Nobody can give you an honest figure for how much time Planable, Loomly or Mydrop saves your agency, because the saving depends on how many of your posts repeat and how long your approvals take. You can measure your own number in a week with a timer, and this post shows you how.
Search for "how much time does Planable save agencies" and you won't find a neutral answer anywhere online. Any vendor figure comes from its own best case. Run the test below instead.
TLDR: Pick three post types you repeat, time each one from blank to approved in each tool, then time it again from a saved structure. Multiply the minutes saved by your weekly volume. Also check how each tool bills as the team grows, since that can wipe out the time you save.
Mydrop pricing check, September 2026: the entry paid plans of the eight tools most often compared with Mydrop run from $6 per channel (Buffer) and $25 a month (Later) to $99 per user (Hootsuite) and $79 per seat (Sprout Social), read on each vendor's pricing page. Mydrop is free to start, then $19 a month flat, not per seat. Full table on Mydrop's compare pages.
Run a one-week timed test, step by step
You need one real client, three repeat post types and a stopwatch.
- Pick three post types that repeat, for example a weekly roundup, a product highlight and a team spotlight.
- Time each one from a blank draft to the point the client can approve it, in each tool.
- Save each one as a reusable structure in the tool.
- Time each again from the saved structure, for a new week's content.
- Record approval time from submission to approved, in each tool.
- Multiply: (minutes saved per post) x (repeat posts per week) x (clients).
Illustrative arithmetic, not data: if a repeat post drops from 12 minutes to 4, and you publish 15 repeat posts a week, that's two hours back every week. Swap in your own timings.
What to compare in each tool
| What to check | Why it matters | How to test it |
|---|---|---|
| Reusable post structure | Decides the minutes saved per post | Build one from a real post, reuse it next week |
| Approval route | Review is usually the slower half | Submit to a client who has no account |
| Billing basis | Sets the cost of adding people | Add up the bill for your team plus clients |
| Multi-client view | Needed for the weekly planning slot | Load three clients and view them together |
| Platforms covered | Dropped networks mean a second tool | Check the networks your clients use |
On billing, from each vendor's own pricing page in September 2026: Planable bills per workspace with analytics as an add-on, Loomly's Starter plan caps at 3 users, and Mydrop is flat, not per seat. If your agency brings in freelancers, the user cap and per-workspace billing are the numbers to put in your sheet next to the minutes saved.
Where the minutes actually go
In our experience, the time saved is rarely in the typing. It sits in three other places:
- Fewer rounds of review. A fixed structure gets rid of the "can you change the layout" comment.
- Fewer missing pieces. A saved structure reminds the creator about the link, hashtags and alt text.
- Faster handoff. Approval status stays attached to the post.
That's why the approval row of the test matters as much as the template row. A tool that saves five minutes on a draft but loses a day in approvals is slower overall. Our guide on stuck approvals lists what to check when review is the bottleneck.
Where Mydrop covers the repeat-post job
Mydrop covers repeat work through bulk creation, which turns a list into drafts, AI captions for a first version per brand, and approval workflows with a client portal that needs no login. Check the template step in your own trial rather than taking this as given.
If you'd like a side-by-side list of tools for this job first, see the best post template tools for social teams and the compare pages.
Next step: choose your three repeat post types now, set up a free trial of two tools plus Mydrop, and fill in the six-step timing sheet by Friday. Start free with Mydrop for the third column.
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