Self-Hosted Social Media Scheduling That Costs $16/Month, Not $99
Postiz is an open-source social media scheduler supporting 30+ platforms: LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky, Discord, Slack, and more. Host it yourself on your own server, or let Opsily handle infrastructure, backups, SSL, and GDPR compliance.
Why Self-Host Social Media Scheduling on Opsily?
Three reasons teams abandon SaaS for open-source scheduling.
1/6th the cost of competitors
Postiz Cloud starts at $29/month for 5 channels. Later costs $18.75-$82.50/month annually. Hootsuite runs $99-$399/month per user. Opsily managed Postiz: $16/month, all-inclusive. DIY self-hosted on your own VPS: free (you just pay your hosting, typically $5-20/month). This cost difference compounds yearly. For a team of 10 managing client accounts, switching from Hootsuite to Postiz saves $11,880 to $47,520 annually. That is your savings, not someone else's.
Your data, zero vendor lock-in
When you self-host Postiz on your server or Opsily, your social credentials stay in your database. Postiz uses official OAuth authentication, not password sharing or screen-scraping. You control backups, retention policies, exports, and who has access. You are not beholden to Postiz Inc pricing changes, feature deprecations, or account suspensions. GDPR compliance is your choice, not a checkbox on a SaaS terms page. If you decide to leave, your data comes with you as JSON or CSV. No hostage situation.
30+ platforms in one calendar
LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky, Threads, Discord, Slack, Telegram, Mastodon, Reddit, Pinterest, Twitch, Google My Business, Medium, Dev.to, WordPress, Hashnode, and more. Unlimited team members. Unlimited posts. Unlimited cross-posts. No per-user seat fees. No per-platform tiers. Later charges differently per plan; Buffer charges per channel; Hootsuite charges per user. Postiz does not. Every plan, paid or self-hosted, includes all platforms.
Built for teams who need reliability
Postiz vs SaaS Schedulers
What you actually pay for the same features
Pricing as of Sept 2026. Later, Buffer, Hootsuite pricing subject to change.
Deploy Postiz in Minutes
Self-hosted on your own VPS or managed by Opsily: either way, the launch process is identical and frictionless.
Option A: DIY self-hosted on your own VPS (free, you control everything). Option B: Opsily managed Postiz ($16/month, we handle backups, SSL, updates, monitoring, compliance). Either way, launch takes minutes.
Run one Docker command (DIY) or click Install in the Opsily catalog (managed). PostgreSQL database, reverse proxy, SSL certificate, monitoring dashboard: all configured automatically. No manual setup, no downtime, no guesswork.
Authenticate with LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky, Discord, and 23+ other platforms. Postiz uses official OAuth: your passwords never touch Postiz servers. No screen-scraping risk. No constant re-authentication headaches.
Option A: DIY self-hosted on your own VPS (free, you control everything). Option B: Opsily managed Postiz ($16/month, we handle backups, SSL, updates, monitoring, compliance). Either way, launch takes minutes.
Run one Docker command (DIY) or click Install in the Opsily catalog (managed). PostgreSQL database, reverse proxy, SSL certificate, monitoring dashboard: all configured automatically. No manual setup, no downtime, no guesswork.
Authenticate with LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky, Discord, and 23+ other platforms. Postiz uses official OAuth: your passwords never touch Postiz servers. No screen-scraping risk. No constant re-authentication headaches.
Choose your hosting path
Option A: DIY self-hosted on your own VPS (free, you control everything). Option B: Opsily managed Postiz ($16/month, we handle backups, SSL, updates, monitoring, compliance). Either way, launch takes minutes.
Deploy with Docker
Run one Docker command (DIY) or click Install in the Opsily catalog (managed). PostgreSQL database, reverse proxy, SSL certificate, monitoring dashboard: all configured automatically. No manual setup, no downtime, no guesswork.
Connect your accounts
Authenticate with LinkedIn, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky, Discord, and 23+ other platforms. Postiz uses official OAuth: your passwords never touch Postiz servers. No screen-scraping risk. No constant re-authentication headaches.
Start scheduling and collaborating
Drag posts to your visual calendar. Use the AI copilot to draft captions and generate images. Cross-post to multiple platforms at once. Invite unlimited team members. Enable approval workflows. View analytics side-by-side across all platforms. You are live.
Self-hosted vs SaaS: More than just price
When you commit to a SaaS tool, you commit to their roadmap, their pricing tiers, their compliance roadmap, and their feature gates. A competitor raises prices 30 percent. Your features move to a higher tier. Your data lives in their data center. You are the customer, and customers are leverage for higher revenue.
Self-hosted flips the equation. Postiz runs on your infrastructure. Your social credentials never touch Postiz Inc's servers. Your data never crosses borders you do not control. When a competitor launches a feature, Postiz already has it in the roadmap. When a SaaS platform sunsets a feature, it stays alive in your fork. You are not at the mercy of a quarterly earnings call.
For teams managing budgets, for agencies running client accounts, for brands worried about GDPR and data residency, self-hosted scheduling is not a technical choice. It is a business choice.
What Opsily managed Postiz includes
DIY self-hosted is free: rent a VPS elsewhere and run Docker. Opsily managed Postiz at $16/month includes:
- Isolated PostgreSQL database on encrypted storage
- Nightly encrypted backups with 7-day retention
- Automatic SSL certificate renewal
- 24/7 monitoring and security alerts
- Automatic security patches and updates
- GDPR-compliant EU server locations
- Data Processing Agreement signed
- One-click restore if you need to roll back
- Uptime SLA and status page
For comparison: Later's Starter tier ($18.75/month annual) gives you 30 posts per profile, 5 AI credits, and no API access. Hootsuite Standard ($99/month annual) includes 10 social accounts and limited features. Opsily includes all platforms, unlimited posts, unlimited users, API access, all from day one.
Automate your social workflow
Extend Postiz with open-source automation, AI, and workflow tools that integrate seamlessly via API.
Self-hosted workflow automation with robust PostgreSQL data persistence
Enhanced ChatGPT Clone: Multi-LLM Chatbots with Modular AI
Private AI document chat that works with any LLM, anywhere
Enterprise-grade, fully transparent
GDPR compliant
Self-hosted Postiz on your infrastructure means your compliance rules, your geography, your data residency. Opsily managed Postiz offers EU servers and signed Data Processing Agreements.
Open-source AGPL-3.0
35.4K GitHub stars. 6.7K forks. 2,868+ commits. Community-audited code. No backdoors. No proprietary lock-in.
Encrypted backups
Opsily managed Postiz includes nightly encrypted backups with 7-day retention and one-click restore. Your data is safe.
API-first architecture
Official REST API, n8n integration, Make.com support, custom webhooks. Automate end-to-end: blog to social, CRM to scheduler, AI agent to calendar.
Official OAuth only
No password sharing. No screen-scraping risk. Postiz authenticates with LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and 27+ other platforms using official OAuth flows.
Self-Hosted Postiz Pricing
All plans include unlimited team members, unlimited posts, 30+ platforms, and API access. The difference is AI credits and hosted infrastructure.
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Common questions about self-hosted social media scheduling
Typically 5-10 minutes on Opsily. Click Install in the catalog, and your dashboard is live with a database, SSL certificate, and monitoring already configured. If you choose DIY self-hosting on your own VPS, the Docker command is equally fast: one command, and Postiz is running. The first few minutes after deploy are spent authenticating with your social accounts (LinkedIn, X, Instagram, etc.), which you do at your own pace. There is no server knowledge required for either path.