Social Magnum vs SocialPilot: What the Base Plan Buys (2026)
The two honest budget picks, compared: white-label client machinery on one side, double the accounts with unmetered AI and an inbox on the other. Every number from both pricing pages, same day.
Social Magnum and SocialPilot are the two honest budget picks in most comparisons — both flat-priced, both aimed at small teams and agencies, both far from the per-seat suites. Choosing between them comes down to what the base plan includes and who the extras are for.
Pricing side by side
| SocialPilot | Social Magnum | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | Essentials: $20 /mo ($17 yearly) · 5 accounts · 1 user · 500 AI credits | Starter: $24 /mo ($19 yearly) · 10 accounts · 2 people · unmetered AI |
| Mid plan | Standard: $40 ($34) · 10 accounts · 3 users · 1,000 credits | Business: $59 ($47) · 30 accounts · 6 people |
| Upper plans | Premium $100 ($85) · 20 accounts · white-label; Ultimate $200 ($170) · 40 accounts · unlimited users | Agency: $119 ($95) · 70 accounts · 10 people |
| Free plan | None; 14-day trials | $0: 2 accounts, 15 posts /mo, forever |
| AI | Credits by tier: 500 to unlimited | Included, unmetered, every paid plan |
| Extra accounts | $4 /account /mo | Move up a plan tier |
Read the ten-account line both ways: SocialPilot’s Standard at $40 and Social Magnum’s Starter at $24 carry the same account count — ours with double the people and no AI meter, theirs with a third user seat.
Feature by feature
| Social Magnum | SocialPilot | |
|---|---|---|
| Publishes to | Facebook, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky, Mastodon | The mainstream networks including X and LinkedIn; see SocialPilot’s site for its current list |
| X and LinkedIn publishing | No | Yes |
| Unified inbox with auto-replies | Yes | Inbox on higher tiers, lighter |
| Post approvals | All paid plans | Yes |
| CSV bulk scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| RSS auto-posting | Yes | Yes |
| White-label client reports | No | Yes, from the $100 Premium tier |
| AI captions and images | Included, unmetered | Credits: 500 to unlimited by tier |
| AI agents (MCP) | 26 documented tools, OAuth | No |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Money-back guarantee | 14 days on paid plans | Per their terms |
Where SocialPilot wins
- White-label and client machinery. Reports under your brand, client management, the reselling workflow — from Premium up, this is its trade.
- X, LinkedIn and the classic B2B set. SocialPilot covers them; Social Magnum does not, and for agencies serving B2B clients that can decide it alone.
- The $17 floor. Billed yearly, its entry price is the lowest flat rate here for a five-account roster.
Where Social Magnum wins
- The base plan carries more. Double the accounts and people at entry, unmetered AI against 500 credits, an inbox with auto-replies included.
- A free plan exists. 2 accounts and 15 posts a month, forever — the fallback SocialPilot never offers.
- Newer networks first-class. Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon publish alongside the big five.
- Agent-native. Claude, ChatGPT or Codex connect over MCP with OAuth under approval gates; SocialPilot has no agent protocol.
Which one to pick
The short version
- 1
Agency reselling reports under its own brand: SocialPilot, from the Premium tier.
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B2B clients on X and LinkedIn: SocialPilot; Social Magnum does not publish to either.
- 3
A team running its own brands daily: Social Magnum — more accounts, people, AI and inbox per dollar.
- 4
AI agents in the workflow: Social Magnum's MCP server; SocialPilot offers a conventional API at most.
- 5
Cheapest honest test: our free plan against their 14-day trial, same week of content in both.
More in this series: the best SocialPilot alternatives, the cheapest schedulers worth using and the best social media schedulers in 2026.