CoSchedule vs Hootsuite vs Loomly vs Agorapulse (2026): Pricing and Features Compared

CoSchedule is the cheapest of the four for one or two people, Hootsuite is the most complete (and most expensive), Loomly is the best value for small teams that need approvals, and Agorapulse is the strongest for managing a busy social inbox. That is the short answer to "CoSchedule vs Hootsuite", and to the Loomly and Agorapulse versions of the same question.

The right pick depends on how many people log in, how many profiles you manage and whether you need listening and inbox tools or just a reliable calendar. Below, we compare current pricing, limits and features side by side, then explain who each tool is for.

Prices checked on 18 October 2026 on each vendor's official pricing page, in US dollars. These tools change prices often, so confirm on their sites before you buy.

CoSchedule vs Hootsuite vs Loomly vs Agorapulse at a glance

Sources: CoSchedule pricing, Hootsuite plans, Loomly pricing, Agorapulse pricing.

CoSchedule vs Hootsuite

This is the comparison most people search for, and the two tools are built for different jobs.

CoSchedule started as a marketing calendar. Its social scheduler is solid: a drag-and-drop calendar, unlimited scheduling, analytics and ReQueue, which automatically re-shares your best evergreen posts to fill gaps. The plans:

• Starter, $29 a month billed yearly ($39 monthly): 1 user and 3 social profiles. Extra profiles cost $5 a month each, and X (Twitter) is billed separately.
• Professional, $49 a month yearly ($59 monthly): 2 users and 5 profiles, plus an advanced inbox for 9 networks, approvals, profile groups and white-label tools for agencies. Extra seats are $29 a month.
• Suite, from $69 a month: unlimited users and profiles, plus content and campaign planning, permissions and single sign-on (SSO).

Hootsuite is a full social media suite. Every plan includes unlimited scheduled posts, an AI writer, a unified inbox and brand monitoring. Its higher plans add trend forecasting, inbox automation, approvals and team reporting. You pay for that range: Standard starts at $99 per user a month (billed yearly) with 10 social accounts, Professional is $199, and Advanced goes up to $399 per user a month.

Choose CoSchedule if you are one or two marketers who mainly need a calendar and a reliable scheduler, and you also plan blog or email content.

Choose Hootsuite if you need social listening, competitor monitoring and a shared inbox for a larger team, and the per-user price fits your budget.

CoSchedule vs Loomly

Loomly's Starter plan is $49 a month billed yearly ($65 monthly), and it includes 3 users and 12 social accounts. That is far more room than CoSchedule Starter, which has 1 user and 3 profiles.

Loomly is built around approval workflows. You can set roles, send posts for review and collect feedback from clients or managers before anything goes live, and all of this is on the entry plan. Loomly also helps with post ideas and previews. Its Beyond plan ($249 a month yearly) adds unlimited users, 60 accounts, custom branding and custom workflows.

CoSchedule pulls ahead on calendar depth: ReQueue, a marketing calendar for non-social work and, on Suite, campaign planning.

Choose Loomly if you are a small agency or in-house team where every post needs sign-off. Choose CoSchedule if recycling evergreen content and planning across channels matter more than approvals.

CoSchedule vs Agorapulse

Agorapulse is priced per user: Standard is $79 a month billed yearly ($99 monthly), with 10 social profiles. Professional ($119 yearly) and Advanced ($149 yearly) add approvals, shared calendars, bulk scheduling of up to 200 posts by CSV, competitor benchmarking and ROI reports.

Its real strength is the inbox. Comments, mentions, DMs and ad comments from every network land in one place, with assignments, saved replies and automated moderation rules. If your team spends more time replying than publishing, that matters more than any calendar feature.

There is a 30-day free trial, and after it you can stay on a free plan.

Choose Agorapulse if community management is a daily job and you need inbox reporting. Choose CoSchedule if you are mostly publishing and planning, and a lighter inbox is enough.

What does each tool cost for a real team?

List prices are hard to compare because some tools charge per user and others per plan. Here is a rough monthly cost, billed yearly, for a team of 3 people managing 10 social profiles:

These are estimates from public list prices. Discounts, taxes and add-ons will change the final number. Hootsuite's Standard plan may also limit some team features, so check it before you buy for a team.

A note on bias: I build Foxli, so I have kept the sections on the other four tools factual and linked every vendor's pricing page so you can check the numbers yourself. Pushpendra Singh Rathor, founder of Foxli

A cheaper option for small teams and Indian businesses: Foxli

All four tools above are priced in US dollars for Western teams. If you are a creator, small business or agency in India, the bill adds up quickly.

Foxli takes a different approach: you pay per channel, not per user.

• Free plan: 3 social accounts and 10 posts per channel each month.
• Creator plan: ₹99 (about $1.20) per channel a month.
• Team & Agency plan: ₹119 (about $1.45) per channel a month, with unlimited seats, client approval links and role-based permissions.
• Platforms: Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Threads and Pinterest, all from one composer.
• AutoDM: sends a DM with your link when someone comments a keyword on your Instagram or Facebook post or Reel. It is included on the Free plan; Free-plan DMs carry Foxli branding.

To be fair about the gaps: Foxli does not offer social listening, competitor benchmarking or a full unified inbox like Hootsuite and Agorapulse. If those are must-haves, one of the bigger tools is the better fit.

For a detailed one-to-one view, see Foxli vs CoSchedule and Foxli vs Hootsuite, or browse more CoSchedule alternatives.

Which one should you choose?

• Solo marketer, calendar-first: CoSchedule Starter.
• Small agency that needs client approvals: Loomly Starter.
• Team with a heavy comment and DM load: Agorapulse.
• Larger team that needs listening and monitoring: Hootsuite.
• Creators, small teams and agencies on a tight budget, especially in India: Foxli, from ₹99 per channel. See pricing.

Whichever you pick, start with the free trial and schedule one real week of posts before you commit. You learn more from that week than from any comparison table.