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CoSchedule

Visual social calendar with post approvals and an AI social assistant, for small teams that plan together

Featured in: Best AI tools for social media in comms teams in 2026

Visit CoSchedule Verified Oct 2026 · Next review scheduled Jan 2027

CoSchedule's Social Calendar puts a team's whole social plan in one drag-and-drop calendar, with campaigns that group related posts, a Best Time Scheduler, ReQueue for resharing evergreen posts, a Social Inbox for comments and messages, and reports by post, campaign and profile. Its AI Social Assistant drafts copy, ideas and images, and an AI Reply Assistant suggests responses on the Professional plan. For an in-house comms team, the calendar and the Social Message Approvals on Professional are the reasons to look: everyone sees what is going out, and posts can wait for sign-off.

For comms teams: small in-house teams that plan social together and need a shared calendar.

Best for

  • • Small in-house teams that plan social together and need a shared calendar
  • • Teams that want post approvals without an enterprise suite

Pricing

Free plan (up to 15 scheduled posts on 1 profile); Starter $29/month billed annually or $39 monthly (1 user, 3 profiles); Professional $49/month billed annually or $59 monthly (2 users included, up to 3, extra users $29/month, 5 profiles, Social Message Approvals, AI Reply Assistant); Suite custom, from $69/month. Extra profiles $5/month; each X profile $16/month.

Verified October 2026 on coschedule.com/pricing (USD). 14-day free trial on Starter and Professional. The X profile charge is billed separately and adds up for teams that rely on X.

Pricing last verified Oct 2026 – check vendor site for current rates.

What works well

  • + Clear visual calendar that a whole team can read
  • + Post approvals at a mid-range price
  • + Free plan for trying the calendar

Watch out for

  • - Approvals need the Professional plan
  • - X profiles cost extra on every plan
  • - Only three users on Professional before moving to Suite

When to choose this

Choose CoSchedule when a small team needs one calendar everyone can see, with posts waiting for sign-off before they go out.

Who should look elsewhere

If you post alone to a few channels, Buffer's free or Essentials plan is cheaper. If X is a main channel, price the $16-a-month charge per X profile before committing. If replying to people is most of the job, a dedicated inbox such as Sprout Social or Agorapulse is stronger.

Key features

  • • Drag-and-drop Social Media Calendar with Social Campaigns
  • • AI Social Assistant for copy, ideas and images
  • • Social Message Approvals (Professional and Suite)
  • • Best Time Scheduler and ReQueue for evergreen posts
  • • Social Inbox for comments, mentions and messages
  • • Engagement, campaign and profile reports

Governance & data

Data inputs Social account credentials, scheduled post content, engagement and inbox data
Model training & controls Check vendor documentation; unverified
Admin, SSO & permissions User roles; approvals on Professional and Suite
Audit trail & approvals Post history, approvals and campaign records in the calendar
Risk notes Switch off any automated resharing (ReQueue) on corporate accounts during an issue, and keep a person approving AI-drafted replies

Governance information is based on publicly available vendor documentation. Verify with your vendor before procurement decisions.

Integrations

Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads, X, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Business Profile, Mastodon and Bluesky

Available on

Web

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