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11 Metricool Alternatives That Put LinkedIn First (2026)

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Naïlé Titah

Last updated: Jun 7, 2026

Metricool earns its 603 Trustpilot reviews the right way: 82% five stars, a support team that replies to 97% of its negative reviews, and the strongest analytics culture of the budget generalists.

The reason this page exists sits in one parenthesis on its own pricing page: the Free plan manages all your brands' social networks except LinkedIn and Twitter. LinkedIn is the network Metricool charges for first, treats as one channel among nine, and measures with cross-network dashboards.

If LinkedIn is where your outcomes live, that is three compromises before you start. This page does one job: what to use for LinkedIn instead.

TL;DR: Metricool's free plan covers every network except LinkedIn, by its own pricing page. The best LinkedIn-first alternatives: MagicPost for real benchmarks and voice AI, SocialSonic for budget depth, TypeGrow for free with LinkedIn included, Buffer for a lighter generalist. 11 compared with receipts: mentions, voice AI, benchmarks.

The alternatives at a glance

Tool	Best for	Price/mo	LinkedIn depth	Start
MagicPost	LinkedIn benchmarks on the data company's turf	$35 (AI $69)	LinkedIn-only, official API, working @mentions	No-card trial
Supergrow	Voice-first writing	$19–139	LinkedIn-only	7-day trial
SocialSonic	Budget LinkedIn depth	$20–200	LinkedIn-only	7-day no-card
Taplio	An all-in-one	$39–199	LinkedIn-only (extension)	7-day full Pro
Postdrips	A budget LinkedIn queue	$18–29	LinkedIn-only	7-day trial
TypeGrow	Free, LinkedIn included	Free	LinkedIn-only, claims official API	Free
AuthoredUp	The LinkedIn counting house (no AI)	$14.95–19.95	LinkedIn-only	No-card trial
Kleo V3	A coaching bundle	$99	LinkedIn-only	No trial
Buffer	A lighter generalist with free LinkedIn	Free (3 channels)	Multi-network	Free plan
Agorapulse	A full-suite generalist	$79–149/user	Multi-network (11)	30-day no-card
Swello	A French generalist	From €19	Multi-network	7-day no-card

Everything you need to grow on LinkedIn. In one place.

Write in your voice, find ideas, schedule, analyze, engage…
MagicPost is built exclusively for LinkedIn.

Try MagicPost

Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

LinkedIn has changed its algorithm again. And this time, it's noticeable.

I'm in a good position to know:

Everything you need to grow on LinkedIn. In one place.

Write in your voice, find ideas, schedule, analyze, engage…
MagicPost is built exclusively for LinkedIn.

Try MagicPost

Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

LinkedIn has changed its algorithm again. And this time, it's noticeable.

I'm in a good position to know:

Create your first LinkedIn post in less than 5 minutes

With MagicPost, you save up to 4 hours per week, starting with your very first post. Spend less time writing and more time growing your business.

Try MagicPost

No credit card. No commitment. Just real time savings.

100% free trial.

The fine print: LinkedIn is where Metricool's free generosity stops

Metricool's Free plan is genuinely generous, one brand, 20 posts a month, 30 days of analytics, an AI assistant, for every network it supports, except two. Per its pricing page, the Free plan manages all your brands' social networks except LinkedIn and Twitter.

To schedule a single LinkedIn post you start paying (Starter from ~$25/mo, Advanced from ~$67/mo with team and client management). There is nothing wrong with charging for value; the tell is which network gets gated first.

And once you pay, the LinkedIn module is a generalist's: cross-network analytics rather than LinkedIn benchmarks, caption-level AI rather than your voice, and no documented person-mention support in scheduled posts.

The mention test most schedulers fail: scheduled vs published

A mention that publishes as plain text notifies nobody; the client you thanked never knows. Among the big generalists only Buffer documents shipped person-mentions, with its own condition list. MagicPost publishes working @mentions of people and companies in scheduled posts: how mentions work.

