Metricool

All-in-one social media management — plan, publish, analyze, report, inbox, SmartLinks, and ads in one dashboard

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Status: friend recommendation / field notes — not a paid placement. Product: metricool.com · App: free account · Pricing: metricool.com/pricing

A friend pointed at Metricool as a practical social media marketing / posting tool. If Buffer / Hootsuite / Later feel either too thin or too expensive for multi-brand work, Metricool sits in the “real calendar + analytics + free forever base plan” slot.

One sentence

Metricool is a social media workspace where you drag-and-drop a content calendar, auto-publish across networks, answer inbox messages, run SmartLinks (link-in-bio), manage some ads, and generate reports — with a free plan that actually works for one brand.

What you get (product surface)

Planner

Drag-and-drop calendar, best times to post, bulk scheduling, Autolists (recurring / evergreen), media library, image/video editor, hashtag search, polls / PDFs on some networks, AI social assistant.

Analytics

Channel performance over time, competitor profiles, history depth that scales with plan. Focus on “metrics that matter” without spreadsheet archaeology.

Reporting

Automated reports, PDF / PPT export on paid tiers, AI analysis, campaign dashboards, Looker Studio connector (Advanced).

Inbox

Messages and comments in one place — reply without tab-hopping across native apps.

SmartLinks

Link-in-bio style destinations, multi-link pages, click tracking — turn bio traffic into measurable paths.

Campaigns / Ads

Unified view for Google, Meta (Facebook), and TikTok ads create/analyze/tune without fully leaving the dashboard.

Networks (from their positioning)

Organic + presence they market heavily:

Instagram, Facebook, Threads
TikTok, YouTube, Twitch
LinkedIn, X (Twitter) — plan limits matter (see pricing)
Pinterest, Bluesky
Google Business Profile
Ads: Facebook Ads, Google Ads, TikTok Ads
Looker Studio connector on higher plans

Partner badges on the site include Google, Pinterest, Meta, LinkedIn, and X partner positioning — useful signal for account connection reliability vs pure indie schedulers.

Pricing shape (2026 snapshot)

Plans scale by number of brands, not by seat count on lower tiers. A brand = one business/customer with one profile per network under it. Multiple Google Business locations = multiple brands.

Plan	Rough annual billing	What unlocks
Free forever	$0	1 brand; schedule/publish (post caps apply — commonly ~20 posts/mo in current public pricing pages); basic analytics (e.g. ~30 days history); limited competitors; AI credits light; free plan historically weaker on LinkedIn / X depending on tier
Starter	From ~$20/mo billed annually (brand tiers: e.g. 5 / 10 brands)	More brands, unlimited publishing*, LinkedIn, X often as add-on, deeper analytics history, PDF/PPT reports, SmartLinks, Canva + Google Drive integrations, more AI credits
Advanced	From ~$53/mo billed annually (15 / 25 / 50 brand tiers)	Team/client access, roles, post approval workflows, custom report templates, Looker Studio, API / Zapier / Make / MCP, full X analytics
Custom	Contact	White label, dedicated manager, custom AI credits

*Public pricing pages change; monthly billing costs more than annual. Confirm live numbers on pricing before committing a client stack.

Cancel anytime → reverts to free after current cycle.
Upgrade anytime; unused paid portion prorated against the new plan.
Downgrade takes effect at end of billing period.

When Metricool fits this stack

Job	Tool on this site	Metricool role
Research / scrape public social	ScrapeCreators	Not a scraper — owns your connected accounts for publish + inbox + metrics
SEO / AI search audit → report product	SEO report product, ActVox	Downstream: schedule the content those audits recommend
Content ops / GTM calendar	CBS GTM, AI content marketer	Human-facing calendar + approvals for multi-brand / client work
Agent automation	CLI agents, MCP experiments	Advanced: API + Metricool MCP + Zapier/Make for agent-written publish pipelines

Practical split: ScrapeCreators / DataForSEO / ActVox for intelligence → Metricool (or native schedulers) for owned distribution → agents for generation and review.

Strengths (why friends recommend it)

Free forever base — real publishing, not a pure trial wall (with post caps).
Brand-based pricing — agencies and multi-company operators (hello, 15-company stack) can map one brand per property.
Calendar-first UX — drag-and-drop, best times, Autolists for evergreen.
Reporting for clients — PDF/PPT + Looker on Advanced without inventing a custom pipeline.
Approvals + roles — Advanced plan for client review loops without sharing logins.
Ads + organic in one place — imperfect vs full Ads Manager, useful for SMBs who live in one tab.

Watch-outs

X / LinkedIn packaging — free vs paid vs add-on has moved over time; check before promising a client “all networks included.”
One GBP location = one brand — multi-location operators burn brand slots fast.
Not a research API — competitor analysis is in-product, not a raw data feed for agents like ScrapeCreators.
AI credits — assistant is metered per brand/month; heavy rewrite workflows will hit ceilings.
Pricing pages disagree slightly across third-party reviews — trust Metricool’s live pricing UI.

Quick start (human path)

Create free account → app.metricool.com/register
Add a brand; connect the networks you actually post on
Drop 1–2 weeks of content into the planner; use best-time suggestions once you have history
Turn on inbox for comments/DMs you care about
If client work: upgrade when you need approvals, multi-brand, or white-ish reporting

Related on this site

ActVox Research — agentic marketing workspace / audits (friend building this)
ScrapeCreators — social data API for agents
SEO / AI search audit as a product
AI content marketer
Faceless TikTok
How to make good content
CBS GTM

Field notes · August 2026 · Friend recommendation · Source of truth is metricool.com