The open-source Agorapulse alternative
GrowSocialelion is an open-source alternative to Agorapulse: AGPL-3.0, free to self-host, with an AI agent that drafts, schedules and engages behind an approval gate you set per action. Agorapulse is closed SaaS at $79 to $149 per user per month billed annually, 10 profiles per plan. Its unified inbox and 11-network coverage stay its strong cards.
GrowSocialelion
AGPL-3.0 · open source
An AI agent that drafts, schedules and engages across 8 networks today, every action behind an approval gate you set. The whole app is free to self-host, and 500+ free tools live now: character counters with sourced limits, generators, and more
Agorapulse
closed source
Agorapulse is a mid-market social media management suite built around a unified inbox, publishing to 11 networks and priced per user from $79 a month billed annually, with 10 social profiles included on every listed plan.
What each side charges
GrowSocialelion
Self-hosted
$0
The full app under AGPL-3.0. Networks, the agent, approvals and the inbox are not billing units.
Hosted
Launching
No hosted pricing exists yet, so none is claimed here.
Agorapulse
Standard
$79/mo
per user, billed annually ($99 billed monthly). 10 social profiles
Professional
$119/mo
per user, billed annually ($149 billed monthly). Assignments live here
Advanced
$149/mo
per user, billed annually ($199 billed monthly). Advanced reports, ROI, automated moderation
Custom
Free
custom, demo required. SSO, custom roles, AI reply suggestions
Read on Agorapulse's pricing page on 2026-08-27.
Where each one publishes
GrowSocialelion
Publishing today
- X
- Threads
- TikTok
- YouTube
- Mastodon
- Pixelfed
- Bluesky
- Discord
- Slack
- Telegram
- Nostr
- Dribbble
- Lemmy
- Tumblr
- Misskey
- Twitch
- Kick
- LINE
- Wykop
- Plurk
- Dailymotion
- PeerTube
- Dev.to
- Qiita
- TabNews
- Hatena Blog
- Hashnode
- Ghost
- WordPress
In the catalog
- Farcaster
- VK
- Snapchat
- Naver Cafe
- Zalo Official Account
- Odnoklassniki
- RedNote
- Behance
- Product Hunt
- daily.dev
- Medium
- Substack
- Quora
Agorapulse
11 of 31 in the comparison set
- Bluesky
- Facebook Pages
- Google My Business
- Threads
- TikTok
- X
- YouTube
- Dev.to
- Discord
- Dribbble
- Farcaster
- Hashnode
- Kick
- Lemmy
- Listmonk
- Mastodon
- Medium
- MeWe
- Moltbook
- Nostr
- Skool
- Slack
- Telegram
- Twitch
- VK
- Whop
- WordPress
Their own count: 11 networks per their own list, read 2026-08-27.
Agorapulse vs GrowSocialelion, on the record
| Agorapulse | GrowSocialelion | |
|---|---|---|
| AI content | AI writing assistant on all tiers; AI reply suggestions on Custom only | The agent drafts, schedules and engages, approval-gated, in the free app |
| Team workflow | Post and inbox assignments start on Professional, $119 per user per month billed annually | Approval gate on every agent action: human, semi-auto or autopilot, per action type |
| Networks | 11 networks, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube | 8 publish today (X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, Tumblr, Nostr, Lemmy, DEV); 30 more researched in the catalog |
| Self-hosting | None, closed SaaS | Free, AGPL-3.0, run the full app yourself |
| Cost for a team of 3 | $237 to $447 a month at their annual per-user rates | Self-hosted: $0, users are not billed |
We build GrowSocialelion, so read the table knowing that. Every Agorapulse fact on this page comes from Agorapulse's own pages, checked 2026-08-27. If a price changed since, their page wins.
Both sides of the ledger
What Agorapulse does well
Eleven networks, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Google Business, Reddit and Bluesky. (source, 2026-08-27)
A 30-day free trial with no credit card, covering the core features across all supported networks. (source, 2026-08-27)
The Advanced plan carries a serious reporting stack: ads reports, ROI analysis, competitor benchmarking and automated inbox moderation rules. (source, 2026-08-27)
Where Agorapulse stops
Every listed plan includes 10 social profiles; profiles beyond that are a paid add-on, and each user is a separate per-month charge on top. (source, 2026-08-27)
AI-powered reply suggestions are reserved for the Custom plan, behind a demo request. (source, 2026-08-27)
Social listening is not part of the listed plans; Advanced Listening is a separate offering that starts with booking a demo. (source, 2026-08-27)
No free tier, closed source, and no self-host option. The 30 days end and the per-user meter starts. (source, 2026-08-27)
Who should stay with Agorapulse
If you manage Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn or YouTube, stay. Agorapulse publishes to all of them today; in our catalog those networks are planned, not live.
If your work is community management at volume, their unified inbox with automated moderation rules, saved replies and ad comment monitoring is tooling we do not offer.
If you want a supported hosted product with onboarding and a customer success team, Agorapulse sells exactly that and our hosted version has not launched.
Agorapulse is the sane mid-point of the closed suites: cheaper than Sprout, simpler than Hootsuite, and organized around an inbox that community managers speak well of. The pricing structure is still the familiar one. Every user is a monthly charge, every listed plan stops at ten profiles, the best reporting sits on the top listed tier, and AI reply suggestions plus multi-step workflow live behind a Custom-plan demo.
GrowSocialelion removes the meters instead of lowering them. The app is AGPL-3.0 and free to run, so users and profiles cost nothing to add, and the approval workflow is the core of the product rather than an upsell: the agent proposes, you approve, per action type. Agorapulse still holds the network advantage, and if the majors are your channels the table below will say stay.
Asked before switching
How much does Agorapulse cost compared to GrowSocialelion?
As of 2026-08-27, Agorapulse runs $79 per user per month on Standard, $119 on Professional and $149 on Advanced when billed annually, or $99, $149 and $199 billed monthly, each with 10 profiles included. GrowSocialelion is free to self-host under the AGPL with no per-user billing; its hosted version is pre-launch.
Is Agorapulse open source?
No. Agorapulse is closed-source SaaS with no self-hosting option. GrowSocialelion's entire app is AGPL-3.0 on GitHub.
Does Agorapulse include AI features?
Partly. An AI writing assistant and alt-text generation ship on the listed plans, but AI-powered reply suggestions require the Custom plan and a demo. In GrowSocialelion the AI agent is the product: it drafts, schedules and engages on every connected network, approval-gated, in the free app.
Which networks does each support?
Agorapulse publishes to 11 networks, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Reddit and Bluesky. GrowSocialelion publishes to 8 today (X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, Tumblr, Nostr, Lemmy, DEV) with 30 more researched in the catalog. If the majors are your channels, that decides it.
Other alternatives
Try the part that is already free
The hosted app is still pre-launch, so we will not pretend there is a signup. What runs today: the open-source app on your own server, and 500+ free tools that need no account, including character counters whose every limit carries a source, something Agorapulse's tools do not offer.