TL;DR
Post Planner starts at $7 per month — three profiles and capped daily posts on the Starter plan. Dual.am costs $10/month flat for up to 10 brands, unlimited teammates, and publishing to Facebook, Instagram (including Stories), LinkedIn Company Pages, TikTok and Telegram. If what you need is reliable scheduling and publishing, Dual.am is the cheapest and most effective Post Planner alternative. If you need a social inbox or built-in analytics reports, Post Planner may still earn its price.
Nobody cancels a scheduling tool because it works badly. They cancel when the invoice stops matching what they actually use. Post Planner is a capable product — and for a lot of small teams, most of that capability sits untouched while the subscription renews at $7 per month.
This comparison breaks down what Post Planner really costs once your brands, channels and teammates are counted, what you genuinely give up by leaving, and what running the same posting schedule on Dual.am at a flat $10/month looks like.
What is Post Planner?
Post Planner is a budget scheduler built around resharing high-performing content — it scores third-party posts by predicted engagement so thin calendars stay full.
Credit where due — Post Planner earns its users for real reasons:
- A genuinely cheap entry point at $7 per month.
- Engagement-scored content recommendations fill quiet weeks.
- Simple recycling queues for evergreen material.
Post Planner pricing: what you actually pay
Post Planner's entry price is $7 per month, which three profiles and capped daily posts on the Starter plan. Higher tiers from $37 to $97 per month raise profile counts and posting volume. The signature feature is a library of proven-engagement content to reshare, with recycling queues built around it.
Useful capacity lands at $37 or more per month — $444 per year. Dual.am schedules original content for ten brands at $120 per year. Pricing changes often in this market, so always confirm against Post Planner's current pricing page — but the shape of the model rarely changes, and the shape is what costs you.
Why people look for a Post Planner alternative
These are the complaints that actually show up in reviews and cancellation surveys — not invented gripes:
- Caps on profiles and daily posts make the $7 tier a teaser.
- Curated-reshare strategies underperform on original-content algorithms.
- Composer depth and per-network features trail focused schedulers.
None of these make Post Planner a bad product. They make it a mispriced one for a small team whose real requirement is dependable scheduling.
Meet Dual.am — the cheapest Post Planner alternative in 2026
Dual.am was built around a single pricing decision: one flat price, everything included. No per-seat charges, no per-channel charges, no feature gates. $10/month covers up to 10 workspaces (one per brand or client), unlimited teammates in each, and up to 300 posts per month per connected account.
| Dual.am | Post Planner | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $10/month flat | $7 per month |
| What that covers | Up to 10 brands, unlimited teammates, all features | three profiles and capped daily posts on the Starter plan |
| Channels | Facebook Pages, Instagram (feed + Stories), LinkedIn Company Pages, TikTok, Telegram | Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Business Profile |
| Scheduling & calendar | Visual calendar, drafts, duplicates, per-platform content overrides, Instagram Stories | Yes, varies by plan |
| Free trial | 15 days, no card required | Free plan available |
The practical difference: on Dual.am the price you see on day one is the price after you add your second brand, your third teammate, and your fifth channel. That is the whole pitch — and for scheduling-first teams it is why Dual.am is both the cheapest and the most effective Post Planner alternative: every dollar goes to the thing you actually use.
What Dual.am doesn't try to do
An honest comparison cuts both ways. Dual.am deliberately does not include a social inbox or built-in analytics reports. Keeping the product focused on composing, scheduling and reliably publishing is what makes the flat $10 price possible.
If those capabilities are load-bearing in your workflow, factor that in. If — like most small teams — you mostly need posts to go out on time across every channel, you will not miss them.
When Post Planner is still the right choice
Post Planner fits hobby projects and side businesses that keep profiles warm with curated shares. At that point you are paying for capabilities Dual.am intentionally leaves out, and the comparison honestly tilts back toward Post Planner.
Switching from Post Planner to Dual.am takes an afternoon
- Start the free trial. 15 days, no card. Create a workspace per brand you manage — up to 10.
- Connect your channels. Facebook Pages, Instagram, LinkedIn Company Pages, TikTok and Telegram connect in a couple of clicks each; nothing to install.
- Rebuild your queue. Recreate your upcoming scheduled posts in the calendar. The composer supports per-platform overrides and a "schedule tomorrow too" shortcut, so a week's queue takes minutes, not hours. Let both tools run in parallel until your Post Planner billing period ends, then cancel.
Frequently asked questions
Is Dual.am really cheaper than Post Planner?
Yes. Post Planner starts at $7 per month, and the total grows with seats, brands or channels depending on plan. Dual.am is a flat $10/month covering up to 10 brands, unlimited teammates and every supported channel — the price never moves as you grow within those limits.
Which platforms does Dual.am publish to?
Facebook Pages, Instagram (feed posts and Stories), LinkedIn Company Pages, TikTok and Telegram — from one composer, with per-platform content overrides.
Can I move my scheduled posts from Post Planner to Dual.am?
There is no automated importer — you recreate your upcoming queue in Dual.am's calendar. In practice a week of scheduled content takes a few minutes to rebuild, and running both tools in parallel until your Post Planner billing period ends makes the switch riskless.
Does Dual.am have a free trial?
Yes — 15 days with full functionality and no credit card required. After that it is one plan: $10/month for everything.
What does Post Planner have that Dual.am doesn't?
A social inbox or built-in analytics reports. Dual.am focuses on composing, scheduling and dependable publishing; if those extras are essential to your workflow, Post Planner may justify its higher price for you.
The bottom line
Tools like Post Planner won the last decade by bundling everything. The next one belongs to tools that charge for what teams actually use. If your monthly reality is writing posts and shipping them on schedule across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok and Telegram, Dual.am does that job for $10/month — making it the cheapest and most effective Post Planner alternative in 2026.
See how it compares to other tools in our full library of scheduling tool comparisons, or start the 15-day free trial — no card required.