Sprout Social alternative
Scheduling, a shared inbox, and analytics in one plan, without paying full price for every single seat. See your price and your savings in two minutes.
Sked Social runs a 3-person team for $69/mo. Sprout Social charges $199 per seat, about $597/mo for the same team.
Enter your work email and we'll match you to the right Sked plan, show your price, and how much you'd save versus Sprout Social.
Savings compare your Sked plan price to Sprout Social's published Standard rate of $199 per seat per month, billed annually (sproutsocial.com/pricing, checked 22 Jun 2026). Your figure updates with the seats and profiles you enter.
| Feature | Sked | Sprout Social |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One plan price. Add extra users only if you need them. | $199+ per seat, every seat. Standard is $199 per user per month, billed annually. |
| Cost for a 3-person team | One plan covers the team, with affordable add-on seats. | Around $597 per month on Standard ($199 x 3 seats). |
| Unified inbox | One shared inbox for the whole team to reply from. | Smart Inbox is included, but every agent needs a paid seat. |
| Approvals & roles | Approval workflows and roles built into the Accelerate plan. | Available, though each approver needs their own paid seat. |
| Analytics & reporting | Clean, white-label-ready client reports you can share in a click. | Robust analytics, with the richest reporting on higher tiers. |
| Onboarding & support | Onboarding help and support without a higher-tier requirement. | Premium onboarding and support concentrated on higher tiers. |
| Security | SOC 2 Type 2. | Enterprise-grade security. |
Why teams switch
Every person who needs access is another full-price seat, so costs climb as your team grows.
Adding agents or approvers means more seats, and the bill rises with every one.
Premium tiers bundle features many teams never touch, at a premium price.
Match to a Sked plan, see your savings versus Sprout, and start a 14-day free trial. No credit card required.
Switching is on us
Most teams are fully up and running within a few days, and our team does the heavy lifting with you.
Link your social accounts in a few clicks. We'll walk you through it on a call if you'd like.
Bring your schedule across with bulk upload and the content library, with our team alongside you.
Keep posting, replying, and reporting from day one. No gap in your content.
One inbox
Comments and DMs across your networks land in one shared inbox your whole team can work from.
Scheduling, the shared inbox, approvals, and reporting all live in Sked, in one place instead of scattered across separate tools.
Approvals
Route posts for client approval, collect feedback, and publish once it's signed off. Approvals and roles are built into the Accelerate plan.
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Plan, write, and preview every post in one composer, then keep the whole workflow under one predictable bill.
Composer
Write once, tailor each network, and see exactly how a post will look. Your whole team plans from the same composer.
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FAQs
Sprout Social charges per seat, so every person you add multiplies your bill. Sked charges a plan price and lets you add seats without leaping to a far more expensive tier. The price tool shows your exact figure based on your team and profiles.
Most teams move over in a weekend. You connect your profiles, rebuild your schedule, and bring your team into one workspace. Our support team helps you get set up so you keep posting through the change.
Yes. Sked gives your team a shared inbox to reply to comments and messages from one place, so you are not bouncing between the native apps for each network.
Yes. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, and no credit card is required to begin.
Enter your work email with your team size and number of social profiles. We match you to the right Sked plan, show your price in your local currency, and estimate how much you would save compared with Sprout Social. We also email you the full breakdown.
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