Free social media scheduler with auto-publishing
Content Drifter's Free plan is a free social media scheduler that publishes for you: schedule up to 2 posts a day and each one goes out on its own at the time you set. It connects all 9 networks and publishes to 7 of them, with 10 publishes a month once its weekly ramp finishes, and signing up asks for no card.
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What the Free plan gives you, number by number
These are the figures the product enforces, read from our plan table when this page was built. If one of them moves, this page moves with it.
| Limit | On Free | How it counts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 a month | Signing up asks for no card, and the plan has no end date. |
| Networks you can connect | 9 | Every network connects on every plan, Free included. |
| Networks it publishes to | 7 of 9 | TikTok and YouTube take video, which starts on Lite. |
| Posts you can schedule per day | 2 | Counted on each calendar day in your time zone. Drafts count; posts that failed or were archived do not. |
| Posts added to the calendar per month | 50 | Counted when a post is added, not when it goes out. |
| Publishes per month | 10 | A publish is one post going out to one network, so the same post on two networks is two. Week one starts at 4. |
| Post drafts per month | 8 | Drafts written in Post Studio with AI help. Week one starts at 2. |
| Image designs per month | 8 | Made in Image Studio. Week one starts at 2. |
| Auto-publishing | On | Hands-off auto-publishing, where the scheduled post goes out without you, is included on every plan, inside each plan's monthly publish allowance. |
| Best time for me | On | Picks a slot from a table of three per industry and region, shown in your time zone. |
| Workspaces | 1 | One brand, with its own Brand Kit and its own connected accounts. |
How the allowance grows in your first weeks
A new account starts small and unlocks 2 more of each every week, up to the monthly ceiling by week four. Every limit message names the day the next batch arrives.
| Account age | Post drafts | Image designs | Publishes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Week 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Week 3 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Week 4 and after | 8 | 8 | 10 |
What the Free plan cannot do
Said up front, so you do not find out after you have connected everything. Each line is read from the gate the product enforces.
Publish video
TikTok and YouTube take video, which starts on Lite. Free connects both and writes their captions; sending a video starts on Lite.
A time chosen for each post
AI Smart Scheduling suggests a time per post on Lite and up. Free uses the table behind Best time for me.
Overnight Auto-Pilot
Auto-Pilot reshuffles your week into stronger slots overnight, on Pro and up.
The analytics tab
Analytics is on Lite and up, so Free cannot read results back into the schedule.
Google or Outlook calendar sync
Calendar sync is on Pro and up.
More than one brand, or teammates
Free has 1 workspace and 0 team seats.
Keep uploads for good
Uploaded files are kept while a draft or scheduled post uses them, then 7 days after that post is published.
How to schedule your first post on the Free plan
Five steps, about ten minutes. For what happens after you press Schedule, see how publishing works.
- 1
Sign up with no card
Create an account with an email address. Every new account starts with 3 days free of the paid features, and moves to Free afterwards unless you subscribe. Everything you made stays.
- 2
Connect your accounts
Every network connects on every plan, Free included. Each network has a short guide in the Help Center, with what you need first.
- 3
Write a post, or ask for a draft
Open Post Studio. Write the post yourself, or ask for a draft with AI help and edit it until it sounds like you. Add the picture or video the network needs.
- 4
Pick when it goes out
Under When to publish choose Best time for me, In 1 hour or Pick date and time. The picker does not offer a day that has passed.
- 5
Press Schedule
The post sits on the calendar with its time and goes out on its own. Until then you can edit it, move it or delete it.
Free social media schedulers compared
What each tool's own pricing page says about a free option, read on October 14, 2026. The numbers are theirs and the words are ours. Free plans count their limits in different units, so the third column says how each one counts before you compare a 10 with a 15.
