Skip to content
Social Magnum
Blog

The Social Magnum blog

Notes from building on all social networks — the platform rules, the publishing playbooks and the API behaviour nobody documents. Every figure here was checked on a live account.

Agorapulse's app tile with a red arrow pointing to Social Magnum's dark tile beside small tiles for Sendible, Vista Social, Metricool, SocialPilot, Zoho Social and Buffer
10 min

7 Best Agorapulse Alternatives in 2026 (Beyond Per-Seat)

Agorapulse's inbox leads its class, and its per-user pricing is why teams shop around: three people on Standard is $237 a month. Seven alternatives priced from the vendors' own pages.

Read the article
Metricool's app tile with a red arrow pointing to Social Magnum's dark tile beside small tiles for Buffer, Later, SocialPilot, Publer, SocialBee and Zoho Social
10 min

7 Best Metricool Alternatives in 2026 (Publishing First)

Metricool wins on reporting and loses people on the X add-on, brand-count tiers and a publishing side that trails the analytics. Seven alternatives priced from the vendors' own pages.

Read the article
Later's app tile with a red arrow pointing to Social Magnum's dark tile beside small tiles for Buffer, Metricool, Publer, SocialBee, SocialPilot and Zoho Social
10 min

7 Best Later Alternatives in 2026 (No Post Caps)

Later is still the best Instagram grid planner, and its post caps, social-set pricing and metered AI are why people leave. Seven alternatives priced from the vendors' own pages.

Read the article
A row of eight scheduler app tiles led by Social Magnum's dark red-ringed tile, with Buffer, Hootsuite, Later, Metricool, SocialBee, SocialPilot and Publer following
11 min

The 8 Best Social Media Schedulers in 2026, Priced Honestly

Every list like this is written by somebody selling something, so the cards go face up: ours is first, every price was read from the vendors' own pages the same day, and every tool gets its honest limit, ours included.

Read the article
Social Magnum's dark tile and Metricool's lime infinity tile facing each other across a red VS on a dark canvas
9 min

Social Magnum vs Metricool: Publishing First or Reports First (2026)

Metricool is an analytics product that schedules; Social Magnum is a publishing product that reports. Some teams will correctly conclude they want one of each. The honest comparison, priced the same day.

Read the article
Social Magnum's dark tile and Sprout Social's green leaf tile facing each other across a red VS on a dark canvas
9 min

Social Magnum vs Sprout Social: $24 Flat or $199 Per Seat (2026)

Sprout Social starts at $948 per person per year and earns it at enterprise scale. Social Magnum covers the daily loop for $24 flat. Where each wins, priced from both vendors' pages the same day.

Read the article

We write this down because we hit it ourselves.

Social Magnum schedules and publishes to all your social accounts from one composer, with a calendar, team approvals and a shared inbox. Free to start.

Start freeFree tools