Note: Competitor pricing and features in this post were verified against CoSchedule’s official site as of October 2026. Plans and pricing may have changed since publication.
CoSchedule is a marketing calendar and project management platform that grew out of a popular WordPress plugin. It bundles social scheduling with editorial calendars, work management, and add-on tools like Headline Studio. BulkPublish is a focused scheduling tool that stays in its lane: publish across platforms, fast and cheap.
Here is how they compare in 2026.
Pricing Comparison
| Plan | CoSchedule | BulkPublish |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free Calendar (1 social profile, up to 15 posts at a time) | Free forever, 3 channels (1 per platform; X via pay-as-you-go credits), 1 post/day (any number of channels) |
| Social Calendar | $39/mo ($29/mo annual), 1 user, 3 profiles | - |
| Pro | - | $13.99/mo ($11.89/mo annual), 30 channels, 3 orgs |
| Professional | $59/mo ($49/mo annual), 2 users (up to 3), 5 profiles | - |
| Business | - | $39.99/mo ($33.99/mo annual), 75 channels, 10 orgs |
| Suite | Custom | - |
| X (Twitter) add-on | $16/profile/mo | Included |
CoSchedule’s quirk: X / Twitter is billed separately at $16/profile/mo on every plan. So the real cost of a single-X-profile Social Calendar is $55/mo billed monthly, not $39/mo. On BulkPublish, X is included on Pro and Business at no extra charge.
BulkPublish Plans at a Glance
| Free | Pro | Business | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $0 | $13.99/mo | $39.99/mo |
| Annual price | $0 | $11.89/mo | $33.99/mo |
| Platforms | 15 (X via pay-as-you-go credits) | All 15 | All 15 |
| Channels | 1 per platform (3 total) | 2 per platform (30 total) | 5 per platform (75 total) |
| Extra channels | $2.99/mo each | $2.99/mo each | $2.99/mo each |
| Posts per day | 1 | 30 | Unlimited |
| Scheduled posts | 3 in queue | Unlimited queue, 30/day | Unlimited queue, 100/day |
| Media storage | 100 MB | 2 GB | 10 GB |
| Organizations | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| Repeat posts | No | 10 | Unlimited |
Feature Comparison
| Feature | CoSchedule Social Calendar | BulkPublish Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $39/mo (+$16/mo per X profile) | $13.99/mo (X included) |
| Social profiles | 3 | 30 (up to 2 per platform) |
| Scheduled messages | Unlimited | 30 posts/day |
| Drag & drop calendar | Yes | Yes |
| ReQueue (recycling) | Yes | Yes (repeat posts) |
| Social inbox | Facebook + Instagram only | Yes (Pro and Business) |
| Client calendars | Professional plan ($59/mo) | - |
| White-label | Professional plan ($59/mo) | - |
| Approval workflows | Professional plan ($59/mo) | - |
Channels Supported
CoSchedule’s paid plans support Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, Threads, YouTube, Google Business Profile, Mastodon, and Bluesky, with X / Twitter as a paid add-on.
BulkPublish covers all the same platforms with X included as a standard channel on Pro and Business.
Where CoSchedule Wins
CoSchedule is more than a scheduler. It is marketing project management software with social as one piece.
- Marketing project management: CoSchedule’s strength is treating social posts, blog articles, campaigns, and email together in one calendar. The Suite plan adds custom fields, templates, project reporting, and team permissions. If you are running a content team that needs to plan campaigns end to end, CoSchedule is built for that.
- ReQueue: CoSchedule’s content recycling system intelligently fills gaps in your calendar with evergreen posts from a recycle queue. It is more sophisticated than simple post repetition.
- Headline Studio: A separate add-on that scores blog and social headlines for SEO/engagement. Useful if headline optimization is a regular part of your workflow.
- Hire Mia: CoSchedule’s standalone AI brand profile / writing assistant is bundled into the broader CoSchedule ecosystem.
- Agency client management: Professional adds client calendars, white-label, and approval flows for agencies that bill on a per-client basis.
- Enterprise depth: Suite supports SSO, sub-calendars, custom fields, and advanced permissions for larger marketing orgs.
Where BulkPublish Wins
For teams that just need to schedule and publish, BulkPublish is more focused, more affordable, and treats every platform equally.
- Price: BulkPublish Pro at $13.99/mo undercuts CoSchedule Social Calendar’s $39/mo ($29/mo billed annually) even before you add the $16/mo X surcharge. Effective comparison: $13.99 vs $55+ per month on monthly billing.
- X / Twitter included: BulkPublish includes X on Pro and Business. CoSchedule charges separately ($16 per X profile per month).
- More channels: BulkPublish Pro: 30 channels across 15 platforms. CoSchedule Social Calendar: 3 profiles. To match BulkPublish’s 30-channel count on CoSchedule, you would need to step up plans and pay per-profile fees.
- No per-X pricing surprise: CoSchedule’s X surcharge is the kind of pricing-page asterisk that catches people off guard at signup. BulkPublish has no add-on fees.
- API on every plan: BulkPublish includes a full REST API on free, Pro, and Business.
- Repeat posts on every paid plan: Pro includes 10 repeat posts; Business is unlimited. No special tier required.
- Focused, no learning curve: BulkPublish is purpose-built for one job. There is no project management framework to adopt or marketing calendar methodology to learn before you can ship a post.
The Bottom Line
CoSchedule and BulkPublish solve overlapping but different problems. CoSchedule is a marketing calendar and work management platform: its value compounds when you adopt it as the operating system for a multi-channel content team running campaigns across blog, social, email, and ads.
BulkPublish is a focused publisher. It does not pretend to be project management software, and it does not charge you extra for the most popular social network in the world.
If you need agency client calendars, custom workflows, and project planning for your content team, CoSchedule’s higher tiers are built for that.
If you just need to publish to 15 social platforms (including X without an asterisk) for $13.99/mo flat, BulkPublish is the simpler call. You get 30 channels, 3 organizations, post recycling, and a real free plan to start with.
