Agorapulse is a social inbox with a publisher attached: replies, assignments, moderation rules and reports come first, and the price is per user. Preflight is a scheduler built around checking each post before it leaves, with a flat price by channel. For a team that lives in the inbox, Agorapulse is a serious tool; for a team that mainly schedules and gets approvals, the per-user price is most of the difference. This page compares the two from their live pages. For the wider field see the Hootsuite alternatives.
Side by side
| Preflight | Agorapulse | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Flat by channel count; seats by plan | Per user per month, with 10 profiles included |
| Prices a month | Free, $13, $24, $64 for the account | Standard $99, Professional $149, Advanced $199 per user; Custom on request |
| Billed yearly | Ten months' price for twelve | $79, $119 and $149 per user a month |
| Free plan or trial | Free plan: 3 channels, 20 posts a month | 30-day trial, no card; no free plan |
| Profiles | 3, 8, 20 or 60 channels | 10 included on each plan, unlimited on Custom; extra profiles $15 a month each ($10 billed yearly) |
| Users | 1, 1, 3 and 10 seats | Priced per user |
| Networks | YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, LinkedIn (profiles), Pinterest, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, Discord, Tumblr | Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn (pages and profiles), TikTok, X, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Google Business |
| Posts | 20, 150, 600, 3,000 a month | Unlimited on every plan |
| First comment | Instagram, Facebook, YouTube | Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn; threaded posts on X |
| Approvals | A link that needs no client account | Post and inbox assignments from Professional; multi-step approval workflows on Custom |
| Social inbox | Comments on six networks | One inbox for messages and comments on every plan, with saved replies and moderation rules from Advanced |
| Link in bio | No | Professional and up |
| Reports | Analytics included, 30 days to 2 years | Basic reports and branded exports on Standard; advanced, ads and ROI reports on Advanced |
| AI | Caption rewrites and reviews on paid plans | AI writing assistant and alt text generator |
| API and MCP | Both on every plan | API integration for reporting on Custom |
| Pre-publish validation | Every network's real rules while typing | Not described on the pricing page |
What three people cost
Per-user pricing makes team size the main variable. For three people and ten to twenty profiles:
| Monthly billing | Billed yearly | |
|---|---|---|
| Preflight Pro (20 channels, 3 seats) | $24 | $20 |
| Agorapulse Standard, 3 users | $297 | $237 |
| Agorapulse Professional, 3 users | $447 | $357 |
| Agorapulse Advanced, 3 users | $597 | $447 |
The comparison is not like for like: Agorapulse's plans include an inbox with moderation rules, link in bio and deeper reports that Preflight does not have. It does show where the money goes. Preflight's own prices are on the pricing page.
Where Agorapulse is ahead
- The inbox. One place for messages, comments and ad comments, with assignments, saved replies, labels and automated moderation rules.
- Reporting. Advanced reports, ads reports, ROI analysis and competitor benchmarking, branded exports.
- X and Google Business Profile, which Preflight does not post to.
- Unlimited posts on every plan and a dedicated customer success manager on Custom.
- Link in bio, Instagram product tagging, a grid preview and subtitle upload for video.
Where Preflight is ahead
- The price. $24 for twenty channels and three seats against $149 per user a month for the Professional plan billed monthly.
- A free plan with the API.
- Mastodon, Telegram, Discord and Tumblr, and LinkedIn documents and polls on personal profiles.
- Checks first. Instagram's 30 hashtags and JPEG-only pictures, TikTok's frame rate, Threads' 500 characters with emoji by the byte are enforced in the composer, with the reason. The rules are on the limits page.
- Approvals on every plan, by a link with no client account, where Agorapulse's multi-step workflows are on the enterprise plan.
- API and an MCP server on every plan.
What they share
A calendar, drafts, multi-profile publishing, first comments, AI captions and alt text, analytics, and Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest and Bluesky.
Who should choose which
Choose Agorapulse if you run customer conversations from the inbox, need moderation rules, ads comments and deeper reporting, or want X and Google Business.
Choose Preflight if you mainly schedule, want approvals with clients and a flat price that does not grow with each person, and want rules checked before every post. The approval approach is in the approval guide.
Agorapulse's prices and features read from agorapulse.com/pricing on 30 October 2026; the page shows the yearly and the monthly price per user side by side, and the totals above multiply them by three. Preflight's figures are from the pricing page the same day.
Questions people ask
- How much does Agorapulse cost?
- Per user per month: Standard $99, Professional $149 and Advanced $199 billed monthly, or $79, $119 and $149 billed yearly. Each includes 10 social profiles. Custom is priced on request. There is a 30-day trial with no card and no free plan.
- Is Preflight an alternative to Agorapulse?
- For scheduling, approvals and publishing, yes, at a flat price that does not grow per user. If your work is the inbox, with moderation rules, assignments and ad comments, Agorapulse is a wider tool.
- Does Agorapulse charge per user?
- Yes. The price is per user per month, so a team of three on Professional billed yearly is $357 a month. Preflight's Pro plan is $24 for twenty channels and three seats.
- Does Agorapulse support first comments?
- Yes, on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, and threaded posts on X. Preflight schedules first comments on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.
- Does Agorapulse have an API and MCP server?
- Its pricing page lists an API integration for reporting on the Custom plan and does not list an MCP server. Preflight has both on every plan, Free included.