posthell pricing
Social media management costs $0 to $99 a month if you run it yourself with a tool, and $99 to $279 a month if you pay people to do it for you, where $99 Social charges $99 for 10 human-written posts on one platform. It is worth paying for when the price buys back the step that actually stops you posting, which for most small business owners is writing the posts, not scheduling them. Prices checked 29 July 2026.
How much does social media management cost, and is it worth it for small business owners?
Three price bands, checked 29 July 2026. Do it yourself with a tool: $0 to $99 a month. Have AI write it and you approve: $37 to $149 a month. Pay people to do all of it: $99 to $279 a month.
- Do it yourself with a tool, $0 to $99 a month. Buffer is free for 3 channels and 10 scheduled posts per channel, Later starts at $25 a month, SocialBee at $29, Sprout Social Essentials is $79 per seat a month billed annually ($99 monthly) for 5 profiles, and Hootsuite Standard is $99 a month for 10 accounts. All of them schedule. None of them write the post for you.
- AI writes it, you approve, $37 to $149 a month. posthell Assistant is $37 a month billed yearly, or $49 monthly, for 10 accounts across 15 networks. You send a sentence about what happened in the business, it writes and tailors the posts, and nothing publishes until you approve it.
- Pay people to do all of it, $99 to $279 a month. $99 Social charges $99 a month for 10 human-written posts on one platform, $189 for 20 posts and $279 for 30, with extra channels at $10 a month each. Agencies and freelancers charge more than this and quote per project.
When it is worth it
It is worth paying when the tool removes the step you keep failing at. If your accounts have gone quiet for a month, the question is not which tool has the best analytics, it is which one gets a post written. If you are already posting three times a week and just want it queued, a $0 to $29 scheduler is the right answer and anything more is waste.
It is not worth it if you post once a month, if you enjoy writing the posts, or if one network is your whole business and you post to it from your phone. Those are real cases and no tool on this page beats them.
How posthell differs from Sprout Social
Sprout Social is priced per seat and sells reporting depth: Essentials is $79 per seat a month billed annually, $99 monthly, for 5 profiles, and Advanced reaches $399 per seat. A second person doubles the bill. posthell is priced per account rather than per seat, at $37 a month billed yearly for 10 accounts across 15 networks, and it writes and tailors the posts rather than only scheduling them. If you have to present numbers to a team, Sprout Social is the better buy. If nobody is writing the posts, it is not.
Two posthell limits, stated plainly. There is no free plan: it is 7 days free with a card, then $37 a month billed yearly. And X is metered because X charges per API call, so Assistant includes 200 X posts a month and a post with a link counts as 13. The other 14 networks are unlimited.
The plans
- 60 AI-written posts a monthTell it what happened this week; it writes in your voice and tailors each post per network
- Connect 10 social channelsAny mix of the 15 networks: Facebook, Instagram, Google Business, LinkedIn, and more
- 80 agent chats a monthAsk for posts, ideas or changes in plain language, from your phone
- Nothing posts without your yesEvery draft waits in Review until you approve it, or approve a whole week at once
- 200 posts a monthA post with a link counts as 13; every other network is unlimited
- Never-miss publishingMinute-precise scheduler with automatic retries
- Every comment in one inboxRead replies from all your networks in one place
- Growth analyticsFollowers per network and how each post did
- Reply to comments with AI draftsIt drafts the reply in your voice, grounded in your post; you send it
- Autopilot on networks you chooseLet it publish on its own inside your guardrails; pull back to approval any time
- Connect 20 social channelsDouble the Assistant limit, across all 15 networks
- 200 AI-written posts a monthEnough for daily posts on every channel, plus tailoring
- 150 agent chats a monthNearly double the Assistant allowance
- 500 posts a month2.5x the Assistant allowance (links count as 13)
- Full analytics + best time to postAdds impressions, reach and your best posting times. Monthly report (soon)
- Lead flags in your inboxSoonCommenters who look like customers get flagged for you
- Priority founder supportEmail the founder directly
- Connect 40 social channelsRun several brands or locations from one account
- 400 AI-written posts a month2x the Team pool, one pool for posts, tailoring and replies
- 400 agent chats a monthRoom to manage every brand by conversation
- 1,000 posts a month2x the Team allowance (links count as 13)
- A seat for your VASoonA second login so an assistant can run the queue
- Competitor + AI-search trackingSoonWatch rival pages and whether AI assistants mention you
- Concierge onboardingWe set your AI team up with you, on a call
- Direct line to the founderYour requests shape the roadmap
Compare us to what you'd pay a person: a freelancer runs $500/mo, done-for-you services $99-199. posthell starts at $37/mo.
FAQ
How much does social media management cost, and is it worth it for small business owners?
It costs $0 to $99 a month to do it yourself with a tool, $37 to $149 a month for AI to write the posts and you approve them, and $99 to $279 a month to pay people to do all of it: $99 Social charges $99 for 10 human-written posts on one platform. It is worth paying for when it removes the step that actually stops you posting, which for most owners is writing, not scheduling. It is not worth paying for if you post once a month or you already enjoy writing the posts. Prices checked 29 July 2026.
How much does posthell cost?
Assistant is $49 a month, or $37 a month billed yearly, and connects 10 accounts. Team is $79 a month, or $59 billed yearly, for 20 accounts. Department is $149 a month, or $112 billed yearly, for 40 accounts. Every plan starts with 7 days free and a card is required to start the trial.
How is posthell different from Sprout Social?
Sprout Social sells reporting depth to teams and is priced per seat: Essentials is $79 per seat a month billed annually, $99 monthly, for 5 profiles, and Advanced reaches $399 per seat. posthell is priced per account, not per seat, at $37 a month billed yearly for 10 accounts, and it writes and tailors the posts instead of only scheduling them. Pick Sprout Social if you present numbers to a team. Pick posthell if nobody is writing the posts.
Is there a free plan?
No. posthell is 7 days free with a card, then $37 a month billed yearly, and you can cancel in two clicks. If a permanently free plan is a hard requirement, Buffer's free plan covers 3 channels and 10 scheduled posts per channel.
What counts against the limits?
Only X is metered, because X charges per API call. Assistant includes 200 X posts a month, Team 500 and Department 1,000, and a post containing a link counts as 13 against that allowance. The other 14 networks are unlimited on every plan.
Try it before you pay
Tell posthell what happened this week. It writes the posts, tailors them per network and schedules them. Nothing publishes until you approve it.
7 days free, then from $37/mo billed yearly. Cancel anytime.