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ViralFarm vs Sked Social: features, pricing and channels

Why creators and small teams pick ViralFarm over Sked Social: what each costs, where it publishes and what it does for you.

Last checked October 2026

Scheduler + AI agents

ViralFarm is your agentic social media scheduler

Plan and publish to every channel from one calendar, or let Claude and ChatGPT schedule for you through our MCP server and API.

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At a glance

ViralFarm

Your agentic social media scheduler: plan and publish to every channel from one calendar, or let your AI agent schedule for you.

ViralFarm is your agentic social media scheduler built for creators and small teams. Schedule and publish to TikTok, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Threads, Facebook, YouTube and X, plus blog posts to WordPress, from one calendar and queue. Write once and tailor the caption for each channel, bulk-schedule a week of posts in one go, publish now or save drafts, and post every format that matters: Reels, Stories, carousels, Shorts, Instagram trial reels, TikTok drafts and long posts for X Premium accounts. When the queue runs low, ViralFarm can fill it with slideshows, carousels and pins built on templates modeled after posts that went viral.

What sets ViralFarm apart is that it is built for AI agents. Its MCP server and REST API let Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf and any MCP client schedule and publish for you on autopilot: upload your photos and videos, post them across every channel on a schedule you describe in plain words, or run one of the preset viral templates to create the post first. Agent access is included on every plan, even Free, and posts your agent writes use no ViralFarm credits.

Best for: Creators, founders and small teams who want one calendar for every channel, run by hand or by their AI agent

  • Schedule to 8 networks + WordPress
  • Bulk scheduling + calendar
  • MCP + API on every plan
  • Free plan, no credit card
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Sked Social

A team workspace for scheduling, approvals, inbox, listening and reporting, sold as flat-priced plans.

Sked Social is an Australian-owned social media workspace built for agencies, franchises and in-house brand teams. It auto-publishes to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, X and Google Business Profile, including Instagram Stories with link stickers, and every plan includes an inbox, analytics, social listening, link in bio and mobile apps. There is no free plan; paid plans start at $58 a month billed yearly after a 14-day trial.

Best for: Agencies and brand teams that need approvals and client review

Pricing and plans

ViralFarm

  • Free$0

    2 channels, 20 published posts a month, no credit card

  • Starter$12/mo

    3 channels, unlimited posts, 150 AI credits a month

  • Pro$29/mo

    8 channels, unlimited posts, 400 AI credits a month

  • Premium$39/mo

    15 channels, unlimited posts, 1,000 AI credits a month

Free plan with no credit card. Paid plans billed monthly; Pro and Premium include a 7-day trial for first-time subscribers.

Sked Social

  • Grow$58/mo

    Billed yearly at $690 ($69 month to month). 3 users, 6 social profiles, inbox, analytics, AI captions

  • Accelerate$166/mo

    Billed yearly at $1,990 ($199 month to month). 6 users, 10 profiles, internal and client approvals, report builder

  • CustomFrom $249/mo

    Billed yearly ($299 month to month). Custom users and profiles, invoice billing, security reviews

A profile is one connected account, so one brand on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok uses 3. Extra profiles cost $8 a month on Grow and $10 on Accelerate; extra users are $15 a month and only available on Accelerate. Yearly billing costs ten times the monthly price. The 14-day trial needs no credit card, and the account pauses if you do not pick a plan.

Channels

ChannelsViralFarmSked Social
InstagramYesYes
FacebookYesYes
TikTokYesYes
X (Twitter)Yes1Yes
LinkedInYesYes
PinterestYesYes
YouTubeYesYes
ThreadsYesLimited2
BlueskyNoNo
Google Business ProfileNoYes
RedditNoNo
MastodonNoNo
WordPressYes3No
TelegramNoNo
  1. 1.ViralFarm, X (Twitter): Plain posts on every plan; posts with a link need a paid plan (30, 90 or 150 a month).
  2. 2.Sked Social, Threads: Threads page says native auto-publish; pricing and scheduling pages still call it notification-based.
  3. 3.ViralFarm, WordPress: Blog posts.