1. MagicPost: Best for LinkedIn benchmarks on the data company's turf

MagicPost is the LinkedIn-only premium solution, and it meets Metricool exactly where Metricool is proudest: the data.

Metricool's dashboards tell you what your numbers are, across nine networks; MagicPost's analytics tell you what your LinkedIn numbers mean, with market benchmarks and audience analysis by country, job field and vertical.

The median creator earns a 0.39% engagement rate per post, and a dashboard that cannot place you against that line is a chart, not an answer.

The content layer is AI-native, not assisted: style import learns each member's voice from their account, and a humanizer built on published research keeps posts from sounding generated, which matters because generic content reaches roughly 10-14% fewer people.

Everything publishes through LinkedIn's official API as a verified application, with working @mentions of people and companies.

And where Metricool stops at measurement, MagicPost adds the loop after publishing: engagement workflows (curated feeds, AI comment suggestions you approve, scheduled comments) and lead detection with CRM.

For the team-and-client work Metricool's agency users do, agencies get client workspaces with validation and white-label reports, and companies get member spaces and adoption dashboards.

MagicPost vs Metricool: the LinkedIn surface compared

Key features

LinkedIn market benchmarks and audience analysis (not cross-network averages).
AI that writes in each member's voice, with a research-backed humanizer.
Working @mentions of people and companies on the official API.
Engagement workflows and lead detection with CRM.
Agency and team modes; full LinkedIn workflow in the no-card trial.

	MagicPost	Metricool
Built for	LinkedIn only	9+ networks
LinkedIn in the free offer	✅ Full free trial, no card	❌ Free plan excludes LinkedIn
@mentions of people in scheduled posts	✅ Working	❌ Not documented
AI writing in your voice	✅ Style import	⚠️ AI assistant (voice not documented)
Posts that don't read as AI	✅ Humanizer, research-backed	❌
LinkedIn market benchmarks	✅	⚠️ Cross-network analytics
Engagement + lead detection	✅	⚠️ Link tracking only
Pricing model	✅ Plans	⚠️ Brand-based tiers
Trustpilot	✅ 4.7/5 (91)	✅ 3.9/5 (603, replies to 97%)

Give credit where it lands: Metricool's support record is the best in the generalist field, its reporting and link-in-bio earn real agency loyalty, and 82% five-star reviews are not an accident.

The cautions its own record documents: Trustpilot's top-mentions aggregation includes Refund, Subscription and Cancellation (one reviewer found herself paying for a multi-brand plan with a single brand to post, and said she was moving to Buffer), and the LinkedIn module stays generalist-grade.

Pros	Cons
✅ LinkedIn benchmarks where Metricool gives cross-network charts	❌ LinkedIn-only (Metricool covers nine networks)
✅ Voice AI with a humanizer, working @mentions	❌ No link-in-bio or cross-network reporting
✅ Engagement and lead detection after publishing
✅ LinkedIn in the free trial, no card

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Analytics	$35	Scheduling, analytics, market benchmarks
Creator (AI)	$69	AI in your voice, humanizer, engagement

Switching your LinkedIn off Metricool? Try MagicPost free: import your voice, schedule two weeks with working mentions, and put your numbers against real LinkedIn benchmarks, no card.

2. Supergrow: Best for voice-first writing

Supergrow replaces the AI assistant with a writing system.

"Content DNA" voice training, "Postcast" AI interviews, voice-to-post and repurposing come with calendar/queue/Kanban scheduling and a carousel maker on Pro, at $19/$39/mo with a Teams plan at $139. The writing gets dramatically deeper and the analytics get shallower; that is the honest trade, because analytics are its own reviewers' most repeated critique while they are Metricool's pride.

Its pages also never document the publishing mechanism. Pick it if the bottleneck was words, not charts.

Key features

"Content DNA" voice training and "Postcast" interviews.
Voice-to-post and repurposing.
Calendar/queue/Kanban scheduling with auto first-comment.
Carousel maker on Pro.

