Head to head

Hootsuite vs Ayrshare

Hootsuite

Hootsuite is an enterprise social media management suite publishing to 10 networks, priced per user from $99 a month billed annually, with approvals and advanced listening reserved for its upper tiers.

8 channels · plans: Standard, Advanced, Enterprise

Ayrshare

Ayrshare is a paid social media API for developers: apps, platforms and AI agents call its REST endpoints and MCP server to publish, read analytics and manage engagement on 14+ networks, billed per social profile from $149 a month.

12 channels · plans: Premium, Launch, Business, Enterprise

Pricing and plans

What each side charges

Hootsuite

Standard$199/user/mo

Advanced$399/user/mo

EnterpriseCustom/mo

Ayrshare

Premium$149/mo

Launch$299/mo

Business$599/mo

EnterpriseCustom/mo

Channels

Where each one publishes

Hootsuite

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

Ayrshare

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

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