# Zoho Social

> Social media scheduler priced per brand, with agency plans

Zoho Social is Zoho's tool for scheduling posts, watching mentions and reporting on social accounts. Each plan covers a brand, meaning one account on each supported network: Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google Business Profile, YouTube, Pinterest, TikTok, Mastodon, Threads, Bluesky, Snapchat and Arattai, with WhatsApp and Telegram added on Premium. Agency plans manage 10 or 20 client brands from one account.

- **Category:** Social Media Schedulers
- **Made by:** Zoho Corporation
- **Website:** https://www.zoho.com/social/
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026

## Pricing

Zoho Social has a free plan. Paid plans start at $10 per month for 1 brand (14 channels), billed annually ($15 monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** 1 brand of 6 channels (X, Instagram, Facebook Page, LinkedIn profile and page, Google Business Profile) and 1 member. Posts go out at once; no scheduling.
- **Free trial:** 15-day free trial of all features, no credit card required.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 1 brand of 6 channels and 1 team member. Posts publish right away, with no scheduling or calendar. Accounts move here after the trial. |
| Standard | $10 per month for 1 brand (14 channels), billed annually ($15 monthly) | 1 team member, all 14 networks, scheduling, drafts and the calendar, Stories and Reels, summary reports and 40 AI credits. |
| Professional | $30 per month for 1 brand (14 channels), billed annually ($40 monthly) | 1 team member, plus bulk and repeat scheduling, RSS feeds, post insights, direct messages and monitoring. Up to 5 extra brands. |
| Premium | $40 per month for 1 brand (16 channels), billed annually ($65 monthly) | 3 team members, WhatsApp and Telegram, the inbox, approvals, SmartQ, custom reports and Zoho CRM and Zoho Desk integrations. |
| Agency | $230 per month for up to 10 client brands, billed annually ($320 monthly) | 5 team members, Premium features, client invites, a client portal and agency-branded scheduled reports. 5 more clients cost $76 a month. |
| Agency Plus | $330 per month for up to 20 client brands, billed annually ($460 monthly) | Everything in Agency for 20 client brands and 5 team members, with 80 AI credits. |

Read from https://www.zoho.com/social/pricing.html on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Zoho Social before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 33% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Yearly billing brings Standard from $15 to $10, Professional from $40 to $30 and Premium from $65 to $40 a month. Source: https://www.zoho.com/social/pricing.html
- **Discounts for nonprofits** (Nonprofit): The pricing FAQ says Zoho Social offers discounts to nonprofits, NGOs and government institutions; terms are given on request. Source: https://www.zoho.com/social/pricing.html

## Key features

- **Publishing calendar and queues:** From Standard, see planned and published posts on one calendar and reschedule by dragging. Queues post into set time slots, and SmartQ on Premium picks times from audience activity.
- **Inbox:** Direct messages from X, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn pages start on Professional. Premium adds a full inbox with assignment rules, saved replies and WhatsApp and Telegram.
- **Listening dashboard:** Columns track mentions, brand keywords and reviews across networks, with a live stream of new engagement. Monitoring starts on Professional.
- **Reports:** Summary reports from Standard, post stats and hashtag reports from Professional, and custom, exported and scheduled reports on Premium. Agency plans brand reports as the agency's own.
- **Team approvals:** Premium adds custom roles, draft approvals and discussion threads, plus chat and audio or video calls between team members.
- **Zoho CRM and Desk links:** On Premium, social contacts become Zoho CRM leads and social messages can be turned into Zoho Desk tickets.

## Good for

- Small businesses with one account on each of many networks
- Teams already using Zoho CRM or Zoho Desk
- Agencies managing 10 to 20 client brands with a client portal

## Worth knowing

- A brand holds one account per network, so two Instagram accounts need two brands; Professional can add up to 5 brands at $14.50 a month each.
- The free plan only publishes straight away; scheduling, drafts and the calendar start at Standard.
- Standard and Professional include 1 team member; extra members cost $10 a month each billed yearly, on Professional and Premium only.
- The full inbox, approvals, custom reports and the Zoho CRM and Desk links need Premium.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Zoho Social is cheap for what it covers: one account on each of 14 networks for $10 a month billed yearly, and Premium adds WhatsApp, Telegram, a full inbox and approvals for three people at $40. It fits best if you're already on Zoho CRM or Desk. The free plan can't schedule anything, though.

- **Value for money: C.** Premium is $40 a month billed yearly for one brand with 3 team members, the inbox and approvals; Professional plus a $10 member comes to the same $40. That's between this category's $29 middle and $58 dearer quarter. One person on Standard pays $10.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** The free plan covers 1 brand of 6 channels but only posts straight away, with no scheduling or calendar. There's also a 15-day trial with no card, and that's what earns the C.
- **Features: B.** A calendar and queues for 14 networks, monitoring, an inbox with assignment rules, custom reports, approvals, and leads and tickets sent to Zoho CRM and Desk. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job; most of it sits on Premium.
- **Ease of use: B.** 4.7 from 700 App Store ratings, which clears the bar for a B. An A needs 1,000 ratings or more behind it.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone, Android and a browser extension, with Zoho CRM, Zoho Desk, Canva and Bitly. No desktop app, which an A needs, and the list of outside integrations is short.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Zoho's own pages on 17 October 2026, and its App Store rating. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among social media schedulers

- Zoho Social's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 15 of the 19 other social media schedulers we grade, and level with 3.
- It stands best on ease of use (B, above 15 of 19) and worst on free plan and trial (C, above 1).
- Its paid plans start at $10 a month, against a middle price of $27.25 for the category: 3 of the 19 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

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

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Zoho Social 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. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 15 of the 19 other social media schedulers we grade. It costs $120 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: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page.
- 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.

## What people say

- **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.7 out of 5 from 700 ratings in the United States, read Oct 17, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id906377559

## Works with

Zoho CRM, Zoho Desk, Canva, Bitly

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

## Alternatives

- [Hootsuite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hootsuite): Social media suite for publishing, inbox, listening and reports. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hootsuite-vs-zoho-social)
- [Buffer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/buffer): Social media scheduler priced by the channel, with a free plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/buffer-vs-zoho-social)
- [SocialPilot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/socialpilot): Social media scheduler for agencies and small teams, priced by plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/socialpilot-vs-zoho-social)
- [Sendible](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sendible): Social media management for agencies, with unlimited users. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sendible-vs-zoho-social)
- [Agorapulse](https://toolgpa.com/tools/agorapulse): Social media inbox, publishing and ROI reports, priced per user. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/agorapulse-vs-zoho-social)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026:

- https://www.zoho.com/social/pricing.html
- https://www.zohowebstatic.com/sites/zweb/json/pricing/social-pricing-val.json
- https://www.zoho.com/social/features.html

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/zoho-social
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