The best Threads schedulers in 2026
Quick answer
Typefully is the best Threads scheduler for writers: it publishes text, images and video to Threads on every plan, including a free one, next to X, Bluesky, LinkedIn and Mastodon. Buffer suits anyone who wants a simple free queue for Threads and Instagram. OmniSocials suits small teams that want Threads polls, carousels, long threads and replies in one flat-priced plan.
The best Threads schedulers in 2026 are Typefully, Buffer, OmniSocials, Fedica, Publer, Later, Hootsuite and Postiz. Threads lets you save drafts, but Meta's help center doesn't document a way to schedule a post in Threads itself, so a scheduler is the way to plan Threads posts ahead.
| Tool | Best for | Networks | AI writing | Free plan | Price from | API | MCP server |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Typefully | Writers who post text | 6, text networks | Yes, Writing Assistant | Yes, 10 posts a month | $20 per social set a month, billed monthly | Yes, all plans | Yes, OAuth, all plans |
| Buffer | A simple per-channel queue | 11, incl. Instagram and X | Yes, all plans | Yes, 3 channels | $6 per channel a month, billed monthly | Yes, all plans | Yes, hosted |
| OmniSocials | Small teams, polls and carousels | 13, incl. Mastodon | No, use your own AI via MCP | No, 14-day trial, card needed | $12 per seat a month, billed monthly | Yes | Yes, OAuth |
| Fedica | Threads plus the fediverse | 15, incl. Bluesky | Yes, paid plans | Yes, 12 accounts | $15 a month, billed monthly | Publishing API listed | Yes, paid plans |
| Publer | Low cost, many networks | 13, incl. Instagram and X | Yes, AI Assist | Yes, 3 accounts | $5 a month per account, billed monthly | Business plan | Yes, Business plan |
| Later | Instagram-led brands | 8, no X | Yes, Caption Writer credits | No, 14-day trial | $25 a month, billed monthly | None listed | None listed |
| Hootsuite | Large teams in one suite | 9, incl. Instagram and X | Yes, Wisdom AI | No, 14-day trial | $99 per user a month, billed yearly; monthly price not published | Yes | Yes, hosted |
| Postiz | Self-hosting and AI agents | 30+, incl. Instagram and X | Yes, AI copilot | No; self-host free | $29 a month, billed monthly | Yes, all plans | Yes, OAuth, all plans |
1. Typefully
What it is
A writing-first scheduler for text-led networks. It publishes text, images, videos and GIFs to Threads on a schedule, on every plan including Free. Its Writing Assistant rewrites drafts, suggests hooks, adapts a draft for each network and learns your voice from samples.
Best for
Writers, founders and creators who cross-post short text to Threads and the other text networks.
What stands out
- Threads publishing on the free plan.
- A writing editor with an AI assistant that learns your voice.
- An API and an MCP server on every plan, and its MCP server is in the official MCP Registry.
Limits
- Image- and video-led networks: there is no Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube or Pinterest.
- Paying month to month on a small plan: Creator is billed yearly only.
- Teams on the cheaper plans: shared drafts, comments and roles are on Business.
Networks
X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Threads, Mastodon and Substack.
Price from
Business, $20 per social set a month billed monthly, with unlimited users. Creator is $99 a year, billed yearly only. Free plan with 1 social set, 1 user and 10 posts a month.
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2. Buffer
What it is
A simple social media scheduler priced per connected channel, with an AI assistant on every plan. It publishes to Threads profiles automatically and supports threaded posts; the free plan allows one thread at a time.
Best for
Individuals and small teams who want a plain calendar for Threads, Instagram and the rest.
What stands out
- A free plan for 3 channels with the AI Assistant included.
- A public API and a hosted MCP server, even on the free plan.
- Unlimited team members on Team, which is priced per channel, not per seat.
Limits
- Long threads on the free plan: it allows one threaded post.
- Many channels on a small budget: the price rises with each channel.
- Approvals on the cheaper plans: content approval is on Team only.
Networks
Bluesky, Facebook, Google Business, Instagram, LinkedIn, Mastodon, Pinterest, Threads, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and X.
Price from
Essentials, $6 per channel a month billed monthly, for 1 user. Team is $12 per channel a month billed monthly, with unlimited members. Free plan for 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts per channel; 14-day trial of paid plans.
