# Postiz review (2026): is it worth $23 a month, billed yearly? > Social scheduler with an API, MCP server and self-host option Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Postiz is a social media scheduler that publishes to more than 30 networks from a visual calendar. Every hosted plan includes an API, webhooks, a command-line tool and an MCP server so AI assistants can draft and schedule posts. The same codebase is published on GitHub under the AGPL-3.0 license for people who want to run it on their own server. - **Category:** Social Media Schedulers - **Made by:** Postiz - **Website:** https://postiz.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want a permanent free plan on the hosted service. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Postiz is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $23 per month for 5 channels, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 7-day free trial on every plan. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Standard | $23 per month for 5 channels, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly) | 5 channels, unlimited posts, AI copilot, 3 AI videos and 60 minutes of AI video clipping a month. Team members are not included. | | Team | $31 per month for 10 channels, billed yearly ($39 billed monthly) | 10 channels, unlimited posts and team members, 100 AI images and 10 AI videos a month. | | Pro | $39 per month for 30 channels, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly) | 30 channels, unlimited posts and team members, 300 AI images and 30 AI videos a month. | | Ultimate | $79 per month for 100 channels, billed yearly ($99 billed monthly) | 100 channels, unlimited posts and team members, 500 AI images and 60 AI videos a month. | | Self-hosted | $0 | Open-source edition under AGPL-3.0; you run it on your own server and handle installation, updates and backups. | Read from https://postiz.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Postiz before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **About 20% off with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Yearly billing brings the plans to $23, $31, $39 and $79 a month, which the pricing FAQ says saves about 20%. Source: https://postiz.com/pricing ## Key features - **Visual calendar:** Posts for more than 30 channels are planned on one calendar with a picture editor, signatures, posting sets and calendar views. - **API, webhooks and MCP:** All hosted plans include a public API, webhooks, a CLI and an MCP server, so tools such as Claude or ChatGPT can schedule posts. - **Repeated and delayed posts:** Evergreen posts can repeat daily, weekly or monthly, and follow-up comments can be scheduled with delays between them. - **Plugs:** Internal plugs repost or comment from other connected accounts, and global plugs trigger actions such as a repost at a like threshold. - **AI generation:** An AI copilot is on every plan, with monthly allowances for AI images, AI videos and clipping long YouTube videos into short clips. - **Analytics:** Impressions, likes, comments and shares are tracked across connected channels on every hosted plan. ## Good for - Developers and automation teams that want a posting API - People who prefer to host their own scheduler - Creators and agencies working through AI assistants ## Worth knowing - The hosted service has no permanent free plan, only a 7-day trial. - Standard does not include team members; unlimited members start with Team. - The self-hosted edition means handling Docker, updates and backups yourself, and the page says the hosted service gets agent features first. - Refunds cover up to one month of fees per account, and annual plans are not refundable. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Postiz is a scheduler with an API, webhooks, MCP and AI tools, sold hosted or as open-source you run yourself. The hosted service has only a 7-day trial and no permanent free plan. Self-hosting means Docker, updates and backups are on you. - **Value for money: C.** $23 a month on yearly billing ($29 monthly) for 5 channels, close to the category's $29 middle. The $0 self-hosted edition needs your own server. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The self-hosted edition is free, but you run it; hosted has a 7-day trial and no free plan. The listing doesn't say if the trial needs a card. - **Features: B.** Calendar, repeats and delays, plugs, AI, analytics, an API, webhooks and MCP. Standard has no team members. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. Hosted is quick to set up, though self-hosting is Docker work. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit and an API. No phone apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Postiz'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 - Postiz's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 33 of the 49 other social media schedulers we grade, and level with 10. - It stands best on features (B, above 35 of 49) and worst on ease of use (C, above 2). - Its paid plans start at $23 a month, against a middle price of $29 for the category: 16 of the 44 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 3 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? **Your call.** You could make the core of Postiz for yourself: calendar and reports. What you would give up is listed below. Whether that is worth the price is your call. It costs $276 a year. Postiz is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could make: Calendar and reports: an app builder makes these 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, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit **Tags:** Calendar, AI features, Public API, Open source, Self-hostable, Reports ## Alternatives - [Mixpost](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mixpost): Self-hosted social media scheduler sold with a one-time license. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mixpost-vs-postiz) - [Buffer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/buffer): Social media scheduler priced by the channel, with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/buffer-vs-postiz) - [Publer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/publer): Social media scheduler priced by connected accounts and members. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/postiz-vs-publer) - [SocialPilot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/socialpilot): Social media scheduler for agencies and small teams, priced by plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/postiz-vs-socialpilot) - [Ayrshare](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ayrshare): Social media API for posting, analytics and comments in your product. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/ayrshare-vs-postiz) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://postiz.com/pricing - https://postiz.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/postiz Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).