Circleboom and Planoly have carved out opposite corners of social media management. Circleboom is an X/Twitter-first brand — it holds an "Official X Enterprise Developer" credential, sells a dedicated Twitter account-cleanup product billed separately from its multi-platform scheduler, and layers ChatGPT-4o AI and Canva into its content creation flow. Planoly built its following on Instagram aesthetics: a drag-and-drop visual grid planner that shows creators exactly how a feed will look before anything goes live, now expanded to several other networks. This page compares the two honestly — pricing, platforms, and who each tool is really for as of June 2026 — and shows where SocialKit, a flat-EUR scheduler that publishes natively to all 11 major platforms, fits as a third option.
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All three tools side by side, grouped by category. Pricing and feature availability as of June 2026.
| Feature | Circleboom | Planoly | SocialKit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Platforms | |||
| Platforms supported | 10 of 11 | 8 of 11Also supports: Amazon | All 11 |
| Bluesky | Yes | No | Yes |
| Mastodon | No | No | Yes |
| Threads | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google Business | Yes | No | Yes |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Pricing & trial | |||
| Entry price | $29.99/mo Pro (listed)Billed monthly; about $24.99/mo billed annually on the Publish product, verified June 2026 | $14/mo Starter billed annually ($16/mo monthly per help center)Verified on planoly.com/pricing, June 10, 2026 | €29/mo flat (€17.40/mo billed annually) |
| Pricing model | Two separately-billed products; Publish tiered by social-account count across four USD tiers | Per social set + per user — extra sets $8–10/mo and extra users $3–5/mo (Growth/Pro only; no add-ons on Starter) | Flat plans — all 11 platforms included, no per-network pricing |
| Social accounts included | Pro 5 · Premium 10 · Business 30Caps per Circleboom’s help center; only Enterprise (100) re-confirmed on the live pricing page (June 2026) | 1 eight-channel “social set” on Starter2 on Growth · 6 on Pro | 15 on Solo · 30 on Team |
| Free trial | 14 daysNo free-forever plan (June 2026) | 14 days + free mobile tier (10 uploads/mo) | 7 days — €0.00 due today |
| Money-back guarantee | Not listedNo money-back guarantee found on the pricing page (June 2026) | Not listedNot mentioned on planoly.com/pricing (verified June 10, 2026) | 7 days |
| Publishing & scheduling | |||
| Scheduled posts | Scheduling on all Publish tiersPost-volume limits not itemized on the published pricing page (June 2026) | Unlimited uploads on all paid plansFree mobile tier capped at 10 uploads/mo | Unlimited on every plan |
| Best-time auto-posting | Not itemizedNot detailed on the published Publish pricing page (June 2026) | Not listedNot shown in Planoly’s published plan details (June 2026) | Yes |
| Per-platform customization | Per-network post tailoringCircleboom Publish composes platform-specific posts (June 2026) | Not listedNot shown in Planoly’s published plan details (June 2026) | Yes |
| First-comment scheduling | Not itemizedFirst-comment scheduling not detailed on the pricing page (June 2026) | Not listedNot shown in Planoly’s published plan details (June 2026) | Yes |
| Calendar view | Content calendar includedCircleboom Publish markets a social-media calendar (June 2026) | Yes | Yes |
| Content & AI | |||
| AI assistant | “Unlimited AI Writer” — fair-use capped at 1,000 AI tokens/moChatGPT-4o; the 1,000-token/month fair-use cap is identical on all four tiers (their pricing page, June 2026) | Not listedNot shown in Planoly’s published plan details (June 2026) | Every plan (metered credits) |
| Post templates | Post templates + Canva integrationPer Circleboom Publish content-creation pages (June 2026) | Content templates | Yes |
| Content library | RSS auto-posting + content curationPer Circleboom Publish feature pages (June 2026) | Built-in media libraryUnlimited uploads on all paid plans (June 2026) | Yes |
| Thread posts (X, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon) | Not itemizedThread composing not detailed on the pricing page; Circleboom is X-focused (June 2026) | Not listedNo Bluesky or Mastodon; X publishing is reminder-based per Planoly’s own product page (June 2026) | Yes |
| Hashtag manager | AI hashtag generatorPer-platform AI hashtag tools listed on Circleboom’s product pages (June 2026) | Hashtag & user-tag groups | Yes |
| Collaboration | |||
| Team seats | Not itemizedPublish tiers are priced by social-account count, not team seats (June 2026) | 1 on Starter (no add-on seats) · 2 on Growth · 6 on Pro (extra users $3–5/mo) | 2 on Team · unlimited on Enterprise |
| Approval workflow | Not itemizedApproval workflow not detailed on the published pricing page (June 2026) | Not listedNot shown in Planoly’s published plan details (June 2026) | Team & Enterprise plans |
| Comments on posts | Not itemizedNot detailed on the published pricing page (June 2026) | Not listedNot shown in Planoly’s published plan details (June 2026) | Team & Enterprise plans |
| Integrations & support | |||
| Analytics | Posting analytics availablePer Circleboom Publish feature pages; deeper analytics live in the separate Twitter product (June 2026) | IncludedReviewers say depth could be more comprehensive (G2/Capterra) | Included on every plan |
| API + webhooks | Not offered to end usersCircleboom does not market an end-user API or webhooks (June 2026) | Not listedNot shown in Planoly’s published plan details (June 2026) | Every plan, incl. Solo |
| Support | Email / help centerUsers report on Trustpilot/G2/Capterra slow refunds and inconsistent support responsiveness (June 2026) | Email support | Email · priority on Enterprise |
| Verdict | |||
| Best for | Creators and X/Twitter power users wanting AI design plus account-cleanup tools | Creators planning a visual Instagram/Pinterest feed | Posting to many platforms on one flat EUR plan |
Pricing as of June 2026. Circleboom figures per their public pricing page; Planoly figures per their public pricing page. Both may change. SocialKit facts per our own pricing page.
Entry plans compared. SocialKit prices are in EUR; all 11 platforms included — no per-network pricing.
Verified on Circleboom’s Publish pricing page, June 2026: Pro at $29.99/month (about $24.99/month billed annually) for 5 social accounts; Premium $44.99/month (10 accounts), Business $89.99/month (30 accounts), Enterprise $249.99/month (100 accounts). The Circleboom Twitter tools are a separate, separately-billed product. 14-day trial, no free plan.
Verified on planoly.com/pricing, June 10, 2026: $14/month billed annually ($16/month monthly, per their help center), 1 user, 1 eight-channel social set, unlimited uploads. A second social set or user requires upgrading to Growth at $24/month billed annually.
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Pricing as of June 2026. Circleboom and Planoly prices are taken from their public pricing pages (linked above) and may change. Full SocialKit plan details on our pricing page.
Each tool genuinely wins somewhere. Here is the honest split.
Bottom line
Pick by workflow, not by brand. Circleboom is the stronger of the two for creators whose work revolves around X/Twitter — its dedicated account-management product, AI design bundle, and RSS auto-posting are genuinely strong there and no other tool in this comparison replicates them. Planoly is the stronger of the two for creators who live by the Instagram grid — its visual planner is still the most polished in its category, and its Starter price is the lowest headline in this comparison. The gap between them is everyone who wants to post automatically across many networks in one product, without managing two Circleboom subscriptions or navigating Planoly’s per-social-set pricing. That is what SocialKit is for: all 11 platforms, one flat EUR plan, AI and API + webhooks included, and a 7-day money-back guarantee.
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