Sked Social, founded in 2015, built an early reputation on genuinely automatic publishing at a time when Instagram's own API restrictions forced numerous competitors to send a manual push notification reminding a user to tap post themselves, rather than actually auto-posting hands-free the way Sked was able to.
It also includes user-generated-content sourcing and rights-management tools most schedulers don't offer directly: finding customer or fan content mentioning a brand, then requesting and tracking usage permission before that content gets reposted, addressing both discovery and legal clearance in one workflow.
There's no free plan; pricing starts around $30 a month. For a brand that wants genuinely automatic publishing plus built-in UGC sourcing and rights-clearance tracking, rather than manual-reminder posting and separate permission tracking handled outside the tool, Sked Social's combination addresses that directly.
Grow
$69/mo, or $58/mo billed yearly ($690/yr)
- 3 users, 6 social profiles (extra profile $80/yr)
- Core analytics and AI analysis
- 5 competitors tracked
Accelerate
$199/mo, or $166/mo billed yearly ($1,990/yr)
- 6 users, 10 profiles (extra profile $100/yr, extra user $150/yr)
- Full reporting, keyword listening and sentiment
- Approvals and review portal; 20 competitors
Custom
From $299/mo, or from $249/mo billed yearly
- Custom users and profiles
Checked against Sked Social’s pricing page on 24 September 2026. Prices change, so confirm on the official site before you buy.
Sked Social starts at $58, which is 190% above the Social Media median of $20 a month across the 76 priced tools we list in that category.
The cheapest paid option in Social Media starts at $2.99 and the most expensive at $99.
42% of Social Media tools in the directory offer a free tier, which this one does not.
Compared against every priced listing in Social Media, recalculated as the catalogue changes. Method and the full market breakdown are in our AI tool pricing study.
