Limits and prices checked against live APIs and vendor pricing pages on 23 August 2026.
| Tool | Free plan | TikTok on free? | Card needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PostWire | 1 brand, all its networks, 30 posts/mo | Yes | No |
| Buffer | 3 channels, 10 scheduled posts each | Yes | No |
| Upload-Post | 10 uploads, 2 profiles | No — excluded | No |
| Postiz | Free only if you self-host it (AGPL) | Your own approval needed | n/a |
| Blotato | 7-day trial | Trial only | Yes |
| Hootsuite | 14-day trial, 10-20 posts/day cap | Trial only | No |
| Ayrshare | No free plan | — | — |
TikTok's Content Posting API requires an audit before an app can publish for other people. Ours was rejected twice — once for an "Invalid Website URL" — and approved seven days after the second fix. A free plan that excludes TikTok usually means the company has not been through that, or is rationing the platform that costs it the most to support. It is the single most useful thing to check before you invest an afternoon setting a tool up.
Watch for three limits that are easy to miss: a cap on scheduled posts rather than published ones (you run out of queue, not of posts), a channel count that treats each network of the same business as a separate unit, and trials that quietly need a card to start. The comparison above lists all three.
Start free — 1 brand, all its networks, no card30 posts a month on the free plan. Starter is $9/month for three brands and 300 posts; Pro $29 for ten brands and 2,000. Flat per-account pricing — no per-network fee.
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