Octoque vs SocialPilot: which plan fits a creator or a small team?
By Kumar Gaurav, founder of OctoqueUpdated Facts checked
Both price per plan with accounts included. At the entry level they’re almost the same: SocialPilot Essentials is $30 for 7 accounts and 1 user; Octoque Creator is $29 for 8 accounts, 2 seats and insights. For teams of three or more, SocialPilot is cheaper: Standard is $50 for 15 accounts, 3 users, approvals and an inbox, against Octoque Studio at $99. For two people, Octoque Creator ($29) includes approvals. Octoque times each platform separately, has a 14-day trial with no card and refunds any payment within 14 days.
- you’re an agency that needs client management and unlimited users
- you want inbox and review replies inside a native phone app
- you want approvals for a team of three at $50 a month
- you manage 25 to 50 accounts on a budget
- you bulk-schedule hundreds of posts at once
- you’re a creator posting one short video to many platforms
- you want each platform at its own hour, in your audience’s time zone
- you want to plan for free and post yourself, with a reminder at the right time
- you want a public API on a $15 plan, not just Enterprise
- you want a refund window on every payment
Octoque and SocialPilot side by side
| SocialPilot | Octoque | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No free plan; a 14-day trial instead. source | 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 | Essentials $30 a month ($25.50 paid yearly): 7 accounts, 1 user, MCP server, phone app; no inbox, analytics or approvals. source | Starter $15 a month ($12 paid yearly): 3 accounts, unlimited scheduling, 30 X posts, API and MCP. source |
| How it’s priced | Per plan with set accounts and users (7, 15, 25 or 50 accounts); extra account $4, extra user $5 a month. source | Per plan, with accounts included (3, 8 or 25). Extra accounts are $3 a month each. source |
| Trial | 14 days, no credit card. source | 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 | Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Business. source | 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) | Reels publish directly for Business or Creator accounts; TikTok publishes directly by default; Shorts post automatically. source | 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 | AI-suggested times from each account’s follower activity, up to 7 days ahead; which plans include it isn’t stated. source | 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 | Yes, on all plans: a tab per network for caption, mentions and first comment. source | 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 | Team approvals from Standard ($50); client approvals from Premium ($100). source | Six roles and post approvals from Creator ($29/mo, 2 seats); Studio has 5 seats. The free trial includes them. source |
| API and MCP | MCP server on all paid plans (Claude, ChatGPT and others); public API on Enterprise only. source | Public API with scoped keys and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants, on every paid plan. source |
| Phone app | Yes, iOS and Android apps with scheduling, inbox and reviews. source | No native app yet. Octoque is a phone-first web app that runs in your phone’s browser. source |
| Refunds | Monthly: the latest charge back only if you forgot to cancel and haven’t used it for over a day. Yearly: no refunds. source | Full refund within 14 days of any payment, renewals included. Cancel in two taps. source |
Checked 14 October 2026. Prices in USD, monthly billing unless stated.
SocialPilot: No free plan; a 14-day trial instead. 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
SocialPilot: Essentials $30 a month ($25.50 paid yearly): 7 accounts, 1 user, MCP server, phone app; no inbox, analytics or approvals. source
Octoque: Starter $15 a month ($12 paid yearly): 3 accounts, unlimited scheduling, 30 X posts, API and MCP. source
SocialPilot: Per plan with set accounts and users (7, 15, 25 or 50 accounts); extra account $4, extra user $5 a month. source
Octoque: Per plan, with accounts included (3, 8 or 25). Extra accounts are $3 a month each. source
SocialPilot: 14 days, no credit card. 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
SocialPilot: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Business. source
Octoque: Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Facebook Pages, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, Reddit and Google Business Profile. No Snapchat, Mastodon or Telegram. source
SocialPilot: Reels publish directly for Business or Creator accounts; TikTok publishes directly by default; Shorts post automatically. 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
SocialPilot: AI-suggested times from each account’s follower activity, up to 7 days ahead; which plans include it isn’t stated. 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
SocialPilot: Yes, on all plans: a tab per network for caption, mentions and first comment. 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
SocialPilot: Team approvals from Standard ($50); client approvals from Premium ($100). source
Octoque: Six roles and post approvals from Creator ($29/mo, 2 seats); Studio has 5 seats. The free trial includes them. source
SocialPilot: MCP server on all paid plans (Claude, ChatGPT and others); public API on Enterprise only. source
Octoque: Public API with scoped keys and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT and other assistants, on every paid plan. source
Where SocialPilot is better
- Cheaper for teams. Standard is $50 a month for 15 accounts, 3 users, approvals, inbox and analytics. Octoque has approvals from $29 for 2 seats, but 3 or more people need Studio ($99).
