Social media decision
PosteAhora
A capable developer can build a useful, smaller scheduler for a few networks, but matching PosteAhora's full platform (14 networks, MCP agent integrations and hosted polish) is larger and better served by using or extending existing projects like postiz-app.
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$2.79/mo
$33/yr
Per seat. Read off the official pricing page.
$100one-off160 h to build
$25/mo6 h/mo upkeep
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 12 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 PosteAhora alternatives, with the arithmetic →
What a replacement has to do
- Create a post (caption + media) → schedule it for a time → worker publishes it via network API → record delivery and basic analytics.
What it still won’t have
- Out-of-the-box AI agent integrations (MCP connectors for Claude/ChatGPT/etc.)
- Prebuilt connectors to 14+ networks and the maintenance that keeps them current
- Advanced analytics, workspaces, teams and enterprise polish like priority support
- Hosted resilience, monitoring, and ongoing platform roadmap/feature updates
What remains hard
- Product polish and ongoing maintenance
First-year cost
Keep paying
Paying is—cheaper in year one.
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 12 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 minimal self-hosted social scheduler: use Node.js (Express) backend, Postgres for data, Redis + BullMQ for scheduled workers, React frontend, and S3-compatible storage for media. Implement OAuth/API clients for X, Instagram Graph, and LinkedIn (publish endpoints only). Core features in scope: user account and single-account connect, create/save draft, upload media, schedule post with timezone, worker that publishes and retries, REST API for creating/scheduling posts, basic activity/last-10-events feed, and simple delivery-state polling. Out of scope: AI agent integrations (MCP), more than 3 network integrations, multi-tenant billing, advanced analytics, and team/workspace features. Include input validation, error handling, retry/backoff for publishes, logging, and unit/integration tests for API and worker code.
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Partly verdict base52
- An open-source build was found+5
- 5 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 · 5
Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official productPosteAhora — Social media on autopilot with AI agents
- official pricingPricing — PosteAhora | Schedule & publish to 14 networks
- official docsDocs — Build with the PosteAhora scheduling & publishing API
- open sourcegitroomhq/postiz-app
- open sourcegrowchief/growchief
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.
