ShareThis vs Social Snap (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ShareThis grades higher than Social Snap: 3.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
ShareThis grades higher on value for money, the free plan and ease of use. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Social Snap
WordPress plugin for social sharing, follow and auto-posting
Which one is for you
Pick ShareThis if
- Fits if you want share buttons on a site and don't mind the ad-data side
- Works for publishers on WordPress or Shopify
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you care about who gets visitor data: ShareThis also runs a data business
- Watch out: the site shows an advertising-partner consent notice and an opt-out link
- Watch out: with no price, what you pay is in data, set out in its privacy policy
- Too light for posting to networks: it handles sharing and following only
Pick Social Snap if
- Fits if you run self-hosted WordPress and want share buttons with counters
- Makes sense if you want auto-posting and are happy with the $99 plan
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try it, as there is no free plan or trial
- Skip it if your site isn't self-hosted WordPress
- Pricey if you want auto-poster or social login: addons need Pro at $99 a year
- Watch out: the renewal price isn't stated, and the page says renewals are at full price
How we grade them
| 3.2GPAShareThisVery good | 2.0GPASocial SnapFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree, with no paid plan shown on the pages we read. | BPlus is $39 a year for one site, about $3.25 a month, but the page says a discounted first-purchase price applies and doesn't give the renewal. Pro is $99 for 3 sites. |
| Free plan and trial | AFree outright, with analytics included at no cost. | FNothing is free: no free plan or trial, only a 30-day money-back guarantee. |
| Features | CShare, follow and reaction buttons, analytics, consent tools, an API and an MCP server. The consent platform is a separate product we didn't read. | C34 share providers, 40 follow networks, counters, statistics and meta tags. The listing's gap: auto-poster, social login and boost old posts are addons not in Plus. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record. Paste in a snippet or use a plugin and the buttons appear. | CNo store rating on record. A WordPress plugin you install and configure. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with WordPress, Shopify, React, Angular and Cloudflare, plus an API. No desktop or phone app. | BSelf-hosted WordPress only, with Bitly and Google Analytics, across social networks. No other site platforms. |
| Best for | share and follow buttons from an ad-data company | social sharing and auto-posting on WordPress |
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: ShareThis and Social Snap. How we grade
Price against what you get
ShareThis has no paid plan and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Social Snap starts at $3.25 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.3.
ShareThis scores higher and starts $3.25 a month lower. Of the other popup and widget tools on the chart, none scores higher than ShareThis for less, and 2 score higher than Social Snap 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
- Social Snap also covers marketing automation.
At a glance
| ShareThis | Social Snap | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Starts at | Free | $39 per year for 1 site; renewal price not stated |
| Free plan | Share buttons and other tools are described as free; Sharing Intelligence analytics is included at no cost. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | ShareThis | Social Snap, LLC |
| Price read from | sharethis.com | socialsnap.com |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
ShareThis
- ShareThis also runs a data business, and the site shows an advertising-partner consent notice and an opt-out link.
- The pages read show no paid plan, so what the free tools cost in data terms is covered by its privacy policy, not by a price.
- Some tools, such as the consent platform, are separate products with their own pages that were not read here.
Social Snap
- It works only on self-hosted WordPress, not on other platforms.
- The pricing page says a discounted price applies to the first purchase and renewals are at full price, without giving the renewal amount.
- There is no trial; the page offers a 30-day money-back guarantee instead.
- Addons such as auto-poster and social login are excluded from the Plus plan.
Key features
ShareThis
- Share buttons for 40+ channels
- Inline and sticky bars, image buttons shown on hover, and video share buttons.
- Sharing Intelligence
- Share counts per page and network, channel analytics and top shared content, included with every product.
- AI assistants as share targets
- Share buttons can include ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity beside social networks.
- Follow and reaction buttons
- Follow buttons for your social profiles and one-tap reaction buttons on articles.
- Consent and privacy tools
- A consent management platform for GDPR and US privacy notices, and a privacy policy generator.
- API and MCP server
- A REST Headless API and an MCP server at mcp.sharethis.com manage properties and tools without the dashboard.
Social Snap
- Social share buttons
- 34 share providers in 5 locations, with counters, share count recovery and URL shortening through Bitly.
- Social follow buttons
- 40 networks with follower counters and statistics.
- Social meta tags
- Open Graph and Twitter Cards tags with custom share images.
- Click to Tweet
- Lets readers share a highlighted quote from the post.
- Auto-poster and Boost Old Posts
- Addons on Pro and Agency that post to social networks automatically and reshare older posts.
- Social login addon
- Lets visitors sign in with a social account; listed among the addons included on Pro and Agency.
Plans
ShareThis
Free$0
Inline, sticky, image and video share buttons, follow and reaction buttons, and Sharing Intelligence analytics.
Social Snap
Plus$39
per year for 1 site; renewal price not stated
34 share providers, 40 follow networks, counters and statistics; addons excluded.
Pro$99
per year for 3 sites; renewal price not stated
Plus features with all addons: social login, boost old posts and social auto-poster; priority support.
Agency$299
per year for 15 sites; renewal price not stated
Same features as Pro for up to 15 sites.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, ShareThis or Social Snap?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ShareThis is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $3.25 a month when paid by the year for Social Snap. ShareThis is free, and Social Snap starts at $39 per year for 1 site; renewal price not stated.
Which has a free plan, ShareThis or Social Snap?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only ShareThis has a free plan. Social Snap does not.
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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.