Pros	Cons
✅ A writing system, not a caption box	❌ Analytics flagged by its own reviewers
✅ Real scheduling with a team plan	❌ Publishing mechanism not documented
✅ AI at entry	❌ No free tier

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Starter	$19	Voice AI, scheduling
Pro	$39	Full writing, carousels
Teams	$139	4 accounts, approvals

Full breakdown: Supergrow alternatives.

Everything you need to grow on LinkedIn. In one place.

Write in your voice, find ideas, schedule, analyze, engage…
MagicPost is built exclusively for LinkedIn.

Try MagicPost

Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

LinkedIn has changed its algorithm again. And this time, it's noticeable.

I'm in a good position to know:

Everything you need to grow on LinkedIn. In one place.

Write in your voice, find ideas, schedule, analyze, engage…
MagicPost is built exclusively for LinkedIn.

Try MagicPost

Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

LinkedIn has changed its algorithm again. And this time, it's noticeable.

I'm in a good position to know:

Create your first LinkedIn post in less than 5 minutes

With MagicPost, you save up to 4 hours per week, starting with your very first post. Spend less time writing and more time growing your business.

Try MagicPost

No credit card. No commitment. Just real time savings.

100% free trial.

3. SocialSonic: Best for budget LinkedIn depth

SocialSonic, from the team behind Writesonic, is the LinkedIn-only version of the budget-generalist instinct.

AI writing trained on viral LinkedIn posts, smart scheduling, analytics with lead attribution and carousels come at Pro $20/mo (a locked early-adopter rate; listed future price $39), with team and agency tiers. Metricool-Starter money buys a LinkedIn feature wall, lead attribution included.

The diligence list: the publishing mechanism is not documented, engagement runs via a four-network Chrome extension, and several features were "coming soon" at check time.

Key features

AI writing trained on viral LinkedIn posts.
Smart scheduling, analytics with lead attribution.
Carousels with AI branding, polls.
Team ($75) and agency ($200) tiers.

Pros	Cons
✅ A LinkedIn feature wall for budget money	❌ Publishing mechanism not documented
✅ Lead attribution and team tiers	❌ Four-network engagement extension
✅ No-card trial	❌ Several features marked coming soon

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Pro	$20	Solo writing + scheduling
Team Accelerator	$75	3 users
Agency	$200	10 users, branding

The full picture: SocialSonic alternatives.

4. Taplio: Best for an all-in-one

Taplio is the LinkedIn all-in-one: AI writing on a large viral library, Kanban scheduling, analytics, engagement tools, outreach automation and advocacy sharing, with a full-Pro trial.

Breadth on one network, at the cost of the clean connection you are used to: Taplio's own support acknowledges its extension is treated by LinkedIn as an automation tool against the ToS. The pricing ladder needs reading ($39 advertises the suite, the AI starts at $69), and its Trustpilot at 2.4/5 is led by billing themes, minus Metricool's reply rate.

Key features

AI writing on a large viral library.
Kanban scheduling, analytics, advocacy sharing.
Engagement tools and outreach automation.
Auto-DMs on the top tier.

Pros	Cons
✅ Real LinkedIn breadth	❌ Extension flagged by its own support
✅ Full-Pro 7-day trial	❌ AI locked out of the $39 entry plan
✅ Built-in lead database	❌ 2.4/5 Trustpilot, billing complaints

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Starter	$39	Suite without AI credits
Growth	$69	250 AI credits
Pro	$199	Auto-DMs and auto-connections

The full picture: Taplio alternatives.

5. Postdrips: Best for a budget LinkedIn queue

Postdrips translates Metricool's brand logic to one network.

Tone-of-voice from a pasted profile URL, weekly ideas, an AI writer for grammar and tone, previews and native auto-queue scheduling come at $29/mo for up to 5 LinkedIn accounts with approvals. Five LinkedIn accounts for less than Metricool Starter, with approvals.

The gaps: no carousels, no person tagging, analytics "coming soon" (a hard sell for a Metricool refugee), an undocumented publishing mechanism, and a trial that auto-enrolls into Pro unless you cancel, exactly the renewal reflex Metricool's reviewers warn about.

