Social media decision
Caroush
A competent developer can build a useful replacement (composer, per-platform formatting, scheduler, OAuth connectors, workers) in a multi-week effort; advanced analytics, managed services, and premium support are the main paid items you would forgo.
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$29/mo
$348/yr
Read off the official pricing page.
$100one-off94 h to build
$120/mo6 h/mo upkeep
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 5 seats.
Open-source builds that already do this
Every project below is open source and already does this job today. Fork one, self-host it, or take the parts you need - the build prompt further down assumes an empty file, and this is the shortcut past that. Licences differ; check the one on each card before you ship. All Caroush alternatives, with the arithmetic →
What a replacement has to do
- Draft a post in a composer, adapt copy/media per platform, schedule into a queue, and run a worker to publish via each platform's API.
What it still won’t have
- Dedicated account manager
- Advanced analytics dashboard (detailed analytics shown on Pro)
- SSO & advanced security features
- Priority human support
- Viral growth consulting and managed onboarding
What remains hard
- Brand trust
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First-year cost
Keep paying
Paying is—cheaper in year one.
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 5 seats.
Money you would actually spend
Time you would spend
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What you would spend
What we assumed
The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.
Runnable build prompt
Build a self-hostable social scheduling app using React for the frontend, Node.js/Express for the API, Postgres for relational data, Redis for delayed job queues, and an S3-compatible store for media. Core features in scope: user account and workspace management (single-user allowed), OAuth connectors for Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, X, Threads, and Bluesky; a rich composer that saves drafts and allows per-platform edits; a scheduler UI and a worker process that enqueues and publishes posts at scheduled times; logging of publish status and simple retry logic for failed publishes; an admin page to view connected accounts and job queue health. Out of scope: advanced analytics dashboard, SSO, paid support, and managed migration services. Require robust error handling around OAuth token refresh and API rate limits, end-to-end tests for scheduling + publish flow, and unit tests for core services.
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Partly verdict base52
- An open-source build was found+5
- 4 cited sources+3
- Price verified on pricing page+3
- 3/3 assessment runs agreed+4
- Evidence score67
The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.
How scoring works →Cited sources · 4
Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official pricingCaroush - Create, Schedule & Auto-Post (pricing shown on homepage)
- official productCaroush homepage features and trust claims
- open sourcegitroomhq/postiz-app
- open sourceleaperone/MultiPost-Extension
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.
