Hi everyone. Today we're looking at a head-to-head comparison between posted and late. One is a full feature social media platform with AI, editor, analytics, and self-hosting.
And the other one is a production grade API first solution built for developers and automation. Today we are going to break down features, philosophy, pricing, API maturity, and use cases so you can choose the right tool for your needs. Let's find out.
Let's start with the basics. What are they? Post it is an all-in-one social media management platform with features like AI content generation, image and video creation, analytics, and an editor that feels familiar if you have used tools like KA or Buffer.
It also has an open-source version you can self-host offering maximum control. By contrast, late is a production grade social media API focused on reliability, simplicity, and escapability. The IPI is the core product designed for automation, integrations and production workloads with a 99.
97% uptime service level agreement. So right away the core difference is clear. Post is a full platform rich user interface and tools and late is a backend API engine for posting everywhere.
The philosophy behind its tool shapes how you will use it. Postist philosophy is all in one social media platform. It gives content creators and teams a complete toolbox from drafting post and media creation to analytics all in one place.
It's flexible and meant to be used directly as a platform. It also offers open-source and self-host options letting you deploy it on your own infrastructure if full ownership matters to you. Late's philosophy is very different.
Late Score is a single unified API endpoint that lets you post to multiple networks with one request without worrying about maintaining dozens of social SDKs or platform queries. It's managed, fully hosted, and optimized for integration into your own apps, dashboard, and workflows. It also has a visual dashboard for humans first.
Now, let's look at what each tool does best. Postive strengths. It comes with AI copilot for writing assistance, AI image generation up to hundreds per month, AI video generation, a rich editor with visual design tools, builtin analytics, and an open source and self-host options.
This makes Postit powerful for creators and teams waiting an all-in-one user interface experience. Latest strengths are more specialized. 99.
97% uptime service level agreement. Ideal for production apps. Unified API that turns one request into multiplatform publishing.
Instant API key with every plan, even the free plan. Web hooks for realtime status updates and production ready reliability for SAS and automation workflows. If your priority is integration, stability and scaling rather than feature rich user interface, this is where late shines.
One of the biggest difference is API maturity. Late's API has been in production for over two years with documented rate limits, uptime guarantees, and consistent SLA, which is critical when you are building reliable products or automation. Post this API on the other hand is newer and secondary to the platform meaning it doesn't yet have a published uptime service level agreement and is evolving over time.
If you need a stable enterprise ready API guarantee, late currently has the edge. Le has a simple tiered pricing model where API access and posting are predictable and it tends to be significantly cheaper at scale. For example, at around 50 accounts, late can be up to 67% cheaper than posting.
Postive includes AI analytics and editor features in its pricing. So, if you value those bulin tools, the higher cost may still be worth it. But if your priority is bulk posting, multi-profile automation or SAS integration, late predictable flat pricing can be much more cost effective.
Here we have a cost comparation table at key scales. Late has a free plan and posted has a plan that starts at $29 per month. So the winner is late.
Then if you need 10 accounts and one user, late starts with $13 per month and postive still $29 per month. So late is 55% cheaper than posted. If you need 30 accounts and one user, late has a plan.
You have it on late for $33 per month and $49 per month on Postitive. So late is $33 cheaper than Postitive. And if you need more than 50 accounts, you have it in late for the same $33 per month and in Postitive for $99 per month.
So Late obviously is the winner and much cheaper. So who should pick which tool? Choose Postitive if you want a full social media platform with AI tools.
If you need an editor, visualer, and analytics in one place, if you like the idea of self-hosting and complete control, and if you are a creator or social media team focused on content creation and planning, and choose late if you build products or integrations needing reliable API posting, if you are focused on automation and workflows, if you need a production service level agreement and enterprise reliability, and if you want predictable price, ing and escalable multi-profile support. In short, postive is great for feature range and late is ideal for developer centric automation and reliability. Both tools have real value, but they are solving different problems.
If you want a rich user experience and content tools, post is worth exploring. But if you need API power and production grade reliability, late might be the right choice. Let us know in the comments which workflow fits your team best.
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