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So-me Studio vs Postiz
Postiz is a genuinely good open-source, self-hostable scheduler — if you're happy running a server and wiring up your own OAuth apps. So-me Studio is the fully-managed alternative: nothing to install, a hosted free plan, a unified social inbox, UGC/avatar video and real human support.
Try So-me Studio freeManaged cloud, zero setup
Postiz's only free path is self-hosting — Docker, a VPS, Postgres/Redis/Temporal, plus creating and maintaining your own developer app for each network. So-me Studio's Hobby plan is hosted, free forever, and live in minutes with nothing to run or bring.
A real engagement inbox
Postiz is a scheduler — it has no unified inbox for comments, DMs or mentions. So-me Studio manages all of them with webhook ingestion (Meta/Twitter/LinkedIn) plus an extended inbox for Slack, Telegram, Discord, Bluesky, Mastodon and Reddit.
UGC and avatar video built in
Both tools generate AI text, images and short video. So-me Studio adds a dedicated UGC/avatar video studio powered by HeyGen and D-ID — talking-avatar ads with a hook and sound library, on Team plans and up.
Governance and human support
Postiz reviewers call out missing approval workflows, thin role permissions and Discord-only support. So-me Studio ships approval workflows (Team+), per-workspace agency branding on every plan, and a ticketed help desk with a human on the other end.
Feature comparison
Feature-by-feature comparison. Postiz cloud plan referenced = Standard; self-hosting the open-source build is a separate, free-but-DIY path.
Pricing side-by-side
So-me Studio's managed cloud starts lower than Postiz's; Postiz can be effectively free if you self-host — but you trade the subscription for running and maintaining the server yourself.
So-me Studio
- HobbyForever free, hosted$0/mo
- Solo$9/mo
- Team$25/mo
- Scale$75/mo
Postiz
- Self-hostedAGPL-3.0; you run the server + bring your own keysFree*
- Standard5 channels, no team members$29/mo
- Team10 channels$39/mo
- Pro30 channels$49/mo
- Ultimate100 channels$99/mo
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers before you sign up.
Yes, in the sense of a hosted free plan. So-me Studio's Hobby plan is free forever — 10 posts/month, all 20 platforms, unlimited AI captions, analytics and a bio-link page, with nothing to install. Postiz's managed cloud is a 7-day trial only; its genuinely free path is self-hosting the open-source build, which means running your own server.
If you're technical, self-hosting Postiz can be close to free: it's open-source under AGPL-3.0 and runs on a cheap VPS via Docker. The honest catch is the work — you maintain the server (Postgres, Redis, Temporal, Node), bring your own AI provider keys, and create and update a developer OAuth app for every social network. So-me Studio trades that DIY burden for a managed service starting at $0, then $9/mo for Solo. Compare setup and feature scope, not just the sticker price.
The biggest gaps are engagement and governance. Postiz is a scheduler with no unified inbox, no approval workflows and limited role permissions. So-me Studio adds a unified social inbox (comments, DMs and mentions) with webhook ingestion plus an extended inbox for Slack, Telegram, Discord, Bluesky, Mastodon and Reddit, along with approval workflows, deeper analytics with best-time-to-post, dedicated UGC/avatar video, and a ticketed help desk.
Yes — this is parity, not a So-me advantage. Postiz ships a public REST API, an official MCP server, an n8n node, webhooks and AI text/image/video generation. So-me Studio matches all of that (API, MCP with 200+ tools, CLI, n8n node and webhooks on the Team plan). The difference is that So-me's surfaces are fully managed, whereas getting the most from Postiz often means self-hosting and supplying your own keys.
Connect the same social accounts in So-me Studio and let any posts already queued in Postiz publish while you ramp down — no need for a hard cutover. If you self-hosted Postiz, you can keep the container running until your last scheduled posts go out, then decommission the server. So-me Studio starts capturing analytics the moment each account connects, so you don't lose forward history during the switch.
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