Postial comparisons · September 2026
For agencies whose clients publish on Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram: login-free client approvals, visible publishing errors and retries, and one monthly agency price. X, Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook connect in Early access, subject to provider conditions.
Starter €19/month · Agency €49/month · including VAT · 14 days free · cancel anytime
Postial prices are monthly in EUR including VAT. Vendor prices below are in USD; no currency conversion or like-for-like savings claim is made. A brand is a client workspace grouping; a channel or social account is one connected profile. Several brands can require many more accounts than brands. Confirm your exact account mix, taxes and checkout terms before buying. Unconfirmed means not established from the linked sources, not that a feature is absent.
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| Agency requirement | Postial · early access | Buffer |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Starter: €19/month including VAT; 3 brands, 1 user. | Free plan: $0 for up to 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts per channel. Essentials: $5 per channel/month on annual billing, one user account. [1] |
| Agency allowance | Agency: €49/month including VAT; 15 brands, 5 users. | Team: $10 per channel/month on annual billing with unlimited team members. 15 brands with one channel each cost $150/month; calculated, not a listed bundle — Buffer bills per channel, not per brand, and several accounts per brand raise the total. Taxes not clarified on the page. [1] |
| Client approval without login | Client approval links (Agency) | Content approval workflows listed on the pricing page: manage who can draft and approve posts across your team. Login-free external reviewer links not confirmed on the checked page. [1] |
| Visible failures and retries | Publishing status and retries | A visible per-post publishing error and retry workflow was not established by the checked pricing page. [1] |
| API / n8n | REST API and webhooks (Agency). n8n node (Agency): n8n-nodes-postial 0.2.0 is published on npm and appears as “Postial” in n8n | API access on every plan, including Free with 1 key and 3,000 requests per month; Team lists 5 keys and 15,000 requests per month. n8n is listed among Buffer’s integrations. [1] |
| Networks | Live: Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram. X, Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook connections are Early access when configured; publishing is subject to provider conditions, and Instagram publishes only to Business accounts linked to a Facebook Page. | Buffer documents channels including Bluesky, Mastodon, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest and Google Business Profile. Capabilities vary by channel and profile type. [1] |
| Data location | Data is hosted in Germany; publishing still sends content to the selected networks. | Hosting region not established by the pricing source; request contractual residency details. [1] |
| Trial without a card | 14-day trial, no card needed. Cancel anytime. | 14-day trial listed on Essentials and Team; a card requirement is not stated on the checked page. The free plan needs no purchase. [1] |
Live: Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram. X, Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook connections are Early access when configured; publishing is subject to provider conditions, and Instagram publishes only to Business accounts linked to a Facebook Page.
Available today: Brand workspaces; Calendar and scheduling; Client approval links (Agency); Publishing status and retries; Image uploads; Team (Agency); REST API and webhooks (Agency). n8n node (Agency): n8n-nodes-postial 0.2.0 is published on npm and appears as “Postial” in n8n
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Postial’s Agency offer combines 15 brands and 5 users for €49/month including VAT, with login-free client review and REST API/webhooks available today, and a native n8n node shown as “Postial” in n8n. One monthly price does not grow when a client adds a profile. It fits a small team seeking this specific workflow and German hosting, provided early-access availability meets its needs.
Buffer is the stronger fit when you need its listed Bluesky and Mastodon channels alongside Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and more, a permanent free plan, or per-channel billing that scales one account at a time. Team adds approval workflows and unlimited team members. Agencies dependent on these capabilities should validate Postial’s narrower rollout before moving. [1]
Do not switch yet if a client needs a network outside the live Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram set, if you rely on Buffer’s free plan or its per-channel flexibility across many accounts, or if an early-access provider condition cannot be accepted. X, Threads, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook connections are not the same as a generally available publishing guarantee. [1]
Postial does not currently offer a free tier, Buffer’s broad documented channel catalogue, or its per-channel billing model, and the monthly price stays the same whether or not that model would have been cheaper. It also makes no promise of automatic history import, and early-access provider connections remain subject to their conditions. [1]
On Agency, create a client approval link. The reviewer can inspect and decide without a Postial login; the approval result remains part of the post workflow.
Postial shows publishing status and clear errors, with retries available. Check the affected post, correct the provider or content issue, then retry; do not assume a failed post was published.
Run one client through the 14-day trial, verify each profile, and keep unsupported or early-access networks in the existing tool until your test succeeds.
List the client’s profiles, formats, scheduled posts and reviewers. Check which integrations and early-access features are live in your Postial workspace.
Start the 14-day trial without a card. Recreate a small set of drafts and, when enabled, test an Agency approval link with a reviewer. Check publishing status and recovery before expanding.
Reconnect supported profiles and rebuild schedules in small batches. Remove duplicate scheduled posts in the old tool. Keep unsupported networks there until Postial support is available; no automatic history import is promised.
Postial Agency lists €49/month including VAT for 5 users and 15 brands. Buffer bills per channel: 15 brands with one channel each on Team would cost $150/month on annual billing, and more with several accounts per brand. Currencies, billing periods and capabilities differ; these are not equivalent bundles.
The checked pricing page lists content approval workflows for team members on the Team plan, but does not establish login-free external approval links. Confirm that workflow with Buffer. Postial provides login-free Agency client links today.
Yes. Buffer lists a free plan for up to 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts per channel. Postial’s entry point is the 14-day trial without a card; there is no permanent free tier.
Buffer lists n8n among its integrations and API access on every plan. Postial Agency includes REST API and webhooks today, and the native n8n node is on npm as n8n-nodes-postial 0.2.0 and appears as “Postial” inside n8n.
Prices as listed on vendor sites, checked September 2026
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