Key features

Tone-of-voice from a pasted profile URL.
Weekly ideas, native auto-queue scheduling.
Approval workflows on Pro, up to 5 accounts.
Media support (video, GIFs, multi-image).

Pros	Cons
✅ Five accounts at $29/mo with approvals	❌ No carousels, no tagging
✅ Real scheduling	❌ Analytics coming soon; publishing undocumented
✅ Cheap multi-account	❌ Trial auto-enrolls into Pro

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Starter	$18	Core writing + scheduling
Pro	$29	5 accounts, approvals

Postdrips vs MagicPost.

6. TypeGrow: Best for free, LinkedIn included

TypeGrow inverts Metricool's parenthesis: free to use, no card, and the network it covers is precisely LinkedIn.

An AI writing assistant, scheduler, hook generator, carousel maker and a 1M+ viral-post library come free, running in the cloud with no extension and a stated use of the official LinkedIn API. Free means free for LinkedIn here, where Metricool's free plan excludes it.

The trade is youth: analytics undocumented (the one thing you will miss most), no team features yet, future pricing unknown.

Key features

AI writing assistant, hook generator, carousel maker.
One-click scheduler and post previews.
A 1M+ viral-post library.
Claims official-API publishing, no extension.

Pros	Cons
✅ Genuinely free, LinkedIn included	❌ No documented analytics
✅ No extension, claims official API	❌ No team features yet
✅ Big viral library	❌ Paid tier unannounced

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Free	$0	Writing, scheduling, carousels

TypeGrow vs MagicPost.

7. AuthoredUp: Best for the LinkedIn counting house (no AI)

AuthoredUp is the analytics lover's LinkedIn specialist, with no AI by design.

A deep counting dashboard (saves, sends, profile views, historical post collection, CSV export) sits around LinkedIn-native formatting, fold-accurate previews, 150+ hook and 100+ CTA references and readability grading, at $19.95/mo solo or $14.95/profile for teams, privacy-first with no automation and no cookies. The measurement instinct survives the move from Metricool; the cross-network breadth and the generation do not.

The fit: the Metricool user who mostly exported LinkedIn reports anyway.

Key features

LinkedIn-native formatting and fold-accurate previews.
150+ hooks, 100+ CTA references, readability grading.
Deep counting analytics with CSV export.
Scheduling and calendar (no AI generation).

Pros	Cons
✅ Deep LinkedIn analytics, best-in-class previews	❌ No AI writing at all
✅ Privacy-first, transparent stance	❌ Lives in a Chrome extension
✅ One-network focus	❌ Per-profile team pricing

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Individual	$19.95	One profile, craft + stats
Business	$14.95/profile	Min 3 profiles

More options: AuthoredUp alternatives.

8. Kleo V3: Best for a coaching bundle

Kleo V3 wraps weekly live group coaching and a private creator community around a conversational writing app, at $99/mo with no trial.

Everything measurable disappears (no analytics documented) and everything personal intensifies: live calls with founders who are two of LinkedIn's best-known creators. A young product, with early bug reports. For data-minded Metricool users this is the leap-of-faith option.

Key features

Weekly live group coaching and a private community.
Conversational writing app with deep template libraries.
Included graphics (20/month).
Schedules to LinkedIn (mechanism not documented).

Pros	Cons
✅ The only live human coaching here	❌ $99/mo, no trial
✅ Voice-first writing, community	❌ No analytics or team features
✅ Founder credibility	❌ Young product

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Kleo	$99	Writing app, graphics, community

The full comparison: Kleo alternatives.

Everything you need to grow on LinkedIn. In one place.

Write in your voice, find ideas, schedule, analyze, engage…
MagicPost is built exclusively for LinkedIn.

Try MagicPost

Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

LinkedIn has changed its algorithm again. And this time, it's noticeable.

I'm in a good position to know:

Everything you need to grow on LinkedIn. In one place.

Write in your voice, find ideas, schedule, analyze, engage…
MagicPost is built exclusively for LinkedIn.

Try MagicPost

Naïlé Titah

CEO @ MagicPost

LinkedIn has changed its algorithm again. And this time, it's noticeable.

