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Social media planner

Planoly Reviews

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4.3

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend7.94/10

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Pros and cons

Love this tool and happy it exists. Subscription cost is affordable for companies of any size and ease of use is great.
It is very visual and has a good price. It is also easy to use and what I like the most is that you can see how your Instagram feed will look before you post.
I am pleased that content management is comprehensive and convenient. This is my favorite feature.
I purchased a membership for a year for $257.14 the program has stopped working and there is no contact with support. They are not responding to my requests about problems and how to fix them.
I feel cheated, I didn't think PLANOLY treated customers like this. I don't make comments on the internet, but here I feel helpless.
No way to collaborate directly with clients. Doesn't connect to all platforms.
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Natalie S.

Nail Artist

Consumer Services, self-employed

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Plainly Is Perfect For Organizing Your Socials.

Reviewed a year ago

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Natalie S.: Hi, I'm Natalie. I am a nail artist. I give Planoly 4 out of 5 stars and it's just me that...

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Madhura K.

Food & Beverages, self-employed

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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A great tool for creators and small businesses.

Reviewed 3 months ago
Pros

As a one-woman army, Planoly is my most trusted tool when it comes to social media scheduling for my baking business account. It saves you time, allows you to plan and schedule all compatible posts, and helps you maintain a library of your product pictures. I could not have asked for more but it's also helpful to plan content separately for each channel.

Cons

Its a little expensive than its competitors like Plann and Later

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Liesbeth V.

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

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My worst social media planner nightmare

Reviewed 5 months ago
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None, the use of the app has been an nightmare

Cons

Customer service [sensitive content hidden]) and app reliability are terrible. I have had problems posting video stories since the beginning of using the app. I schedule them but they never appear. Messages to customer service lead to nothing. Either they don't answer, or they make you try endlessly, or they keep asking the same questions. Meanwhile, I don't use the app anymore either because it's completely unreliable. A refund of the annual subscription is all I want. I'm not paying for something that doesn't work.

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Heather E.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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Greedy App Designers, go elsewhere

Reviewed 6 months ago

The worst. I'm not sure if they were purchased by someone else in the past 18 months or if they just shifted to a profit-only model but the experience has been only negative for quite some time.

Pros

The calendar view is the only good feature of Planoly

Cons

The price, the features, the web interface has been glitchy for 18+ months, support is not informed of feature changes, auto posting is unreliable and has errors that surface during the posting and not during the drafting - wasting time and resources and often missing posts.

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Maria T.

Public Relations and Communications, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Planoly's grid view is a game changer

Reviewed a year ago

Planoly's grid view feature is a must-have for content creators who want to take their Instagram game to the next level. It's a visual planning powerhouse and a tool that not only enhances the aesthetic appeal of your Instagram but also simplifies the entire content creation process. Highly recommended! Five stars!

Pros

Maintaining a visually appealing aesthetic is crucial for content management, and Planoly's grid view has become my secret weapon in achieving that. The ability to plan my posts in a grid layout provides a bird's eye view of how my posts will appear on the feed. This especially comes in handy when I want t stick to a specific color palette.

Cons

There was nothing I disliked about Planoly.

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Michelle S.

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Great Option for Teams with Small Budgets

Reviewed a year ago

Amazing. Love this tool and happy it exists! Subscription cost is affordable for companies of any size and ease of use is great.

Pros

This is a great planning/scheduling tool and is easily accessible for companies of any size and budget range. I've use this tool both at startups and large corporations and it's been an amazing resource for teams to streamline the social planning / scheduling.

Cons

Most of the time automatic posting works great, but there are some challenges with certain assets so as videos or carousels not deploying correctly.

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Samya F.

E-Learning, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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time saver.

Reviewed 2 years ago
Pros

I use Planoly to plan and schedule my Instagram content. I am a small business owner and don't have employees, so get my content planned ahead and scheduled to post for me saves me huge time, which helps me to create even more content to may customers.

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I have no complains about planoly. Even the free version is already a big helper to get organised. But the paina version worth every penny. I am very happy with this app.

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Arts and Crafts, self-employed

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend1/10

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Planoly vs the world

Reviewed 2 years ago

After a few months of use, I decided to skip this application. It was too restrictive and too low quality for the investment it represents. In the end, you can get a result just as interesting by using your phone or simply the instagram web interface.

Pros

I liked the promise of being able to easily schedule my instagram posts as well as being able to easily manage multiple accounts for feed and posting

Cons

The software does not live up to its promise. It is already difficult and quite painful to link an instagram account, it is absolutely necessary to connect and give rights of use on a facebook account.The basic user plan is too limited when it comes to the number of posts you can make in a month. Finally the arrival of the web interface of instagram makes this application very uninteresting

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Joyce M.

Medical Practice, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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The social media management software you have been looking for!

Reviewed 2 years ago

I would choose PLANOLY over any other social media management software any day.

Pros

What I love most about PLANOLY is that is allows me to professionally manage the publishing and posting of my social media account with great ease and peace of mind. PLANOLY offers scheduled and automated publishing of posts, including set up, hashtag options and all the features that instagram has in app for a fraction, to no cost at all.

