Blotato review (2026): is it worth $29 a month?
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Blotato report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for posting and AI content from Claude, ChatGPT or n8n
Blotato schedules posts and makes AI carousels and short videos, and it connects to Claude, ChatGPT, n8n and Make. AI use is metered in monthly credits, and the trial leaves out the API and MCP server. If you want a plain scheduler with no credits to count, it's the wrong shape.
Who Blotato is for
- Fits if you run your social media through Claude, ChatGPT or n8n
- Works for creators who want AI-made carousels and short videos
Who Blotato is not for
- Skip it if you need LinkedIn analytics, as they aren't included
- Tight if you generate a lot: AI images and video draw on monthly credits that differ by plan
- Watch out: the trial leaves out API and MCP access, and holds only 60 AI credits
- Watch out: only monthly prices are shown; yearly saves about 17% via the billing portal
Why Blotato gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for money$29 a month billed monthly, which is the category middle. Creator is $97 and Agency $499.
- DFree plan and trial7-day free trial on every plan, without the API and MCP server; the listing doesn't say whether it needs a card. No free plan.
- CFeaturesScheduling, AI video and image making, comments and DM automation, and a posting API. Analytics come from eight platforms and don't include LinkedIn.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. Accounts to connect and credits to budget.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb, with an API and links to Claude, ChatGPT, n8n, Make and Cursor.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Blotato's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Blotato's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 8 of the 49 other social media schedulers we grade, and level with 7.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 10 of 49) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 4).
Its paid plans start at $29 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 20 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 9 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 50 social media schedulers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Blotato’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 10 of 49, level with 30
- DFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 49, level with 7
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 49, level with 34
- CEase of useAbove 2 of 49, level with 42
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 10 of 49, level with 38
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 45 social media schedulers. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Blotato, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Blotato you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 34 of the 49 other social media schedulers grade higher. It costs $348 a year.
What you could not
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- An image model, which you can rent by the picture but not make.
- A video model, which you can rent by the second but not make.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
What this rests on. Blotato’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Blotato?
Blotato generates social media content with AI, including carousels, infographics, slideshows and avatar videos, and publishes to nine networks. It is built to be driven by AI agents through a hosted MCP server and a REST API, as well as through a web app with a calendar. Plans are flat monthly prices that include 20 or more connected accounts.
Worth knowing
- Pricing shown is monthly; yearly billing saves about 17% and is switched on from the billing portal.
- AI image and video generation draws on monthly credits, which differ by plan.
- The free trial excludes the API and MCP server and includes 60 AI credits.
- Analytics come from eight platforms and do not include LinkedIn.
Key features
- Unified publishing API and MCP
- One call publishes to X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Bluesky and Pinterest, from a hosted MCP server or a REST API.
- Visual and video generation
- Creates infographics, carousels, slideshows, quote cards and avatar video with generated B-roll, using a monthly pool of AI credits.
- Sources to posts
- Turns a YouTube link, TikTok, article, PDF, audio file or text into draft posts for the connected networks.
- Scheduling and calendar
- Post now, schedule for a time, or fill the next open slot, with recurring weekly slots per platform and account.
- Comments and DM automation
- Read and reply to comments and DMs, and set keyword triggers on Instagram and Facebook that send a DM after a comment.
- Automation connectors
- Official n8n and Make nodes and webhooks, with analytics available for eight platforms (all except LinkedIn).
Blotato pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Blotato is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $29 per month, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $29 per month, billed monthly
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial on every plan, without API and MCP server access
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | $29per month, billed monthly | 20 social accounts, 1,250 AI credits and 1,000 active contacts a month, API and n8n and Make nodes. |
| Creator | $97per month, billed monthly | 40 social accounts, 5,000 AI credits and 6,000 active contacts a month, faster video processing. |
| Agency | $499per month, billed monthly | 28,000 AI credits and 15,000 active contacts a month, dedicated video processing and support channel. |
Read from blotato.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Blotato before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountAbout 17% off with yearly billing
The pricing FAQ says yearly billing means paying for 10 months and getting 12, switched on in the billing portal.
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Common questions
Does Blotato have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Blotato is listed for Web.
Does Blotato have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Blotato is listed for Web.
Is Blotato open source?
Blotato is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Does Blotato have an API?
Yes. Blotato offers a public API, according to its own site.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.