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3. OmniSocials
What it is
A scheduler with one per-seat plan that posts to 13 networks. For Threads it lists posts, mixed carousels, polls and threads of up to 25 parts, with Threads replies and mentions in its inbox. Approvals, a REST API and an MCP server are in the same plan.
Best for
Small teams and agencies who post to Threads and want approvals and an inbox without plan tiers.
What stands out
- Threads polls, mixed carousels and threads of up to 25 parts.
- Threads replies and mentions in the inbox.
- Every feature in one plan, including approvals, the API and the MCP server.
Limits
- An AI writer inside the app: none is described; you bring your own AI assistant through its MCP server.
- Several accounts on one network: each workspace connects one account per platform.
- Anyone who wants a free plan: there is a 14-day trial only, and it needs a card.
Networks
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok, X, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, Mastodon, Google Business, Telegram and Discord.
Price from
One plan, $12 per seat a month billed monthly. A seat is a workspace, a team member or a client. 14-day free trial; a card is needed to start it.
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4. Fedica
What it is
A scheduler with audience analytics that publishes to 15 networks. It schedules Threads posts and multi-post threads on the free plan, and the same thread can go to X, Bluesky and Mastodon. Its AI Optimizer rewrites posts for tone and clarity on paid plans.
Best for
Threads and fediverse posters who want follower analytics next to scheduling.
What stands out
- Threads posts and multi-post threads on the free plan.
- One thread sent to Threads, X, Bluesky and Mastodon.
- Audience analytics such as demographics and follower maps.
Limits
- Large free queues: the free plan holds up to 10 scheduled posts.
- Spacing out the posts of a thread: that is a paid feature.
- Teams on the cheaper plans: Publish and Grow include 1 user, and each connects one account per platform.
Networks
X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon, Facebook Pages, TikTok, YouTube, Google Business, Pinterest, Telegram, Tumblr, Pixelfed and PeerTube.
Price from
Publish, $15 a month billed monthly, for 15 accounts (one per platform), 1 user and up to 100 scheduled posts. Grow is $29 a month billed monthly. Free plan with 12 accounts and up to 10 scheduled posts.
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5. Publer
What it is
A scheduler priced per social account that publishes to 13 networks, Threads included. Its paid plans list first comments and threads, and its AI Assist writes and adapts posts for each network.
Best for
Solo creators and small businesses who want Threads, Instagram and many more networks for little money.
What stands out
- A $5 entry price, with cheap extra accounts and members.
- A free plan with 3 accounts.
- A wide network list, including Mastodon, Bluesky, Telegram and WordPress.
Limits
- API or MCP access on the cheapest plan: both are on Business and Enterprise only.
- A long free queue: the free plan has 10 scheduled posts per account.
- Many accounts on one bill: the price grows with each account and member.
Networks
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X (paid plans only), Threads, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, Mastodon, Bluesky, Google Business, WordPress and Telegram.
Price from
Professional, $5 a month billed monthly for 1 social account; each extra account adds $4 a month and each extra member $2. Business is $10 a month billed monthly for 1 account. Free plan with 3 accounts and 10 scheduled posts per account.
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6. Later
What it is
A visual social media planner with a built-in Link in Bio page. It auto-publishes to Threads and includes Threads analytics, next to Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest and the rest.
Best for
Brands and creators whose main channel is Instagram and who add Threads to the same plan.
What stands out
- Threads auto-publishing and Threads analytics.
- A built-in Link in Bio page with shoppable posts.
- Extra users cost $5 a month on Growth and Scale.
Limits
- Cross-posting to X, Bluesky or Mastodon: Later supports none of them.
- Busy accounts on Starter: it allows 30 posts per profile a month and 1 user, with no add-ons.
- A free plan, an API or an MCP server: none is listed.
Networks
Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Threads, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn and Snapchat.
Price from
Starter, $25 a month billed monthly, for 1 social set (one profile on each network) and 1 user. Growth is $50 a month billed monthly. 14-day free trial; no free plan.
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7. Hootsuite
What it is
A social media suite priced per user. It publishes Threads posts now or on a schedule from its web app, next to an inbox, listening and its Wisdom AI, which drafts posts and adapts them to each network.
