RecurPost's homepage price is $9 a month, which reads as cheap until you count what it actually buys: 2 social accounts, 1 user, and no posting to X without a separate per-post charge. A real RecurPost alternative comparison has to add those pieces back in, because almost nobody stops at 2 accounts and 1 seat.
What RecurPost's four tiers actually include
Per RecurPost's own pricing page as of September 2026, the lineup is three self-serve tiers plus a custom Enterprise plan, with no permanent free tier — only a 14-day trial that doesn't require a card.
| Plan | Monthly price | Social accounts | Users | AI writing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $9/mo | 2 | 1 | No |
| Personal | $25/mo | 5 | 1 | No |
| Agency | $79/mo | 20 | 3 | Yes |
| Enterprise | Custom | 100+ | Custom | Yes |
Every tier, Starter through Agency, bills extra accounts at $4/month each and extra teammates at $20/month each. Media storage beyond the plan's included allowance adds $5 per 50 GB. None of that shows up in the $9 headline.
Why the fees compound instead of stopping
A solo creator with exactly 2 accounts and no teammate genuinely pays $9 a month. Add a third account and the bill becomes $13. Add a teammate to help with posting and it's $33, and that's before either of you touches X, which RecurPost bills separately at $0.20 per post published (X's own API fee, passed straight through). Nothing about that structure is unusual on its own, but the three fees stack independently: an account fee, a seat fee, and a per-post platform fee, each metered on its own schedule, so the number on the pricing page and the number on the invoice diverge more the more the account actually gets used.
RecurPost's own alternatives roundup coverage names the same pattern from the buyer side: reviewers report AI writing "significantly weaker" than competitors and locked to the $79/month Agency tier, and note costs stack with "no unlimited option on any tier" short of a custom Enterprise quote.
Synapse: one price, every connected platform, no per-post fee
Synapse posts to X the same way it posts to any other connected account: included in the plan price, with no per-post charge layered on top.
| Plan | Monthly price | Connected accounts | Team seats | AI captions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $7/mo ($77/yr) | 5 | Not included | 50/mo |
| Creator | $19/mo ($209/yr) | 15 | Not included | 200/mo |
| Growth | $39/mo ($429/yr) | 50 | Up to 5 | 500/mo |
| Pro | $79/mo ($790/yr) | Unlimited | Uncapped | 1,500/mo |
A creator on 5 accounts pays $7 a month flat on Starter, less than RecurPost's Personal tier ($25/mo for the same 5 accounts) and with AI captions included rather than gated to the top tier. A team that needs a second person in the workspace moves to Growth at $39 a month, which bundles up to 5 team seats and 50 accounts, with no per-seat add-on and no per-post fee for any platform, X included. Every member's access is scoped by per-member permissions rather than a flat per-teammate charge.
Where RecurPost still has the edge
RecurPost's core pitch is evergreen content recycling: build a library of posts once and have the platform auto-repeat them on a rotating schedule indefinitely, a workflow built specifically for that use case. Synapse doesn't offer that kind of automatic content recycling; it's built around composing and scheduling posts you're actively writing and sending to the accounts you pick, not looping a fixed library on autopilot. An account with mostly evergreen, non-time-sensitive content (quotes, tips, product features that don't go stale) has a real reason to look at RecurPost's recycling engine specifically. A broader price comparison across other schedulers is in our cheapest social media scheduler roundup.
Frequently asked questions
How much does RecurPost cost per month?
Starter is $9/month for 2 accounts and 1 user, Personal is $25/month for 5 accounts, and Agency is $79/month for 20 accounts and 3 users with AI writing included. Extra accounts cost $4/month each and extra teammates cost $20/month each on every tier, per RecurPost's pricing page as of September 2026.
Does RecurPost charge extra to post on X?
Yes. RecurPost passes through X's own per-post API fee, billed at $0.20 per post published to X, on top of the monthly subscription and any account or teammate fees.
Does RecurPost have a free plan?
No. RecurPost offers a 14-day free trial with no card required, but there is no permanent free tier.
What's a cheaper RecurPost alternative with AI captions included?
Synapse. AI captions are included starting on the $7/month Starter plan (50 a month), where RecurPost locks AI writing to its $79/month Agency tier.
Does Synapse do evergreen content recycling like RecurPost?
No. Synapse is built for scheduling posts you actively write and send to chosen accounts, not for automatically looping a fixed content library on a rotating schedule. An account that specifically wants that kind of recycling has a real reason to choose RecurPost instead.