Publer’s pricing looks like one of the cheapest in the category — a free plan and a $5/month headline. But that card price covers exactly one social account with no team members: every extra account and every teammate is an add-on, so what you actually pay depends on how you configure it. Here is how Publer’s plans break down, what its own pricing calculator says at real usage, and where the bill lands. All figures verified June 10, 2026, on publer.com/plans.
Quick answer
Publer’s Professional plan starts at $5/month for a single social account ($4/month billed yearly), verified June 10, 2026. Extra accounts add about $4/month each and teammates $2/month, so a typical 3-account setup runs $12/month — and connecting all 11 major networks lists at $44/month on Publer’s own calculator.
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed annually | Key limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 — free forever | $0 | 1 user · 1 workspace · up to 3 accounts (X excluded) · 10 scheduled posts per account · 25 drafts · 24-hour post history |
| Professional | $5/month for 1 account (about $4/month per added account) | $4/month for 1 account, billed yearly | Unlimited scheduling & drafts · first-comment & thread scheduling · eternal post history · X integration · team members +$2/month each · 7-day trial |
| Business | $10/month for 1 account (about $7/month per added account) | $8/month for 1 account, billed yearly | Everything in Professional · AI prompts · analytics & reports · best times to post · competitor analysis · hashtag suggestions · Publer API · team members +$3/month each · 14-day trial |
| Enterprise | Custom quote | — | Volume discounts · 1:1 onboarding |
Modular pricing: the card price covers a single social account with no team members; Publer’s live calculator prices a 3-account Professional setup at $12/month and all 11 major networks at $44/month (Business: $21 and $77). Yearly billing is positioned as “2 months free.” A 14-day money-back guarantee is listed on the plans page; VAT not included (verified June 10, 2026).
Prices verified June 10, 2026 from Publer’s public pricing page. Prices may change — see Publer's current pricing page.
Hidden costs
Publer’s Professional base prices a single social account with zero team members. Add accounts and the calculator climbs fast: $9/month for 2 accounts, $12 for 3, $20 for 5, and $44 for the 11 accounts it takes to cover every major network — about $4 per account (verified June 10, 2026). The more places you post, the further the real bill drifts from the sticker.
On Publer’s published plans, AI prompts, analytics & reports, best times to post, competitor analysis, hashtag suggestions, and the Publer API are all Business-plan features — Professional is essentially a scheduler (verified June 10, 2026). Unlocking them doubles the base to $10/month and raises every extra account from about $4 to about $7/month: 11 accounts on Business list at $77/month on the calculator.
Every team member adds $2/month on Professional or $3/month on Business, on top of the per-account fees (verified June 10, 2026). A modest 3-account Professional setup with two collaborators comes to about $16/month — still cheap, but more than three times the headline price, and the invoice grows again with every hire.
Free covers up to 3 accounts but excludes X (Twitter) entirely — X is paid-plans only — and caps you at 10 scheduled posts per account, 25 drafts, and 24 hours of post history (verified June 10, 2026). Pinterest carries free-plan restrictions, and Instagram connects via Business or Creator accounts, so personal profiles need converting first. Batch a month of content and you hit the ceilings almost immediately.
Some users report on G2 and Trustpilot that Publer’s analytics are fairly basic — fine for general engagement, thinner for deeper reporting — and mention occasional account disconnections and slow or off-target support replies. These are review-sourced experiences rather than verified product facts, but they matter if analytics is the reason you would buy the Business tier.
| Channels | Publer | SocialKit |
|---|---|---|
| 3 channels | Lists at $12/month on Professional (live calculator, 3 accounts)Publer’s free plan also covers 3 accounts, but excludes X (Twitter) and caps pending posts (June 2026) | Solo: €29/month flat (€17.40/month billed annually) |
| 5 channels | Lists at $20/month on Professional (live calculator, 5 accounts)AI Assist, analytics, and best-time posting stay gated to the pricier Business plan | Solo: €29/month flat — same plan, 15 accounts included |
| 10 channels | Lists at $40/month on Professional (live calculator, 10 accounts — about $4 per account)Each team member adds another $2–3/month on top | Solo: €29/month flat — same plan, 15 accounts included |
Publer costs are derived from the rates published on their public pricing page as of June 2026 and may change. SocialKit Solo includes 15 social accounts across all 11 platforms at one flat price.
Honest take
Publer is genuinely worth it at the small end. A free-forever plan, a $5/month base ($4/month billed yearly) for a single account, and first-comment and thread scheduling already on Professional make it one of the cheapest credible schedulers for one or two accounts (verified June 10, 2026). It also covers Telegram and WordPress — two networks many rivals skip — and a 14-day money-back guarantee on top of the trial lowers the risk of committing.
The math turns as you add accounts and features. Extra accounts run about $4/month on Professional and $7/month on Business, teammates $2–3/month each, and AI, analytics, best-time posting, and hashtag suggestions all sit on the Business tier. By Publer’s own calculator, all 11 major networks list at $44/month on Professional and $77/month on Business. One or two accounts: take Publer. Four or more: run the numbers first.
If you landed here doing per-account math, that is the exact problem SocialKit’s flat plans remove. Solo is €29/month (€17.40/month billed annually) and includes 15 social accounts across all 11 platforms Publer covers — Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Bluesky, Pinterest, Mastodon, and Google Business — with unlimited scheduled posts, analytics, best-time posting, and AI on every plan (metered credits). API + webhooks are included even on Solo, where Publer lists API access from the Business plan up (verified June 10, 2026). On Publer, that feature set maps to Business, where 11 accounts list at $77/month on their own calculator — against one flat EUR price that never changes when you connect another network.
Honest caveats: with only one or two accounts, Publer’s free plan or low base price is genuinely cheaper, and if you publish to Telegram or WordPress, Publer covers two networks SocialKit does not. From roughly four accounts up, the flat plan wins — and you can check the math risk-free: 7-day trial, €0.00 due today, plus a 7-day money-back guarantee.
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