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Post Mate vs Sprout Social

Both stand on social scheduling. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

Sprout Social covers cross-network publishing, inbox management, collaboration, and reporting with tiered profile limits. Review add-ons and plan pricing carefully if you need listening, premium analytics, or more than five profiles.

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The facts

	Post Mate	Sprout Social
Free plan	No	A free trial
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Web	Android, iPhone
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Essentials: $79 a month
Plans published	None	6
Maker	Not published	Sprout Social
Website	post-mate.com	sproutsocial.com
On social scheduling	#27 of 27	#23 of 27

Post Mate: what it does well

Sprout Social: what it does well

Consolidated social inbox
Approval and collaboration workflows
Supports ten listed social networks
Profile and post performance reporting
iOS and Android apps

What to know first

No free plan
Essentials and Standard limit profiles to five
Listening and Premium Analytics cost extra
Annual plans start at $79 per seat

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