Agorapulse charges per user: $99, $149 or $199 a month for each person on the Standard, Professional and Advanced plans, or $79, $119 and $149 when billed yearly, with ten social profiles in each. A team of three on Professional pays $447 a month billed monthly. People look for an alternative for one of two reasons: the per-user price, or because the inbox and moderation rules are more than a scheduling job needs. This page lists the tools that cover the publishing side for less, with prices read from each vendor between 27 and 30 October 2026.
What Agorapulse costs
| Plan | Per user, monthly | Per user, billed yearly | Profiles included | Notable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $99 | $79 | 10 | Unlimited posts, inbox, basic reports |
| Professional | $149 | $119 | 10 | Link in bio, assignments, team reports |
| Advanced | $199 | $149 | 10 | Moderation rules, advanced and ads reports, benchmarking |
| Custom | on request | unlimited | Multi-step approvals, SSO, API |
There is a 30-day trial with no card and no free plan. Extra profiles are $15 a month each ($10 billed yearly).
Alternatives for a team of three
| Tool | Plan | Monthly price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preflight | Pro | $24 | 20 channels, 3 seats, approval links, API and MCP, 12 networks |
| PostFast | Creator | €29 | 12 accounts, 5 users per workspace, API and MCP |
| SocialBee | Accelerate | $49 | 10 profiles, 1 user, approvals, evergreen categories |
| Planable | Basic | $39 per workspace | 4 pages per workspace, unlimited users, optional approvals |
| Later | Growth | $50 | 2 social sets, 2 users, approvals |
| Vista Social | Professional | $99 | 15 profiles, 2 users, inbox, link in bio |
| Kontentino | Starter | €69 | 10 profiles, 3 users, client approvals |
The first five are cheaper than a single Agorapulse seat on the Standard plan billed monthly ($99); Vista Social and Kontentino are the tools nearest to Agorapulse's scope. Each has a page with the details: PostFast, SocialBee, Planable, Later, Vista Social and Kontentino.
What you give up and what you get
If you leave the inbox: most of these tools have a comments inbox, but not moderation rules, ad comments or assignments. Vista Social is the closest, with a unified inbox and DM automations. Preflight has a comments inbox on six networks and no automation.
If you keep one seat and drop the team: Agorapulse at $79 billed yearly is still more than Preflight's Starter at $13 for eight channels, or Pro at $24 for twenty.
If you need X or Google Business: Agorapulse, Planable, SocialBee and Vista Social post to X, and the first three also to Google Business Profile; Preflight does neither.
If you want approvals without a client account: Preflight sends a link that needs none; how the others handle the client is on each comparison page. See the approval guide.
Where Preflight stands
Preflight is a scheduler, not an inbox suite: twelve networks, a calendar, drafts, approval links, an API and an MCP server on every plan, and checks against each network's real rules before a post leaves. It costs $0, $13, $24 or $64 a month for the whole account, not per user. The side by side is on Preflight vs Agorapulse, and the plans on the pricing page.
Prices read from each vendor's pricing page between 27 and 30 October 2026. Kontentino and Later were read on 27 October, the others on 28 to 30 October; Agorapulse shows yearly and monthly prices per user side by side.
Questions people ask
- What is the cheapest Agorapulse alternative?
- Preflight, at $0 for three channels, $13 for eight and $24 for twenty with three seats. PostFast Creator at €29 and Planable Basic at $39 per workspace follow.
- Is there a free alternative to Agorapulse?
- Preflight has a free plan with three channels, 20 posts a month, the API and the MCP server. Agorapulse has a 30-day trial and no free plan.
- Why is Agorapulse expensive for a team?
- It is priced per user, so each person adds $79 to $199 a month depending on plan and billing. A team of three on Professional billed yearly pays $357 a month.
- Which Agorapulse alternative has a social inbox?
- Vista Social has a unified inbox and DM automations, starting at $99 a month. Preflight has a comments inbox on six networks. Moderation rules and ad comments are Agorapulse features.