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Octoque vs Publer: per-account pricing or golden hour?

Publer is a well-reviewed, low-cost scheduler with the widest network list around, priced per account. Octoque is newer and narrower: plans with accounts included, and each platform in a post timed at its own golden hour.

By Kumar Gaurav, founder of OctoqueUpdated Facts checked

The short version

For 1–4 accounts, Publer usually costs less, posts to a few networks Octoque doesn’t (Mastodon, Telegram, WordPress, Facebook Groups) and has phone apps. Octoque makes sense when you want best-time scheduling without paying for Publer’s Business plan (golden hour posts on every paid Octoque plan from $15; on Free it times your reminders, and you post), or when you have 6 or more accounts. Both refund within 14 days of each payment.

Choose Publer if…
  • you run 1–4 accounts and want the lowest price
  • you post to Mastodon, Telegram or WordPress
  • you want a native phone app and Canva built in
  • you post to Facebook Groups
  • you want a tool with many public reviews
Choose Octoque if…
  • you want best-time scheduling without a higher plan
  • you post one short video to many platforms and want each at its own hour
  • you run 6 or more accounts and want them included in the plan
  • you want the API and MCP server on a $15 plan
  • you want a failed-post email with a one-tap fix
  • you want comments and DMs in one inbox

Octoque and Publer side by side

Checked 14 October 2026. Prices in USD, monthly billing unless stated.

Free plan

Publer: Yes: 1 user, up to 3 accounts (X not included), 10 scheduled posts at a time per account. source

Octoque: Yes, but it doesn’t post for you: plan and schedule for up to 3 accounts and 10 posts a month, and at each post’s time Octoque sends a “Your turn” reminder with the caption and video ready, and you post it yourself. 5 AI caption credits. source

Cheapest paid plan

Publer: Professional $5 a month for 1 account ($4 paid yearly); per Publer’s calculator, each further account is about $4 and each extra member $2. source

Octoque: Starter $15 a month ($12 paid yearly): 3 accounts, unlimited scheduling, 30 X posts, API and MCP. source

How it’s priced

Publer: Per social account plus per extra member, on Professional and Business. Yearly billing is 20% off, and every 10th account or member is free. source

Octoque: Per plan, with accounts included (3, 8 or 25). Extra accounts are $3 a month each. source

Trial

Publer: 7 days on Professional, 14 on Business; sign-up checks a card or PayPal with a temporary $1 hold. source

Octoque: 14 days, no card: auto-posting to up to 3 accounts, 30 posts in total and 10 X posts. If you don’t pick a plan you move to Free (reminders, you post); nothing is deleted. source

Networks

Publer: Facebook (pages, groups, profiles), Instagram, TikTok, X (paid plans), Threads, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, Google Business, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, WordPress. source

Octoque: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Facebook Pages, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Reddit and Google Business Profile. No Snapchat, Mastodon or Telegram. source

Short video (Reels, TikTok, Shorts)

Publer: Reels, TikTok videos and YouTube Shorts can all post automatically, with a reminder route for TikToks that use in-app sounds. source

Octoque: Posts Reels, TikTok videos, YouTube Shorts and Facebook Reels directly through each platform’s official API. Carousels and Stories on Instagram and Facebook, LinkedIn PDF posts, and threads on X, Threads and Bluesky. source

Best time to post

Publer: Best times per account from your past posts, auto-filled into your posting schedule, on Business. source

Octoque: Golden hour on every plan: each platform gets its own time, in your audience’s time zone (up to three regions). On Free it’s the time of your reminder. source

Caption per platform

Publer: Yes: customise and preview each network’s version, on web and phone. source

Octoque: One caption everywhere or a different one per platform, a separate YouTube title, a first comment and live character counters. You can edit a live caption on Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, Reddit and Google, and on X with Premium within an hour. source

Approvals

Publer: Business plan and up. source

Octoque: Six roles and post approvals from Creator ($29/mo, 2 seats); Studio has 5 seats. The free trial includes them. source

API and MCP

Publer: API for Business customers in good standing; an MCP server is listed for Business, though its setup guide says access is limited for now. source

Octoque: Public API with scoped keys and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants, on every paid plan. source

Phone app

Publer: Yes, iOS and Android apps. source

Octoque: No native app yet. Octoque is a phone-first web app that runs in your phone’s browser. source

Refunds

Publer: Full refund within 14 days of each web payment; after that, the unused part minus a pro-rated amount. source

Octoque: Full refund within 14 days of any payment, renewals included. Cancel in two taps. source

Publer’s per-account prices beyond the first come from its own pricing calculator; its help centre confirms the $5 and $10 starting prices.

