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Social Magnum vs SocialBee: Evergreen Engine or Full Toolkit (2026)

SocialBee bets on the queue with the best evergreen recycler in the class; Social Magnum bets on the operation around it, with seats, approvals and an inbox at $24 flat. Both pages priced the same day.

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This is a comparison between two different bets on what scheduling software is for. SocialBee bets on the queue itself: sort content into categories, let the engine recycle evergreen posts forever, never face an empty calendar. Social Magnum bets on the operation around the queue: people, approvals, an inbox, AI and agents in one flat plan. Both are honest products; which one fits depends on which bet describes your week.

Pricing side by side

SocialBeeSocial Magnum
Entry planBootstrap: $29 /mo ($24.17 yearly) · 5 profiles · 1 user · 1 workspaceStarter: $24 /mo ($19 yearly) · 10 accounts · 2 people
Mid planAccelerate: $49 ($40.83) · 10 profiles · still 1 userBusiness: $59 ($47) · 30 accounts · 6 people
Upper plansPro: $99 ($82.50) · 25 profiles · 3 users · 5 workspaces; agency from $179 for 50Agency: $119 ($95) · 70 accounts · 10 people
Free planNone; 14-day trial$0: 2 accounts, 15 posts /mo, forever
Money-back guarantee30 days — the longest in this category14 days
AIContent generation listed on all plansIncluded, unmetered, every paid plan
Annual discount16%About 20%

The line that decides most teams: at 10 accounts, SocialBee’s Accelerate is $49 a month for one user, and the first teammate pushes you to the $99 Pro plan. Social Magnum’s $24 Starter carries the same account count with 2 people already in it.

Feature by feature

Social MagnumSocialBee
Publishes toFacebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky, MastodonFacebook, Instagram, Threads, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, YouTube, Google Business, Bluesky
X, LinkedIn, Google BusinessNoYes
Category-based evergreen recyclingNoYes — the signature feature
Unified inbox with auto-repliesYesNot listed on its pricing page
Post approvalsAll paid plans, 2+ people includedWorkspaces and extra users from the $99 Pro tier
CSV bulk schedulingYesYes
RSS auto-postingYesYes
AI captions and imagesIncluded, unmeteredAI content generation on all plans
AI agents (MCP)26 documented tools, OAuthNo
Free planYesNo

Where SocialBee wins

  • The evergreen engine. Content categories that refill the queue automatically — quotes, articles, offers on rotation — remain the best implementation of recycling in this class. Nothing in Social Magnum replicates it.
  • X, LinkedIn and Google Business. SocialBee publishes to all three; Social Magnum publishes to none of them. For B2B feeds that alone decides the page.
  • The 30-day money-back guarantee. Twice the length of ours, and the most generous refund window on any page in this series.

Where Social Magnum wins

  • Seats. 2 people at $24, 6 at $59, 10 at $119 — against one user until SocialBee’s $99 tier. The moment a second person touches the calendar, the price gap doubles.
  • The operating layer. A unified inbox with auto-replies, post approvals on every paid plan, and analytics in the same place the publishing happens.
  • A free plan exists. 2 accounts and 15 posts a month, forever — the fallback SocialBee never offers.
  • Agent-native. Claude, ChatGPT or Codex connects over MCP with OAuth and works under approval gates; SocialBee has no agent protocol.

Which one to pick

The short version

  1. 1

    Evergreen recycling is your core workflow: SocialBee — its category engine has no equal here, including ours.

  2. 2

    B2B feeds on X, LinkedIn or Google Business: SocialBee; Social Magnum does not publish to them.

  3. 3

    Two or more people running the accounts: Social Magnum — seats are included where SocialBee holds them to its $99 tier.

  4. 4

    Engagement in the same tool: Social Magnum's inbox and auto-replies; SocialBee's pricing page lists no inbox.

  5. 5

    Cheapest honest test: our free plan against their 14-day trial — and their 30-day money-back window means trying SocialBee properly is genuinely low-risk too.

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

Frequently asked

Is Social Magnum cheaper than SocialBee?

At every published tier, yes — $24 a month against $29 at entry, and the gap widens with people: SocialBee's $29 and $49 plans include one user, so a two-person team effectively starts at its $99 Pro plan, where Social Magnum's $24 Starter already includes 2 people and its $59 plan includes 6. Prices from both pages, 23 August 2026.

Does SocialBee have a free plan?

No — a 14-day free trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee, but no free tier. Social Magnum keeps a free plan of 2 accounts and 15 posts a month, with a 14-day money-back guarantee on paid plans.

What is SocialBee best at?

Category-based evergreen recycling: you sort content into labelled buckets and the queue refills itself on a schedule, so the calendar never runs empty. It also publishes to X, LinkedIn and Google Business, which Social Magnum does not. If those describe your needs, SocialBee is the right side of this page.

Which supports more social networks, Social Magnum or SocialBee?

SocialBee lists ten networks including X, LinkedIn and Google Business Profile. Social Magnum publishes to eight — Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky and Mastodon — and covers none of those three. Network fit should be the first check before price.

Can I switch from SocialBee to Social Magnum easily?

Reconnecting accounts takes minutes each, and planned content imports over CSV into the bulk scheduler. The one thing that does not transfer is the category engine itself — evergreen rotation would become manual re-queueing, which is exactly the case for staying with SocialBee.

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