Cons

The only thing I have not liked about this app is the lag time between the scheduled post time and the time it actually takes to send the post through to the actual app.

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Arsène T.

Health, Wellness and Fitness, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Truly great tool to manage post, automate them and keep an eye on your branding!

Reviewed 2 years ago

It is a great tool that can help entrepreneurs save time with automated publishing while keeping an eye on branding. Easy to use and there is a free option that works great (I have use the free and paid versions).

Pros

I have been using Planoly for almost 4 years now and it is such a great tool! What I like the most is how I can easily see my branding in one glance because the app simulate Instagram. I also really like how you can switch the day of posting by using the integrated calendar or I can do it manually.

Cons

Sometimes, when I drag a post in the app, I have to do it twice cause the app is very sensitive and doesn't always go where I want too, but it is a minor detail that doesn't impact my overall experience. You can also see only the 18 last published post, which is enough for me, but might be an inconvenience for some.

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Mary R.

Market Research, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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Does the job most of the time; aesthetically minimal and "pretty"

Reviewed 2 years ago

It did it's job, but it often left us wanting more.

Pros

The aesthetics of it. Very minimal. Having a grid view and calendar view. Being able to export the report to share with clients.

Cons

No way to collaborate directly with clients. Doesn't connect to all platforms. Very Instagram-focused. Not a lot of customer support for it, especially in emergencies.

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Claire L.

Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Our go to for social media posting, every single day!

Reviewed 2 years ago
Pros

We have been using Planoly every single day for the last 5 years and we absolutely love it! It easily allows us to arrange our feed, plan it, caption it, and schedule it.

Cons

There are a few glitches where your IG post and FB post aren't updated, also not being able to auto post reels with a cover, but i believe these are all changes to be made in the upcoming months.

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Natalie S.

Fine Art, self-employed

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Would definitely recommend

Reviewed 2 years ago
Pros

I like my feed to look visually pleasing and planoly allows me to achieve just that!

Cons

The fact that reels never used to show in your feed after they were posted to insagram. This was throwing my planning off. This has very recently been changed which will make it easier to plan my feed in future

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Carol C.

Arts and Crafts, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Beautiful and Simple Social Media Scheduler

Reviewed 2 years ago

Planoly has a beautiful interface that makes it easy to use and has many features that make it stand out from other tools. One thing I like about Planoly is its ability to reply to comments on your posts. It also has an auto-post feature that works reliably and makes it easy for you to schedule posts at specific times throughout the day. On the other hand, Planoly lacks some more advanced features...

Pros

The interface is beautiful, simple, and intuitive, and the app runs smoothly on mobile devices as well as desktop computers. I’ve never had any issues and autoposting works without fail when I schedule a post. You also get access to a bio-link tool with your Planoly account so you can have all your social tools under one roof.

Cons

Planoly has integrations with only a few social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest), but those are the ones I use most often anyway. The price is also on the high side compared to what they offer vs some of the competition.

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Marc D.

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Great tool for planning and posting content

Reviewed 3 years ago

Great experience so far and a happy user. It's quite easy to use on desktop and mobile.

Pros

Great tool to post on social media with a lot of options that fit users' needs.

Cons

Not much because it has all you need to manage and post. Maybe that carousels are not on autopost yet where other tools can.

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Abdo M.

Biotechnology, self-employed

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend5/10

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design quality

Reviewed 3 years ago

Very good and very useful, but there are many like it

Pros

Ease of treatment The quality of the interior design and the shape of the destination

Cons

The app needs some revisions because it has some bugs

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Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Plan your content before sharing it worldwide

Reviewed 3 years ago

It is perfect to use it as a marketing tool every week.

Pros

This software is so easy to use and it is really helpful. It allows you to see what the content looks like before you publish it.

Cons

If you want extra features, such as unlimited uploads, you need to pay a monthly fee.

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Sara G.

Arts and Crafts, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Your second brain

Reviewed 3 years ago

The most concerning issue it tackles is having the option to remain dynamic via online media, in any event, when we don't have the opportunity to. It additionally considers a strong feed, which is significant while displaying the scene. The capacity to see every one of the posts all together and how they will look once posted is significant.

Pros

Planoly makes it simple to pre-plan promoting for quite a long time at a time. Planoly makes it simple to plan out our online media for quite a long time ahead of time. Highlights like labeling different merchants, composing subtitles, hashtagging, and adding areas are promptly accessible and simple to utilize. It's anything but an extraordinary component that shows when your supporters are generally dynamic for you.

Cons

Frankly, I haven't discovered a disadvantage yet. I surmise interestingly, the free form is decent, yet to truly take advantage of Planoly, you definitely should move up to the paid adaptation.

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Michell T.

