Sked Social
Visual social scheduler focused on Instagram grid planning and auto-posting for brands.
why this verdict
Cancel it — switch to Meta Business Suite
Meta Business Suite and Metricool now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $30/mo is optional.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Native scheduling in Meta Business Suite plus free AI caption writing in every platform. Meta, November 26, 2024 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers all of it editorial call
- The whole core job — the thing the subscription was actually for.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 3 of 3 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Meta Business Suite, Metricool and Buffer.
- What the call is worth $360/yr
- $30/mo at the entry paid tier — $360 a year per seat.
- Threatened by
- Meta
- Since
- November 26, 2024
- List price
- $30/mo
- Per year
- $360
The backstory
Sked Social built its niche around Instagram grid previews and reliable auto-posting when native scheduling was poor. Meta Business Suite now schedules across Instagram and Facebook for free and writes captions for you. The remaining paid schedulers compete on price and multi-network breadth, which is a brutal market. A single-platform visual planner has almost nothing left to charge for.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $360/yrFree native scheduling for Instagram and Facebook
facebook.com open_in_newMulti-network scheduling with a free plan
metricool.com open_in_newSimple cross-platform scheduling with AI assist
buffer.com open_in_new3 of 3 replacements have a usable free tier.