Publishly vs bundle.social
Both products offer a social posting API and unlimited accounts on paid plans. The clearest differences are the jump from free to paid, the price at 100,000 posts, and what happens after a delivery problem.
bundle.social goes from a 20-post free plan to a $100 Pro plan. Publishly goes from 50 posts free to $29 Starter, then $99 Growth and $299 Scale. Both allow unlimited accounts on paid plans; Publishly only counts posts it confirms as live.
The jump from free to paid.
bundle.social’s free tier is real. The next published step is $100 a month. Publishly puts a $29 plan between testing and 10,000-post volume.
bundle.social Pro is $100 a month for 10,000 posts. Publishly Starter is $29 for about 2,000 successful posts, and Growth is $99 for about 15,000.
Side by side.
| Feature | Publishly | bundle.social |
|---|---|---|
| First paid plan | $29 Starter · about 2,000 successful posts | $100 Pro · 10,000 posts |
| Free plan | 50 successful posts · 5 accounts | 20 posts · 3 accounts |
| Around 10,000 posts | $99 Growth · up to 15,000 | $100 Pro · up to 10,000 |
| 100,000 posts | $299 Scale | $400 Business |
| Connected accounts | Unlimited on every paid plan | Unlimited on every paid plan |
| What uses the allowance | Only posts confirmed live; failed and unconfirmed work uses no quota | Public pricing lists monthly posts; treatment of failed attempts is not stated |
| Failure alerts | Clear reason, retry decision, signed event, and stored receipt | Webhook page promises failed-post alerts and signature checking |
| Automatic retries | Temporary problems retry safely without resending successful accounts | No general safe-retry promise found on the public pages reviewed |
Competitor pricing & features last checked: 2026-08-11
Which one fits?
Choose bundle.social if…
- The $100 Pro package matches your volume from day one.
- You want its mix of comments, imports, calendar, analytics, and posting.
- Its separate pay-per-use X pricing fits your posting mix.
Choose Publishly if…
- You need a $29 step between free and high volume.
- You only want confirmed-live posts to use your monthly allowance.
- You want each failure tied to a reason, safe retry decision, and final receipt.
Common questions
Does bundle.social include unlimited accounts?
Yes on paid plans. bundle.social Pro is $100 a month for 10,000 posts and unlimited accounts. Publishly also includes unlimited accounts on every paid plan, beginning at $29 a month.
What is the $100 entry cliff?
bundle.social has a useful free plan, then its first published paid tier is Pro at $100 a month. Publishly adds a $29 Starter tier for teams that need more than a free trial but are not yet publishing 10,000 times a month.
Does bundle.social report failed posts?
Yes. Its public webhook page says failed-post alerts can be sent to your own tools. Publishly’s difference is the full record around that alert: a named reason, whether it will retry, every attempt, and the final confirmed-live result in one receipt.
Which is cheaper at 100,000 posts?
At the published monthly prices checked on 2026-08-11, Publishly Scale is $299 for about 100,000 successful posts and bundle.social Business is $400 for 100,000 posts.
Start at $29, not $100.
Both products can tell you when a post fails. Publishly also keeps the reason, retry decision, attempts, and final result in one receipt.