TL;DR

Sendible:
$29-240/mo. Monthly with profile limits.
FairPost:
$0.10-0.25/post. No subscription. Full features from day one.

A Sendible alternative that charges what it costs.

Sendible charges $29-240/mo. The infrastructure to run social media scheduling — servers, APIs, storage, delivery — costs roughly $0.005/post. FairPost charges $0.10-0.25/post. No subscription. No seat limits. No annual contract.

Why people leave Sendible

Interface can be slow

Profile limits per plan

Reporting could be more detailed

FairPost vs Sendible

FairPost Sendible
Pricing model Pay per use Monthly with profile limits
Price $0.10-0.25/post $29-240/mo
Free tier Free actions included 14-day trial
Contract None Monthly available
Zero-usage month $0 Still charged
Feature gating All features included Some features gated
Infrastructure cost $0.005/post Not disclosed

What it actually costs to run

The infrastructure cost for social media scheduling — servers, APIs, storage, delivery — is roughly $0.005/post. Sendible charges $29-240/mo.

Fair charges $0.10-0.25/post — cost plus a small margin.

When to choose which

Choose Sendible if

Agencies managing multiple client accounts

Choose FairPost if

You want social media scheduling without a subscription. FairPost charges $0.10-0.25/post. Use a lot? Pay a little more. Use nothing? Pay nothing. All features included from the first use.

Where Sendible gets expensive

  • Profile limits force upgrades
  • Less consumer-friendly than Buffer/Later

Switch from Sendible. Keep the features. Lose the subscription.

FairPost — $0.10-0.25/post. No subscription. No seat pricing. No annual contract. Your first actions are free.