A tool whose page lists no free plan is shown as trial only. That describes the page, not the product, and vendors change plans often, so open the linked page before you decide.
| Tool | What its pricing page offers for free | How the limit is counted | The page, read October 14, 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content Drifter | Free plan: up to 2 scheduled posts a day, 50 calendar posts a month and 10 publishes a month, to 7 of 9 networks. No card, no end date. | Per day for scheduling, per month for publishes. A publish is one post to one network. Week one starts at 4 publishes and grows by 2 a week. | This page, from our plan table |
| Has a free plan | |||
| Buffer | Free plan: up to 3 channels and 10 scheduled posts per channel. Its paid plans offer a free 14-day trial. | Per channel, at one time: Buffer defines the limit as the number of scheduled posts per channel at one time. | buffer.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
| Metricool | Free plan: 1 brand, every connected network except LinkedIn and Twitter, and up to 20 scheduled posts per month. | Per month, across the brand. | metricool.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
| Publer | Free forever: 3 social accounts (X excluded) with 10 scheduled posts per account. On a free plan, accounts need at least 100 followers or a claimed website. | Per account. | publer.com/plans (opens in a new tab) |
| Pallyy | Free plan: one social set, 15 scheduled posts a month, image posts only, no card needed. | Per month, in one social set. | pallyy.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
| Zoho Social | A Free plan with 1 brand and 6 channels, reached after a 15-day free trial of everything. The pricing page states no scheduled-post limit for it. | Not stated on the pricing page. | zoho.com/social/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
| Free posts, no time limit | |||
| Planable | No free plan, but the first 50 posts are free, with no time limit and no credit card. | 50 posts in total. The page says they do not reset monthly. | planable.io/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
| Free trial only (no free plan on the page) | |||
| Hootsuite | No free plan on its plans page: a free 14-day trial of each plan. Trial accounts have daily posting limits of 10 to 20 posts per organization, and no bulk scheduling. | Per day, per organization, during the trial. | hootsuite.com/plans (opens in a new tab) |
| Sprout Social | No free plan on its pricing page: a free 30-day trial. | Not applicable. | sproutsocial.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
| SocialBee | No free plan on its pricing page: a free 14-day trial, no credit card required. | Not applicable. | socialbee.com/pricing (opens in a new tab) |
Which free plan fits
- Count what you actually post. Buffer counts scheduled posts per channel at one time, Publer counts them per account, Metricool and Pallyy count scheduled posts per month, and ours counts publishes per month. A post to two networks is two publishes here, so 10 publishes is 5 posts to two networks.
- Decide what else you need in the same place. Our Free plan also drafts posts in your voice (8 a month), designs images (8 a month) and gives you a link in bio page. Read the other pages for what they bundle before you compare.
- Check the network, not just the tool. Metricool's free plan leaves out LinkedIn and Twitter, and Publer's leaves out X, per their pages. Ours connects every network and publishes to 7 of 9.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free social media scheduler that publishes for you?
Yes. The Content Drifter Free plan connects your accounts, schedules up to 2 posts a day and publishes each one at its time, with no card and no end date. Free publishes to 7 of 9 networks; TikTok and YouTube take video, which starts on Lite.
What are the limits of the Free plan?
8 post drafts, 8 image designs and 10 publishes a month, up to 2 scheduled posts a day, 50 calendar posts a month and 1 workspace. A new account starts at 2 post drafts, 2 image designs and 4 publishes in week one and unlocks 2 more of each every week.
Does the Free plan expire or ask for a card?
No. It is a plan, not a trial: signing up asks for no card and the plan has no end date. Every new account first gets 3 days free of the paid features, then moves to Free unless it subscribes, and keeps everything it made.
Which networks can the Free plan schedule to?
Every network connects on every plan, Free included. Free publishes to 7 of 9 networks; TikTok and YouTube take video, which starts on Lite.
Can I schedule TikTok or YouTube posts on the Free plan?
You can connect both on Free and write their captions, but publishing there needs a video. TikTok and YouTube take video, which starts on Lite.
How does Content Drifter's free plan compare with Buffer, Metricool and Publer?
Each vendor's own pricing page, read on October 14, 2026, says: Buffer's free plan has 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts per channel, Metricool's has 1 brand with up to 20 scheduled posts per month, and Publer's has 3 social accounts with 10 scheduled posts per account. The three count their limits differently, per channel, per month and per account, so read the "how the limit is counted" column on this page before you compare the numbers.
What happens when I reach a limit on the Free plan?
Adding a post to a day that already holds 2 is refused with a message that names the day, so you pick another. When the month's publishes are used, a scheduled post is held with its time and the message names the day the next batch unlocks. Nothing is deleted.
Can I upgrade later without losing my schedule?
Yes. Paid plans raise the numbers and add features such as AI Smart Scheduling and Auto-Pilot. Your calendar, your Brand Kit and your connected accounts stay as they are.
Schedule posts on each network
Every network has its own steps and limits. Each page below gives the network's own steps, ours, and the two side by side.
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