The open-source Sked Social alternative
GrowSocialelion is an open-source alternative to Sked Social: AGPL-3.0, free to self-host, with approval gates on every AI agent action as the default operating mode. Sked Social is closed-source SaaS for teams and agencies, publishing to 10 networks from $24 a month billed annually, with its full approval workflow reserved for the $166 Accelerate tier.
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
Sked Social
closed source
Sked Social is a paid SaaS management platform for social teams and agencies, publishing to 10 networks with approval workflows as its core pitch and plans billed annually from US$24 a month.
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.
Sked Social
Basic
$24/mo
per month, billed annually ($290/year). 1 user, 1 profile per platform
Grow
$58/mo
per month, billed annually ($690/year). 3 users, 6 profiles; extra profiles $80/year each
Accelerate
$166/mo
per month, billed annually ($1,990/year). 6 users, 10 profiles; extra profiles $100/year, extra users $150/year
Custom
$249/mo
from, per month, billed annually (from $2,990/year). Enterprise, custom users and profiles
Read on Sked Social'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
Sked Social
9 of 31 in the comparison set
- Facebook Pages
- Google My Business
- Threads
- TikTok
- X
- YouTube
- Bluesky
- Dev.to
- Discord
- Dribbble
- Farcaster
- Hashnode
- Kick
- Lemmy
- Listmonk
- Mastodon
- Medium
- MeWe
- Moltbook
- Nostr
- Skool
- Slack
- Telegram
- Twitch
- VK
- Whop
- WordPress
Their own count: 10 networks per their own list, read 2026-08-27.
Sked Social vs GrowSocialelion, on the record
| Sked Social | GrowSocialelion | |
|---|---|---|
| Approvals | Add-on on Grow; internal and external approvals on Accelerate at $166 a month | Every agent action is approval-gated in the free app: human, semi-auto or autopilot, per action type |
| Networks | 10 native channels, Instagram-strong | 8 live networks, 30 more researched in the catalog |
| AI content | AI caption and reply assistance on every plan | The agent drafts, schedules and engages from live research, behind your approval gate |
| Open source / self-host | Closed SaaS, subscription only | AGPL-3.0, free to self-host the full app |
| Cost to scale | $290 to $1,990 a year, plus $80 to $150 per year per extra profile or user | Self-hosted: $0, profiles and users are not billed |
We build GrowSocialelion, so read the table knowing that. Every Sked Social fact on this page comes from Sked Social's own pages, checked 2026-08-27. If a price changed since, their page wins.
Both sides of the ledger
What Sked Social does well
Approvals are the product's spine: nothing goes live until the right person signs off, and stakeholders approve without logging in or learning the tool. (source, 2026-08-27)
Ten native channels through one composer: Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Snapchat and Google Business Profile. (source, 2026-08-27)
Channel-specific publishing depth, including Instagram Stories with link stickers, TikTok carousels and LinkedIn document carousels. (source, 2026-08-27)
Every plan includes scheduling, AI captions, social listening and a unified inbox, on iOS and Android as well as the web. (source, 2026-08-27)
Where Sked Social stops
No free tier. All plans start as a 14-day trial, and the entry plan is $24 a month billed as $290 a year. (source, 2026-08-27)
The approval workflow the product is named for is not on every plan: it is an add-on at the Grow tier, and internal plus external approvals arrive on Accelerate at $166 a month. (source, 2026-08-27)
Growth is billed in add-ons: extra profiles cost $80 to $100 per year each and extra users $150 per year, on top of the plan fee. (source, 2026-08-27)
Closed source and SaaS only, with no self-host option. (source, 2026-08-27)
Who should stay with Sked Social
If Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest or Google Business Profile carry your accounts, stay with Sked. We do not publish to any of them yet, and Sked's Instagram depth, Stories with link stickers included, is where it earns its keep.
If you are an agency whose clients need login-free sign-off pages today, Sked ships that workflow now; our approval gates govern the agent inside the app, not an external client portal.
If you want a supported hosted product with mobile apps and nothing to run, Sked is that on every plan, and our hosted version has not launched.
Sked Social sells one idea well: nothing goes live until the right person signs off, and that person approves without logging in. For agencies and franchises answering to clients and legal teams, that workflow is the product, and the ten native channels, the unified inbox and the Instagram depth are built around it. The catch sits in the price list. The workflow the product is named for is an add-on at the mid tier, complete internal and external approvals live on the $166 a month Accelerate plan, and every extra profile or user is a yearly line item on top.
GrowSocialelion agrees with the premise and disagrees with the packaging. Approval is not a plan feature here, it is the safety model of the whole app: an AI agent drafts, schedules and engages, and every action passes a gate you configure as human, semi-auto or autopilot, per action type, in the free AGPL-3.0 app. The 8 live networks are text-first (X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, Tumblr, Nostr, Lemmy, DEV), with 30 more researched in the catalog, and self-hosting means profiles and users are not a billing unit.
Asked before switching
How much does Sked Social cost compared to GrowSocialelion?
As of 2026-08-27, Sked Social runs $24 to $166 per month billed annually ($290 to $1,990 a year), plus $80 to $100 per year per extra profile and $150 per extra user, with enterprise plans from $249 a month. GrowSocialelion is free to self-host under the AGPL-3.0; its hosted version is pre-launch.
Does Sked Social have approval workflows?
Yes, it is their core pitch: login-free sign-offs before anything publishes. On the price list, approvals are an add-on at the Grow tier and full internal plus external approvals come with Accelerate at $166 a month. In GrowSocialelion, every agent action passes an approval gate in the free app.
Is Sked Social open source?
No. Sked Social is closed-source SaaS with no self-host option. GrowSocialelion's entire app is AGPL-3.0 on GitHub.
Which networks does each support?
Sked Social publishes to 10 native channels including Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat and Google Business Profile. GrowSocialelion publishes to 8 text-first networks today (X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, Tumblr, Nostr, Lemmy, DEV) with 30 more in the catalog. Only X overlaps, so your channel list decides.
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 Sked Social's tools do not offer.