Mixpost vs Planable
Side-by-side pricing, platforms and features, with a verdict for each type of team.
Self-hosted scheduler built on Laravel, with a free Lite edition and a paid Pro licence for teams.
Built around client approvals: comment, approve and publish from one pixel-perfect draft.
Feature by feature
| Mixpost | Planable | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Free plan | Self-hosted | Yes |
| Cheapest paid plan | Free (Lite) · Pro from $199 / yr | $33 / user / mo |
| Free trial | Free plan | Free plan |
| Pricing model | Pro licence billed yearly | Per user, billed monthly |
| Platforms | ||
| Posts, Reels | Posts, Reels, Stories | |
| X / Twitter | Posts | Posts |
| Pages and profiles | Pages and profiles | |
| TikTok | Direct publish | Direct publish |
| Pages | Pages | |
| YouTube | Videos | Videos, Shorts |
| Pins | Pins | |
| Threads | Posts | Posts |
| Bluesky | Posts | No |
| Mastodon | Any instance | No |
| Subreddits | No | |
| Google Business Profile | Updates | Updates |
| Other networks | Telegram, Discord | — |
| Features | ||
| Content calendar | Yes | Yes |
| Approval workflow | Pro | Yes, multi-level |
| AI caption writing | Pro | Yes |
| Best time to post | No | No |
| Bulk upload (CSV) | No | No |
| Evergreen recycling | No | No |
| Analytics & reports | Basic | Pro plan |
| Social inbox | No | No |
| Link in bio page | No | No |
| First comment | No | Yes |
| Mobile app | No | iOS, Android |
| Browser extension | No | No |
| API access | Pro | No |
| White-label reports | Pro | No |
| Client workspaces | Pro | Yes |
| Details | ||
| Editorial score | 4.1 / 5 | 4.5 / 5 |
| Best for | Agencies and developers who want a self-hosted tool | Agencies and teams with client approvals |
| Apps | Web | Web, iOS, Android |
| Founded | 2023 | 2016 |
Which should you choose?
Planable scores 4.5 against 4.1 for Mixpost. Mixpost is self-hosted scheduler built on Laravel, with a free Lite edition and a paid Pro licence for teams. Planable is built around client approvals: comment, approve and publish from one pixel-perfect draft. On price, Mixpost starts lower at Free (Lite) · Pro from $199 / yr. Mixpost publishes to 14 networks and Planable to 9.
Mixpost is the self-hosted alternative to Buffer for people who want to own their stack. The Lite edition is free and open source; Pro adds workspaces, approvals, AI, white-label branding and an API for a yearly licence rather than a monthly fee, which is cheap for agencies running many brands.
Read the full Mixpost review →Planable is the tool to pick when the hard part of your week is getting posts approved, not publishing them. Drafts render exactly as they will look on each network, reviewers comment inline, and approvals can be single or multi-level with guest approvers who do not need a seat. The free plan gives you 50 posts to try it with a real client.
Read the full Planable review →