Posty vs Laterpost limits and approvals
Posty vs Later comes down to limits and sign-off. Later caps posts at 30 or 180 a profile a month below Scale, and approval does not stop a scheduled post. Posty has no post limit, and a post waiting for approval cannot publish. Later publishes to Snapchat; Posty to Bluesky, Discord and WordPress.
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Posty and Later, side by side
List prices in USD. Later’s plans and prices were checked on its own pricing page and help centre on 27 October 2026; the sources are listed below.
- How you pay
- PostyPer workspace (one brand or client), never per seat
- LaterPer plan, each with set Social Sets and users; extra sets $11.25 and users $3.75 a month on Growth and Scale
- Lowest paid plan
- PostyStarter, $24 a workspace a month billed annually, or $29 monthly
- LaterStarter, $18.75 a month billed annually, or $25 monthly, for 1 user and 1 Social Set
- People included
- Posty1 on Starter, up to 10 per workspace on Growth, unlimited on Accelerate
- Later1 on Starter, 2 on Growth, 4 on Scale; extra users from Growth
- Approval workflows
- PostyGrowth and Accelerate; your team then the client on Accelerate
- LaterGrowth ($37.50 a month billed annually) and Scale; approval does not stop a scheduled post from publishing
- Client approvals
- PostyClients approve in their own workspace and count towards its people
- LaterOutside reviewers comment through a link that expires after 7 days; only Later users can approve
- Comments and DMs inbox
- PostyComments and messages on every paid plan, from Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, Threads and YouTube
- LaterGrowth and Scale, in beta: DMs and comments from Instagram and Facebook, comments from TikTok
- Analytics
- PostyEvery paid plan: 30-day history on Starter, 90-day on Growth, 1-year on Accelerate
- Later3 months of history on Starter, 1 year on Growth, 2 years on Scale; custom analytics on Scale only
- Post limits
- PostyUnlimited posts on every paid plan
- Later30 posts a profile a month on Starter, 180 on Growth, unlimited on Scale; drafts count
- Networks
- PostyBluesky, Discord, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Threads, TikTok, WordPress and YouTube. No X or Google Business Profile.
- LaterInstagram, Facebook, TikTok, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Threads, YouTube Shorts and Snapchat. No X or Bluesky.
- Free plan
- PostyLink in Bio only; scheduling needs a paid plan
- LaterA Free plan of 12 posts a profile a month; paid plans have a 14 day trial that needs a card
Which one fits your team
Choose Posty if
- A post waiting for approval must not go live.
- A brand publishes more than 180 posts a profile a month, drafts included.
- You publish to Bluesky, Discord, WordPress or long-form YouTube.
Choose Later if
- One person posts up to 30 times a profile a month and wants the lowest price.
- You publish to Snapchat.
- You want 2 years of analytics history, on Scale.
Posts per profile, or no limit
Later allows 30 posts a profile a month on Starter and 180 on Growth, and drafts count towards the limit. Only Scale, at $82.50 a month billed annually, is unlimited. Posty has no post limit on any paid plan, so a busy month or a backlog of drafts never runs into a cap.
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Approval that holds a post
Later’s help centre says approval status does not block publishing: a scheduled post goes live at its time whether or not it was approved, unless you keep it as a draft or bar a user from scheduling without approval. In Posty, required approval holds a post: it cannot be scheduled or published until someone with approval rights signs it off. Accelerate asks your team before the client.
Sunrise flow, Saturday 6am
Only your team can see it.
Clients who comment, or clients who approve
Later shares posts with outside reviewers through a link that expires after 7 days. They can comment, but approving needs the Reviewer role, which only Later users hold, and Growth includes 2 users. Posty invites clients to their own workspace with client visibility, where they approve or ask for changes; they count towards its 10 people on Growth.
- Winter menu launch reelWaiting for your approval
- Barista takeover, part 2Approved
- Where our beans come fromScheduled for Thursday
Sam sees only what is ready for a decision or already decided. Drafts and team-only comments never appear.
Social Sets against workspaces
Later sells Social Sets of one profile per network: Starter has 1 set and 1 user, Growth 2 of each, Scale 6 sets and 4 users, with extra sets at $11.25 and users at $3.75 a month billed annually, from Growth. Posty bills each workspace, and a Growth workspace holds up to 10 people and any number of accounts, including two on the same network.
Bloom Coffee
Melbourne · Required approval
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- Waiting on approval
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- Scheduled
- 4
- Replies to answer
- TikTok
The networks each one publishes to
Later publishes to Snapchat, which Posty does not, and to YouTube Shorts only. Posty uploads Shorts and long-form YouTube videos, publishes to Discord, and publishes to Bluesky and WordPress, which Later lists as unsupported. Neither publishes to X.
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First comment
#brunswickflorist #melbourneflowers #ranunculus
Posted the moment the post goes live.
Moving from Later to Posty
Posty does not import from Later, so the move is done by hand. Each Later Social Set usually becomes one Posty workspace.
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Turn each Social Set into a workspace
Create one workspace per brand or client and set its timezone. Unlike a Social Set, a workspace can hold more than one account on the same network.
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Connect the social accounts
Sign in to each network through its own consent screen. Nobody shares a password, and each account belongs to one workspace.
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Invite the team and set the approval rule
Invite your team with the roles they need, choose the approval rule for each workspace, and invite clients with client visibility.
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Move the posts and your bio links
Recreate the posts still scheduled in Later and remove them there so nothing publishes twice. Rebuild your link in bio page in Posty and update the link in your profile.
Questions about Posty and Later
- Is Posty cheaper than Later?
- For one person, Later Starter costs less: $18.75 a month billed annually against $24 for Posty Starter, but it allows 30 posts a profile a month and has no inbox or approvals. With approvals, Later Growth is $37.50 a month for 2 users and 2 Social Sets; Posty Growth is $32 a workspace for up to 10 people.
- Will Later publish a post that hasn’t been approved?
- Yes. Later’s help centre says approval status doesn’t block publishing: a scheduled post goes live at its time whether or not it was approved. To hold a post, keep it as a draft or turn off a user’s permission to schedule without approval.
- Does Posty have a link in bio like Later?
- Yes. Posty’s Free plan includes Link in Bio, and every paid plan keeps it, with click insights. Later includes Link in Bio on its paid plans too.
- Does Posty publish to Snapchat or X?
- No. Posty does not publish to Snapchat, X or Google Business Profile. Later publishes to Snapchat; its help centre says it stopped supporting X in August 2025.
- How do the free trials compare?
- Later offers a 14 day trial of a paid plan, which needs a card, and a Free plan of 12 posts a profile a month. Posty has a 7 day trial of Starter, Growth or Accelerate, once per team. It needs a card, and Stripe bills the plan you chose when the trial ends unless you cancel. The Free plan includes Link in Bio only, not scheduling.
Sources
Vendors change plans often. Every competitor fact on this page comes from the vendor’s own pricing page or help centre, checked on the date shown. Posty’s figures come from the pricing page.
Try Posty alongside Later
Create a workspace, connect the same accounts and run a week of posts through your approval rule before you decide.