workspace, which flips Planable's economics: cheaper if you have a small team and many accounts, more expensive if you have many reviewers. **Where it wins:** structured approval chains, a content calendar people actually enjoy using, and post ideas built in. **Where it falls short:** analytics are thinner than Metricool's, and per-user pricing scales badly once your reviewer list grows. Our [Loomly comparison](/blog/loomly-alternatives) goes into the detail. **Best for:** marketing teams where sign-off matters more than volume. --- ## 3. SocialPilot: Best for Agencies With Many Client Accounts [SocialPilot](https://socialpilot.co) is built for volume across accounts, which is precisely where Planable's 4 and 10 page limits bite hardest. **Where it wins:** generous account allowances at low price points, bulk scheduling by CSV, client management and white-label reporting. **Where it falls short:** the interface is dated next to Planable's, and its approval workflow is functional rather than pleasant. **Best for:** agencies running ten or more client accounts who need per-client reporting more than they need elegant review. --- ## 4. Metricool: Best for Analytics on a Budget If you are paying Planable's $14/mo analytics add-on and still not getting what you need, [Metricool](https://metricool.com) is worth a look. Analytics is the product rather than an extra. **Where it wins:** competitor tracking, genuinely deep reporting, and a usable free tier. **Where it falls short:** publishing is competent but shallower than the rest of this list, and approvals are basic. Our [Metricool comparison](/blog/metricool-alternatives) covers the trade-off. **Best for:** teams whose reporting requirements outgrew their publishing requirements. --- ## 5. Buffer: Best Free Starting Point [Buffer](https://buffer.com) remains the simplest way to schedule to a handful of channels, and its free plan is a real free plan rather than a capped trial. **Where it wins:** clean interface, fast onboarding, no learning curve. **Where it falls short:** approvals are minimal, so it is a poor swap if workflow is why you chose Planable. Per-channel pricing adds up quickly as you grow. **Best for:** solo creators and small teams who want scheduling without process. --- ## Comparison at a glance | Tool | Billing unit | Post limit | Accounts on entry plan | Entry price | |---|---|---|---|---| | **Planable** | per workspace | **60/mo** | 4 pages | $33/mo | | **PostEverywhere** | per account | **unlimited** | 10 accounts | $29/mo | | Loomly | per user | unlimited | varies by plan | mid | | SocialPilot | per account | unlimited | generous | low | | Metricool | per account | unlimited | modest | low, free tier | | Buffer | per channel | unlimited | 3 free | free, then per channel | The pattern: Planable is the only one on this list that meters publishing volume. Everything else charges for accounts, seats or channels. ## What you actually lose when you leave Planable Worth being specific, because most comparison pages skip this and it is the part that decides whether a switch is worth the disruption. **Multi-stage approval chains.** Planable lets a post move through distinct sign-off stages with commenting at each. Loomly matches this. Most other tools, including ours, offer a single draft-then-approve step. If a client signs off after an internal editor who signs off after a writer, that is three stages, and collapsing it into one is a real workflow change rather than a cosmetic one. **Unlimited reviewers.** Planable does not charge per seat. If you have eight stakeholders commenting on posts, per-user pricing elsewhere will cost more than Planable did. Count your reviewers before assuming a cheaper headline price is cheaper. **The preview fidelity.** Planable renders posts close to how each network displays them, which reviewers who are not social media managers find genuinely easier to sign off on. Most tools show a generic preview. **What you do not lose:** publishing reach, scheduling, or analytics. Those are commodity capabilities now, and several tools on this list do them better than Planable does. ## Migrating off Planable without losing the calendar There is no export-import path between these tools, so a migration is manual. Three things make it less painful. **Reconnect accounts first, publish second.** Every platform uses OAuth, so connecting an account to a new tool does not disconnect it from Planable. You can run both in parallel for a fortnight, which means no gap in publishing while you transfer. **Move the scheduled queue, not the archive.