Planable vs Sked Social
We give Planable and Sked Social the same GPA: 2.2 out of 4.0. 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.
Planable
Social media planning and approvals for agencies and brand teams
Sked Social
Social media scheduler for teams that need approvals and reports
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAPlanableFair | 2.2GPASked SocialFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | CGrow is $690 a year, about $58 a month, for 6 profiles and 3 users, so a team of two or three pays that. It sits right on this category's $58 dearer-quarter line, the top of the ordinary range. Approvals cost more, on Accelerate. |
| Free plan and trial | CYour first 50 posts are free, with no time limit and no card. That's a proper look, but it's 50 in total, not each month, and X publishing waits for a paid plan. | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial with no card needed. The account pauses when it ends unless you pick a plan. |
| Features | 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. | CAuto-publishing to eight channels, a planner and queue, an inbox on every plan, dashboards, listening and AI captions. The gaps it shows: Threads and Snapchat only go out by notification, and Grow has no approvals, just two fixed post statuses. |
| Ease of use | 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. | CThere's no App Store rating on record for us to go by, and you'll connect profiles and set up content pillars and the inbox first. So it gets the ordinary grade. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Canva, Zapier, Slack, a public API on Pro and an MCP connector. No desktop app, which an A needs. | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Canva, Google Drive, Dropbox, Frontify, Notion, Asana, Trello and OneDrive, plus an MCP server. No desktop app, which an A needs. |
| Best for | getting posts approved by clients | brand teams that need sign-off |
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: Planable and Sked Social. How we grade
Price against what you get
Planable starts at $33 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Sked Social starts at $58 a month and scores 2.3.
They score the same, and Planable starts $25 a month lower. Of the other social media schedulers on the chart, 8 score higher than Planable for less, and 8 score higher than Sked Social 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
- Planable starts at $33 per workspace / month, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly). Sked Social starts at $58 per month for up to 6 social profiles, billed annually ($69 monthly).
- Sked Social also covers shared inbox and reports.
At a glance
| Planable | Sked Social | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $33 per workspace / month, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly) | $58 per month for up to 6 social profiles, billed annually ($69 monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | First 50 posts free, with no time limit and no credit card | 14-day free trial, no credit card required; the account pauses if no plan is chosen |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Made by | Planable | Sked Social |
| Price read from | planable.io | skedsocial.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Planable
- Agencies that need clients to review and approve posts before they go out
- Brand teams with legal or multi-step sign-off
- Teams that want every reviewer to log in without seat fees
Sked Social
- Brand teams that need sign-off before anything is posted
- Agencies collecting client approval without client logins
- Multi-location businesses posting to Google Business Profile
Worth knowing
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.
Sked Social
- There is no free plan; after the 14-day trial the account pauses until a plan is chosen.
- Approvals, PDF and Excel exports and the custom report builder need Accelerate at $166 a month billed yearly.
- Grow is fixed at 3 users; extra users are sold only on Accelerate, at $15 a month ($150 a year) each.
- Extra social profiles cost $8 a month each on Grow and $10 a month each on Accelerate.
Key features
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.
Sked Social
- Publishing to ten channels
- Auto-publishes to Instagram, including Stories with link stickers, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, X and Google Business Profile. Threads and Snapchat can go out by notification.
- Visual planner and posting queue
- A calendar planner, automatic posting queue, bulk scheduling, campaigns and content pillars, and an ideas board that can pull tasks from Notion, Asana or Trello.
- Approvals and review portals
- Accelerate adds internal and multi-step external approvals, with portals and calendar previews that clients can review without logging in. Grow has two fixed post statuses.
- Shared inbox
- DMs, comments and mentions from every channel in one inbox on every plan, with quick replies, team tagging, Google review replies and Meta ad comment moderation.
- Analytics and listening
- Live dashboards for organic and paid Meta results on every plan. Accelerate adds a custom report builder, PDF and Excel exports, and brand sentiment and keyword trends.
- AI captions and MCP
- AI reads a brand's site and past posts to draft captions and ideas in its voice, and the Sked Social MCP lets an AI agent work inside the workspace.
Plans
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.
Sked Social
Grow$58
per month for up to 6 social profiles, billed annually ($69 monthly)
3 users, unlimited scheduling, AI captions, the shared inbox, live dashboards and 5 tracked competitors. Billed as $690 a year.
Accelerate$166
per month for up to 10 social profiles, billed annually ($199 monthly)
6 users, internal and external approvals, no-login review portals, PDF and Excel exports, custom reports and 20 competitors. Billed as $1,990 a year.
Custom$249
per month and up, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)
Quoted to the team through sales: more profiles and users, a dedicated success manager, invoice billing and security reviews.
Ways to pay less
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.
Sked Social
- Annual discount
Save 17% with annual billing
Grow costs $690 a year instead of $69 a month, and Accelerate $1,990 a year instead of $199 a month.
- Nonprofit
Program for registered nonprofits
The pricing FAQ says Sked Social runs a program for registered nonprofits and partners with some universities; terms are given on request.
