Schedulin vs Postiz

Postiz is the rare scheduler where the software itself is free: it's open source, and anyone comfortable with Docker can run the full product on their own server, audit the code, and pay nothing but hosting costs. That transparency is the whole philosophy. The hosted cloud version is where Postiz makes money, starting at $29/mo for 5 channels with tiers priced by channel count. Platform coverage is unusually broad — 20-plus channels including niche ones like Discord, Mastodon, Slack, and Telegram — and it ships an AI copilot for captions plus AI video generation capped per plan. It's a developer's scheduler at heart, built by and for people who like owning their stack.

Schedulin takes the opposite bet: nobody should have to run a server to schedule a post. It's hosted only, starts at $5/mo for 3 accounts, and the Creator plan is $10/mo for 12 accounts — a third of Postiz cloud's entry price. The bundled tooling leans toward content production rather than channel breadth: a faceless AI video generator and long-form-to-Shorts clipping are included on paid plans rather than metered, though coverage is 15 platforms against Postiz's 20-plus. For automation, there's a REST API and a hosted MCP server, so AI agents and scripts can schedule posts without you maintaining infrastructure, platform API keys, or upgrade cycles yourself.

Self-host Postiz if you're a developer who enjoys running your own stack, wants to audit the code, or needs Discord, Slack, or Telegram — it's a legitimately good free option if you'll do the ops work. Pay for Postiz cloud if open source matters to you philosophically but self-hosting doesn't appeal. Pick Schedulin if you'd rather someone else keep the servers patched: hosted scheduling from $5/mo, AI video and clipping included rather than capped, and an API without any infrastructure of your own. The honest summary is that Postiz optimizes for control and channel breadth, while Schedulin optimizes for price and built-in content production.