The API-First Postiz Alternative
Postiz is an all-in-one social media dashboard — a content calendar, built-in AI that writes posts and generates images and video, analytics, and agency tools. Postproxy does one thing: the publishing and engagement API — a unified endpoint, 7 typed SDKs, an MCP server, per-platform failure states, and 99.95% uptime. If you want a product to create and manage content in, that's Postiz. If you want the API to build on or point an agent at, that's Postproxy.
TL;DR
A quick take in two columns, then the detailed comparison below.
Postiz is an all-in-one social media product: a visual calendar across 30+ networks, built-in AI that drafts posts and generates images and short video, a Canva-like designer, analytics, and agency/team management. It's cloud or self-hosted, open-source, and now agent- accessible via an MCP server and a Hermes skill. The API is one surface on a much larger app; the product experience is where the investment goes. Cloud starts at $29/mo, with a 7-day trial.
Postproxy does one thing and does it well: the publishing and engagement API. One unified endpoint for every platform, 7 typed SDKs, an MCP server, and per-platform failure states with retries. Run as a managed service: 99.95% uptime, ~35ms responses (p95 at 150ms), and platform breakage monitored and patched before it lands on you. It's the infrastructure your product or your agent builds on. Scoped API keys isolate every client, and a permanent free tier lets you start without a countdown.
Side by side
A full breakdown of capabilities, integrations, and API design.
| Postiz | Postproxy | |
|---|---|---|
| Product type | All-in-one social media dashboard | Publishing & engagement API |
| Self-hosted | Yes (free) | No |
| Uptime | Not published (cloud); yours to run (self-hosted) | 99.95%, multi-region |
| API response time | Not published | ~35ms avg, p95 150ms |
| Platform API breakage | You debug (self-hosted); community-driven fixes | Monitored and patched by Postproxy |
| Cloud free tier | 7-day trial only | Permanent (10 posts/mo) |
| Platforms | 30+ | 11 (more in progress) |
| API design | Platform-specific endpoints | Unified endpoint for all platforms |
| SDKs | Not documented | 7 (Node/TS, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Java, .NET) |
| Multi-tenant | Team/agency UI features | Scoped API keys per profile group |
| Failure states | Not documented | Per-platform state machine |
| Queue system | Not documented | Slots, jitter, priority |
| n8n | Community node | Native node |
| MCP server | Yes | Yes |
| Agent interface | JSON CLI, MCP, SKILL.md | MCP, 7 typed SDKs, unified REST |
| Make.com | Yes | Yes (official module) |
| AI content generation | Built-in (writing, images, video) | Via MCP + external AI |
| Visual dashboard | Yes | No |
Postiz makes content. Postproxy ships it.
They're not the same category. One is a product you create content in; the other is the API that publishes it. That's the choice.
Postiz is a product
You log in and work in it: a content calendar, AI that drafts posts and generates images and video, a Canva-like designer, analytics, and agency tools. Great when the job is creating and managing content in one place.
Postproxy is infrastructure
You build on it: one API, 7 typed SDKs, an MCP server, per-platform failure states, and scoped keys. It plugs into agent stacks like OpenClaw and Hermes too. It reliably ships whatever your app, your pipeline, or your agent produces. Narrow scope, done well.
Content can come from anywhere — a person, an agent, even Postiz. Postproxy is the publishing layer underneath, with fewer moving parts to break.
Pricing
Self-hosted Postiz is free. Cloud plans compared below.
| Tier | Postiz Cloud | Postproxy |
|---|---|---|
| Entry | $29/mo (5 channels, 400 posts) | $17/mo (10 groups, 120 posts) |
| Mid | $49/mo (30 channels, unlimited) | $99/mo (50 groups, unlimited) |
| Top | $99/mo (100 channels) | $699/mo (unlimited) |
At $99/mo, Postproxy gives you 50 profile groups with unlimited posts, SDKs, failure handling, and scoped keys. Postiz cloud's equivalent tier ($49/mo) caps at 30 channels. And the Postproxy price includes the service behind the API: uptime, monitoring, and platform fixes are our job, not yours.
Where Postproxy wins
APIs, SDKs, tenant isolation, and predictable behavior—without running publishing infrastructure yourself.
Unified API
One endpoint, one request shape for all platforms. No platform-specific routing in your code.
Permanent free tier
Postiz cloud = 7-day trial. Postproxy free = permanent, no expiry.
7 SDKs
Typed clients for Node/TS, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, Java, .NET.
Failure handling
Per-platform state machine with retry states and webhooks.
Scoped API keys
Per-client data isolation for multi-tenant SaaS products.
Managed reliability
99.95% uptime on multi-region infrastructure. Platform API changes, token rotation, and breakage monitored and patched for you — self-hosted Postiz means you own all of that.
Agent-ready
Drive publishing from the agent you already run: an MCP server for Claude, Cursor, and Claude Code, plus skills for OpenClaw and Hermes. Same API, same failure handling underneath.
Where Postiz is different
AI content studio
Built-in AI drafts captions, generates images and short video, and a Canva-like designer builds visuals — content creation Postproxy leaves to you or your agent.
Visual dashboard
Content calendar, team collaboration, analytics UI. Built for people who manage content in a browser.
Self-hosting
Open-source with full code access — free if you maintain the infrastructure, handle updates, and manage uptime yourself.
Which one to use
Different tools solve different problems. Here's how to pick the right one.
Choose Postiz if:
- You want an all-in-one product to create and manage content in
- You want built-in AI to draft posts and generate images and video
- Your team plans content in a visual calendar dashboard
- You want to self-host and maintain the stack yourself
Choose Postproxy if:
- You are building publishing into your own product
- You want a focused API with typed SDKs and an MCP server to build on
- You are pointing an agent at a reliable publishing layer
- You need per-client data isolation via scoped keys
- You want 99.95% uptime without running the infrastructure
- You need explicit failure handling for automated pipelines
- You want platform breakage fixed for you, not by you
Try Postproxy free
10 posts/month, all platforms, no credit card. Upgrade when you need more.
