# CoSchedule review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Marketing calendar with social scheduling, inbox and AI drafting

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

CoSchedule combines a drag-and-drop marketing calendar with social publishing, a social inbox, analytics and AI writing tools. Plans include a set number of seats and social profiles, with extra profiles billed per month. A larger Suite plan adds team permissions, content and campaign planning, and single sign-on.

- **Category:** Social Media Schedulers
- **Made by:** CoSchedule
- **Website:** https://coschedule.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 1 profile and 15 posts at a time.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, CoSchedule has a free plan, and paid plans start at $29 per month, billed annually ($39 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Schedule up to 15 posts at a time on 1 social profile.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of any paid plan.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. |
| Suite | Custom | Custom seats and profiles, team permissions, campaign planning, SSO and AI brand voice. Custom plans start at $69 a month. |

Read from https://coschedule.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CoSchedule before buying.

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- A solo marketer who wants a calendar plus scheduling on one tool
- Small teams and agencies that need approvals and client calendars
- Teams that plan content and campaigns beside social posts

## Worth knowing

- 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.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. CoSchedule puts a drag-and-drop calendar over social scheduling, with a requeue feature for older posts. The free plan holds 15 posts at a time on one profile, X profiles are billed on top, and each extra seat or profile adds to the bill. Big teams will find the add-ons stacking up.

- **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.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Free plan: 15 scheduled posts at a time on 1 profile, plus a 14-day trial of any paid plan. You'll hit that cap.
- **Features: C.** Calendar, requeue, analytics, inbox and approvals. The inbox on Starter covers Facebook and Instagram only.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A calendar to build, and profiles to connect.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Mailchimp, HubSpot, Canva, Zapier, WordPress and Google Analytics on the list.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from CoSchedule's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among social media schedulers

- CoSchedule's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 16 of the 49 other social media schedulers we grade, and level with 16.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 10 of 49) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- 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.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/social-media

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace CoSchedule you would be making one mailbox that several people work at once. 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: 17 of the 49 other social media schedulers grade higher. It costs $348 a year.

- You could make: Calendar and reports: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: One mailbox that several people work at once.
- You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on and roles and permissions.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Mailchimp, HubSpot, Canva, Zapier, WordPress, Google Drive, Dropbox, Google Analytics

**Tags:** Calendar, AI features, Reports, Shared inbox, Workflow automation

## Alternatives

- [Buffer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/buffer): Social media scheduler priced by the channel, with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/buffer-vs-coschedule)
- [Hootsuite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hootsuite): Social media suite for publishing, inbox, listening and reports. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/coschedule-vs-hootsuite)
- [Sprout Social](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sprout-social): Social media management with a shared inbox, listening and reports. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/coschedule-vs-sprout-social)
- [Loomly](https://toolgpa.com/tools/loomly): Social media calendar with approvals, AI drafting and analytics. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/coschedule-vs-loomly)
- [Planable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/planable): Social media planning and approvals for agencies and brand teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/coschedule-vs-planable)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://coschedule.com/pricing
- https://coschedule.com

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/coschedule
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