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2026 comparison

Social Master vs Metricool

A detailed comparison: features, pricing, use cases and FAQ. Everything you need to choose between Metricool and Social Master to automate your social media in 2026.

Metricool is the analytical Swiss army knife of social media management. Launched in Spain in 2015, it built its reputation on genuinely deep dashboards: you can analyse your performance, benchmark competitors, export white-label PDF reports and track paid campaigns alongside organic. On the publishing side it handles multi-platform scheduling properly — but without real AI to produce the content. If you want a control tower that hands you every number you need to decide what to publish, Metricool is excellent. If you want something that decides and publishes for you, that is a different product.

The verdict

Metricool is outstanding at something Social Master does not attempt: being a BI dashboard for social media. You get deep charts on reach, engagement, growth, competitor benchmarking and paid campaign ROI. It is the tool analysts and client reports are built on. Social Master sits at the other end of the market: less analysis, more production. We generate the content, publish it, audit it and adjust the prompt in a loop. An agency that wants to produce quickly and at scale will not use Metricool as its primary tool — it will use it for reporting, and something else for production. The two coexist comfortably.

Side-by-side comparison

  Social Master Metricool
Prix minimum mensuel Pay-as-you-go (crédits) ou 79€/mois (jusqu'à 15 publis/jour) 18€/mois
Génération de texte IA Oui — GPT-4o + DeepSeek, prompts sur-mesure par marque Non
Génération de visuels IA Oui — Flux AI + PIL overlay (fond + texte) Non
Publication 7j/7 autonome Oui — pilote auto complet Non — scheduling manuel uniquement
Post Audit Vision (analyse + remake) Oui — GPT-4o Vision Non
Feed Builder (murals IG 3×N) Oui — 6 templates AI-designed Non
Lead Funnel DM → WhatsApp Oui — séquence nurturing 5 jours auto Non
Smart Scheduling (cron IA) Oui — analyse performance réelle Partiel — analytics de base
White-label agence Oui — custom domain + logo + couleurs (à partir 149€/mois) Non
WhatsApp Channels (newsletters) Oui — création, publication texte/image/vidéo, multi-brand Non
WhatsApp Status (Stories 24h) Oui — texte, image, vidéo Non
Cross-post auto IG/FB/LI → WhatsApp Oui — chaque post devient un broadcast channel + une story 24h Non
Plateformes supportées Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, WhatsApp (Channels + Status) InstagramFacebookLinkedInX/TwitterTikTokYouTubeGoogle My Business

When to pick one over the other

When Metricool is the better choice

  • You need white-label PDF reports to bill your agency clients
  • You benchmark competitors and want to track their growth over time
  • You run paid campaigns (Meta Ads, Google Ads) and want consolidated ROI
  • You need to track Google Business Profile and YouTube alongside the usual networks
  • Your clients pay you for analysis, not for content production

When Social Master is the better choice

  • You want the system to generate your content, not just help you write it
  • You publish on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and Threads and that is enough
  • You would rather free your community manager from repetitive work than give them more numbers to read
  • You want genuine seven-day-a-week autonomy, with no daily intervention
  • You want Instagram DMs read and triaged by AI, with a WhatsApp lead funnel

Metricool: strengths and weaknesses

What Metricool does well

  • Powerful analytics
  • Broad platform coverage
  • White-label PDF reports

What Metricool is missing

  • Basic AI generation (captions only, no images)
  • No autonomous publishing — you drive everything
  • No visual post audit
  • No DM-to-WhatsApp lead funnel

Real-world use cases

Case 1 — A data-led agency

You produce monthly PDF reports for eight clients. Metricool stays essential for that. But writing the weekly posts costs your team 12 hours a week. Put Social Master on the eight brands: creation runs on its own, and you keep the Metricool report as part of the client deliverable.

Case 2 — A solo operator who wants to produce and measure

You sell online and have no analytics stack. Social Master gives you roughly 80% of the numbers you actually need — reach, engagement, top content. You do not need Metricool until you move into agency mode. One less tool and one less subscription.

Metricool pricing in detail

Free
€0/month
  • 50 posts/month
  • 1 brand
  • Basic analytics
Starter
€18/month
  • 500 posts/month
  • 5 brands
  • PDF reports
Advanced
€45/month
  • 3,000 posts/month
  • 10 brands
  • White-label
  • Competitor benchmarking

How to move from Metricool to Social Master

  1. Keep Metricool running for reporting — do not cancel anything yet
  2. Sign up to Social Master and connect your Facebook pages and Instagram Business accounts
  3. Set up the brand voice from your website (about five minutes)
  4. Run autopilot in approval mode for two weeks so you can fine-tune it
  5. Once you trust it, switch to fully autonomous. Metricool then earns its keep on the monthly report alone.

FAQ — Social Master vs Metricool

Is Metricool a creation tool or a scheduling tool?

Mostly scheduling and analysis. Metricool added an AI Studio in 2024 that generates captions from an idea you type in, but it does not create visuals and it does not run autonomously. Social Master is built the other way round: it produces the content from your website and publishes without you touching it.

Can Social Master replace Metricool entirely?

If your main use of Metricool is scheduling posts you already write, yes. If you use it mostly for deep analytics and competitor benchmarking, no — our analytics are solid but not that elaborate. Plenty of our customers run both: Social Master to produce, Metricool to report.

Is Metricool cheaper?

Metricool's Starter plan covers 500 posts and 5 brands. Social Master runs on credits, or on a monthly plan for unlimited publishing. At an equivalent volume the two land in a similar range — except that Social Master includes content creation, not just scheduling.

Does Social Master offer Metricool-style PDF reports?

Not yet; it is on the roadmap. For now, if you bill agency clients with a customised monthly PDF, keep Metricool alongside for that specific job.

Does Metricool publish automatically without intervention?

No. Metricool asks you to approve each post before it goes out, even when you use the AI Studio. Social Master can publish fully autonomously: you switch on autopilot and it generates and publishes seven days a week.

Which is better for Instagram Reels?

Metricool schedules Reels you have already produced. Social Master generates the Reel itself — script, visuals and an optional voiceover. If you have no videographer, Social Master unlocks Reels for you. If you do have one, Metricool is enough to schedule them.

Who should stay on Metricool?

Agencies that want a dashboard across several clients and create the content elsewhere.

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