Visual planner
See your Instagram grid before you commit to it.
Drag your queued posts into place on a live preview of your feed. Sked reshuffles the schedule to match, so the grid you arranged is the grid that publishes.
The numbers that matter
Plan the feed, not just the calendar.
queued and published together
Import your live Instagram posts so you arrange against the real feed.
conflict guard
Feed posts and reels landing within 15 minutes of each other get flagged before they publish.
CSAT rating
Across 10,000+ marketers using Sked.
Your calendar says when. It never says what it will look like.
A calendar is a list of times. It cannot tell you that three dark photos are about to land in a row, or that your carousel breaks the rhythm you spent a month building. The grid is the thing your audience actually sees, so plan in the grid.
Move a tile, and the schedule follows it.
The grid and your posting queue are the same thing seen from two angles. Drop a post into a new position and it takes that slot's time. Nothing needs re-entering, and nothing quietly keeps its old schedule.
Grid order in, queue times out.
How it works
Three things the grid does that a calendar cannot.
Arrange against your real feed
Import your published Instagram posts so your queued ones sit on top of the feed as it stands today. You are composing the whole grid, not guessing at it.
Audition a draft in place
Drag a draft off the list and into the grid to see whether it belongs there. If it does not, drag it back out. It returns to drafts, unscheduled.
Catch collisions early
Feed posts and reels within 15 minutes of each other are flagged as a conflict, and autosave holds until you fix it. Rearranging never quietly double-books your feed.
Sked vs the mock-up shuffle
Your grid plan should not live in a screenshot.
- Screenshots of the feed dragged around in a design tool
- The plan and the schedule drift apart within a week
- Re-keying captions and times once the layout is settled
- Nobody notices the clash until it is already published
- The preview IS the schedule, so they cannot disagree
- Published and queued posts sit in one grid
- Drop a post in a slot and it takes that slot's time
- Conflicts are flagged before anything goes out
Who it's for
For anyone whose feed is judged as a whole.
Brands with a look
Hold a colour story or a posting rhythm across weeks, and see it break before your audience does.
Agencies
Show a client the grid you are proposing, in their feed, before a single post is locked in.
Creators and small teams
Keep the feed deliberate without keeping a separate mock-up file in sync with your calendar.
The proof behind the workflow.
- 91%customer satisfaction (CSAT)Measured across 10,000+ marketers who run their social on Sked.
- 4.6/5on G2 from verified reviews80+ verified customer reviews on G2.
- SOC 2Type 2 certifiedYour content and your audience data, handled to enterprise standard.
Common questions
Questions about Visual planner.
Which platforms does the visual planner support?
Instagram. The grid is a preview of an Instagram feed, so you pick a connected Instagram account and plan against that. Your other channels are scheduled from the calendar as normal.
Does the grid show posts I have already published?
Yes. Import your published Instagram posts and they fill the grid underneath your queued ones. That way you are arranging new posts against the feed people actually see, not an empty canvas.
If I move a post in the grid, does its posting time change?
Yes, and that is the point. Drag a post into a new position and Sked reassigns it to the matching slot in your posting queue. The order you see in the grid is the order it publishes in.
What happens if two posts end up too close together?
Sked flags it. Feed posts and reels landing within 15 minutes of each other are marked as a conflict, and autosave pauses until you resolve it. Nothing publishes on top of itself while you are still rearranging.
Can I try a draft in the grid before I schedule it?
Yes. Drafts sit in a list beside the grid. Drag one in to see how it looks in the feed and it picks up the next queue slot. Drag it back out and it goes to drafts again, unscheduled.
Does the planner save automatically?
Autosave is on by default and you can switch it off. With it off you rearrange freely, then hit submit when the grid looks right, or undo everything and start again.
Can I edit a post from the grid?
Click any tile and the post opens for editing, caption and all. For cropping, filters and image edits, Sked's media library editor handles that side of the work.
What do I need to start using it?
A connected Instagram account. Open Grid Preview from the main menu, pick the account, and your queued posts are already sitting in the grid. What each plan includes is on the pricing page.
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