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title: "Metricool alternatives: what to compare"
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summary: "What to compare when you look for an alternative to Metricool: price at your size, networks, team access and API, with 1Post as one option."
related: ["https://get1post.com/compare/1post-vs-metricool.md", "https://get1post.com/pricing-guides/metricool-pricing.md", "https://get1post.com/alternatives.md"]
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# Metricool alternatives: what to compare

What to compare when you look for an alternative to Metricool: price at your size, networks, team access and API, with 1Post as one option.

If you are weighing Metricool against other tools, compare price at your own size, the networks you need, how many people can sign in and whether an API is included. 1Post is one alternative: $29 a month for 20 connected accounts (Starter), with an API, MCP server and unlimited members on every plan.

## What Metricool offers

- Entry price: From $20 a month on annual billing for 5 brands (Starter).
- Free plan: Free plan with 1 brand and 20 posts a month.
- Trial: No trial period stated on its pages.
- Networks: Facebook, Instagram, Threads, web and blog, Bluesky, Pinterest, TikTok, YouTube, Twitch, Google Business, LinkedIn and X as an add-on.
- API: Through Zapier and Make on the Advanced plan.

## What to check before you choose

- Whether X and LinkedIn are available on the plan you need
- What an extra brand costs
- Whether the API is on your plan

## 1Post as an alternative

1Post is priced by connected accounts, not by channel or user: Starter $29, Creator $97, Agency $499, then Custom from $499. It posts to 24 networks, from X and LinkedIn to Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram and WordPress, shows a live preview for each, and checks every post against its network's rules before it goes out. See [how it compares with Metricool](https://get1post.com/compare/1post-vs-metricool.md).

## Other tools people compare

- [1Post vs Blotato](https://get1post.com/compare/1post-vs-blotato.md): a social publishing tool with an API and MCP server.
- [1Post vs Buffer](https://get1post.com/compare/1post-vs-buffer.md): a social media scheduler priced per channel.
- [1Post vs Publer](https://get1post.com/compare/1post-vs-publer.md): a social media scheduler with per-account add-ons.
- [1Post vs Later](https://get1post.com/compare/1post-vs-later.md): a visual social media planner.

## Questions

**Why look for an alternative to Metricool?**

People compare tools on price at their own size, the networks they need, how many people can sign in, and whether an API is included. Metricool's published answers to those are in the table above.

**Is 1Post an alternative to Metricool?**

1Post covers scheduling, previews, approvals and an API for 24 networks. If Metricool is an analytics-led social media tool priced by brand, compare the two directly on the [1Post vs Metricool](https://get1post.com/compare/1post-vs-metricool.md) page.

**What should I check before I switch from Metricool?**

Whether X and LinkedIn are available on the plan you need; What an extra brand costs; Whether the API is on your plan. Then export or note your scheduled posts, since each tool keeps its own queue.

## Sources

- [Metricool pricing](https://metricool.com/pricing/), read 2026-10-22
- [1Post pricing](https://get1post.com/pricing), read 2026-10-22

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## Related

- [1Post vs Metricool: price, networks, API](https://get1post.com/compare/1post-vs-metricool.md)
- [Metricool pricing explained: plans and costs](https://get1post.com/pricing-guides/metricool-pricing.md)
- [Social media scheduler alternatives to compare](https://get1post.com/alternatives.md)