** Only your unpublished scheduled posts need to move. Published history stays on the networks themselves and in each platform's native analytics, so exporting Planable's archive is rarely worth the effort. **Rebuild the approval habit deliberately.** If your team relied on multi-stage sign-off, agree the replacement process before you switch rather than after. A single draft-approve step works fine for most teams, but only if everyone knows that is the process now. A [single CSV import](/bulk-scheduling) rebuilds the queue in one step. Budget an afternoon. The accounts take minutes; agreeing the new review process takes longer than the tooling does. ## How to choose **Stay with Planable** if approvals are your entire workflow, you have many reviewers (unlimited users is genuinely rare), and you publish under 60 posts a month. It is a good product and the review experience is better than most. **Switch to PostEverywhere** if you hit the post cap, publish to more than four accounts, or want an AI assistant able to draft and schedule with your approval. **Switch to Loomly** if you want Planable's workflow with fewer volume constraints and a small reviewer list. **Switch to SocialPilot** if you are an agency and account count is the binding limit. **Switch to Metricool** if reporting, not publishing, is what you actually needed. > **Moving off a metered plan?** PostEverywhere charges for connected accounts, not posts. [See pricing](/pricing) or read how [we adapt one post per network](/cross-posting) so one post does not become five jobs. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is the best overall alternative to Planable? For most teams, PostEverywhere, because it removes the constraint people usually leave Planable over: the monthly post cap. It covers 11 platforms with unlimited posting from $29/mo. If you are leaving for a different reason, Loomly is the closest match on approval workflow. ### How much does Planable actually cost? Basis is $33 per workspace per month and Pro is $49, billed per workspace rather than per user. Analytics and the Social Inbox are separate add-ons at $14/mo and $9/mo per workspace, so a team wanting reporting is realistically paying more than the headline price. ### Does Planable limit how many posts you can publish? Yes, and this is the main reason people look elsewhere. Basis allows 60 posts per workspace per month and Pro allows 150. Most alternatives charge for connected accounts or seats instead and do not meter publishing volume. ### Does Planable have a free plan? There is a free option, but it is capped at 50 posts in total rather than per month. That makes it an extended trial rather than an ongoing free tier. ### Which platforms does Planable support? Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Google Business Profile, TikTok, Pinterest and Threads. It does not currently support Bluesky, Telegram or Discord, which PostEverywhere does. PostEverywhere does not support Google Business Profile, so check which gap matters more to you. ### Is Planable good for agencies? It can be, because unlimited users means you can add every client reviewer without paying per seat. The constraint is account count: 4 social pages on Basis and 10 on Pro. Agencies running many client accounts usually find SocialPilot or PostEverywhere fit better. ### What is the cheapest Planable alternative? Buffer and Metricool both have genuinely free tiers with real limits. Among paid tools, PostEverywhere starts at $29/mo and SocialPilot is similarly priced, both below Planable's $33 entry point and without the post cap. ### Can an AI agent post for me on Planable? Not directly. Planable has no public MCP server, so an assistant like Claude or ChatGPT cannot drive it in plain language. PostEverywhere runs a [hosted MCP server](/mcp) exposing 33 tools, so an assistant can draft, schedule and publish with your approval before anything goes live. ## The honest summary Planable is not a bad tool, and its approval workflow plus unlimited users is a combination almost nobody else offers. If you fit inside its limits, staying is a reasonable decision. The question is whether you fit. Sixty posts a month across four accounts is a real constraint for anyone posting daily, and the fix is not a better plan, it is a different pricing model. That is what every tool on this list offers. If you want the full landscape rather than just Planable's competitors, our [PostEverywhere roundup of management platforms](/blog/best-social-media-management-tools) covers 12 tools on accounts, approvals and price. Leaving a different tool for a different reason? If yours dropped X rather than capped your posts, see [Hypefury alternatives](/blog/hypefury-alternatives). If it metered AI credits instead, see [Ocoya alternatives](/blog/ocoya-alternatives).