KeepsPosted vs Planable: Approvals for Small Teams
Planable is a strong approval tool for many networks. KeepsPosted is narrower and learns your voice from past posts. Cost for 1, 3 and 5 clients, 10 Nov 2026.
Planable is built around the approval step: you write posts in a shared workspace, colleagues and clients comment on them, and approved posts are scheduled. KeepsPosted shares the approval idea but starts earlier, with drafts from your own photos in the voice of your past posts. If you already write your posts and need a polished review process across many networks, Planable is a strong choice. If writing the posts is the bottleneck, KeepsPosted is aimed at that.
We make KeepsPosted. Every Planable fact below comes from Planable's pricing page and approval features page, read on 10 November 2026. We did not test Planable's product. Planable's pages disagreed with themselves on some add-on prices, so check before you buy.
The short answer
| Planable | KeepsPosted | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Collaborate on, approve and schedule posts across many networks | Learn your voice, draft the week's posts from your photos, get them approved, publish |
| Networks | Includes Instagram professional accounts, Facebook Pages, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads and Google Business Profile (features page) | Instagram and Facebook only |
| Entry price | Basic $33 "per workspace" "per month" | Starter $29 a month; $290 billed yearly |
| Pricing unit | Per workspace; unlimited users | Per brand; unlimited teammates and approvers |
| Limits at entry | 4 social pages and 60 posts per workspace | 1 brand, 30 content items a month, 2 connected accounts |
| Approvals | None, Optional on Basic; Required on Pro; Multi-level on Enterprise | Approve-before-posting links on every plan |
| Approver without an account | Features page: occasional approvers do not need an account to view posts and comment | Approval links with no login |
| Free trial | 50 free posts, no time limit, no card required | No free plan |
Both products let someone outside your team approve through a link. That is not unique to either of us.
Where Planable is better
- A deeper approval process. Planable's pricing page lists optional, required and, on Enterprise, multi-level approvals. Its features page describes step-by-step approvals, comments in context, text suggestions, resolved comments and version history that shows who changed what and when. KeepsPosted's approval is simpler: approve, edit or reject each draft.
- Many networks. Its features page lists support for nine, including TikTok, LinkedIn, X, YouTube and Pinterest. KeepsPosted covers two.
- A real free trial. 50 free posts with no time limit and no card. KeepsPosted has no free plan.
- A mobile app. Planable's page lists iOS and Android apps for planning, reviewing and approving.
- Add-ons for inbox, analytics and listening. Planable lists them as paid add-ons, each with a 30-day free trial. KeepsPosted has none.
- Cheaper at five clients, on the figures below. If you already have posts to schedule, Planable's per-workspace pricing can come out lower.
Where KeepsPosted is different
Planable's pricing table lists AI post rewrite and AI post generate on its plans. The pages we read do not describe a voice profile built from your past posts, and we did not test it, so we will not say it has none.
An editable playbook from your own posts
KeepsPosted reads past Instagram and Facebook posts and builds a playbook: voice, topics, facts and words to avoid. You edit it.
Suggestions from your photos and facts
It proposes the week's posts from photos you uploaded and facts you confirmed.
Approval links with unlimited approvers
A client or boss can approve without an account. Nothing posts until someone does.
A record per brand
It keeps a record of what was approved, scheduled and published for each brand.
Cost for 1, 3 and 5 clients
Planable's page shows "$33 per workspace per month" for Basic and $49 for Pro, and a yearly toggle with "2 months free" but no stated monthly price on annual billing. KeepsPosted's yearly price is 10 times monthly. The table uses monthly prices for both, so we compare the same billing period.
| Clients (Instagram + Facebook each) | Planable Basic | KeepsPosted |
|---|---|---|
| 1 client | $33 a month (1 workspace) | $29 a month (Starter) |
| 3 clients | $99 a month (3 workspaces) | $79 a month (Studio) |
| 5 clients | $165 a month (5 workspaces) | $199 a month (Agency, up to 8 brands) |
Planable's Basic plan allows 60 posts per workspace and 4 social pages, so a client with Instagram and Facebook fits. KeepsPosted Starter lists 30 content items per month for one brand, where one item is a post adapted for both networks. The five-client row is where Planable is cheaper: Agency's $199 covers up to 8 brands, and you only need 5. For three clients, KeepsPosted is cheaper. This is a price comparison of different products, not of equal features.
Who should pick which
| If you... | Choose |
|---|---|
| Already write the posts and want a detailed review process with comments and version history | Planable |
| Need multi-level approvals or approvals on many networks | Planable (Enterprise for multi-level) |
| Want to start free with 50 posts and no card | Planable |
| Run five clients and only need scheduling with approvals | Planable can cost less |
| Spend the most time on what to post and how to word it | KeepsPosted |
| Want captions that follow a playbook learned from the client's own past posts | KeepsPosted |
| Want unlimited approvers inside a per-brand price | KeepsPosted |
For the approval process itself, see A Simple Social Media Approval Workflow for Small Teams. KeepsPosted's plans are on the pricing page.
Common questions
Does Planable need the approver to have an account?
Its approval features page says occasional approvers do not need an account to view posts and comment. Check how it works for approving, not just viewing, when you try it.
Is KeepsPosted the only tool with approval links?
No. Planable's page describes the same idea, and other tools offer it too.
Sources
- Planable pricing (checked 10 Nov 2026)
- Planable approval workflow features (checked 10 Nov 2026)
- KeepsPosted pricing (checked 10 Nov 2026)
Written by the KeepsPosted editorial team. Planable details come from Planable's own pages on the date shown; we did not test Planable's product. We make KeepsPosted. AI helped draft the text and a person reviewed it.
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