Best social media scheduling APIs
Every social network has its own API, its own review process and its own idea of what a video is. A scheduling API is the layer that makes them one request — you post once and it fans out, refreshes the tokens and tells you which destination failed. What separates the options is much less the endpoint list than what plan the key lives on.
Ranked by the cheapest plan the API is actually reachable on, then how much of the per-network work the API absorbs rather than handing back to you. Every entry says where the product beats us.
Prices and plan details were read from each product’s own public pricing page on 6 August 2026, and every row links to the page it came from. A dash means their page did not say — not that the answer is no. We make one of these products, which is why the criterion is stated and narrow enough to check.
Ravenpost ours
Our pricingA scheduler covering 9 networks whose REST API is the same service the dashboard calls.
- From
- Free
- REST API
- Every plan, free included
- Free tier
- Free plan — 1 account, 10 posts/month
For agents. One `POST /v1/posts` fans a caption and media out to any set of connected accounts, with per-network caption overrides, threads, replies and a weekly queue. Each destination keeps its own status, permalink and error. Token refresh, media reformatting and per-network limits are ours to handle. Included on every plan, free one included; there is an OpenAPI document and webhooks.
Why here. On the free plan, with no add-on and no separate key tier.
What we don’t do. A young API with a small surface: no inbox endpoints, no AI generation, no unlimited-accounts plan. Rate limits are modest. If you need a network we do not publish to, none of the rest of this matters.
Pick this if you want to ship a posting integration this week without a sales call, and you want the free plan to be a real one rather than a trial.
Postiz
Their pricing pageAn open-source scheduler with a public API and the option to self-host.
- From
- $29/mo
- REST API
- Yes
- Free tier
- No free plan — 7-day trial
Ravenpost vs Postiz, side by sideFor agents. A REST API on their paid plans, and the entire codebase if you would rather run it. Self-hosting means the rate limit and the retention policy are yours to set.
Why here. The API is on the entry paid plan, and self-hosting removes the plan question — at the cost of operating it.
Where it beats us. 30+ networks against our ten, plus AI generation built in. Running it yourself also means registering your own developer app with every platform, which is the part that takes weeks, not the deployment.
Pick this if the data cannot leave your infrastructure, or you need networks nobody hosted supports.
Buffer
Their pricing pageThe category’s best-known scheduler, billed per connected channel.
- From
- $30/mo
- REST API
- 1–5 keys by plan
- Free tier
- Free plan — free plan of 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts each
Ravenpost vs Buffer, side by sideFor agents. A documented API with, by their plan page, one to five keys depending on the plan. Mature, widely used, and built around their queue model rather than around one-shot publishing.
Why here. The key count is an explicit plan feature, which caps how many integrations you can run; which plan the first key arrives on is not something their pricing page states, so we do not put a number on it.
Where it beats us. Years more production hardening than ours has, a free plan that never expires, and three networks we do not publish to.
Pick this if Buffer is already the system of record and the API is there to extend it.
Post-Bridge
Their pricing pageAn indie cross-poster covering ten networks.
- From
- $29/mo
- REST API
- Paid add-on
- Free tier
- No free plan — 7-day trial
Ravenpost vs Post-Bridge, side by sideFor agents. A REST API covering the same ground as their MCP server — posts, media, per-platform configuration, results and analytics — sold as a paid add-on on top of a plan.
Why here. Behind both a paid plan and an add-on, so it is the only product here where the API is a second purchase.
Where it beats us. An unlimited-accounts tier we do not match, bulk video scheduling, and a content studio. Their per-platform configuration options are more granular than ours in places.
Pick this if you are running a lot of accounts and the add-on is cheaper than the account maths elsewhere.
Metricool
Their pricing pageAn analytics suite that schedules, sold per brand.
- From
- $25/mo
- REST API
- Advanced plan
- Free tier
- Free plan — free plan of 1 brand and 20 posts a month, without LinkedIn or X
Ravenpost vs Metricool, side by sideFor agents. An API their pricing page puts on the Advanced plan. The data it can return is the strongest on this page — analytics is the product.
Why here. The API needs the Advanced tier, which is several steps above their entry plan.
Where it beats us. If what you are building is reporting rather than publishing, nothing here comes close — ad platforms, competitor tracking, a Looker Studio connector.
