An agency with 30 client profiles pays $79/month with PostZen Pro and 10 extra accounts. Ayrshare's Business plan costs $599/month.
No credit card required
// Simple API key authentication
fetch('https://api.postzen.dev/v1/posts', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Authorization': 'Bearer POSTZEN_API_KEY',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
platforms: ['instagram', 'twitter', 'linkedin'],
content: 'Hello world!'
})
})Why Switch?
Free plan
Includes 2 social accounts, 20 posts per month, and the full API.
Flat plans with included accounts
Starter, Pro, and Scale include 5, 20, or 100 accounts. Extra accounts are $3 each per month.
Full product on every plan
API, MCP, SDKs, CLI, webhooks, queues, bulk CSV, analytics, and scheduling are included.
30-second setup
Create an account and receive an API key without an approval queue.
Published rate limits
60-2,000 requests per minute by plan.
$149 a month for one user
The Premium plan covers video and analytics but is limited to a single user.
$299 a month for 10 profiles
The Launch plan is the first tier with multi-profile support.
Team access starts at $599
The Business plan is required for team seats and covers 30 profiles.
Branded, image-only free tier
20 posts a month with Ayrshare branding and no video.
Unpublished rate limits
Limits are described as fair use, with no thresholds you can plan against.
Multi-step developer setup
Connecting and configuring the API takes several steps before the first post.
Feature Comparison
| PostZen | Ayrshare | |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 2 accounts, 20 posts/month, full API | 20 posts, branded, images only |
| Entry price | $19/month Starter (5 accounts included) | $149/mo (single user) |
| 50 accounts + unlimited posts | $149/mo (Scale, 100 included) | $599/mo (Business) |
| Feature access | Full product on every plan | Features vary by tier |
| Setup time | 30 seconds | Multi-step developer setup |
| Platforms | 10 | 16 |
| Uptime SLA | 99.97% (published) | "High availability" |
| Rate limits | 60–1200/min (published) | Fair use (unpublished) |
| Client-facing UI | Calendar included | Dev dashboard only |
| First comment scheduling | Yes | No |
At a glance
FAQ
Still have questions?
Create your API key in about 30 seconds. A typical migration takes about 15 minutes because PostZen uses standard REST resources and one publishing endpoint. Most Ayrshare integrations can keep the same application structure.
PostZen supports 10 platforms: Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky, and Telegram. Ayrshare covers most of the same platforms.
PostZen has flat plans with included connected accounts and includes its full API, MCP server, SDKs, CLI, webhooks, queues, bulk CSV, analytics, and scheduling on every plan. Ayrshare bundles analytics, comments, DMs, auto-hashtags, and media libraries into plans that start at $149/month.
Yes. PostZen includes video posting on the free plan. Ayrshare reserves video for Premium, which starts at $149/month.
PostZen publishes a 99.97% uptime SLA and has delivered thousands of posts. Published rate limits range from 60 to 2,000 requests per minute. Ayrshare describes its service as "high availability" and does not publish its fair-use thresholds.
Create a free account without a credit card. Agencies with 30 profiles pay $79/month instead of $599/month.
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