# Curator.io review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Social media aggregator with a free plan, for website feeds Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Curator.io collects posts from social networks and other sources into one feed that you moderate and embed on a website with a code snippet. It lists more than 15 supported networks and a free plan, with paid plans that raise sources, post limits and update speed. - **Category:** Popups & Website Widgets - **Made by:** Curator.io - **Website:** https://curator.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 3 sources, 2,000 views and a Powered by Curator link. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Curator.io has a free plan, and paid plans start at $23 per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 3 sources, updates every 24 hours, 2,000 views a month and 1,000 posts, with a Powered by Curator link. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 per month | 3 sources, 24-hour updates, 2,000 views a month and 1,000 posts. | | Pro | $23 per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly) | 5 sources, hourly updates, 15,000 views, 10,000 posts, no Curator link, edit and pin posts. | | Business | $54 per month, billed annually ($59 billed monthly) | 15 sources, updates every 15 minutes, unlimited views, 30,000 posts, API access, premium sources. | | Enterprise | Custom | Adds project management, premium support and developer access; contact sales. | Read from https://curator.io/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Curator.io before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 8% with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page has a Monthly and Annual toggle and says annual billing saves 8%. Source: https://curator.io/pricing ## Key features - **Many source networks:** Pulls from Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok, Reddit, Google Reviews, RSS and more. - **Manual and automatic moderation:** Filters out posts that do not fit your brand before they appear in the feed. - **Snippet embed:** Paste a code snippet on a page; the page says no iframes are used. - **Edit and pin posts:** Edit and pin individual posts in the feed, from the Pro plan upward. - **API access:** Included on Business, with premium sources. - **Update speed by plan:** Every 24 hours on Free, 60 minutes on Pro and 15 minutes on Business. ## Good for - Small sites trying a social feed without paying - Brands that want to approve posts before they show - Sites with heavy traffic that need unlimited views on Business ## Worth knowing - The free and Pro plans cap views per month (2,000 and 15,000); only Business is unlimited. - The Powered by Curator link is removed only on paid plans. - The annual price is inferred as the lower figure shown beside the 8% saving note; the page text does not label which figure is which. - Premium sources are marked with an asterisk and limited to Business and above. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Curator.io pulls posts from more than 15 networks into one feed you moderate and embed with a snippet. The free plan stops at 3 sources and 2,000 views a month, and unlimited views need the $54 plan. - **Value for money: C.** Pro is $23 a month billed annually ($25 monthly), just under the category's dearer-quarter start of $24. Business is $54. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan with 3 sources, 24-hour updates, 2,000 views and 1,000 posts, plus a Powered by Curator link. - **Features: C.** Many networks, moderation, edit and pin, an embed snippet and an API. The listing's gaps: API and premium sources only on Business and above. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You connect each source, moderate posts and paste in a snippet. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web embed with more than 15 networks including Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, LinkedIn and TikTok, and an API on Business. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Curator.io's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among popup and widget tools - Curator.io's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 14 of the 54 other popup and widget tools we grade, and level with 19. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 14 of 54) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $23 a month, against a middle price of $14 for the category: 36 of the 48 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 8 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/popups ## Keep it, or make your own? **Your call.** You could make the core of Curator.io for yourself: popups. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $276 a year. - You could make: Popups: an app builder makes this well. - You could make: It runs in a browser, which is where something home-made would run too. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Instagram, Facebook and X among them, and has an API. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok, Reddit, Slack **Tags:** Public API, Popups ## Alternatives - [Juicer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/juicer): Social media wall and feed aggregator with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/curator-io-vs-juicer) - [Flockler](https://toolgpa.com/tools/flockler): Social media aggregator for websites, screens and events. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/curator-io-vs-flockler) - [Walls.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/walls-io): Social media walls for websites, events and digital signage. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/curator-io-vs-walls-io) - [Behold](https://toolgpa.com/tools/behold): Instagram feed widgets and JSON feeds for any website. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/behold-vs-curator-io) - [Elfsight](https://toolgpa.com/tools/elfsight): Library of 90+ website widgets, from popups to reviews and feeds. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/curator-io-vs-elfsight) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://curator.io/pricing - https://curator.io/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/curator-io Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).