Roundup
Best Threads schedulers in 2026
Short answer
Schedulers publish to Threads through Meta's API, which allows 500 characters a post and 250 published posts per profile in 24 hours. They differ on multi-post threads, media and what their plans include. Buffer's help page says it does not support Threads polls, GIFs or alt text and caps a multi-post thread at 25 posts. Threadgehog writes the posts and sends them to Buffer, Typefully, Publer, Metricool or Postiz.
Side by side
Threads schedulers, from each tool's own pages and Threadgehog's connection guides, checked October 2026. Prices exclude tax.
| Feature | Buffer | Typefully | Publer | Metricool | Postiz |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publishes to Threads | Yes Every plan, including Free | Yes Native integration | Yes On Business and Enterprise plans | Yes On Advanced and Custom plans | Yes Every cloud plan, or self-hosted |
| Multi-post threads | Yes Up to 25 posts per thread | Yes One post per part | No Single posts through Threadgehog's connection | No Single posts through Threadgehog's connection | Yes Yes |
| Polls, GIFs and alt text | No Unsupported, per its help page | Partly GIFs listed; polls and alt text not stated | No statement we could open | No statement we could open | No statement we could open |
| Free option | Free: 3 channels, 10 scheduled posts per channel | Free: 10 posts a month, 1 social set | No API access on free plans | No API access on free plans | 7-day trial; self-hosted is free to run |
| Entry price with API access | Essentials $5 a month per channel, billed yearly | Creator $99 a year | Business from $10 a month for one social account | Advanced from $53 a month, billed annually | Standard $29 a month for 5 channels |
| Own daily limits | 250 API requests per 24 hours per key, 500 on Team | Per user and per social set, numbers not published | 250 Threads and 100 X posts per profile a day on Business | Not published in what we read | 100 create-post requests per hour on cloud |
| Media sent from Threadgehog | Needs a free Cloudinary account | Uploaded for you | Uploaded for you | Needs a free Cloudinary account | Uploaded for you |
How Threads publishing works
Every scheduler on this page publishes to Threads through Meta's Threads API, so Meta's limits apply to all of them: 500 characters for a text post, 250 published posts per profile in 24 hours, a carousel counts as one post, and a post can carry 5 links or fewer. The full list is in Threads posting limits.
On top of Meta's limits, each scheduler sets its own plan limits: how many channels you connect, how many posts sit in its queue, and how many it keeps per channel. Those numbers, not Meta's, are what usually decide which plan you need.
How to read the table
Every fact below comes from the scheduler's own pages or from Threadgehog's connection guides for it, checked October 2026. Where a tool publishes no number, the cell says so instead of guessing.
Prices are list prices and exclude tax. Publer and Metricool charge per social account, so two networks means two accounts.
Free ways to schedule Threads posts
Two free options exist today. One is Threads' own scheduler, built into the composer, which costs nothing and needs no account connection: schedule Threads posts natively.
The other is a free plan from a scheduler. Buffer's Free plan connects up to 3 channels, includes API access and holds 10 scheduled posts per channel. Typefully's Free plan covers 10 posts a month on 1 social set. Publer and Metricool include their APIs only on paid plans, and Postiz is free if you host it yourself.
Which scheduler fits which job
Buffer fits a free start and steady growth: the Free plan is enough to try scheduling, and paid plans add API keys and requests.
Typefully fits people who write, because the editor is the product. Publer and Metricool fit analytics-heavy setups; note that their APIs sit on paid plans, so the entry price is higher than the headline. Postiz fits many channels or self-hosting: every cloud plan includes the API and unlimited posts.
Polls, GIFs and alt text
These details are where most lists go quiet. Buffer's help page states plainly that Threads polls, GIFs, alt text and scheduled reposts are unsupported, so plan around them if Buffer is your scheduler.
Typefully's Threads page lists text, images, videos and GIFs. For Publer, Metricool and Postiz we could not open a statement on Threads polls or alt text, so check each tool's help pages before you build a content plan on them.
What none of them do
None of these tools writes your posts. They publish what you hand them, on a schedule you set. That is the split this site is built on: Threadgehog writes the drafts, you approve them, and the scheduler you already use publishes them.
