Mixpost vs Postiz: which is better?

It depends on how you want to pay. Mixpost Pro costs $299 once for all networks, with 1 year of updates. Postiz is free to self-host under AGPL-3.0, with no feature gates. Mixpost runs on PHP, MySQL and Redis. Postiz needs Postgres, Redis and Temporal. Both also sell hosted cloud plans from $29 a month, billed monthly.

Mixpost Lite is free and open source under the MIT license. It publishes only to Facebook Pages, X and Mastodon. To post to Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok or YouTube, you need Pro at $299 one-time, or a Cloud plan from $29 a month, billed monthly. Prices exclude VAT.

Does Mixpost have a cloud version?

Yes. Mixpost Cloud has four plans: Spark $29, Momentum $49, Business $79 and Agency $149 a month, billed monthly. Billed yearly, they cost $249 to $1,299 a year. The trial lasts 7 days and needs a card. The Engagement Inbox and Client Portal are still "coming soon" on Cloud.

What happens when Mixpost Pro updates end?

You keep the version you have. Pro and Enterprise include 1 year of updates and a perpetual fallback license. After that year, you must renew to get new versions and security fixes. Mixpost does not list the renewal price on its pricing page.

What are the main Mixpost competitors?

Postiz is its closest open source competitor. Buffer and Publer are hosted schedulers with free plans and low prices per channel or account. Vista Social is a larger agency suite with an inbox and review monitoring. Flekh covers video review and client approval before publishing.

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The 5 best Mixpost alternatives in 2026.

Short answerFor another open source tool you can self-host, pick Postiz: the code is free under AGPL-3.0. For a hosted scheduler with a free plan, pick Publer. For an agency suite with an inbox and no-login client approval, pick Vista Social. Flekh is the best fit only if clients approve videos before posting.

By Shashank, founder of Flekh · Updated Oct 29, 2026 · 10 min read

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Pick by situation

The best Mixpost alternative for your job.

Clients approve videos first

Frame-level review and approval links with no account.

Our pickFlekh 02

Open source, all features free

AGPL-3.0 code with no feature gates.

Our pickPostiz 03

No server, small budget

Free plan for 3 channels, hosted for you.

Our pickBuffer 04

Hosted, priced per account

Professional from $5 a month for 1 account.

Our pickPubler 05

Agency inbox and review monitoring

Inbox, review monitoring and no-login approval links.

Our pickVista Social

Key takeaways

Mixpost now sells a hosted Cloud, from $29 a month. Some third-party pages from mid-2026 still say it has no cloud.
Mixpost Pro is $299 once, but updates and security fixes stop after 1 year unless you renew.
Postiz is the main open source rival. Its full feature set is free to self-host under AGPL-3.0.

How we chose: tools that do the same job as Mixpost. We checked each price on the vendor's own page on Oct 28, 2026. Flekh is our product, and we list its weak points too.

Mixpost alternatives compared

5 Mixpost alternatives, checked Oct 28, 2026
Tool	Best for	Price from	Free plan	Video review	Publishes to social
Flekh · Our product	Agencies that want client video approval without running a server.	Essential $7 a seat a month, billed monthly. Yearly billing saves 40%.	No · 14-day Pro trial, no card	frame-accurate, with drawings	Yes
Postiz	Developers who want every feature free on their own server.	Self-hosted $0 · Cloud Standard $23 a month flat, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly), 5 channels	Self-hosting is free · 7-day cloud trial	comments on posts only	Yes
Buffer	Small teams that want to stop self-hosting.	Essentials $5 a channel a month, billed yearly	Yes · 3 channels, 10 scheduled posts each, 1 user	none	Yes
Publer	Small teams that want hosted posting at a low price.	Professional $5 a month for 1 social account, billed monthly ($4 billed yearly)	Yes · 3 accounts, 10 scheduled posts each, no X	none	Yes
Vista Social	Agencies that manage many profiles and answer reviews.	Professional $99 a month flat, billed monthly ($950 a year, billed yearly), 15 profiles, 2 users	No · 14-day trial, no card	none	Yes

FlekhOur product

Hosted review and post

In short: Flekh runs in the cloud and joins video review, client approval and publishing. There is nothing to install.

