Instagram, side by side
| Instagram capability | snazzy | Postiz |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule Reels | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reel cover / thumbnail control | Custom image | Frame timestamp |
| Stories auto-publish (no phone reminder) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Carousels (2–10, mixed photo + video) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Comment keyword → auto-DM | ✓ | — |
| Trial Reels | — | ✓ |
| Self-hosting | — | ✓ |
| Hosted entry price | $0 | $29/mo |
Pricing and features checked against public pricing pages and documentation on 2026-07-14. Products change — if something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.
Where Postiz is the better choice
No product wins everything. Postiz beats snazzy on:
- Open source — self-host it and pay nothing but your own infrastructure
- 30+ networks, AI captions and a Canva-like editor
- Instagram integration includes collaborators, people tags and Trial Reels
- Stories auto-publish for both photo and video, same as ours
If any of those are the reason you are shopping, buy theirs. You will be happier.
The short version
Postiz is the best pick if you want to own the stack and will run it yourself. snazzy is hosted, Instagram-focused, and free without a server to maintain.
- Postiz pricing
- $29/mo cloud (5 channels) · self-host free
- Postiz free tier
- Trial only on cloud
- snazzy pricing
- Free forever · paid plans for more accounts
Why snazzy can afford a free tier
Most schedulers run on always-on servers and bill for video storage and bandwidth, so every free user costs them money every month. snazzy runs on Cloudflare Workers, D1 and R2: an idle account costs us essentially nothing, and R2 charges no egress fees — the line item that hurts most for a video product. That is why our free tier has no expiry and needs no card. It is not a promotion we have to withdraw later.
Compare something else
Schedule once. We post it.
Connect an Instagram professional account and queue your first Reel in about two minutes.
Start free — no card