A dedicated, AI-first alternative to Semrush Social
Semrush Social is a toolkit inside a larger SEO suite. Postally is built for social from the ground up — AI writes and illustrates your posts, tracks competitors, and lets AI agents run your calendar through MCP.
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How the two platforms compare, feature by feature.
| Feature | Postally | Semrush Social |
|---|---|---|
| Post scheduling & publishing | ||
| Content calendar | ||
| Competitor analysis | Social tracker | |
| AI captions & hashtags | Limited | |
| AI image generation | ||
| AI video studio (avatars, captions & music) | ||
| AI influencers with trained face & voice | ||
| MCP for AI agents | ||
| Dedicated social product | Add-on in SEO suite | |
| SEO & keyword research | ||
| Full marketing suite |
Postally publishes to all of these
One composer, one calendar — with each network’s limits, formats and settings handled for you.
What you get when you switch to Postally
Not just a scheduler. Everything below is in Postally today, on every plan.
AI content generation
Captions, hashtags and a writing copilot that drafts in your brand voice.
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Original post visuals generated to brief — no stock library, no designer.
Learn moreAI Video Studio
Short-form video with AI avatars, burned-in captions and music.
Long-form to clips
Turn one long video into ready-to-post clips, auto-reframed to 9:16, 1:1 or 16:9.
Learn moreContent calendar
Plan, drag, reschedule and auto-publish across every connected channel.
Learn moreCross-platform publishing
Compose once; per-platform limits, settings and formats are handled for you.
Learn moreAnalytics
Performance across every channel in one dashboard, with exportable reports.
Learn moreCompetitor analysis
Track rivals across seven networks and turn their best posts into yours.
Learn moreIdea board
Capture ideas on a board and promote them straight into scheduled posts.
Learn moreBrands & AI personas
Run multiple brands, each with its own voice, assets and AI persona.
Learn moreTeam collaboration
Roles, approvals, tasks and threaded comments on every post.
Learn moreMCP & public API
Let Claude and other AI agents run your calendar, or build on the REST API.
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Frequently asked questions
Postally vs Semrush Social, answered.
Semrush Social is a social toolkit inside a broad SEO and marketing suite. Postally is a dedicated, AI-first social product: it generates captions, hashtags, and images, analyzes competitors, and exposes everything through an API and MCP server.
Semrush Social lives within the wider Semrush platform, which is its main advantage if you already use Semrush for SEO. Postally is standalone and social-first, so you only pay for what you need.
Yes. Postally ships an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, so agents like Claude can plan content, draft posts, and schedule them across platforms.
Instagram, Facebook, X/Twitter, LinkedIn (profiles and pages), YouTube, TikTok, Threads, and Bluesky — all from one composer and calendar.
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