Publer vs Publora: Pricing, MCP and API Compared

Here is the honest version up front: I work at Publora, so treat me as a biased narrator. But Publer is a genuinely good tool, and I will say where it beats us. The useful thing about this matchup is that Publer and Publora are two of the very few schedulers that price per connected account instead of per channel or per seat — so a real apples-to-apples cost comparison is actually possible.

The short answer:

• Publora gets cheaper per account past five accounts and is built API-first — a public REST API and a native MCP server so AI agents can publish for you. Pro is $3.99 per account per month billed yearly ($5.99 monthly), dropping to $1.99 from the 6th account and $0.66 from the 21st.
• Publer is the more mature all-in-one dashboard: unlimited scheduled posts, more networks (13 vs 10), content recycling, and deeper analytics. Professional is $5 a month for one account, $9 for two and a flat $4 per account from three accounts up ($12 for three, $20 for five); billed yearly it is $4, $7.20, then a flat $3.20 per account, with every 10th account free.
• Pick Publora if you run 11 or more accounts on yearly billing (about 21 or more month-to-month), where it comes out cheaper, or you are automating with an AI agent.
• Pick Publer if you want Pinterest or Google Business Profile, or a polished manual dashboard.

Publer vs Publora: Quick Comparison Table

Feature	Publora	Publer
Pricing model	Per connected account	Per connected account (+ per team member)
Entry paid price	Pro: $3.99/account/mo billed yearly ($5.99 monthly), $1.99/$2.99 from the 6th account	Professional: $5 for 1 account, $9 for 2, a flat $4/account from 3 accounts monthly ($12 for 3, $20 for 5); $4 / $7.20 / flat $3.20 per account billed yearly; every 10th account free
Scheduled posts	Unlimited on Pro (fair use)	Unlimited on paid plans
Free plan	3 accounts (no X), 15 posts/mo total	3 accounts (no X), 10 posts/account, 25 drafts
Platforms	10 (LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram)	~13 (adds Pinterest, Google Business Profile, WordPress)
API + MCP	Public REST API + first-party MCP server (20 tools) on every plan, including free; 32 tools with Agency	API and MCP server on the Business plan ($10/mo for 1 account, $8 billed yearly) and Enterprise
Best for	Lower cost from about 11 accounts (yearly billing); developers and AI agents	Unlimited posting, wide networks, manual all-in-one workflow

Pricing as of September 2026, verified against publora.com/pricing and Publer's official plans page. Prices change — check the live pages before deciding.

Which Is Actually Cheaper Per Account?

This is the question most people land here for, so let's do the math instead of hand-waving. Both tools charge per connected account, so the comparison is clean.

Publora's Pro plan is $3.99 per account per month billed yearly (or $5.99 month-to-month) for your first five accounts, with volume discounts from the 6th account ($1.99 yearly / $2.99 monthly). As of September 2026, Publer's Professional plan is $5 a month for one account, $9 for two, and a flat $4 per account once you have three or more ($12 for three, $20 for five) on monthly billing; yearly billing takes 20% off ($4, $7.20, then a flat $3.20 per account for three or more), and every 10th account is free.

Run that out to a few common setups (billed yearly, month-to-month in brackets):

• 5 accounts: Publora $19.95/mo ($29.95) · Publer $16/mo ($20)
• 10 accounts: Publora $29.90/mo ($44.90) · Publer $28.80/mo ($36), with the 10th account free
• 25 accounts: Publora $53.10/mo ($79.75) · Publer $73.60/mo ($92)

So Publer is cheaper for small setups: $16 vs $19.95 at five accounts billed yearly, $20 vs $29.95 month-to-month. On yearly billing Publora pulls ahead from 11 accounts ($31.89 vs $32.00) and the gap widens from there; month-to-month it pulls ahead from about 21 accounts ($75.79 vs $76). Post volume is no longer a differentiator either: Publer Professional includes unlimited scheduled posts, and so does Publora Pro (under a fair use policy). The real difference is workflow, not caps.

Where Publer Is the Stronger Choice

I am not going to pretend Publer is the weaker tool — it is excellent, and it has been refined for years. Here is where it genuinely wins.

Unlimited scheduling. No monthly post cap on paid plans. If your workflow is "queue a hundred posts per account and recycle the evergreen ones forever," Publer's recycling tools are built for that.

More networks. Publer reaches around 13 networks, including Pinterest, Google Business Profile, and WordPress — three that Publora does not publish to today. If Pinterest or local-business posting is core to you, that is a real, deciding difference.

Mature analytics and AI. On the Business plan, Publer adds analytics and reports, best-time-to-post suggestions, competitor analysis, hashtag suggestions, and an AI assistant. It is a complete, polished manual workflow with content recycling and a media library. Publora is leaner here on purpose.