Publishing

PublishingViralFarmSked Social
Schedule postsYesYes
Publish nowYesLimited1
Calendar viewYesYes
DraftsYesYes
One post to many channelsYesYes
Per-channel captionsYesYes2
Carousels / multi-image postsYesYes3
Video posts (Reels, TikTok, Shorts)YesYes
Instagram StoriesYes4Yes5
Bulk schedulingYesYes
Recurring / evergreen queueNoNo6
  1. 1.Sked Social, Publish now: Only documented as "post again, then post now" for queued posts; current docs describe scheduling and queueing.
  2. 2.Sked Social, Per-channel captions: "Customise Post" toggle for a different caption per platform.
  3. 3.Sked Social, Carousels / multi-image posts: Instagram carousels, TikTok photo carousels and LinkedIn document posts.
  4. 4.ViralFarm, Instagram Stories: Instagram Stories, plus Instagram trial reels and TikTok send-to-drafts.
  5. 5.Sked Social, Instagram Stories: Auto-publishes Instagram Stories with link stickers.
  6. 6.Sked Social, Recurring / evergreen queue: The queue repeats weekly time slots; no evergreen recycling found.

Features

FeaturesViralFarmSked Social
Post from Claude / ChatGPT (MCP)Yes1Limited2
Public APIYes3No4
AI caption & post writingYesYes5
AI-designed carousels & graphicsYes6No7
Viral post templatesYes8No
AnalyticsNoYes
Social inbox (comments & DMs)NoYes9
Team approvalsNoLimited10
Link in bioNoYes
Free planYes11No
Free trialLimited12Yes
Mobile appNo13Yes
Self-hostable / open sourceNoNo
  1. 1.ViralFarm, Post from Claude / ChatGPT (MCP): Every plan, including Free: 1 API key on Free, then 3, 10 or unlimited.
  2. 2.Sked Social, Post from Claude / ChatGPT (MCP): Early access by registration on Grow and up; can schedule drafts and edit captions but cannot publish.
  3. 3.ViralFarm, Public API: Same API keys as the MCP server, on every plan.
  4. 4.Sked Social, Public API: No public API documented; Zapier and the early-access MCP only.
  5. 5.Sked Social, AI caption & post writing: Smart assist: five brand-voice caption drafts, report summaries and reply suggestions.
  6. 6.ViralFarm, AI-designed carousels & graphics: Slideshows, carousels and Pinterest pins from a link, topic or text; uses AI credits (slideshow 4, pin 1).
  7. 7.Sked Social, AI-designed carousels & graphics: Image and video editor plus Canva import; AI does not generate visuals.
  8. 8.ViralFarm, Viral post templates: Templates modeled after posts that went viral.
  9. 9.Sked Social, Social inbox (comments & DMs): Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and LinkedIn comments and DMs, plus Google reviews.
  10. 10.Sked Social, Team approvals: Internal and client approvals on Accelerate and Custom; Grow has post statuses only.
  11. 11.ViralFarm, Free plan: 2 channels and 20 published posts a month, no credit card.
  12. 12.ViralFarm, Free trial: 7-day trial of Pro or Premium for first-time subscribers.
  13. 13.ViralFarm, Mobile app: Works in the mobile browser.

Yes Limited: higher plans only, a paid add-on, or restricted (see the numbered notes) No: not offered, or not documented anywhere we checked

Which one should you choose?

