Social media decision
Posthive
Self-hosting is supported and the official AGPL repo exists, so a technical user should self-host rather than reimplement; running and maintaining the instance is feasible for one engineer.
Visit website↗$9/mo
$108/yr
Read off the official pricing page.
$20one-off6 h to build
$0/mo6 h/mo upkeep
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 1 seat.
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 Posthive alternatives, with the arithmetic →
What a replacement has to do
- Compose a post, map per-platform overrides, schedule it, and let a job queue publish at the appointed time.
What it still won’t have
- Hosted uptime, backups, and SRE provided by posthive.co (you must run and secure your own server)
- Managed billing, trial/credit-card flow, and hosted webhooks/outbound reliability
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 1 seat.
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-hosted Posthive instance using Node.js (Node ≥20), pnpm, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Nginx for HTTPS. Core features in scope: clone https://github.com/AstaBlackClove/posthive, run pnpm install, set apps/api/.env from .env.example, run database migrations, configure Redis (BullMQ) and persistent uploads (S3-compatible storage), add PUBLIC_API_URL, and provision OAuth credentials for Google (YouTube), Meta (Threads/Instagram), and other platforms you need. Out of scope: reimplementing platform connectors or the web UI. Require robust error handling for failed publishes, encrypted storage of platform credentials, automated DB migrations on deploy, systemd or Docker Compose unit to run API/web/workers, HTTPS via Nginx or Cloudflare, and basic automated tests verifying account connection and a scheduled post fires. Provide a README with deploy steps and a health-check endpoint.
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Self-host verdict base92
- An open-source build was found+5
- 5 cited sources+3
- Price verified on pricing page+3
- 1/1 assessment runs agreed+4
- Evidence score99
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 productPosthive — product
- official pricingPosthive — pricing
- official docsPosthive — docs
- open sourcebrightbeanxyz/brightbean-studio
- open sourcegitroomhq/postiz-app
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.
