10 tools. Tools where a post moves from draft to review to approved before it can be scheduled, with roles for who can do what and a clear audit trail.
The simplest way to queue posts across every major network, with the most generous free plan in the category.
Built around client approvals: comment, approve and publish from one pixel-perfect draft.
Agency features (inbox, reviews, white-label reports) at a lower price than the usual suspects.
Inbox-first social management for agencies and mid-size teams, with listening and strong reporting.
Calendar-first collaboration with post ideas, approvals and a clean workflow from draft to publish.
Agency scheduler at a solo-creator price, with client approvals, an inbox and a generous free plan.
Premium enterprise platform with the best inbox and reporting in the category, priced per seat.
Agency scheduler with client approvals, white-label dashboards and one of the longest track records in the category.
The original enterprise suite: inbox, listening and compliance features for large marketing teams, at an enterprise price.
Agency planner built around client approvals, with a calendar clients can review without an account.
An approval workflow is only useful if it matches how your team actually reviews content. Test three scenarios before buying: a post that needs edits, an urgent post that must skip the queue, and a post that gets rejected and resubmitted. Multi-level approvals (legal, then marketing lead) are rarer and usually sit on the top plan.
Planable (including its free plan), Pallyy, Kontentino and Vista Social include approvals from the first paid tier. Buffer requires its Team plan.
Planable, Kontentino, Sendible and Pallyy support guest or client approvers. Sprout Social and Hootsuite generally require a paid seat.
A post must be approved by more than one role in sequence, for example a copy lead and then a compliance reviewer. Planable, Sprout Social and Agorapulse support it.