CoSchedule

coschedule.com
Social Media Management
Few Days

The Social Media Calendar That Does It All

How to Replace CoSchedule

Overview

CoSchedule is an all-in-one marketing calendar platform that enables users to organize, publish, engage, and measure social media, content, and marketing workflows. It serves solopreneurs, agencies, and enterprise teams with customizable calendar solutions for planning social messages, managing team collaboration, and tracking marketing performance across multiple channels.

Features

78 features across 23 categories

AI Tools(11)

AI Assistant ChatAI

Chat with CoSchedule's AI-bot to generate ideas, draft copy, and more

AI Campaign AssistantAIPremium

Instantly create entire social campaigns - schedule, copy, and designs - with AI Campaign Assistant

AI Image GenerationAIPremium

Generate images for social messages, blog posts, and other marketing content with built-in AI image generation tools

AI Project AssistantAIPremium

Use AI Project Assistant to draft first-draft copy in seconds

AI Project TemplatesAI

Generate ideas and first-draft copy using marketer-approved, fully customizable AI prompt templates

AI Social AssistantAIPremium

AI-powered social message writer that writes messages for you

Custom AI PromptsAIPremium

Create reusable custom AI prompts

Custom Brand Profiles with Hire MiaAIPremium

Connect your Hire Mia account to access custom brand profiles to create on-brand content

Headline StudioAIPremium

The only headline analyzer powered by AI and data-driven feedback that generates headlines optimized for engagement and SEO

Hire MiaAIPremium

The world's first collaborative AI-editor to help you multiply your creative output and scale your marketing

Prompt LibraryAIPremium

Generate ideas and first-draft copy using marketer-approved, fully customizable AI prompt templates

Analytics & Reporting(10)

Custom UTM ParametersPremium

Create custom UTM parameters for tracking

Insights AssistantAIPremium

Get AI-powered analysis of your social metrics and clear, actionable next steps

Insights DashboardsPremium

Create customizable dashboards to track your most important metrics

Manager Visibility & ReportingPremium

Review updates on employee productivity to demonstrate hiring needs and eliminate blockers

Project & Campaign ReportsPremium

Prove the value and productivity of your team with easy-to-export reports

Report SchedulingPremium

Automatically deliver reports and email them on a recurring schedule

Social Analytics & ReportsPremium

Visualize and share social performance in easy-to-understand reports with customizable dashboards

Social Media AnalyticsPremium

Available for Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon

Team Performance ReportPremium

Run reports to visualize your team's productivity and output

White Label Social ReportsPremium

Create professionally branded social media reports for your clients

Also in: Ivanti, Ramp, Stampli

Approval & Workflow(2)

Approval WorkflowsPremium

Add required approvals to your team workflows so everyone knows what tasks need approval and when

Social ApprovalsPremium

Ensure all planned social messages get required approval before publishing

Asset Management(1)

Digital Asset ManagementPremium

Store, index, and share your content to maintain control over brand assets

Automation(3)

Recurring Event AutomationPremium

Automatically add recurring events to your calendar

Recurring Task AutomationPremium

Automatically add recurring tasks to your calendar

Social Automation (ReQueue)Premium

Automate recurring promotions and reshare best social messages

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Calendar Management(7)

Customizable Color Coding

Visually categorize content on your calendar using color labels for departments, teams, products, and more

Drag & Drop Calendar

Move projects to new publish dates to automatically reschedule projects, tasks, and social messages

Filtered & Saved Calendars

Create saved calendars for email, social, sales projects, and other segmented views

Kanban & Table ViewsPremium

Manage work through each stage of the process with customizable Kanban Board and table view

Marketing CampaignsPremium

Group related projects together in a single, focused campaign timeline

Sub-CalendarsPremium

Custom calendar views for departments, product lines, and more

Unlimited Client CalendarsPremium

Create custom calendars for each agency client

Also in: Schedulista, Acuity Scheduling, Setmore

Collaboration & Permissions(5)

Custom PermissionsPremium

Customize publishing, project, and dashboard access per user

Discussions & Team CollaborationPremium

Add comments to collaborate with your team. Add feedback, context, and more

Guest User AccessPremium

Guest seats for external contributors, vendors, or freelancers

Project & Task ContributorsPremium

Keep project contributors up to date with progress via notifications

User RolesPremium

User roles for managers, team members, freelancers, and stakeholders

Core Calendar(4)

Agency CalendarPremium

Calendar software for agencies and consultants to create custom calendars for each client

Content CalendarPremium

Fully customizable marketing calendar providing total visibility of all tasks, projects, and campaigns

Marketing SuitePremium

Family of marketing products to help coordinate process, projects, and teams for enterprise marketing

Social Calendar

Robust calendar featuring tools to create, schedule, publish, and measure social strategy

Customization(3)

Custom FieldsPremium

Create unlimited custom fields to document specific project details for more context and organization

Custom Project TypesPremium

Create and customize unique project types your team regularly completes

White Label FeaturesPremium

Create custom brand profiles for each client

Education & Training(1)

Marketing EducationPremium

On-demand marketing course library to help you quickly learn new marketing skills with confidence

Email Marketing(1)

Email Subject Line TesterPremium

Test and optimize email subject lines for better performance

Engagement(1)

Social InboxPremium

Reply to mentions, comments, replies, and DMs from a single dashboard

Mobile(1)

iOS and Android AppsPremium

Review tasks and schedule social messages anywhere via the mobile app

Organization(1)

Project Tag Management

Use tags to label and organize related posts, messages, and projects together

Security & Access(2)

