7 Best Typefully Alternatives in 2026 (Beyond Text Posts)
Typefully is the best thread-writing tool going, and it publishes to five text networks and zero visual ones. Seven alternatives for when your content grows pictures, priced from the vendors' own pages.
Typefully is the best-loved writing tool in scheduling: a clean editor for X threads and LinkedIn posts that cross-publishes to Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon, with a real free plan and agent-friendly plumbing (an API and MCP access sit even on the free tier). The search for alternatives is usually not about quality — it is about scope. Typefully publishes to five text networks and none of the visual ones: no Instagram, no TikTok, no YouTube, no Pinterest, no Facebook. The moment your content grows pictures and video, you need a second tool or a different one. Every price below was read from the vendors’ own pages on 23 August 2026.
Why people outgrow Typefully
- Five text networks, zero visual ones. X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon — and nothing for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest or Facebook, where visual brands live.
- The social-set model. Plans are priced per “social set” — one identity across its networks. Business runs $18 per set a month billed yearly; several brands multiply it.
- Creator is annual-only. The $99-a-year Creator plan has no monthly billing and covers one set and one user.
- It is a writing tool by design. No unified inbox, no approval workflows in the scheduler sense, no bulk CSV — the craft is the editor, not the operation.
The seven at a glance
| Tool | Starts at | Free plan | X and LinkedIn |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social Magnum | $24 /mo flat · 10 accounts, 2 people | 2 accounts, 15 posts /mo | No — visual 8 + Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon |
| Buffer | $5 /channel /mo billed yearly | 3 channels | Yes, both |
| Publer | $5 /account /mo ($4 yearly) | 3 accounts (no X) | Yes — X on paid plans |
| SocialPilot | $20 /mo ($17 yearly) · 5 accounts | Trial only | Yes, both |
| Metricool | $20 to $36 /mo by brands | 1 brand, 20 posts /mo | Yes — X as paid add-on |
| SocialBee | $29 /mo ($24.17 yearly) · 5 profiles | Trial only | Yes, both |
| Postiz | $29 /mo hosted · 5 channels | Self-host free | Per its channel list |
For reference on the same day: Typefully is free for 1 social set and 10 posts a month, $99 a year on Creator (annual only), and $18 per social set a month billed yearly on Business with unlimited users.
1 · Social Magnum, for when content grows pictures (ours)
Social Magnum is close to Typefully’s mirror image: it publishes to the eight networks Typefully skips or shares — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, plus the same Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon — for $24 a month flat ($19 yearly) covering 10 accounts and 2 people, with unmetered AI, approvals, a unified inbox with auto-replies, CSV and RSS. The free plan is 2 accounts and 15 posts a month. Like Typefully, it is agent-native: an MCP server with 26 documented tools — so an AI agent can run the visual half of your presence the way Typefully’s agents run the text half.
Skip it if: X or LinkedIn is the centre of your work — Social Magnum publishes to neither, and pretending otherwise would waste your afternoon. Pair it with Typefully, or pick Buffer below for one tool that covers both worlds.
2 · Buffer, the closest full replacement
Buffer is the honest like-for-like switch: eleven channels including X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon and the visual networks, free for 3 channels, then $5 per channel per month billed yearly. You trade Typefully’s superior thread-writing editor for full network coverage in one queue.
Skip it if: the editor is why you came — nothing on this page writes threads as well as Typefully.
3 · Publer, cheap per account
Publer covers the mainstream networks plus X (on paid plans only), LinkedIn, Mastodon and Bluesky from $5 per account a month ($4 yearly), with a free 3-account tier. Thread and first-comment scheduling are built in.
Skip it if: per-account maths or the X surcharge bothers you.
4 · SocialPilot, the flat-price generalist
SocialPilot runs $20 a month ($17 yearly) for 5 accounts including X and LinkedIn, up to $200 for 40 accounts with unlimited users — the budget path when one tool must cover a team and every network.
Skip it if: you want a free plan or a writing-first experience.
5 · Metricool, the measured one
Metricool is free for 1 brand and 20 posts a month with real analytics — the piece Typefully only covers for X — then $20 to $36 by brands, with X as a paid add-on.
Skip it if: reports are not the missing piece.
6 · SocialBee, the evergreen engine
SocialBee recycles categorised evergreen content across ten networks including X and LinkedIn from $29 a month ($24.17 yearly) — the pick if your Typefully queue was mostly re-sharing your best threads anyway.
Skip it if: your feed is timely rather than evergreen.
7 · Postiz, the self-hosted route
Postiz is open source: run it free on your own server, or hosted from $29 a month for 5 channels — with an API, webhooks and agent tooling on every plan, the closest match to Typefully’s automation-friendly spirit.
Skip it if: nobody wants to run infrastructure.
How to choose
The short version
- 1
Content grew pictures and video: Social Magnum for the visual eight — ours, and it covers neither X nor LinkedIn, so pair it with Typefully if those stay central.
- 2
One tool for text and visual both: Buffer, the closest full replacement.
- 3
Budget per-unit: Publer from $5; budget flat: SocialPilot from $20.
- 4
Analytics beyond X: Metricool. Evergreen re-sharing: SocialBee.
- 5
Automation and self-hosting: Postiz.
- 6
Writing X threads is still the job: stay with Typefully — its editor, $99-a-year Creator plan and free tier are honestly unbeaten at that job (Hypefury is the other X-first specialist worth a look).
Related reading: the best social media schedulers in 2026, the best Buffer alternatives and the best Postiz alternatives.