Best for
Marketing teams that want Threads in the same tool as their inbox, listening and reporting.
What stands out
- Hosted MCP servers for publishing, the inbox, listening and employee advocacy.
- Social listening on Professional and up.
- The Wisdom AI on every plan.
Limits
- Scheduling Threads from a phone: Hootsuite's Threads publishing is on the web app only.
- Threads polls: Hootsuite doesn't support them.
- Small budgets: the cheapest published price is $99 per user a month, billed yearly.
Networks
Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, Threads, Pinterest, YouTube and Bluesky.
Price from
Standard, $99 per user a month billed yearly, for up to 10 social accounts. Hootsuite says monthly billing costs more per user but doesn't publish that price. 14-day free trial.
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8. Postiz
What it is
An open-source scheduler under the AGPL-3.0 license, with a hosted cloud and a free self-hosted edition. It posts to 30+ networks and can schedule full threads on X and Threads. Its AI copilot helps write posts on every plan.
Best for
Developers who want to self-host, or to let AI agents schedule Threads posts through an API and MCP server.
What stands out
- Full threads on Threads and X.
- The same open-source code runs in the cloud or on your own server.
- An API and an OAuth MCP server on every plan.
Limits
- Teams on the entry plan: Standard has no team members.
- A real approval step: you share a preview link for comments, with no approved state that blocks publishing.
- Self-hosters in a hurry: you need your own approved Meta developer app.
Networks
X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Reddit, Mastodon, Bluesky, Telegram, Discord and more, 30+ in all.
Price from
Standard, $29 a month billed monthly, flat, for 5 channels. Team is $39 a month with unlimited members. 7-day trial; the self-hosted edition is free.
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Refract and Threads
Refract isn't ranked here because it can't post to Threads yet. Threads is on Refract's coming-soon list: once it opens, you'll write one note and Refract's AI will write a Threads version next to the versions for your other networks.
Until then, pick one of the tools above for Threads. The Threads page shows what Refract will do there, and you can ask to be told when it opens.
What Threads and Meta Business Suite do themselves
Drafts in Threads. Meta's help center says you can save drafts in the Threads app and on threads.com. A draft stays where you saved it: a web draft is only on threads.com, and an app draft only in the app. Meta's 2024 announcement says you can keep up to 100 drafts.
Scheduling in Threads. In August 2024 Meta announced that scheduling would come to Threads on the web first, as a test. Its help center doesn't document it: the "Start a new thread" article describes posting with no scheduling step, and we found no help article about scheduling. So we can't say whether it is live for you, how far ahead it works, or how to change a scheduled post.
Meta Business Suite. On desktop, Meta Business Suite can cross-post a Facebook post or an Instagram feed post to Threads. Reels, stories and Facebook-only posts can't go to Threads, and the mobile app can't cross-post to Threads. Your Facebook Page, Instagram profile and Threads profile must be in the same business portfolio. Business Suite schedules Facebook and Instagram posts, but its help doesn't say whether the Threads copy waits for the scheduled time.
If you only post to Threads now and then, drafts may be enough. To plan Threads posts ahead at a set time, use a scheduler.
What to check in a Threads scheduler
- Threads of several posts. Buffer, Fedica, OmniSocials and Postiz say they schedule multi-post threads; OmniSocials allows up to 25 parts. Buffer's free plan allows one.
- Polls and carousels. OmniSocials lists Threads polls and mixed carousels. Hootsuite says it doesn't support Threads polls.
- Replies. OmniSocials puts Threads replies and mentions in its inbox.
- Where you write. Hootsuite publishes to Threads from its web app only.
- The other networks. Typefully, Fedica and Postiz pair Threads with X, Bluesky and Mastodon. Later pairs it with Instagram and TikTok, but has no X.
How we chose.
We started from schedulers whose own pages say they publish to Threads, and from Meta's own help center for Threads and Meta Business Suite. We ranked them for people and small teams who plan Threads posts ahead, often next to X, Bluesky, Mastodon or Instagram. We weighed four Threads details: whether a tool says it schedules multi-post threads, polls or carousels, whether it has a free plan that includes Threads, whether it handles Threads replies, and which networks it pairs with Threads. Price, team features, an API and an MCP server came next. Every fact comes from the tool's own pricing page, help center or docs, listed under sources, and was checked on November 3, 2026.