Security & Access LogsPremium

Track all changes inside of CoSchedule with security and access logs

Single Sign-On (SSO)Premium

Log in with your SSO credentials. No need to memorize passwords

Sharing & Collaboration(3)

Project Observer ViewsPremium

Share real-time updates via read-only views. Observer views give visibility without access to make changes

Read-Only Calendar SharingPremium

Share read-only calendars for each agency client

Unlimited Free ViewersPremium

Free viewers have read-only access via link-sharing and cannot make changes or edit

Social Publishing(11)

Best Time Social Publishing

Automatically publishes social messages at the best time for engagement and reach for each social network

Bulk Social Media SchedulingPremium

Upload and schedule bulk social messages with a CSV file import, up to 365 messages at once

First Comment SchedulingPremium

Schedule a first comment on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and X

Link In BioPremium

Create a custom link in bio page and drive traffic from social to your content for Instagram and TikTok

Multi-Network Social PublishingPremium

Publish to all major social networks including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, and Google Business Profiles

Pause Social MessagesPremium

Suspend all scheduled posts and resume later

Social CampaignsPremium

Create social campaigns to view all the social messages that promote events, new content, and more

Social Message OptimizerPremium

Optimize social messages for each network to maximize engagement

Social PreviewsPremium

Preview what messages will look like prior to publish

Social Profile GroupsPremium

Multi-profile scheduling capabilities

Social SyncPremium

Automatically sync social content published natively to your calendar

Support(1)

Dedicated Account ManagementPremium

Get personalized onboarding, training, and support from a CoSchedule expert

Targeting(1)

Advanced Audience TargetingPremium

Send Facebook and LinkedIn messages to specific user groups based on geographical and demographic parameters

Task Management(1)

Personal TasksPremium

Assign tasks with due dates to keep work on track

Team Management(1)

Team Management DashboardPremium

Easily review, delegate, and assign work to effectively manage your team's priorities

Templates(4)

Reusable Campaign TemplatesPremium

Add new campaigns to your calendar in seconds to get work into production quickly

Reusable Project TemplatesPremium

Add projects in seconds. Create project templates to standardize required details like project owners, tasks, attachments, custom fields, and more

Reusable Social TemplatesPremium

Create reusable social sharing schedules to promote new blog posts, podcasts, and more

Reusable Task TemplatesPremium

Create reusable task templates to standardize your team's workflows

Workflow Management(3)

Intake Request FormsPremium

Create shareable project intake forms to field and prioritize incoming requests

Marketing ProjectsPremium

Use projects to organize your drafts, files, tasks, and more

Project AttachmentsPremium

Attach images, videos, files, social campaigns, and other assets to your project

Pricing

Free Calendar

Free
  • 1 user
  • 1 social profile
  • Up to 15 scheduled social messages
  • Drag & drop calendar
  • Best time social publishing
  • AI assistant chat
  • 20 AI project templates

Social Calendar

Popular
$19/user/month (annual) or $29/user/month (monthly)
  • Up to 3 user seats
  • 3 social profiles
  • Unlimited scheduled social messages
  • 1600+ AI project templates
  • Social analytics & reports
  • Social inbox (Facebook & Instagram)
  • Social automation (ReQueue)
  • Bulk social media scheduling
  • Drag & drop calendar
  • Best time social publishing
  • Social previews
  • Social message optimizer
  • Reusable social templates
  • Custom color coding
  • Tag management
  • Filtered & saved calendars

Agency Calendar

$59/user/month (annual) or $69/user/month (monthly)
  • Up to 3 user seats
  • 5 social profiles
  • Unlimited scheduled social messages
  • All Social Calendar features
  • Unlimited client calendars
  • Social inbox (all networks)
  • Social profile groups
  • White label features
  • Social approvals
  • Read-only calendar sharing
  • Custom project types
  • Custom fields
  • Project & campaign reports

Content Calendar

Custom - Contact Sales
  • Up to 5 user seats
  • 5 social profiles
  • Unlimited scheduled social messages
  • All Agency Calendar features
  • Kanban & table views
  • Marketing campaigns
  • Custom fields
  • Custom project types
  • Project & campaign reports
  • Guest user access
  • Dedicated account management
  • Marketing projects
  • Personal tasks
  • Project attachments
  • Recurring task automation
  • Recurring event automation
  • Reusable task templates
  • Team collaboration
  • Project contributor notifications

Marketing Suite

Custom - Contact Sales
  • Custom user limits
  • 5 social profiles
  • Unlimited scheduled social messages
  • All Content Calendar features
  • Sub-calendars
  • Approval workflows
  • Intake request forms
  • Team management dashboard
  • Digital asset management
  • Advanced audience targeting
  • Custom permissions
  • Manager visibility & reporting
  • Single sign-on (SSO)
  • iOS and Android apps
  • Unlimited free viewers
  • Dedicated account manager
  • All AI tools and features

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying CoSchedule

Monthly$29/mo
Yearly$348/yr
5-Year Total$1.7k

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~9 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyEasy

Total Cost Comparison

1 YearSave $108
SaaS
$348
DIY
$240
3 YearsSave $324
SaaS
$1k
DIY
$720
5 YearsSave $540
SaaS
$1.7k
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 78 features at easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a CoSchedule alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 78 features.

Buy CoSchedule

Better Value
Monthly cost$290/mo
3-year total$10,440
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$60,000
Maintenance$900/mo
3-year total$92,400
Dev time~5 months

Buying CoSchedule saves ~$81,960 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 78 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

16 known integrations