Pick this if you are pulling numbers out more than you are pushing posts in.
Publer
Their pricing pageA scheduler with the widest network list of anyone we compare against.
- From
- $25/mo
- REST API
- Business plan
- Free tier
- Free plan — free plan of 3 social accounts (X excluded) with 10 scheduled posts each
Ravenpost vs Publer, side by sideFor agents. An API their pricing page lists on the Business plan. Their network coverage — Telegram, Mastodon, Bluesky, Pinterest, Google Business Profile, WordPress — is the reason to look.
Why here. Business-plan gated, which is their top tier for most account counts.
Where it beats us. More networks than we support, a non-expiring free plan for the dashboard, and post recycling with spintax that we have no equivalent for.
Pick this if the network list decides it, and WordPress or Google Business Profile is on it.
Statusbrew
Their pricing pageA social suite built around an inbox and approvals.
- From
- $89/mo
- REST API
- Enterprise plan
- Free tier
- No free plan — 14-day trial
Ravenpost vs Statusbrew, side by sideFor agents. API access their pricing page lists on the Enterprise plan, at custom pricing.
Why here. Enterprise-only, the highest bar on this page.
Where it beats us. SOC 2 Type 2, SAML and audit logs, plus review management. If procurement is the gate, this is the list it will end at.
Pick this if the compliance paperwork is a requirement and the API is one line in it.
How to choose, whichever one you pick
Which plan the key is on
API access is where this market hides its price. It is an add-on on one product here, the Business plan on another, Enterprise on a third — so the sticker price of the plan you were comparing is not the price of the thing you need.
One request, many destinations
The point of the layer is that a single call reaches every account, with a different caption per network where you want one. An API that makes you loop over accounts and handle each network’s quirks yourself has given you an HTTP client, not an abstraction.
Who owns the token refresh
Access tokens expire — TikTok and X rotate a refresh token on every use, Instagram and Threads renew in place, LinkedIn cannot be refreshed at all and needs a human every 60 days. Whether the API absorbs that or surfaces it is the difference between a weekend project and a maintained one.
What it tells you when publishing fails
A per-destination status, the platform’s own error text, and a permalink when it worked. Anything less and you are diffing your own database against nine apps to find out what went out.
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Free
Try it out with one account.
Free forever
- 1 social account
- 10 posts / month
- Every platform we support
- Calendar, posting queue & media library
- Analytics for Instagram, TikTok, X & Facebook
- MCP server for Claude & other AI assistants
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Starter
For solo creators getting consistent.
vs Postiz $29/mo
- 5 social accounts
- Unlimited posts
- Everything in Free
- 1 seat
1 seat
Growth
For creators and brands running several accounts.
vs Postiz $49/mo
- 15 social accounts
- Unlimited posts
- Everything in Starter
- Email support
- 3 team seats
3 seats
Agency
For power users running a large account portfolio.
vs Postiz $99/mo
- 50 social accounts
- Unlimited posts
- Everything in Growth
- Priority support
- Unlimited team seats
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Frequently asked questions
Can I post to Instagram and TikTok with one API call?
Yes — that is the whole point of the layer. On Ravenpost one `POST /v1/posts` takes a caption, media and a list of connected accounts across any networks, and each destination reports its own status, permalink and error back.
Do I need my own Meta or TikTok developer app?
Not with a hosted product: the review, the app credentials and the token refresh are the vendor’s problem. Self-hosting an open-source scheduler means registering with every platform yourself, and that approval process is measured in weeks — it is by far the largest hidden cost in the self-host route.
What does the API cost?
On Ravenpost it is included on every plan, the free one included, and the MCP server comes with it. Elsewhere on this page it is a paid add-on, a mid-tier feature, or Enterprise-only — each entry says which.
Is there an OpenAPI spec?
Yes: Ravenpost publishes one, generated from the same table that renders the reference, and checked against the API's own controller by a test — so it cannot describe an endpoint the server does not serve.
How do I stop a token expiring in production?
You mostly cannot — you handle it. Instagram and Threads renew a long-lived token in place, TikTok and X rotate a refresh token on every use (so two processes refreshing the same account will break it), and LinkedIn issues no refresh token at all outside its partner programme, which means a human reconnects roughly every 60 days. A hosted API should absorb the first two and warn you about the third.
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