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: $10 to $49 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, $10 to $49 a month. posthell: Solo is $12 a month ($10 billed yearly), Pro $24 ($18) and Assistant $49 ($37), across 9 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, from $12 a month across 9 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 on the monthly plans, then from $12 a month. And posts are counted, once per network, so one update to four accounts is four posts: 300 on Solo, 1,000 on Pro and no monthly cap on Assistant. No network costs more than another.
The plans
- 300 posts a monthCounted once per network, so one post to four accounts is four. Every network counts the same, included
- Connect 5 social accountsAcross 9 networks: , LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest and Bluesky
- Never-miss publishingPick a time and it goes out, with automatic retries if a network hiccups
- Nothing posts without your yesEvery draft waits in Review until you approve it
- One post, tailored per networkWrite once, then adjust the wording, photo or format for each account before it goes
- Repeating postsRepeat a post weekly or monthly and it goes out again on its own
- Post analyticsViews, likes, comments and shares for every post, and the days and hours that work best for you
- The AI assistant, 5 chats a dayTell it what happened and it writes the posts, in your voice, ready for your approval
- 100 AI-written posts a monthShape a rough line into a post, or tailor one post for each network at once
- 30 AI images a monthPictures for posts that need one. It never fakes your actual shop, staff or customers
- 300 AI-written posts a month3x the Solo allowance, shared by writing and tailoring
- 100 assistant chats a monthRoom to plan a whole week by conversation
- 100 AI images a monthEnough for a picture on most posts
- 1,000 posts a monthCounted once per network, included
- Connect 15 social accountsAcross the 9 networks
Compare us to what you'd pay a person: a freelancer runs $500/mo, done-for-you services $99-199. posthell's business plans start 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, $10 to $49 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. Other vendors' prices checked 29 July 2026.
How much does posthell cost?
Solo is $12 a month ($10 billed yearly), Pro $24 ($18) and Assistant $49 ($37). Connected accounts: 5 on Solo, 15 on Pro and as many as you like on Assistant. The monthly plans start 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 by plan, not per seat, from $12 a month, 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 on the monthly plans, then from $12 a month, and you can cancel from Settings. 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?
No network is priced differently. Your plan includes a monthly number of posts and every network counts the same against it, X included. One post is one post to one account, so sending the same update to four accounts counts as four: 300 on Solo, 1,000 on Pro and no monthly cap on Assistant.
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 on the monthly plans, then from $12 a month. Cancel anytime.