Automation and Publishing Limits
The automation each plan includes: monthly posts, account slots, brands, Autopilot, scheduling depth and storage.
What Each Plan Includes
Publishing is included in Creator, Pro, Elite and Agency, at no extra cost: Creator includes Automation Lite, Pro Growth, Elite Scale and Agency Max. Every one covers every platform; they differ by how much you can post and how much runs for you. A post is one video on one platform. Lite posts by hand.
Each one is sized so you can post everything you make: Creator's videos to two platforms, and Pro's, Elite's and Agency's to four. Automation is not sold on its own: for more posts, brands or Autopilot, move to a bigger plan.
| Plan | Posts per month | Account slots | Brands | Autopilot | Schedule ahead | Scheduled at once | Extra storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free and Lite | No publishing | - | 1 | No | - | - | - |
| Creator (Automation Lite) | 60 | Any 2 accounts | 2 | No, you schedule each post | Up to 7 days ahead | 10 at a time | +25 GB |
| Pro (Automation Growth) | 240 | No cap (one account per platform, per brand) | 3 | Yes | As far ahead as you like | No limit | +50 GB |
| Elite (Automation Scale) | 600 | No cap (one account per platform, per brand) | 5 | Yes | As far ahead as you like | No limit | +100 GB |
| Agency (Automation Max) | 2,000 | No cap (one account per platform, per brand) | 10 | Yes | As far ahead as you like | No limit | +200 GB |
One Post = One Publish
Your budget is one pool for the whole account, shared by every brand and platform. One video sent to four platforms uses four posts. You can spend it however you like: nothing on Tuesday and eleven on Wednesday is fine.
If you select more platforms than you have posts left, you see "You have [n] post(s) left but selected [n] platforms." Deselect some, or move to a bigger plan.
When the Budget Refills
The budget is monthly and refills on your billing date, not on the 1st. Buy on the 20th and your full allowance comes back on the 20th of every month. When you run out, the message tells you the date it refills.
There is also a daily safety cap, set well above normal daily use, which stops a whole month being spent in one burst. If you hit it you see "You have hit today's limit" along with how many posts you still have this month. It reopens at midnight UTC. Moving plans does not help with this one; waiting does.
Tip
- Posts that fail, and scheduled posts you cancel, go back into your budget.
- Retrying a failed post does not use another post.
Scheduling Depth
Creator schedules up to 7 days ahead. Creator holds up to 10 scheduled posts at once, counting one per platform. Every other plan schedules as far ahead as you like with no queue limit. "Publish now" is never limited by these rules.
Getting More, Changing and Cancelling
Automation comes with your Studio plan, so there is nothing extra to buy. Need more posts, more brands or Autopilot? Move to a bigger Studio plan from the Plans page (/plans), and the bigger allowance applies straight away.
An automation subscription you bought on its own before October 2026 keeps working until you cancel it. The Plan tab in Automation shows it, with "Renews on [date]" or "Ends on [date]", and it can be cancelled there; it keeps working until the end of the paid period.
Tip
- The included automation's storage is added to your Studio storage. On Agency that is 200 GB on top of the Studio plan's own amount.
- Accounts that already had publishing on an older plan keep their allowance while they stay subscribed.
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