Where Publer is better

  • Cheaper for a few accounts. Professional starts at $5 a month for one account. Octoque’s cheapest paid plan is $15.
  • The widest network list. 13 networks, including Facebook Groups, Mastodon, Telegram and WordPress. Octoque has 11: it adds Reddit, which Publer doesn’t list, but none of those four.
  • Creator extras. Canva and watermarks on Professional. Both have link in bio, a feed preview and bulk scheduling; Octoque has no Canva or watermarks.
  • Analytics and competitor best times on Business. Both can re-post evergreen content.
  • Phone apps for iOS and Android, and a Trustpilot score of 4.9 from over a thousand reviews.

Where Octoque is better

Golden hour on every plan

Publer’s best times are on Business. Octoque’s golden hour times each platform in a post separately, in your audience’s time zone, on every plan (on Free it times your reminders, and you post).

Octoque composer with Each platform at its golden hour selected and TikTok scheduled for 8 PM
Each platform at its own golden hour, from one upload.

Accounts included in the plan

Publer charges for each account and each extra member. Octoque Creator includes 8 accounts and 2 seats for $29; Studio includes 25 accounts and 5 seats for $99.

API and AI assistants from $15

Publer’s API is for Business customers in good standing, and its MCP setup guide says access is limited for now. Octoque’s API and MCP server are on every paid plan.

Failed posts, in plain words

Octoque checks each platform’s rules before posting and emails you within minutes if one still says no, with a one-tap fix. See failed-post alerts.

One inbox for comments and DMs

Publer handles comments post by post, and a unified inbox is on its roadmap. Octoque has one: comments from Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Threads, LinkedIn, TikTok and Bluesky, DMs from Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Bluesky and Reddit, and Google review replies. It doesn’t read X.

What you’d pay

Monthly billing, USD, before tax, checked 14 October 2026. Publer’s sums use its own pricing calculator; check its page for your exact number.

A solo creator, 5 accounts

Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn and X; one person.

Publer Professional
about $20 a month (no best times)
Publer Business
about $35 a month (best times, approvals, API)
Octoque Creator
$29 a month, golden hour, approvals, up to 8 accounts

With 3 accounts, Octoque Starter is $15 and Publer Professional about $12.

A team of 3 with approvals

Three people, 10 accounts, posts approved before they go out.

Publer Business
about $69 a month (9 paid accounts + 2 members)
Octoque Studio
$99 a month, 5 seats, 25 accounts

Publer is cheaper here. Every 10th account or member is free on Publer, and yearly billing is 20% off.

Switching from Publer

  1. Start the trial
    Sign up for Octoque: 14 days of auto-posting to up to 3 accounts (30 posts), no card. Keep Publer running.
  2. Connect your accounts
    Sign in on each platform’s own page. Connecting to Octoque doesn’t disconnect Publer.
  3. Set your posting times
    Recreate your schedule in Octoque’s queue, or let golden hour time each platform.
  4. Move upcoming posts
    Octoque doesn’t connect to Publer. Upload the next week or two of videos to the Library, add the posts by hand or from a spreadsheet (CSV, up to 200 rows), and delete each one from Publer as you go, so nothing posts twice.
  5. Move your link page
    If you use Publer’s Linkie, copy your links to Octoque’s link in bio (octoque.com/@you) and update your profiles before you cancel.
  6. Cancel when you’re sure
    Publer refunds within 14 days of each web payment.
How we compared

We compared Publer’s plans page, pricing calculator, help centre and refund policy with Octoque’s own plans on 14 October 2026. Publer prices per account with volume steps, so the sums above are approximate. We did not run a long hands-on test of Publer; this compares what each company documents. Corrections to hello@octoque.com.

Questions people ask

Is Publer cheaper than Octoque?

For 1–4 accounts, usually yes: Publer Professional starts at $5 for one account. For best times and approvals you need Publer Business, and around 5 accounts Octoque Creator ($29) costs less.

Which has the better free plan?

Publer’s, if you want free posting: it posts for you on up to 3 accounts (10 queued posts each, no X). Octoque Free doesn’t post: it plans up to 10 posts a month for 3 accounts and reminds you to post them yourself. To try Octoque’s auto-posting, use the 14-day trial (no card), then Starter at $15.

Do both auto-post Reels, TikTok and Shorts?

Yes. Publer posts all three automatically, with a reminder route for TikToks that use in-app sounds. Octoque publishes all three directly; videos over 3 minutes need a part chosen for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.

Does Publer have an inbox?

Not a unified one: comments are handled post by post, and an inbox is on Publer’s roadmap. Octoque has one for comments, DMs and Google reviews, read live from each platform; it doesn’t cover X.

Do both refund?

Yes. Both refund within 14 days of each payment.

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Sources

All links checked on 14 October 2026.

  1. Publer plans and pricing calculator
  2. Publer help: plans and pricing
  3. Publer help: Professional vs Business
  4. Publer help: scheduling Instagram Reels
  5. Publer help: MCP server
  6. Publer help: refund policy
  7. Publer roadmap

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