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GrowSocialelion vs Sked Social

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

GrowSocialelion is an open-source AI social media manager: the agent drafts, schedules and engages behind per-action approval gates, free to self-host under the AGPL-3.0.

8 channels · plans: Self-hosted, Hosted

Sked Social

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.

9 channels · plans: Launch, Grow, Accelerate

Pricing and plans

What each side charges

GrowSocialelion

Self-hosted$0
HostedLaunching

Sked Social

Launch$59/mo
Grow$149/mo
Accelerate$399/mo
Channels

Where each one publishes

GrowSocialelion

  • Bluesky
  • Dev.to
  • Lemmy
  • Mastodon
  • Nostr
  • Telegram
  • Tumblr
  • X
  • Discord
  • Dribbble
  • Facebook Pages
  • Farcaster
  • Google My Business
  • Hashnode
  • Instagram
  • Kick
  • LinkedIn
  • Listmonk
  • Medium
  • MeWe
  • Moltbook
  • Pinterest
  • Reddit
  • Skool
  • Slack
  • Threads
  • TikTok
  • Twitch
  • VK
  • Whop
  • WordPress
  • YouTube

Sked Social

  • Facebook Pages
  • Google My Business
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest
  • Threads
  • TikTok
  • X
  • YouTube
  • Bluesky
  • Dev.to
  • Discord
  • Dribbble
  • Farcaster
  • Hashnode
  • Kick
  • Lemmy
  • Listmonk
  • Mastodon
  • Medium
  • MeWe
  • Moltbook
  • Nostr
  • Reddit
  • Skool
  • Slack
  • Telegram
  • Twitch
  • VK
  • Whop
  • WordPress

We build GrowSocialelion, so read every table here knowing that. Channel support and plan prices were compiled from public listings and vendor pages on 2026-08-27; a tool's own site always wins over this page. GrowSocialelion's own column is generated from its live platform catalog, so it cannot claim a network the app does not publish to.

The verdict

Pick Sked Social if

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 We do not publish to any of them yet, and Sked's Instagram depth, Stories with link stickers included, is where it earns its keep.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.

Pick GrowSocialelion if

You want the whole product open: an ai agent drafts, schedules and engages, and every action is approval-gated — human approval, semi-auto or autopilot, per action type. The app is AGPL-3.0 with no paid tier hiding features, and 500+ free tools live now: character counters with sourced limits, generators, and more

The switching guide lives at the Sked Social alternative page.

Questions

Asked before choosing

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.

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GrowSocialelion is AGPL-3.0, free to self-host, with an approval-gated AI agent and 500+ free tools that need no account at all.

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