Hopper HQ vs OpenPost comparison

Compare prices, channels, and features for Hopper HQ and OpenPost.

overview

Platform overview

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Visual-first social scheduler for small businesses since 2014

Hopper HQ is a visual-first social media scheduler for small businesses, creators, and agencies. Plan posts, stories, and reels from a combined calendar, preview your Instagram grid, bulk-upload a month of content, and auto-publish across major networks — with per-account pricing, unlimited posts, and a 14-day free trial.

Content workspace for solo founders with hosted and self-hosted paths

OpenPost is a publishing workspace for solo founders and small teams. Write once, adapt copy and media for each connected account, schedule from the calendar, and review analytics and inbox replies — with HTTP API, CLI, and MCP access on hosted plans, or zero software fee when you self-host the AGPL stack.

pricing

Pricing & plans

Compare the plans and prices for Hopper HQ and OpenPost. Prices below assume 1 connected social channels so flat and per-channel plans are comparable.

Connected channels

Set how many social accounts you manage. We scale per-channel list prices to this count.

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Hopper HQ · 1 channels

  • Grow $6 /mo

    Best for individuals and small businesses scheduling a handful of social accounts

    1 channels × $6/channel / mo · list rate; volume tiers may reduce total

  • Scale $12 /mo

    Best for teams that need unlimited teammates, permissions, and content approvals

    1 channels × $12/channel / mo · list rate; volume tiers may reduce total

OpenPost · 1 channels

  • Self-host $0 /mo

    Best when you operate OpenPost on your own infrastructure under AGPL

    No OpenPost software fee · you pay for servers, secrets, and social developer apps

  • Starter $15 /mo

    Best for one company building a repeatable content habit

    1 workspace · 3 social accounts · 100 scheduled posts/month · 14-day free trial

  • Founder $25 /mo

    Best for founders publishing across more channels and workspaces

    3 workspaces · 6 social accounts · 500 scheduled posts/month

  • Pro $49 /mo

    Best for a complete solo-founder content operation

    10 workspaces · 15 social accounts · 2,500 scheduled posts/month

  • Team $99 /mo

    Best for small teams that need seats and workspace roles

    3 included seats · team roles · 5,000 scheduled posts/month

  • Agency $199 /mo

    Best for agencies managing many clients and campaigns

    5 included seats · 50 workspaces · 150 social accounts · 25,000 scheduled posts/month

List price per channel

Native per-channel list rates before volume discounts. OpenQuok flat plans are split across 1 channels for reference.

Hopper HQ

  • Grow $6 /channel /mo

    Per connected account / month (monthly billing) · $5/account on annual · 1 user · 14-day free trial

  • Scale $12 /channel /mo

    Per connected account / month (monthly billing) · $10/account on annual · unlimited users · 14-day free trial

OpenPost

  • Self-host $0 /channel /mo

    No OpenPost software fee · you pay for servers, secrets, and social developer apps · ~$0/channel at 1 channels

  • Starter $15 /channel /mo

    1 workspace · 3 social accounts · 100 scheduled posts/month · 14-day free trial · ~$15/channel at 1 channels

  • Founder $25 /channel /mo

    3 workspaces · 6 social accounts · 500 scheduled posts/month · ~$25/channel at 1 channels

  • Pro $49 /channel /mo

    10 workspaces · 15 social accounts · 2,500 scheduled posts/month · ~$49/channel at 1 channels

  • Team $99 /channel /mo

    3 included seats · team roles · 5,000 scheduled posts/month · ~$99/channel at 1 channels

  • Agency $199 /channel /mo

    5 included seats · 50 workspaces · 150 social accounts · 25,000 scheduled posts/month · ~$199/channel at 1 channels

platform coverage

Supported channels

See which social networks each product supports. An hourglass means the channel is on our roadmap.

Hopper HQ

  • > Facebook
  • > Instagram
  • > LinkedIn
  • > X
  • > TikTok
  • YouTube
  • > Threads
  • > Bluesky
  • Mastodon
  • Discord
  • > YouTube Shorts
  • > Pinterest

OpenPost

  • > Facebook
  • > Instagram
  • > LinkedIn
  • > X
  • > TikTok
  • > YouTube
  • > Threads
  • > Bluesky
  • > Mastodon
  • > Discord
  • YouTube Shorts
  • Pinterest

features

Feature comparison

See which features each product includes, limits, or omits.

Features
Hopper HQ OpenPost
Agent workspaces
— 1–50 by hosted plan
Total channels
Per connected account pricing 3–150 social accounts by plan
Posts per month
Unlimited posts 100–25,000 scheduled posts by plan
Team members
1 on Grow · unlimited on Scale 1 seat on Starter–Pro · 3 on Team · 5 on Agency
AI Writer
Unlimited AI assistant —
AI Summarizer
— —
Shareable post previews
Official platform APIs
Public API
—
OAuth apps
— —
MCP server
— mcp:read and mcp:full scopes
Cloud media storage
Media library (plan limits apply) 1–250 GB media by plan
Multi-channel publishing
Agent integrations
— HTTP API, CLI, and MCP tokens
Analytics
Photo editor
OpenPost Image Editor
Skill builder
— —
Calendar views
Kanban views
— —
Footage File manager
Repeated posts
—
Reusable templates
Saved captions & notes Social Sets for account groups
Reusable signatures
— —
Smart filters
— —
Post delays
Favourite post times Saved weekly slots
Post comments
Internal plugs
— —
Cross-account plugs
— —
Global plugs
— Auto Repost with likes/comments/reposts/views gates (X, Mastodon, Bluesky, LinkedIn)
Group management
— Social Sets
Dark / light mode
Community features
— —

comparisons

visual-first scheduling vs founder-focused publishing workspace

OpenPost is for solo founders who want one composer, account-specific versions, and optional self-hosting. Hopper HQ keeps scheduling visual with grid previews, bulk upload, link-in-bio pages, and hashtag research for teams that live in the dashboard.

Hopper HQ

  • > Unlimited AI assistant drafts captions, hashtags, and strategy inside the post planner
  • > Entry pricing from $6/account/mo with unlimited posts and a 14-day free trial
  • > Simple calendar for solo operators — no enterprise workspace sprawl
  • > Instagram grid planner, link-in-bio pages, and hashtag explorer for visual creators
  • > Content approvals and post-failure rules on Scale for teams that review in the dashboard

Typical OpenPost workflow

  • Scoped MCP tokens (read vs full) — no skill builder or per-workspace OAuth apps for external agent checkpoints
  • Monthly scheduled-post caps (100–25,000) and account limits on every hosted tier
  • Organization workspaces — not agent workspaces with separate MCP endpoints and OAuth apps per automation context
  • Post quotas and a ten-network catalog when you need broader agent-native tooling and kanban review
  • Team roles only on Team and Agency — solo tiers lack collaboration and approval gates

FAQs

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