# Postgale vs Postiz

Source: https://postgale.com/compare/postiz
Vendor facts checked on 22 October 2026.

Postiz is an agentic social media scheduler: agents draft and schedule through its hosted MCP server (OAuth sign-in), CLI or API to 30+ channels, and people review everything in a visual calendar. It is open source (AGPL-3.0) with a hosted plan from $29 a month. Postgale is a secure layer rather than a scheduler: approval that a person sets per workspace, account, key or app and that the agent cannot approve itself, a queue for comment replies and DMs as well as posts, and an audit log of every write. Postiz covers many more channels and publishes its prices.

## What is the difference between Postgale and Postiz?

Postgale is the secure layer for AI agents on social media. Agents publish through its REST API and MCP server; a person decides where approval applies, and every write is recorded in an audit log.

Postiz calls itself “the agentic social media scheduling platform”. Agents connect through a hosted MCP server with OAuth sign-in (Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, Grok Build), a CLI and skill (`npx skills add gitroomhq/postiz-agent`, used by OpenClaw, Codex, Hermes Agent and others) or a public API, and posts land in one calendar where, in its words, “a human reviews and approves it before it goes out”. It also has a built-in AI agent, image and video generation, and a self-hostable open-source edition.

## Postgale vs Postiz side by side

> As of October 2026. Postiz facts come only from Postiz’s own pages, linked under Sources.

|  | Postgale | Postiz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| MCP server | Hosted at postgale.com/mcp (Streamable HTTP); 70 tools, each annotated as read-only, write or destructive | Hosted MCP server with OAuth sign-in and no API key, used by Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor and Grok Build |
| Other agent access | REST API with an API key; any agent that can make HTTP requests | CLI and installable skill for agents that run shell commands (OpenClaw, Codex, Hermes Agent and others); public API with an API key or `pos_` OAuth tokens; official connectors for Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor |
| Platforms | Instagram, Facebook Pages, Threads, TikTok, Bluesky and Mastodon; WhatsApp Business messaging. X, Telegram and Discord are coming soon, as are Reddit and ads | 30+ channels, including X, LinkedIn, Facebook Pages, Instagram, Threads, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Reddit, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram, Discord, Slack and Google My Business |
| Comments and DMs | Comments on Instagram, Facebook and Threads (reply, hide, delete); DMs on Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, with messaging-window checks | Scheduled follow-up comments on your own posts and auto-comment “plugs”; replying to other people’s comments or DMs is not described on the pages checked |
| Human review | Set by a person in the dashboard per workspace, account, API key or signed-in app. Posts wait as pending approval; comment replies and moderation, DMs, WhatsApp sends and edits to live posts are queued for a person. Approving is dashboard-only: the key the agent holds cannot approve its own work | Posts land in a visual calendar where a person reviews them; Admin and Member roles; how review is enforced for agents is not described on the pages checked |
| Audit log and webhooks | Every write through the API or MCP is recorded in the workspace audit log with the key or app that made it; webhooks signed with HMAC-SHA256 | Webhooks on post events; an audit log is not described on the pages checked |
| API limits | 60 requests per minute per key or signed-in app by default | 90 create-post requests per hour (100 on the cloud), one global value |
| Hosting | Hosted service at postgale.com | Postiz Cloud, or self-host the AGPL-3.0 edition with Docker |
| Pricing | Not published yet (early access; write to manu@postgale.com) | Standard $29, Team $39, Pro $49, Ultimate $99 a month (5, 10, 30, 100 channels); about 20% less yearly; 7-day trial for $0 |

## When should you pick Postiz, and when Postgale?

Pick Postiz if you want a full scheduler that agents can drive: a calendar, 30+ channels including LinkedIn, YouTube and X, AI images and video, RSS auto-posting, repeating posts, a CLI for shell-based agents, or an open-source edition to run yourself.

Pick Postgale if the agent itself is the user: if a person, not the agent, must decide what needs approval and the agent cannot switch it off; if replies, comment moderation and direct messages should wait in the same queue as posts; and if you want an audit log of every agent action from day one. Postgale also covers WhatsApp Business conversations and DMs on Instagram and Messenger.

## How was this comparison made?

Every statement about the other product comes from that vendor’s own public pages as they read in October 2026 (checked on 22 October 2026), linked at the end of the page. Where those pages do not say something, this page does not guess. Statements about Postgale come from its source code and documentation. Prices and limits change; check the vendor’s page before deciding.

## Questions

### Is Postgale a Postiz alternative?

They overlap less than it seems. Postiz is a scheduler with agent access and a review calendar; Postgale is a secure layer for agents with approval set by people, a queue for replies and DMs, and an audit log. Postiz covers far more channels.

### Do both work with ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor?

Yes. Both have hosted MCP servers with OAuth sign-in. Postiz also has a CLI and skill for shell-based agents such as OpenClaw and Hermes Agent; Postgale serves those through its MCP server or REST API with an API key.

### Can I self-host?

Postiz publishes a self-hostable AGPL-3.0 edition. Postgale is a hosted service.

## Sources

- [Postiz home and FAQ](https://postiz.com/)
- [Postiz pricing](https://postiz.com/pricing)
- [Postiz public API docs](https://docs.postiz.com/public-api)

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