Choose ViralFarm if…

  • You want more channels for less. ViralFarm has a free plan, Pro covers 8 channels for $29 a month and Premium covers 15 for $39, while Sked Social Grow is $58 a month billed yearly, or $69 month to month, for 6 profiles.
  • Your AI agent publishes, not just drafts. ViralFarm's MCP server and REST API let Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client upload media and schedule or publish across every channel, on every plan. Sked Social's MCP is in early access, cannot publish, and it has no public API.
  • You want Threads and WordPress in the same calendar. ViralFarm auto-publishes to Threads and schedules WordPress blog posts next to your social posts. Sked Social does not publish to WordPress, and some of its pages still list Threads as notification-based.
  • When you need posts to schedule, ViralFarm makes them. It generates TikTok and Instagram slideshows, carousels and Pinterest pins from a link, topic or pasted text, on templates modeled after posts that went viral; Sked Social's AI writes captions and does not generate visuals.

Sked Social may suit you if…

  • Clients or stakeholders sign off on every post. Accelerate adds internal and external approvals with a review portal that needs no login.
  • You want an inbox, social listening, competitor tracking and Google review replies in the same workspace as your calendar.
  • You publish to Google Business Profile, or to Snapchat by reminder, which ViralFarm does not support.

Frequently asked questions

Is ViralFarm better than Sked Social?

For creators and small teams, yes. ViralFarm schedules and publishes to eight networks plus WordPress from one calendar, starts free and costs $12 to $39 a month, and lets Claude or ChatGPT schedule or publish posts through its MCP server. It can also create slideshows, carousels and pins when your queue runs low. Sked Social is the better fit if your team needs client approvals, listening and a shared inbox.

Is ViralFarm cheaper than Sked Social?

Yes. Sked Social Grow is $69 a month, or $58 a month billed yearly, for 3 users and 6 profiles. Accelerate is $199 a month, or $166 billed yearly, and Custom starts at $299, or $249 billed yearly; extra profiles and users cost more. ViralFarm has a free plan, and its paid plans cost $12, $29 or $39 a month for 3, 8 or 15 channels.

Does Sked Social have a free plan?

No. Sked Social offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card, then plans start at $69 a month or $690 a year. ViralFarm has a free plan with 2 channels and 20 published posts a month, also with no credit card.

Does Sked Social publish to Threads?

Sked Social's Threads page says it publishes natively with an optional reminder mode, while its pricing and scheduling pages still list Threads as notification-based publishing. Confirm with Sked before relying on it. ViralFarm auto-publishes to Threads.

Can I schedule Sked Social posts from Claude or ChatGPT?

Partly. Sked Social's MCP is in early access for Grow plans and up: it reads analytics and your calendar and can schedule drafts, but publishing stays inside Sked. ViralFarm's MCP server and REST API let Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and any MCP client upload media and schedule or publish across every channel, your agent can also generate a designed post, and posts your own agent writes use no ViralFarm credits.

Does ViralFarm include approvals like Sked Social?

Not yet. ViralFarm focuses on scheduling and publishing posts quickly. If clients sign off on every post, Sked Social Accelerate includes internal and external approvals and a client review portal.

How we compared

We read each tool's public pricing page, feature pages and help center and recorded what every plan includes. Yes means the feature is available as described. Limited means it is only on higher plans, sold as an add-on, or restricted in a way the numbered note explains. No means it is not offered, or we found no documentation of it. ViralFarm's column lists only features that are live in production today.

Sked Social sources · checked October 9, 2026

  1. skedsocial.com/pricing
  2. skedsocial.com/pricing.md
  3. skedsocial.com/llms.txt
  4. skedsocial.com/features/scheduling
  5. skedsocial.com/integrations/threads
  6. skedsocial.com/features/mcp
  7. skedsocial.com/features/ai-tools
  8. skedsocial.com/integrations
  9. help.skedsocial.com/posting-to-multiple-platforms-at-the-same-time-sked-social-help-center
  10. help.skedsocial.com/using-the-queue-sked-social-help-center
  11. status.skedsocial.com/issues/602ad42e4a0ebd7e35fc8f35

ViralFarm sources

  1. myviral.farm/pricing
  2. myviral.farm/mcp

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