What creator tools actually cost at your account count
Enter how many accounts you run. Per-channel and per-seat tools reprice; flat-rate ones do not. Everything below is derived from published pricing, with ranges marked as floors.
Most of these tools price in USD. The rate above is an assumption you can edit — it is not a live quote, and every figure below moves with it.
| Tool | Monthly | Yearly | Model | Scales with accounts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffer | Free | Free | Per channel | Yes |
| TikTok Studio | Free | Free | Free | No |
| ShowsFarm Partner | £11 | £99 * | Flat rate | No |
| Canva + scheduler | £17 + | £198 ↑ | Two subscriptions | No |
| Metricool | £17 + | £208 ↑ | Per brand | No |
| Later | £20 + | £236 ↑ | Tiered | No |
| Genviral | £23 + | £274 ↑ | Tiered | No |
| Predis.ai | £25 + | £302 ↑ | Tiered | No |
| Hootsuite | £234 | £2,806 ↑ | Per seat | Yes |
| Sprout Social | £470 | £5,641 ↑ | Per seat | Yes |
- + entry tier — the vendor publishes a range or does not document higher usage, so treat the figure as a floor rather than a quote.
- * the vendor's published annual plan price.
- ↑ twelve times the monthly price. We have not recorded an annual plan for this tool, which is not the same as it having none — most vendors discount annual billing, so these yearly figures are upper bounds. Only ShowsFarm's annual price is documented in our knowledge base, so the yearly column flatters it. Compare on the monthly column instead.
What the numbers show
Free
Cheapest at one account
Buffer
Free
Cheapest at eight accounts
TikTok Studio
3 of 10
Charge more as you add accounts
The rest hold their price at any count
+£1,097
Steepest climb from one to eight
Sprout Social — £157 to £1,254 per month
Pricing last reviewed 2026-08-03
The curve, not the entry tier
Per-channel pricing looks cheap at one account and painful at five. The calculator plots growth, not headlines.
Your exchange rate
USD tools dominate this space. You set the conversion rate rather than trusting a stale hardcoded one.
Floors marked clearly
Ranges and undocumented tiers show as floors with a plus sign. We do not invent the rest of the pricing page.
Reading it properly
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Set your account count
Use the count you expect in a year, not today. Per-channel pricing punishes growth.
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Compare pricing shapes
Flat and per-seat lines diverge quickly. The table shows both at your scale.
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Verify on the vendor site
Marked floors are starting points. Confirm tiers before you commit.
Frequently asked questions
Why can I edit the exchange rate?
Because a hardcoded USD-to-GBP rate quietly misprices every American tool as it drifts. You set the assumption explicitly.
What does the plus sign next to a price mean?
That the figure is a floor where the vendor publishes a range or hides higher tiers.
Are these prices current?
Accurate as of the review date shown. Treat the calculator as comparing pricing shapes, not live quotes.
ShowsFarm funds this site and appears in the table above on the same terms as everything else — flat rate, which is why it flattens out on the right of the curve and loses on the left. See ShowsFarm pricing →