Typefully ranks first because it is built for text, publishes text, images, video and GIFs to Threads on every plan including Free, and posts to X, Bluesky, LinkedIn and Mastodon from the same editor. Buffer is second as a simple per-channel queue with a free plan and threaded posts. OmniSocials is third for the most Threads features on its own pages: polls, mixed carousels, threads of up to 25 parts and replies in the inbox, though it has no free plan and no built-in AI writer.
Fedica is fourth, with threads on its free plan and one thread sent to Threads, X, Bluesky and Mastodon, but one user on its cheaper plans. Publer is fifth as the lowest entry price, with Threads among 13 networks. Later is sixth for Instagram-led brands, with Threads analytics but no X. Hootsuite is seventh: it publishes to Threads inside a full suite, from the web app only and with no polls, at a higher per-user price. Postiz is eighth for technical users who want threads and self-hosting.
We left out tools that post to Threads but fit this audience less well, or whose Threads details we couldn't confirm on their own pages. Metricool includes Threads on its free plan. SocialBee publishes to Threads and shows Threads comments and mentions in its inbox. Vista Social, Sprout Social, Agorapulse, Sendible, ContentStudio and Zoho Social are suites or AI-first tools that also publish to Threads. Statuz is out because it doesn't post to Meta's Threads at all. Refract can't post to Threads yet, so it is in the note above, not the list.
Questions and answers.
Can you schedule posts on Threads itself?
Meta's help center doesn't document it. You can save drafts in the Threads app and on threads.com, and in August 2024 Meta announced that web scheduling would begin testing. But its "Start a new thread" help article has no scheduling step, and we found no help article about scheduling. To post at a set time, use a scheduler.
Can Meta Business Suite schedule Threads posts?
Only as a cross-post. On desktop, Business Suite can share a Facebook post or Instagram feed post to Threads, not a stand-alone Threads post, and not reels or stories. Its help doesn't say whether the Threads copy of a scheduled post goes out at the scheduled time.
Is there a free Threads scheduler?
Yes. Typefully, Buffer, Fedica and Publer each have a free plan that includes Threads, with limits on posts or queued posts, and Metricool's free plan includes Threads too. Postiz is free if you self-host it.
Can I schedule a Threads thread with several posts?
Yes, with several tools. Buffer supports threaded posts (one at a time on its free plan), Fedica schedules threads on its free plan, OmniSocials allows threads of up to 25 parts, and Postiz schedules full threads on Threads and X.
Can I schedule Threads polls?
OmniSocials lists Threads polls. Hootsuite says it doesn't support them. The other tools' pages we checked don't say, so test it in a trial or free plan first.
Does Refract schedule Threads posts?
Not yet. Threads is on Refract's coming-soon list. The Threads page shows what it will do and lets you ask to be told when it opens.
Sources
- Meta: new Threads features for creators and businesses (Aug 2024)
- Threads help: drafts
- Threads help: start a new thread
- Meta Business Suite: cross-post to Threads
- Meta Business Suite: schedule posts on desktop
- Meta Business Suite: schedule posts in the app
- Typefully pricing
- Typefully: schedule Threads posts
- Typefully: Writing Assistant
- Typefully MCP server
- MCP Registry: Typefully
- Buffer pricing
- Buffer AI Assistant
- Buffer developers
- Buffer MCP server
- OmniSocials pricing
- OmniSocials: AI info
- OmniSocials: features
- OmniSocials MCP
- Fedica plans
- Fedica: Threads tools
- Fedica supported platforms
- Fedica
- Fedica: social media solutions
- Fedica: Claude MCP
- Publer plans
- Publer: AI Assist
- Publer: MCP server
- Later pricing
- Hootsuite plans
- Hootsuite: create a Threads post
- Hootsuite: create a TikTok post (network article list)
- Hootsuite MCP
- Hootsuite developer docs
- Postiz pricing
- Postiz docs: public API
- Postiz docs: approvals
- Postiz MCP
- Postiz on GitHub
- Metricool pricing
- SocialBee pricing
- Vista Social pricing
- Sprout Social: publish to Threads
- Agorapulse pricing
- Sendible pricing
- ContentStudio pricing
- Zoho Social pricing
- Statuz