TL;DR
Postly starts at $15 per month — a set of connected channels and AI credits on the entry 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 Postly alternative. If you need a social inbox or built-in analytics reports, Postly may still earn its price.
The social media management market has drifted upmarket for a decade: more dashboards, more seats, more add-ons — and pricing to match. Postly, at $15 per month, is part of that drift. Meanwhile the job most small teams actually pay for hasn't changed: write the post once, schedule it, and have it publish everywhere reliably.
Below is an honest accounting: what Postly does well, where its pricing stops making sense for small teams, and how Dual.am delivers the core job for a flat $10/month.
What is Postly?
Postly is a budget AI-assisted scheduler with broad network coverage including Telegram and Reddit, popular in emerging markets and among deal-platform buyers.
Credit where due — Postly earns its users for real reasons:
- Wide channel list at genuinely low prices.
- Built-in AI writer for caption drafts.
- Workspace separation for client work even on low tiers.
Postly pricing: what you actually pay
Postly's entry price is $15 per month, which a set of connected channels and AI credits on the entry plan. Workspace counts, channel counts and AI credits meter the tiers, with agency plans bundling more of each. Lifetime deals appear periodically through deal platforms.
Agency capacity lands near $40 to $60 per month across metered dimensions. Dual.am is a flat $10 with reliability as the core engineering focus. Pricing changes often in this market, so always confirm against Postly's current pricing page — but the shape of the model rarely changes, and the shape is what costs you.
Why people look for a Postly alternative
These are the complaints that actually show up in reviews and cancellation surveys — not invented gripes:
- Rough edges in reliability and interface polish show at scale.
- Metered AI credits and channel counts complicate the real price.
- Support and documentation trail established tools.
None of these make Postly a bad product. They make it a mispriced one for a small team whose real requirement is dependable scheduling.
Meet Dual.am — the cheapest Postly 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 | Postly | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $10/month flat | $15 per month |
| What that covers | Up to 10 brands, unlimited teammates, all features | a set of connected channels and AI credits on the entry plan |
| Channels | Facebook Pages, Instagram (feed + Stories), LinkedIn Company Pages, TikTok, Telegram | Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Business Profile, Telegram, Reddit |
| 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 Postly 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 Postly is still the right choice
Postly fits price-sensitive freelancers who want many networks and AI drafts on a minimal budget and will tolerate rough edges. At that point you are paying for capabilities Dual.am intentionally leaves out, and the comparison honestly tilts back toward Postly.
Switching from Postly 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 Postly billing period ends, then cancel.
Frequently asked questions
Is Dual.am really cheaper than Postly?
Yes. Postly starts at $15 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 Postly 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 Postly 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 Postly 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, Postly may justify its higher price for you.
The bottom line
The verdict is unusually simple. Keep Postly if its advanced features are genuinely part of your weekly workflow. Switch to Dual.am if what you are really paying for is scheduling — because $10/month flat for 10 brands makes it the cheapest Postly alternative available, and the most effective one for the job that actually matters: posts going out, on time, everywhere.
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.