Hootsuite pricing explained
Prices checked: September 2026
See the real plans, limits, and prices before you buy. Every Hootsuite price below comes from its own website.
Hootsuite price in plain English
Hootsuite says paid plans start at $99 for Standard, $199 for Professional, and $399 for Advanced. Enterprise uses custom pricing. Plans are sold per user.
Hootsuite plans and limits
Standard
Starts at $99 per user/month
Up to 10 social accounts, unlimited scheduling, inbox, AI tools, and monitoring.
Professional
Starts at $199 per user/month
Unlimited social accounts, inbox automation, trend forecasts, and custom reports.
Advanced
Starts at $399 per user/month
Adds team review and approval workflows.
Enterprise
Custom price
Custom governance, team, support, and contract needs.
Costs to check before you buy
- Hootsuite sells seats per user, so a team may pay for more than one seat.
- Annual billing has a lower monthly rate than month-to-month billing. Check the live quote for your exact total.
Where Hootsuite is better
Hootsuite is genuinely better for a large social team that needs governance, social listening, approvals, inbox routing, benchmarking, and enterprise support. Mallary is a smaller and more focused publishing product.
Side-by-side
Hootsuite vs Mallary
| What to compare | Hootsuite | Mallary |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Large marketing teams that need listening, governance, approvals, and a broad social command center. | Developers and smaller teams that need publishing, comments, analytics, MCP, CLI, and API access. |
| Public starting point | Hootsuite says paid plans start at $99 for Standard, $199 for Professional, and $399 for Advanced. Enterprise uses custom pricing. Plans are sold per user. | Mallary Starter is $12 per month, or $10 per month with yearly billing. It includes 4 accounts per platform and 120 posts per month. |
| Pricing model | Tiered plans sold per user, with social account and enterprise workflow limits. | Flat Starter, Pro, and Business plans. Account limits apply per social platform. |
| Main strength | Enterprise social management, listening, governance, and team workflows. | Managed social publishing and engagement through a dashboard, REST API, MCP, and CLI. |
| Developer workflow | A broad integration ecosystem, but the product is centered on its management dashboard. | REST API, MCP, CLI, webhooks, uploads, analytics, comments, and replies are available on paid plans. |
| Team workflow | Strong enterprise controls, inbox routing, approvals, reporting, and governance. | Profiles and a dashboard are included. Mallary is not a full agency approval and client-reporting suite. |
| ChatGPT Plugin | No ChatGPT plugin was found in the directory when checked in September 2026. | Yes. Mallary has an official ChatGPT plugin. |
Prices can change. Taxes, discounts, add-ons, and local currency can change your total. Always check the vendor page before you pay.
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Developers and smaller teams that need publishing, comments, analytics, MCP, CLI, and API access.
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