I'm in a good position to know:

Create your first LinkedIn post in less than 5 minutes

With MagicPost, you save up to 4 hours per week, starting with your very first post. Spend less time writing and more time growing your business.

Try MagicPost

No credit card. No commitment. Just real time savings.

100% free trial.

9. Buffer: Best for a lighter generalist with free LinkedIn

Buffer is where Metricool's frustrated reviewer said she was headed, and the logic is visible: a free plan that, unlike Metricool's, includes LinkedIn (3 channels, 10 scheduled posts per channel).

From there, per-channel pricing at $5/mo (Essentials) and $10/mo (Team, approval workflows). Lighter everywhere: a simpler composer, lighter analytics (the thing you will miss), and a 3.2 Trustpilot across 105 reviews with replies to 30% of negatives (Metricool's record is stronger on both counts). One genuine LinkedIn edge: Buffer shipped person-mentions, the only big generalist that did, with documented conditions.

Key features

A free plan that includes LinkedIn (3 channels).
Per-channel pricing ($5–10/mo).
Shipped (conditional) person-mentions.
Approval workflows on Team.

Pros	Cons
✅ Free plan includes LinkedIn, per-channel pricing	❌ Lighter analytics than Metricool
✅ Shipped (conditional) person-mentions	❌ 3.2/105 Trustpilot, post-failure reports
✅ Answers its critics	❌ Generalist LinkedIn module

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Free	$0	3 channels, 10 posts queued
Essentials	$5/channel	Analytics, engagement
Team	$10/channel	Approval workflows

Our LinkedIn lens: Buffer alternatives.

10. Agorapulse: Best for a full-suite generalist

Agorapulse is the up-market generalist: unified inbox, social listening, moderation and reporting across 11 networks, at $79-149/user/mo with 10 profiles per tier, a 30-day no-card trial and the best big-suite Trustpilot (4.0/5 on 57 reviews).

Brand-based pricing becomes per-seat, the inbox becomes a real workflow, and the LinkedIn module stays documented-generalist: its own help centre states that personal profiles cannot mention another personal profile.

Key features

Unified inbox, listening, moderation across 11 networks.
10 profiles per tier; 30-day no-card trial.
Mature reporting.
Best record among the big generalists.

Pros	Cons
✅ Best-reviewed big suite, mature inbox	❌ Per-seat pricing
✅ 30-day no-card trial	❌ Person-mentions documented as unavailable
✅ Multi-network depth	❌ Generalist LinkedIn module

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Standard	$79/user	10 profiles, publishing, inbox
Professional	$119/user	Listening, advanced reporting
Advanced	$149/user	Custom workflows, approvals

The LinkedIn-lens breakdown: Agorapulse alternatives.

11. Swello: Best for a French generalist

Swello, made in France, covers seven networks with scheduling, AI caption and hashtag helpers, analytics, an inbox, an image editor and team-and-client workflows.

Medium €19/mo (5 profiles), Large €59/mo (5 users, 15 profiles) and Business €99/mo, annual worth two months free, with a no-card trial. Same European sensibility, flat tiers instead of brand counts, and a smaller ecosystem.

The LinkedIn module is generalist-grade like the one you are leaving: caption-level AI, cross-network analytics, and no documented person-mention support.

Key features

Seven networks with flat team tiers (15 profiles on Large).
A built-in image editor, AI caption helpers, inbox.
Team-and-client workflows.
A no-card 7-day trial.

Pros	Cons
✅ EU/French option with flat team tiers	❌ Generalist LinkedIn module
✅ Image editor and praised support	❌ No documented person-mentions
✅ No-card trial	❌ Lighter ecosystem than the big suites

Plan	Price/mo	Includes
Medium	€19	Core scheduling + editor
Large	€59	5 users, 15 profiles
Business	€99	Full team-and-client

The LinkedIn-lens breakdown: Swello alternatives.