Best for	Agencies that want client video approval without running a server.
Price from	Essential $7 a seat a month, billed monthly. Yearly billing saves 40%.
Free plan	No · 14-day Pro trial, no card
Video review	frame-accurate, with drawings
Publishes to social	Yes · Instagram, Facebook Pages, YouTube, LinkedIn (profiles and pages), X (TikTok, Threads, Pinterest coming)

Pros

One tag links a file, its tasks and its posts. Results filter by tag.
No server, SSL, queue workers or upgrades to manage.
Clients approve from a link with no account.
Plugins for Premiere and DaVinci Resolve Studio; Final Cut Pro is coming soon.

Cons

Monthly price per seat. Mixpost Pro is a one-time fee.
No self-hosting and no social inbox.
No TikTok, Threads or Pinterest publishing yet.

Choose it ifyou would rather pay per seat than run your own server.

Skip it ifyou must keep all data on your own server.

Need a self-hosted version? Flekh does not have it yet. Tell Shashank, the founder, what you need →

Postiz

Open source rival

In short: Postiz, by Gitroom Limited, is open source under AGPL-3.0, with a paid cloud and a free self-hosted edition.

Best for	Developers who want every feature free on their own server.
Price from	Self-hosted $0 · Cloud Standard $23 a month flat, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly), 5 channels
Free plan	Self-hosting is free · 7-day cloud trial
Video review	comments on posts only
Publishes to social	Yes · Facebook, Instagram, Threads, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Bluesky, Google Business, Reddit, Mastodon, Telegram, Discord and 15+ more

Pros

No feature gates in the self-hosted edition.
Unlimited channels, posts and members when self-hosted.
API, webhooks, MCP and CLI on all cloud plans.

Cons

Needs Postgres, Redis and Temporal, and at least 2 vCPU and 2 GB RAM.
You must get your own Meta, YouTube and TikTok app approvals.
Preview links collect comments, but nothing blocks publishing.

Choose it ifyou want the full feature set for free and can run the stack.

Skip it ifyou plan to offer a changed version as a service without publishing your changes.

Buffer

Nothing to host

In short: Buffer runs in the cloud, charges per channel and has a free plan for 3 channels.

Best for	Small teams that want to stop self-hosting.
Price from	Essentials $5 a channel a month, billed yearly
Free plan	Yes · 3 channels, 10 scheduled posts each, 1 user
Video review	none
Publishes to social	Yes · Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube (Shorts), LinkedIn, X, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Google Business Profile, Mastodon

Pros

Free plan for 3 channels and 1 user.
Publishes to Mastodon, like Mixpost.
Replies to comments on 10 platforms.

Cons

You pay each month per channel. There is no one-time license.
Approvals only on the Team plan.
G2 reviewers report posts that fail to publish.

Choose it ifMixpost updates and server care take too much of your time.

Skip it ifyou want to pay once and own the install.

Publer

Low cost per account

In short: Publer is a cloud scheduler billed per social account, with AI tools, approvals and an API on its Business plan.

Best for	Small teams that want hosted posting at a low price.
Price from	Professional $5 a month for 1 social account, billed monthly ($4 billed yearly)
Free plan	Yes · 3 accounts, 10 scheduled posts each, no X
Video review	none
Publishes to social	Yes · Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X (paid plans), Threads, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, Google Business Profile, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, WordPress

Pros

Free plan for 3 accounts.
Business adds API and MCP access, like Mixpost Pro.
Two approval layers: internal and client.

Cons

Capterra reviewers say monthly cost grows with each account and member.
Capterra reviewers call the analytics basic.
The free plan excludes X.

Choose it ifyou want API access and approvals without running your own server.

Skip it ifyou want a one-time license.

Agency suite

In short: Vista Social is a hosted agency suite with inbox, review monitoring, listening and no-login client approval links.

