PostEaseThe short answer
Most schedulers keep their team and reply features for a plan above their first. Across the twenty tools below, the inbox is listed on 14 of them, bulk scheduling on 8, approvals on 16, branded reports on 8 and a link-in-bio page on 5, and each cell names the plan it starts on. Compare the plan you would need for the features you use, not the cheapest entry plan.
Every cell comes from the vendor’s own pricing page, read in October 2026, and is explained with the vendor’s wording in this blog’s glossary entry for that feature. A dash means the feature was not listed on the plans read, not that the tool lacks it. The first row is PostEase, which publishes this comparison, in the same terms: the inbox and a link-in-bio page on Free, bulk scheduling on Pro, and approvals and branded reports not listed on its plans.
Features by plan
The plan each feature first appears on, tool by tool:
| Tool | Entry plan and channels | Inbox | Bulk scheduling | Approvals | Branded reports | Link in bio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PostEase (publisher) | Free: every channel | Free | Pro | — | — | Free |
| Agorapulse | Standard: 10 social profiles | Standard | — | — | Standard | Professional |
| Buffer | Free: 3 channels | Free | — | Team | Team | — |
| ContentStudio | Standard: 5 social accounts | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | — | — |
| eClincher | Standard: 15 profiles (expandable to 20) | Standard | — | Professional | — | Standard |
| Hootsuite | Standard: 10 social accounts | Standard | — | Advanced | — | — |
| Iconosquare | Free: 2 social profiles | Launch | — | Scale | Custom | — |
| Kontentino | Starter: 10 social profiles | — | — | Starter | — | — |
| Later | Starter: 1 social set (8 profiles total) | Growth | — | Growth | — | Starter |
| Loomly | Starter: 12 social accounts | — | — | Starter | — | — |
| MeetEdgar | Eddie: 5 social accounts | Edgar | — | — | — | — |
| Metricool | Free: 1 brand | — | — | Advanced | Custom | — |
| RecurPost | Starter: 2 social accounts | — | — | Agency | Agency | — |
| Sendible | Core: 6 social profiles | Core | Core | Plus | Premium | — |
| Social Champ | Free: 3 social accounts | Standard | Standard | Standard | — | — |
| SocialBee | Bootstrap: 5 social profiles | — | Accelerate | Accelerate | — | — |
| SocialPilot | Essentials: 5 social media accounts | Standard | Standard | Premium | Premium | — |
| Sprout Social | Essentials: 5 social profiles | Standard | Professional | — | — | — |
| Statusbrew | Lite: 5 social profiles | Lite | Lite | Premium | — | Standard |
| Vista Social | Professional: 15 social profiles | — | — | — | Scale | Professional |
| Zoho Social | Free: 6 channels (1 brand) | Premium | Professional | Premium | — | — |
How to read the table
Use it to find the real price of the features you need:
- Pick the two or three features you would use every week.
- For each tool, find the highest plan among those features: that is the plan you would pay for.
- Compare that plan’s channel and seat limits, not the entry plan’s, on each tool’s alternatives page.
- Check a dash on the vendor’s own page: it means the feature was not listed on the plans read.
Where each feature is explained
Each feature has a glossary entry with the vendors’ own wording for every cell:
| Feature | Glossary entry |
|---|---|
| Inbox | What is a social media inbox? |
| Bulk scheduling | What is bulk scheduling? |
| Approvals | What is a content approval workflow? |
| Branded reports | What is a white-label report? |
| Link in bio | What is a link-in-bio page? |
Questions
Which social media schedulers include an inbox on their first plan?
Of the tools compared, Buffer, Agorapulse, Hootsuite, eClincher, Sendible and Statusbrew list it on their first plan; the rest list it on a higher one. PostEase includes its inbox on every plan, Free too.
Which plan do I need for approvals?
It depends on the tool: Loomly and Kontentino list approvals on Starter, their first plan, while the rest start them on a higher one. The table names the plan for each.
Does a dash mean the tool lacks the feature?
No. It means the feature was not listed on the plans read for this comparison. Check the vendor’s own pricing page before you rule a tool out.
Sources
- Agorapulse, Agorapulse pricing, checked October 2026.
- SocialPilot, SocialPilot pricing, checked October 2026.
- Statusbrew, Statusbrew pricing, checked October 2026.
- Iconosquare, Iconosquare plans and pricing, checked October 2026.
- Sendible, Sendible pricing, checked October 2026.
- ContentStudio, ContentStudio pricing, checked October 2026.
- Loomly, Loomly pricing, checked October 2026.
- Kontentino, Kontentino pricing, checked October 2026.
- RecurPost, RecurPost plans and pricing, checked October 2026.
- Vista Social, Vista Social pricing, checked October 2026.
- eClincher, eClincher pricing, checked October 2026.