How to choose, in four questions

What does free actually cover? Metricool's free plan excludes LinkedIn by name; Buffer's includes it with a queue ceiling; TypeGrow's is LinkedIn-only. Read the parenthesis before the feature list.
Dashboards or benchmarks? Cross-network analytics answer "what happened everywhere"; LinkedIn benchmarks and audience analysis answer "is this good, and who is it reaching." If clients pay you for the second question, buy a tool that has it.
Run the mention test. Tag one person in one scheduled post and check what publishes. Metricool documents nothing here; Buffer documents conditions; Agorapulse documents "cannot." The specialist answer should be a working tag.
Mind the renewal, whoever you pick. Trustpilot's own aggregation flags Refund, Subscription and Cancellation among Metricool's top mentions, and the same theme runs across this whole category. Diarize every renewal date; prefer no-card starts.

Building your own brand on LinkedIn? MagicPost was built for exactly that workflow: see how solopreneurs use it, from first idea to published post with working mentions, all on the official API.

LinkedIn Worth Specializing For? There's a Fit

Metricool is a genuinely good multi-network manager: the best support record in the category, strong analytics culture, and brand-based pricing that scales. Its one tell is the parenthesis, the network it charges for first is the one it covers least.

MagicPost answers the question Metricool's cross-network dashboards cannot: voice-trained AI with a research-backed humanizer, working @mentions, LinkedIn market benchmarks and audience analysis, engagement and lead detection, on the official API. The natural setup is both: Metricool's free plan keeps your other networks scheduled at zero cost, MagicPost runs LinkedIn.

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FAQ

What is the best Metricool alternative for LinkedIn?

MagicPost: LinkedIn-only and premium, AI trained on your voice with a research-backed humanizer, working @mentions of people and companies, LinkedIn market benchmarks and audience analysis (the analytics question Metricool's cross-network dashboards cannot answer), engagement workflows and lead detection, on the official LinkedIn API, with a no-card free trial. Budget all-rounder: SocialSonic. Free with LinkedIn included: TypeGrow.

Does Metricool's free plan include LinkedIn?

No. Its own pricing page states the Free plan manages all your brands' social networks except LinkedIn and Twitter. Scheduling LinkedIn posts through Metricool starts with the paid tiers (Starter from ~$25/mo). Free alternatives that do include LinkedIn: TypeGrow (LinkedIn-only) and Buffer's free plan (3 channels).

Is Metricool good for LinkedIn?

As a paid multi-network manager it schedules and reports on LinkedIn competently, and its support record is the best in the category (replies to 97% of negative reviews). What the LinkedIn module does not offer: person-mentions in scheduled posts (not documented), voice-trained AI, LinkedIn-specific benchmarks or audience analysis, engagement workflows or lead detection. Strong generalist, generalist module.

How much does Metricool cost?

Free (one brand, 20 posts/month, LinkedIn and Twitter excluded), Starter from ~$25/mo (10 brands), Advanced from ~$67/mo (50 brands, team and client management, post approval), Custom above that; annual billing saves up to 24%. Its pricing page shows ranges by billing option; check it for your exact configuration.

Metricool vs Buffer for LinkedIn?

Buffer's free plan includes LinkedIn (Metricool's excludes it) and Buffer shipped conditional person-mentions (Metricool documents none); Metricool's analytics, support record (97% negative-reply rate vs 30%) and review base (3.9/603 vs 3.2/105) are stronger. Two decent generalists, the same generalist LinkedIn module; the specialist question stands either way.

Can I use MagicPost and Metricool together?

Yes, and the parenthesis makes it natural: Metricool's free plan keeps your non-LinkedIn networks scheduled at zero cost (they are exactly what it covers), while MagicPost runs LinkedIn, where mentions, voice, benchmarks, engagement and leads need the specialist. Both starts are card-free.

Metricool vs MagicPost: what is the real difference?

Where the analytics point. Metricool charts nine networks and charges first for LinkedIn. MagicPost does one network completely: voice-trained AI with a research-backed humanizer, working @mentions, LinkedIn market benchmarks and audience analysis, engagement workflows, comment scheduling and lead detection with CRM, on the official API, plans without per-brand metering, no-card trial.