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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.

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Metricool and Social Magnum overlap on the calendar and diverge everywhere else. Metricool is an analytics product that schedules; Social Magnum is a publishing product that reports. Plenty of teams will read this whole page and correctly conclude they want one of each.

Two different centres

Metricool’s heart is the dashboard: cross-network analytics, web traffic, competitor tracking, ad reporting, all in one place, with a planner attached and priced by how many brands you connect. Social Magnum’s heart is the pipeline: composer, calendar, approvals, worker, inbox — with per-network analytics attached and priced by a flat plan. The difference shows up in the fine print: Metricool meters AI credits (5 to 35 a month by tier), charges extra for X even on paid plans, and hangs a fair-use policy on unlimited publishing. Social Magnum meters nothing, and the network it does not charge extra for, X, it does not offer at all — which is its own honest limitation.

Pricing side by side

MetricoolSocial Magnum
Free plan1 brand · 20 posts /mo · 30 days of analytics2 accounts · 15 posts /mo · forever
Entry paid planStarter: $20 to $36 /mo depending on brand countStarter: $24 /mo flat ($19 yearly) · 10 accounts · 2 people
Upper plansAdvanced: $53 to $210 /mo by brands · team featuresBusiness $59 (30 accounts, 6 people) · Agency $119 (70, 10)
X (Twitter)Paid add-on, even on paid plansNot offered at all
AICredits metered by tier (5 to 35 /mo)Included, unmetered, every paid plan
Publishing limitsUnlimited under a fair-use policyUnlimited, no fair-use clause

Feature by feature

Social MagnumMetricool
Publishes toFacebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky, MastodonThe mainstream networks, with X as a paid add-on
Web and ads analyticsNoYes
Competitor trackingNoYes
Per-network social analyticsYesYes, deeper and longer-range
Unified inbox with auto-repliesYesLighter inbox
Post approvalsAll paid plansOn Advanced tiers
CSV bulk scheduling and RSSYesPlanner-led workflows
Best-time recommendationsYesYes
AI agents (MCP)26 documented tools, OAuthNo
Money-back guarantee14 days on paid plansPer their terms

Where Metricool wins

  • Reporting, without contest. Web analytics, ads, competitors and social in one view — nothing at this price matches it, ours included.
  • The free plan for analysts. 20 posts a month plus a real analytics window is the best free reporting deal in the category.
  • X exists there. As a paid add-on — but that is more than Social Magnum offers, which is no X at all.

Where Social Magnum wins

  • Nothing is metered. Unlimited posts with no fair-use asterisk, unmetered AI against 5 to 35 credits a month.
  • The operations half. Approvals on every paid plan, a real inbox with comment and DM auto-replies, CSV and RSS — the workflow layer Metricool treats as secondary.
  • Flat, predictable pricing. $24 covers 10 accounts whatever you call them; Metricool’s brand-count ladder moves the price as you grow.
  • Agent-native. Claude, ChatGPT or Codex connect over MCP with OAuth and work under approval gates; Metricool has no agent protocol.

Which one to pick

The short version

  1. 1

    Reports are what you deliver: Metricool, and it is not close.

  2. 2

    Publishing volume, approvals and an inbox are the job: Social Magnum.

  3. 3

    Need X: Metricool with the add-on, or Buffer — Social Magnum does not publish to X.

  4. 4

    The pairing is legitimate: Metricool free or Starter for reporting beside Social Magnum for publishing costs less than one enterprise suite.

  5. 5

    Cheapest test: both have free plans — run the same week through each and keep what earns it.

More in this series: the best Metricool alternatives, Social Magnum vs Buffer and the best social media schedulers in 2026.

Frequently asked

Is Social Magnum cheaper than Metricool?

They start in the same band: Metricool's Starter is $20 to $36 a month depending on brand count, Social Magnum is $24 flat ($19 yearly) for 10 accounts. The difference is what is metered — Metricool adds a paid X add-on, AI credits of 5 to 35 a month and a fair-use policy on publishing; Social Magnum meters nothing but does not offer X. Prices from both pages, 23 August 2026.

Does Metricool have a free plan?

Yes — 1 brand, 20 posts a month and 30 days of analytics, one of the best free reporting tiers anywhere. Social Magnum's free plan is 2 accounts and 15 posts a month, forever.

What does Metricool have that Social Magnum lacks?

Web analytics, ads reporting, competitor tracking, and X publishing via its paid add-on. If the deliverable is a monthly report across web and social, Metricool is the right tool.

Can I use Metricool and Social Magnum together?

Yes, and the pairing is common sense rather than heresy: Metricool for the reporting dashboard, Social Magnum for publishing, approvals and the inbox. Both free plans together cost nothing to trial.

Which one works with AI agents like Claude or ChatGPT?

Social Magnum ships an MCP server with 26 documented tools, so agents connect by OAuth and can draft, schedule and reply under approval and pacing controls. Metricool does not offer an agent protocol.

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