Retail, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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The Best App to keep your Instagram Posts Organized

Reviewed 3 years ago

Since I created my online store, I have had to take a lot of time out of my day to day to generate content for my instagram account, previously it caused me stress to think what to add to the feed and that I could never have a good sequence, but since I have this app it has made all that much easier, since my feed looks fresh, aesthetic and I can plan my publications in advance, I have been able to create my posts in a very easy way, and I have been able to create my own content for my instagram account.

Pros

I like that I can have all the content of my feed organized so that it has a perfect aesthetic, it is important the order of your profile because it is the first impression that customers have of your brand, and this tool has helped me in that.

Cons

Sometimes the application fails to load images, especially when trying to load several images at the same time, but other than that, I feel it is perfect.

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Moises S.

Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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The best way to automate my Instagram posts.

Reviewed 3 years ago

Since using Panoly we have automated absolutely all the publications we do in the company, it is a perfect tool to save time and keep my audience informed every day.

Pros

This tool is excellent, it allows me to automate my Instagram posts, the best part is that I can see how my feed will look in the future and move my posts around to adjust the color palette. It's a good option to keep a neat and clean design line.

Cons

I think the only disadvantage this company has is its interface, personally I don't like it, but it fulfills its function perfectly, but they should give it a more modern and original touch.

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Sian O.

Consumer Goods, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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A very important tool!

Reviewed 3 years ago

Overall I am very happy with Planoly, its saves time, and removes the headache from managing a social media account.

Pros

I use this tool for a business account, and I love how easy it is to upload images and plan the month ahead of time. You can schedule 30 posts per month in the free version, which is great, as I can schedule a whole month of content. It has a hashtag section where you can organize your favorite hashtags and then copy & paste them into your post.

Cons

There have recently been a couple of bugs in the scheduling section, meaning the planned time doesn't record properly, but I think this may have been fixed now.

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Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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A very good option to get started with Social media management

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

If you are a social media management person, this tool is going to save you tons of time and energy. The ability to sync and post on multiple accounts and pages from one dashboard is such a time saver. The calendar view on the dashboard is also something that is going to drastically help with your content scheduling. Their paid plans are also very affordable if someone is looking for a low-priced option.

Cons

The UI/UX though looks modern could definitely be simplified to make it easier on the eyes.

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Cheyenne S.

Hospitality, 51-200 employees

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Instagram Planning Made Easy

Reviewed 3 years ago

I personally enjoy using it. I used to use Publisher to drag and drop my photos in a somewhat symmetrical and visually appealing way but it was very complicated and did not show me the "final product". This makes posting easy and is much more visually appealing.

Pros

I like how the software shows me how my tentative posts will look like once they are on my Instagram, which allows me to create a color scheme or theme for my social media. I also like how you can see a full monthly calendar will days and times where your posts will be published. The website and software design is very aesthetic. The software is not overly complicated to understand!

Cons

Sometimes the posts don't actually post to my social media (there's a delay or they simply never go through) but then another post following will. If I don't catch this then I have to delete the posts in order to maintain my color scheme/theme.

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Adrianna T.

Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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A STAPLE FOR THE MODERN INSTRAGRAM USER

Reviewed 4 years ago

Overall, PLANOLY is perfect for making your profile look aesthetically pleasing! It's a staple for a modern instagram user.

Pros

TWO PROS. GRID + EASE OF USE. One of the best parts about this software is that it allows you to plan out your feed as you would look at it on Instagram in the grid. It's very helpful to see what users will see when they visit your profile. It is also super easy to use for planning out your post captions and using groups of hashtags super quickly! You can create your own hashtag banks!

Cons

The things I like least about this software is that there isn't a good price range for a mid-range company. It's free for a 1 or 2 accounts - so perfect for a small organization. There is fee for multiple people and multiple accounts - perfect for a big organization. But when you'd like to add a couple accounts but don't need the "big" company range, it doesn't seem worth it.

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Tara P.

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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Great for influencers, artists and creators

Reviewed 4 years ago

Planoly is a great option for creators looking for something lightweight to grow their Instagram following. I recommend it to clients, but it doesn't have all the features you need to run a social media business.

Pros

Planoly looks great and it's fairly easy to pick up. The grid preview is an amazing feature for anyone keen on having a specific aesthetic. You can also plan out your stories too, and receive a push notification when it's time to publish them (no platform can auto-publish stories). You can also find and save sets of hashtags which is perfect for creators in a hurry! I also really like the search and discover function, which helps you find trending content from hashtags so you can repost it.

Cons

The experience feels a bit thin compared to other schedulers, and you can only use it for Instagram. So if you're a social media manager running multiple accounts on multiple platforms then this might not work for you.

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Pauline B.

Apparel & Fashion, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Mon outil fétiche !

Reviewed 2 years ago
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Après avoir testé différents outils de programmation, Planoly est mon favori ! Facile d'utilisation, l'interface correspond totalement à mes besoins en terme d'affichage et de fonctionnalités. Sur mobile comme sur desktop je trouve que le design de l'appli est parfaite : planification, rédaction des textes, analyse et suivi des retombés, tout est très bien pensé.

Cons

Certaines fonctionnalités d'Instagram ne sont pas encore intégrées à l'app

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