- Agency tools. Client management, client approvals and white-label reports from Premium ($100), and unlimited users on Ultimate. Octoque Studio ($99) has white-label client reports too, with 5 seats.
- Inbox and reviews in the phone apps. Both have an inbox and Google review replies; SocialPilot’s works in its iOS and Android apps too, from Standard. Octoque runs in your phone’s browser.
- Bigger bulk uploads. Up to 500 posts at once from Premium. Octoque imports up to 200 rows at a time from a spreadsheet.
Where Octoque is better
Each platform at its own hour
SocialPilot suggests times per account from follower activity. Octoque’s golden hour sends one post to every platform at its own time, in your audience’s time zone (up to three regions), on every plan.
A seat for your editor, and approvals, at $29
SocialPilot Essentials has 1 user and no analytics. Octoque Creator has 2 seats, approvals and insights across every platform for $29.
An API from $15, and a free plan for planning
SocialPilot has no free plan, and its public API is Enterprise only (its MCP server is on every paid plan). Octoque has a free plan for planning (it reminds you to post; it doesn’t post for you), and the public API and MCP server on every paid plan.
Refunds
SocialPilot doesn’t refund yearly plans, and refunds monthly ones only if you forgot to cancel. Octoque refunds any payment within 14 days, renewals included.
What you’d pay
Monthly billing, USD, before tax, checked 14 October 2026.
Two people; Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Threads.
- SocialPilot Essentials + 1 user
- $30 + $5 = $35 a month (no analytics)
- Octoque Creator
- $29 a month, 2 seats, 8 accounts, insights
For one person, SocialPilot Essentials ($30) and Octoque Creator ($29) cost about the same.
Three people, 15 accounts, posts approved before they go out.
- SocialPilot Standard
- $50 a month ($42.50 yearly), inbox included
- Octoque Studio
- $99 a month ($82 yearly), 5 seats, 25 accounts
SocialPilot is cheaper for this team. Octoque Studio has more seats and accounts, golden hour and the public API.
Switching from SocialPilot
- Start the trialSign up for Octoque: 14 days of auto-posting to up to 3 accounts (30 posts), no card. Keep SocialPilot running.
- Connect your accountsSign in on each platform’s own page. Connecting to Octoque doesn’t disconnect SocialPilot.
- Invite your teamAdd your editor or teammates with one of six roles.
- Move upcoming postsOctoque doesn’t connect to SocialPilot. 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 SocialPilot as you go, so nothing posts twice.
- Cancel at the right timeSocialPilot doesn’t refund yearly plans, so cancel before your renewal date.
We compared SocialPilot’s plans page, pricing file, help centre and refund policy with Octoque’s own plans on 14 October 2026. Prices are monthly billing unless stated. We did not run a long hands-on test of SocialPilot; this compares what each company documents. Corrections to hello@octoque.com.
Questions people ask
Is SocialPilot cheaper than Octoque?
For one person they cost about the same ($30 vs $29). For two people with approvals, Octoque Creator ($29) is cheaper than SocialPilot Standard ($50); for three or more, SocialPilot Standard is cheaper than Octoque Studio ($99).
Does SocialPilot have a free plan?
No; it has a 14-day trial with no card. Octoque has a free plan that reminds you to post instead of posting (3 accounts, 10 posts a month), and a 14-day trial with no card that posts for you on up to 3 accounts.
Do both auto-publish Reels, TikTok and Shorts?
Yes. SocialPilot publishes Reels for Business or Creator accounts, TikTok directly by default and Shorts automatically. Octoque publishes all three directly.
Do both work with AI assistants?
Yes. SocialPilot’s MCP server is on every paid plan; its public API is Enterprise only. Octoque has both on every paid plan.
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