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A Postiz alternative you pay for once: how PostDashPro compares

PostDashPro is an AI social media scheduler and Postiz alternative where AI agents like Claude, ChatGPT, Codex and Cursor plan, write and schedule posts to 12 networks, and you review and edit everything in a visual calendar before it publishes. It's hosted, it's sold as a pay-once lifetime deal, and AI runs on your own API key, so there are no AI credits.

I'm Numan, and I co-founded PostDashPro with Furqan Javed in 2026. Postiz is the closest comparison for what we do: both tools let an agent schedule posts over MCP. This post sets them side by side, fairly. PostDashPro facts come from postdashpro.com and its llms.txt. Postiz facts come from postiz.com and postiz.com/pricing as of November 2026.

Why we built it

Posting one update to a dozen networks means a dozen tabs, a dozen character limits, and a dozen ways for a post to fail without anyone noticing. We wanted one composer with a live preview for each network, posts that go out on schedule, and an alert the moment one doesn't.

Then agents changed the job. If Claude or ChatGPT can draft a week of posts, the scheduler's job shifts. It becomes the place where you check the agent's work before anything goes live. So in PostDashPro:

  • Your agent plans and schedules; you review. Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw and others connect over API and MCP on every plan. They can draft per-platform captions, add media and schedule posts, and each post shows a preview before it's scheduled.
  • Every post is previewed per network. Live previews show fonts, truncation, character counters and action rows the way each app renders them. Captions are checked against each app's limits.
  • AI runs on your own key. AI captions and the AI image studio use your own API key, so you pay your model provider directly and there's no monthly AI allowance to run out of.
  • You hear about failures right away. Delivery alerts tell you the moment a post fails.
  • Connections use each network's official sign-in. Accounts connect through OAuth or the key the network provides. No scraping, and you can disconnect any account at any time.

The 12 networks

X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Telegram, Discord and Mastodon. Image, video and carousel posts work on every tier.

Postiz's list overlaps heavily with this one and also includes Reddit. If you need a network outside these 12, check Postiz first.

PostDashPro vs Postiz: side by side

PostDashPro Postiz (as of Nov 2026)
How it's sold Lifetime deal, pay once, nothing renews Monthly or yearly subscription
Entry price $59 once (25 connected accounts) Standard: $29/month (5 channels), or $23/month billed yearly
Other tiers $129, $299, $499 once Team $39, Pro $49, Ultimate $99 per month
Free trial 14 days, no card 7 days on every plan
Refund 60-day money-back guarantee on every tier Up to one month of fees if the last charge was within 120 days; annual plans not refundable
Hosting Fully hosted, nothing to install Hosted cloud, or self-host the open-source edition (AGPL-3.0)
AI agents over MCP / API Every plan Every plan (MCP server, CLI, API, webhooks)
AI generation AI captions and images on your own key, no credit allowance Monthly AI image, AI video and video-clipping allowances by plan
Networks 12 X, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest, Reddit, Discord, Bluesky, Mastodon and more
Per-platform previews Live, pixel-accurate previews per network Not listed on its pricing page
Multi-brand / agencies Brand slots (3 to 150 workspaces) Customer groups
X posts Capped per month by tier (10 to 50), because X charges per post Unlimited posts per month listed on every plan
Extras Omni-Draft, Brand Voice, Idea Board, n8n community node RSS auto-post, repeated posts, Plugs, post comments, analytics, AI video clipping

Sources: Postiz pricing, Postiz homepage, PostDashPro vs Postiz, PostDashPro llms.txt.

What each PostDashPro tier includes

Tier One payment Connected accounts Workspaces (brand slots) AI agent connections X posts/month
Lifetime Tier 1 $59 25 3 1 10
Lifetime Tier 2 $129 50 15 3 20
Lifetime Tier 3 $299 100 50 10 30
Lifetime Tier 4 $499 250 150 25 50

Every tier gets all 12 platforms, unlimited scheduled posts and drafts (X aside), AI captions and the AI image studio on your own key, and API and MCP access. Each connected profile, channel or Facebook Page counts as one account. You can upgrade later by paying only the difference.

Two limits worth knowing before you buy:

  • X is capped per month on every tier, because X charges per post. If X is your main channel and you post many times a day, this matters.
  • Media is temporary. Uploads can be up to 200 MB per file. Files not attached to a post or saved draft are removed after 24 hours, drafts keep their media for 30 days after the last save, and posted media is removed 7 days after the post publishes. PostDashPro is a scheduler, not a media archive.

When to pick which

Pick Postiz if:

  • You want to self-host. Postiz publishes an open-source edition under AGPL-3.0, and PostDashPro has no self-hosted version.
  • You need Reddit or another network outside PostDashPro's 12.
  • You post to X heavily. Postiz lists unlimited posts per month, and PostDashPro caps X per tier.
  • You want RSS auto-posting, repeated evergreen posts, engagement Plugs, or AI video clipping from long YouTube videos.
  • You'd rather pay monthly and stop when you no longer need it.

Pick PostDashPro if:

  • You'd rather pay once than keep another monthly bill.
  • You already pay for an AI model and want to use your own key instead of a monthly credit allowance.
  • You want nothing to self-host or maintain: no server, database or queue.
  • You want to see every post rendered per network before it's scheduled, and to be told the moment one fails.
  • You run an agency or several brands and want brand slots that keep each client's accounts, voice and calendar separate.
  • You use n8n. The n8n-nodes-postdashpro community node can queue or draft posts to 8 networks, import media, and read the queue and analytics. Nothing publishes instantly from n8n.

Moving from Postiz

Sign up, connect your social accounts with each network's official sign-in, and point your AI agent at PostDashPro. Posts already queued in Postiz stay there until they go out, so you can move over at your own pace.

FAQ

What is PostDashPro?
An AI-powered social media scheduler. AI agents plan, generate and schedule posts to 12 networks, and you review and edit everything in a visual calendar before it publishes.

Which AI agents work with it?
Claude, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw and more, over API and MCP on every plan.

Do I pay for AI credits?
No. AI runs on your own API key, so you're never billed by PostDashPro for AI usage.

How much does it cost?
Lifetime deals, paid once: $59, $129, $299 or $499. Every account starts with a 14-day free trial with no card, and every tier has a 60-day money-back guarantee.

Do I have to self-host it?
No. PostDashPro is fully hosted. Sign up, connect your accounts and start scheduling.

Who is it for?
Creators, teams and agencies who want to write once and publish everywhere. Brand slots cover agencies and creators running more than one brand.

Try it

Start the 14-day trial at postdashpro.com. If you're comparing several tools, our comparisons page also covers Buffer, Hootsuite, Later, Publer and others, and the Postiz alternative page has the short version of this post.

If you use Postiz and see something here that's out of date, tell me in the comments and I'll fix it.

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