Mydrop's paid plans are $19, $59 and $249 a month flat, with no fee per seat. Per-user tools cost the most for teams: Hootsuite, Sprout Social and Agorapulse charge $79 to $399 per user a month in our August 31, 2026 read.
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Social media management tools cost from $0 to $399 per user a month. Enter your team and clients to see what 9 tools would bill you.
4Billing
More options: client approvers, X profiles
What each tool costs
Mydrop Pro$49 a month
Mydrop per client$4.92
Saved vs Sprout Social$848 a month$10,174 a year
Mydrop Pro
Up to 25 brands, 100 profiles and 500 posts a month, team of 5
$49 a month$590 a year · $4.92 per clientHootsuite Professional
3 × $199 per user
Account limit of this plan not published
$597 a month$7,164 a year · $59.70 per clientSprout Social Professional
3 × $299 per seat
Account limit of this plan not published
$897 a month$10,764 a year · $89.70 per clientAgorapulse Standard
3 × $79 per user + 20 × $10 per extra profile
$437 a month$5,244 a year · $43.70 per clientBuffer Team
Channels: 30
Lowest possible price: Buffer's tiers above 10 channels are not all published
from $160 a monthfrom $1,925 a year · from $16.04 per clientLater Scale
4 × $11.25 per extra social set
$128 a month$1,530 a year · $12.75 per clientLoomly Beyond
Up to 60 social accounts
$249 a month$2,988 a year · $24.90 per clientMetricool Advanced
Up to 15 brands
$53 a month$636 a year · $5.30 per clientPlanable Basic
10 × $33 per workspace
60 posts per workspace a month
$330 a month$3,960 a year · $33 per client
Run every client on one flat plan
Mydrop's plans include client approvals and a portal per client, with no fee per seat.
Prices read from each vendor's pricing page on August 31, 2026. Your numbers stay in your browser.
How social media tools charge
Per seat: every person pays
Hootsuite, Sprout Social and Agorapulse charge per user. On Hootsuite, every client who approves needs a seat too.
Per channel or per client
Buffer bills each channel, Planable each client workspace and Later each social set, so the bill grows with every client you win.
Flat plans: check who counts
Mydrop's plans are flat and clients approve without a seat. On Loomly, a client who approves counts as a user and can push you up a plan.
Example: 3 people, 10 client brands, 30 profiles and 1 client approver, billed yearly = Mydrop Pro $49 a month, Hootsuite Advanced $1,596 a month
Competitor prices read on each vendor's pricing page on August 31, 2026; Mydrop prices from mydropai.com/pricing. Page checked on October 21, 2026.
Reference
How 9 tools charge, in one table
One line per tool: what the bill grows with, where it starts and what a client needs to approve a post.
| Tool | How it charges | Entry price | Client approvals | Prices read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mydrop | Flat plans, team members included, never per seat | Free plan, then $19 a month | Every plan, from a link or WhatsApp, no seat | mydropai.com/pricing, October 21, 2026 |
| Hootsuite | Per user, billed yearly as a one-year commitment | $99 per user a month | Advanced plan ($399 per user); every approver needs a seat | hootsuite.com/plans, help.hootsuite.com, August 31, 2026 |
| Sprout Social | Per seat, billed yearly | $79 per seat a month | Professional and up; up to 3 approvers without an account on Advanced | sproutsocial.com/pricing, support.sproutsocial.com, August 31, 2026 |
| Agorapulse | Per user, plus extra profiles ($10) and X profiles ($30) | $79 per user a month, billed yearly | Shared calendars on Advanced, up to 5, no account needed | agorapulse.com/pricing, support.agorapulse.com, August 31, 2026 |
| Buffer | Per channel, cheaper above 10 channels | Free for 3 channels, then $6 per channel a month | Team plan; clients log in to Buffer | buffer.com/pricing, support.buffer.com, August 31, 2026 |
| Later | Per plan, plus social sets ($15) and users ($5) | Free plan, then $25 a month | Growth and up; an approval does not stop a post from publishing | later.com/pricing, help.later.com, August 31, 2026 |
| Loomly | Per plan, with user and account limits | Free plan, then $65 a month ($49 yearly) | Both paid plans; every approver counts as a user | loomly.com/pricing, Loomly help center, August 31, 2026 |
| Metricool | By number of brands | Free for 1 brand, then $25 a month for up to 5 | Advanced and up, from an email link | metricool.com/pricing, help.metricool.com, August 31, 2026 |
| Planable | Per workspace, one per client | Free for 50 posts in total, then $39 per workspace a month | Pro plan; clients need a Planable login | planable.io pricing page, help.planable.io, August 31, 2026 |
Prices in US dollars from each vendor's pricing page and help center, read on August 31, 2026. Where a page leaves a detail open, the calculator takes the cheaper reading for that vendor and marks lower bounds as "from". Add-ons sold apart, such as Planable's analytics at $14 per workspace, are not counted.
Flat, not per seat
Every client on one plan with Mydrop
Mydrop's plans set volume, brands and team size, never a fee per seat. Clients approve from a link and never become users.
Start free
Free plan, then $19 a month flat. Never per seat.
Questions
Tool costs, answered
On Mydrop, clients approve from a link and never take a seat. Per-seat tools charge for every teammate, and some charge for clients too: Hootsuite needs a seat for each approver, and Loomly counts a client who approves as a user.
No. At some sizes Metricool or Buffer cost less, and the calculator shows it. Mydrop's price includes client approvals, a portal per client and team members, which many tools sell by seat, tier or add-on.
On Mydrop, never, on every plan. On Hootsuite, yes. Sprout Social lets up to 3 approvers in without an account on Advanced, Agorapulse shares up to 5 calendars on Advanced, Metricool sends an email link on Advanced, and Buffer, Later, Loomly and Planable need the client to log in.
From each vendor's pricing page and help center, read on August 31, 2026, in US dollars; Mydrop's from its own pricing page. Where a page leaves a detail open, the calculator takes the cheaper reading for that vendor.
Yearly, almost everywhere. Mydrop's yearly plan costs 10 months, Later is 25% less and Loomly drops from $65 to $49 a month. Hootsuite and Sprout Social list yearly prices; Hootsuite's is a one-year commitment.
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