CoSchedule vs Planable (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, CoSchedule and Planable share a 2.2 GPA, and only CoSchedule has a free plan.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
CoSchedule
Marketing calendar with social scheduling, inbox and AI drafting
Planable
Social media planning and approvals for agencies and brand teams
Which one is for you
Pick CoSchedule if
- Fits if you are a solo marketer who wants a calendar and scheduling in one tool
- Works for small teams and agencies needing approvals and client calendars
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 1 profile and 15 posts at a time
- Pricey if you post to X: those profiles are $16 a month each, outside the base count
- Watch out: extra profiles are $5 a month and extra Professional seats $29
- Watch out: Starter allows one user and Professional at most three; Suite is sold through sales
Pick Planable if
- Fits if clients or legal have to approve every post
- Works for agencies that want reviewers to log in without seat fees
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you have more than 4 profiles or 60 posts a month, which pushes you from Basic to Pro
- Not for you if you want analytics or an inbox included: they're $14 and $9 a workspace a month extra, billed monthly
- Skip it if you want an archive, since published posts are deleted after 13 months
- Watch out: the free start is 50 posts in total, X needs a paid plan, and Basic sends one X post a day
- Pricey if you need SSO or multi-level approvals, which are on Enterprise with no published price
How we grade them
| 2.2GPACoScheduleFair | 2.2GPAPlanableFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C$29 a month on annual billing, the category middle, for 1 user and 3 profiles. Professional is $49 for 2 users. | CBasic stops at 4 social pages, so five profiles means Pro: $49 a month per workspace billed yearly, with unlimited users. That's between this category's $29 middle and $58 dearer quarter, and analytics add $12 a month on top. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree plan: 15 scheduled posts at a time on 1 profile, plus a 14-day trial of any paid plan. You'll hit that cap. | CYour first 50 posts are free, with no time limit and no card. It's 50 in total, not each month, and X publishing waits for a paid plan. |
| Features | CCalendar, requeue, analytics, inbox and approvals. The inbox on Starter covers Facebook and Instagram only. | CApprovals are the focus: comments, suggested edits, optional or required sign-off, and publishing to nine networks. The gaps its listing names: analytics and the inbox aren't included on Basic or Pro, and published posts are deleted after 13 months. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. A calendar to build, and profiles to connect. | CThere's no App Store rating on record for us to go by, and you'll set up workspaces, pages and approval steps first. So it gets the ordinary grade. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with Mailchimp, HubSpot, Canva, Zapier, WordPress and Google Analytics on the list. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Canva, Zapier, Slack, a public API on Pro and an MCP connector. No desktop app, which an A needs. |
| Best for | a marketing calendar with social scheduling | getting posts approved by clients |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: CoSchedule and Planable. How we grade
Price against what you get
CoSchedule starts at $29 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Planable starts at $33 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and CoSchedule starts $4 a month lower. Of the other social media schedulers on the chart, 9 score higher than CoSchedule for less, and 9 score higher than Planable for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- CoSchedule also covers shared inbox, workflow automation and reports.
At a glance
| CoSchedule | Planable | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $29 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly) | $33 per workspace / month, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | Schedule up to 15 posts at a time on 1 social profile. | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial of any paid plan | First 50 posts free, with no time limit and no credit card |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | CoSchedule | Planable |
| Price read from | coschedule.com | planable.io |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
CoSchedule
- X profiles are billed separately at $16 per profile a month and are not included in the base profile count.
- Extra social profiles cost $5 a month each, and extra Professional seats $29 a month.
- Starter allows one user, and Professional allows at most three.
- Suite is sold through sales, and its price is custom.
Planable
- The free start is 50 posts in total, not a monthly allowance, and X publishing is not available until a paid plan.
- Basic caps each workspace at 4 social pages and 60 posts a month, and publishes one X post every 24 hours.
- Analytics and the social inbox are not included on Basic or Pro; they cost $14 and $9 a workspace a month extra, billed monthly.
- Published posts are kept for 13 months on Basic and Pro, then deleted.
Key features
CoSchedule
- Drag-and-drop calendar
- Posts and campaigns sit on one calendar; moving a campaign's launch date moves its social schedule with it.
- ReQueue
- Reshares chosen evergreen posts to fill gaps in the schedule and repeats recurring promotions.
- Social inbox
- Comments, mentions and DMs in one place, with saved replies and AI-drafted replies. Starter covers Facebook and Instagram, Professional covers nine networks.
- Analytics and reports
- Social reports on all plans, with AI insights, custom dashboards, scheduled and white-label reports on Professional.
- AI assistants
- A social assistant and a campaign assistant, both unlimited on paid plans, with brand voice profiles on Suite.
- Agency tools
- Professional adds client calendars, white labeling and message approvals for teams that publish for several brands.
Planable
- Feed, calendar and grid views
- Posts can be planned in a feed that previews each network, a calendar or an Instagram-style grid (Pro). Campaigns and labels group related content.
- Comments and approvals
- Reviewers annotate text, suggest edits and approve posts. Approvals can be optional on Basic, required on Pro and multi-step on Enterprise.
- Publishing to nine networks
- Scheduling covers Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Google Business Profile and Threads, with first comments and recurring posts.
- Universal content
- Newsletters, blog posts, ads and other non-social content can be planned and approved in the same calendar.
- AI writing and MCP connector
- AI rewrites and generates posts on every plan, and an MCP connector lets an AI assistant create and manage content across workspaces.
- Paid add-ons
- Analytics ($12 a workspace a month yearly), a comments and DMs inbox ($7.50) and social listening ($82.50), each with a 30-day trial.
Plans
CoSchedule
Free$0
Up to 15 scheduled posts at a time on 1 social profile.
Starter$29
per month for 1 user, billed annually ($39 billed monthly)
1 user seat, 3 social profiles ($5 a month for each extra), unlimited scheduling, ReQueue, analytics and a Facebook and Instagram inbox.
Professional$49
per month for 2 users, billed annually ($59 billed monthly)
2 seats (up to 3, extra seat $29 a month), 5 profiles, a 9-network inbox, approvals, client calendars and white-label reports.
SuiteCustom
Custom seats and profiles, team permissions, campaign planning, SSO and AI brand voice. Custom plans start at $69 a month.
Planable
Basic$33
per workspace / month, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly)
Unlimited users, 4 social pages and 60 posts a month per workspace, optional approvals, feed and calendar views.
Pro$49
per workspace / month, billed yearly ($59 billed monthly)
10 social pages and 150 posts a month per workspace, required approvals, grid view, team-only drafts and notes, and the public API.
EnterpriseCustom
Unlimited posts, 50 pages per workspace, multi-level approvals, SSO, analytics and inbox add-ons included, and an account manager.
Ways to pay less
CoSchedule
No public discounts listed.
Planable
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
Yearly billing brings Basic to $33 a workspace a month from $39, and Pro to $49 from $59.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, CoSchedule or Planable?
As of Nov 12, 2026, CoSchedule is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $33 a month for Planable. CoSchedule starts at $29 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly), and Planable starts at $33 per workspace / month, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, CoSchedule or Planable?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only CoSchedule has a free plan. Planable does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do CoSchedule and Planable run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only Planable lists iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.