Best for	Agencies that manage many profiles and answer reviews.
Price from	Professional $99 a month flat, billed monthly ($950 a year, billed yearly), 15 profiles, 2 users
Free plan	No · 14-day trial, no card
Video review	none
Publishes to social	Yes · Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X (paid add-on), YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Google Business, Reddit, Snapchat, Tumblr

Pros

Clients approve on a shared calendar link with a password and expiry date.
Review monitoring for Google, Yelp, TripAdvisor and Trustpilot.
13 networks, including Reddit, Snapchat and Tumblr.

Cons

Monthly prices rose 25 to 34% on Sep 28, 2026.
X publishing is a $29 a month add-on.
Capterra reviewers report a learning curve.

Choose it ifyou need an inbox today; on Mixpost Cloud it is still "coming soon".

Skip it ifyou want a one-time license or a low monthly price.

How to switch from Mixpost to Flekh

Day 1
Start the 14-day Pro trial. There is nothing to install.
Day 2
Keep Mastodon, Pixelfed, TikTok and Google Business posts in Mixpost, since Flekh does not publish there.
Day 3
Connect Instagram, Facebook Pages, YouTube, LinkedIn and X in Flekh.
Day 4
Move client video posts that wait in the Mixpost approval flow to Flekh approval links.
Day 5
Check results next to each post. Keep your Mixpost install, because the license does not expire.

Questions

Mixpost vs Postiz: which is better?: It depends on how you want to pay. Mixpost Pro costs $299 once for all networks, with 1 year of updates. Postiz is free to self-host under AGPL-3.0, with no feature gates. Mixpost runs on PHP, MySQL and Redis. Postiz needs Postgres, Redis and Temporal. Both also sell hosted cloud plans from $29 a month, billed monthly.
Is Mixpost free?: Mixpost Lite is free and open source under the MIT license. It publishes only to Facebook Pages, X and Mastodon. To post to Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok or YouTube, you need Pro at $299 one-time, or a Cloud plan from $29 a month, billed monthly. Prices exclude VAT.
Does Mixpost have a cloud version?: Yes. Mixpost Cloud has four plans: Spark $29, Momentum $49, Business $79 and Agency $149 a month, billed monthly. Billed yearly, they cost $249 to $1,299 a year. The trial lasts 7 days and needs a card. The Engagement Inbox and Client Portal are still "coming soon" on Cloud.
What happens when Mixpost Pro updates end?: You keep the version you have. Pro and Enterprise include 1 year of updates and a perpetual fallback license. After that year, you must renew to get new versions and security fixes. Mixpost does not list the renewal price on its pricing page.
What are the main Mixpost competitors?: Postiz is its closest open source competitor. Buffer and Publer are hosted schedulers with free plans and low prices per channel or account. Vista Social is a larger agency suite with an inbox and review monitoring. Flekh covers video review and client approval before publishing.

Sources

https://mixpost.app/pricing, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://mixpost.app/cloud, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://mixpost.app/, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://github.com/inovector/mixpost, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://techbehemoths.com/company/inovector, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://kompozy.io/reviews/mixpost, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://socialk.it/en/alternatives/mixpost, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://www.blotato.com/blog/mixpost-vs-postiz, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://postiz.com/pricing, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://github.com/gitroomhq/postiz-app, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://docs.postiz.com/general/approvals, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://buffer.com/pricing, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://www.g2.com/products/buffer/reviews, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://publer.com/plans, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://publer.com/help/en/article/what-are-publers-plans-and-pricing-15h4yqh/, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://publer.com/blog/social-media-approval-workflow/, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://www.capterra.com/p/177145/Publer/reviews/, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://vistasocial.com/pricing/, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://support.vistasocial.com/hc/en-us/articles/18158890067355-Shared-Calendar-Reviewing-content-without-logging-in, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://pricingsaas.com/companies/vistasocial, checked Oct 28, 2026
https://www.capterra.com/p/239366/Vista-Social/reviews/, checked Oct 28, 2026

Flekh is our product. Every other fact on this page comes from the vendor's own page or a named source, with the date we checked.