Where Publora Is the Stronger Choice

It gets cheaper per account as you scale. At $3.99 per account per month billed yearly for the first five accounts and $1.99 from the 6th, Publora is built around the idea that scaling from one account to fifty should not balloon your bill. There are no per-channel multipliers and no surprise seat costs baked into the headline price.

It is API-first and MCP-native. This is the real difference, not a footnote. Publora ships a public REST API and a first-party MCP server with 20 tools on every plan, including free (32 with an Agency account). That means an AI agent — Claude Code, Cursor, or any MCP client — can post across all 10 networks, and comment, react and handle @mentions on LinkedIn, with no glue code. The whole publish flow is a single POST request that fans out to every connected platform at once. Publer has an API and an MCP server too, but only on its Business and Enterprise plans, so free and Professional users can't connect an agent.

It is simpler to start. The free Starter plan needs no credit card, and full API and MCP access is included on every plan, including free Starter — there is no "the API costs extra" gate.

If you want the deeper version of this argument, our Publora vs Buffer comparison covers the per-account-versus-per-channel pricing fight in more detail.

When Should You Choose Publora?

• You run 11 or more accounts on yearly billing (about 21 or more month-to-month), where Publora's graduated per-account pricing comes in below Publer Professional.
• You are building an AI agent or automation and want a real API plus a native MCP server, not an afterthought.
• Your networks are mainstream (LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, YouTube, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram).
• You want to start free with no credit card and full API access from day one.

When Should You Choose Publer?

• You need heavy content recycling across many accounts.
• You publish to Pinterest, Google Business Profile, or WordPress.
• You want mature, built-in analytics, competitor analysis, and AI assistance in one manual dashboard.
• You prefer a polished click-and-schedule workflow over an API-driven one.

Publer vs Publora FAQ

Is Publora cheaper than Publer?

At scale, yes; for small setups, no. As of September 2026, Publora Pro is $3.99 per connected account per month billed yearly ($5.99 monthly) for accounts 1–5, $1.99 ($2.99) for accounts 6–20 and $0.66 ($0.99) from the 21st. Publer Professional is $4 for one account, $7.20 for two and a flat $3.20 per account for three or more billed yearly ($5, $9, then a flat $4 per account monthly, so $12 for three and $20 for five), with every 10th account free. At 5 accounts Publer is cheaper ($16 vs $19.95 a month billed yearly); Publora is cheaper from 11 accounts on yearly billing and from about 21 month-to-month — at 25 accounts it is $53.10 vs $73.60 a month billed yearly. Both include unlimited scheduled posts (Publora under a fair use policy).

What is the difference between Publer and Publora?

Publer is a mature all-in-one dashboard for managing accounts by hand: unlimited scheduling, 13 networks, content recycling, analytics, and an AI assistant. Publora is an API-first, MCP-native scheduler for developers and AI agents: per-account pricing that drops with volume, a public REST API, and a first-party MCP server. Both price per connected account rather than per channel.

Does Publer have a free plan?

Yes — up to 3 social accounts (X excluded), 10 scheduled posts per account, 25 drafts, and 24-hour post history. Publora's free Starter plan also covers 3 accounts with no X, but counts 15 posts per month in total rather than per account.

Does Publer have an MCP server?

Yes. Publer's MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other MCP clients list accounts and workspaces, create drafts, schedule posts and read analytics. Publer's help center says MCP is available on the Business and Enterprise plans, and its pricing page lists API and MCP access under Business. To connect, you create an API key with the right scopes under Settings → AI & Automations → AI & MCP, and Publer generates a personal MCP server URL (Publer help). Publora's MCP server at mcp.publora.com is generally available on every plan, including the free Starter plan.

Does Publer or Publora have an API for developers?

Both do, but for different users. Publer exposes its API and MCP server on the Business and Enterprise plans. Publora is API-first: a public REST API and a first-party MCP server with 20 tools are included on every plan, including free (32 with an Agency account), so agents like Claude or Cursor can publish directly. For agent automation, Publora is the more natural fit.

How many platforms do Publer and Publora support?

Publer supports about 13 networks, including Pinterest, Google Business Profile, and WordPress, which Publora does not cover. Publora supports 10: LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Bluesky, Mastodon, and Telegram.

Further Reading

• Publora vs Buffer: Honest Review and Best Buffer Alternative
• Publora vs Ayrshare: The Social Media API for Developers
• Publora Pricing
• Publora API Documentation

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About this article. We make one of the two tools compared here, so we are biased — but we have tried to give Publer a fair shake, including where it beats us. Prices for both tools are as of September 2026, verified against their official pricing pages, and can change; check the live pages before you decide.