The full flow is in how to schedule Threads posts with AI, and the wider field of AI writing tools is in the best AI tools for Threads.
Alternatives
Threadgehog
Best for: Writing the posts these tools schedule
Price: Solo $29 a month (list price, October 2026)
Threadgehog writes Threads and X posts in a voice built from 10 to 20 example posts, waits for your approve or reject, and sends approved posts to any scheduler on this page. Mac waitlist now; 14-day trial when it opens.
- Drafts from 3 to 50 at a time
- Learns from every approve and reject
- Works with all five schedulers above
Buffer
Best for: A free plan and per-channel pricing
Price: Free (3 channels); Essentials $5 a month per channel, billed yearly
Buffer publishes to Threads on every plan, supports multi-post threads up to 25 posts, and its help page lists polls, GIFs, alt text and scheduled reposts as unsupported for Threads. A Threads account must be public and linked to Instagram.
- Free plan with API access
- 25 posts per thread
- Help pages state limits plainly
Typefully
Best for: Writing and scheduling in one editor
Price: Free (10 posts a month); Creator $99 a year
Typefully's native Threads integration publishes text, images, videos and GIFs, and multi-post threads go out one post per part. Its pricing page lists an API, an MCP server and agent skills on the Free plan.
- Free plan
- Six networks
- API and MCP access
Publer
Best for: Analytics-heavy setups on Business
Price: API needs Business, from $10 a month for one social account
Publer includes its API on Business and Enterprise plans only. On Business it allows 250 Threads posts and 100 X posts per profile a day, and its documented rate limit is 100 requests per 2-minute window.
- 250 Threads posts a day on Business
- Media uploads included
- 14-day trial
Metricool
Best for: Brands that live in analytics
Price: API needs Advanced, from $53 a month billed annually
Metricool includes its API on Advanced and Custom plans, and posting to X needs its X/Twitter add-on at $10 a month per connected X account. Threads and X count as separate accounts.
- Deep analytics
- Up to 15 brands on Advanced
- X add-on available
Postiz
Best for: Many channels or self-hosting
Price: Standard $29 a month for 5 channels, or self-hosted free
Every Postiz cloud plan includes the API and unlimited posts per month, and self-hosted Postiz is open source. Its cloud API caps create-post requests at 100 an hour.
- Unlimited posts on every plan
- Open source self-hosting
- 7-day trial
Questions
What is the best free Threads scheduler?
Threads' own scheduler is free and built into the composer. Among tools, Buffer's Free plan connects up to 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts each, and Typefully's Free plan covers 10 posts a month (checked October 2026).
Can I schedule a multi-post thread on Threads?
Yes. Buffer publishes multi-post threads up to 25 posts, and Typefully and Postiz publish multi-post threads. Through Threadgehog's connection, Publer and Metricool take single posts, so a thread is joined into one post.
Can schedulers post Threads polls?
Buffer's help page says Threads polls are unsupported. For the other tools we found no statement on Threads polls, so check each tool's help pages before you plan on them.
Do schedulers support GIFs on Threads?
Buffer's help page lists GIFs as unsupported for Threads. Typefully's Threads page lists GIFs among what it publishes.
Does a scheduled post look different from a native one?
No Meta statement we could find says scheduled posts are marked or ranked differently. Scheduler posts publish through the same API as any other tool.
Do I need an Instagram account to connect Threads?
For Buffer, yes: its help page says the Threads account must be public and linked to an Instagram account. Threads profiles are set up through Instagram in the first place.
How many Threads posts can a scheduler publish a day?
Meta's API allows 250 published posts per profile in 24 hours. Schedulers add their own caps: Buffer limits API requests to 250 per 24 hours per key on most plans, and Publer's Business plan allows 250 Threads posts per profile a day.
Is Threads scheduling built into the app?
Yes. The composer's three-dot menu has had a Schedule option since January 2025, and scheduled posts wait in your drafts folder.
Sources
- Meta: Threads API overview and specifications (checked 2026-10-18)
- Buffer: Using Threads with Buffer (checked 2026-10-18)
- Buffer pricing (checked 2026-10-18)
- Threadgehog: scheduler connection guides (checked 2026-10-18)
- Threadgehog: Typefully guide (checked 2026-10-18)