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LimeGhost vs Hootsuite: pricing, features & AI compared
Hootsuite is an enterprise suite — inbox, listening, approvals, advocacy — priced per user and billed yearly. LimeGhost is built for founders, small teams and agencies: one flat price, no seats to count, and AI that writes, makes images and measures.
Prices and features verified on October 8, 2026.
The quick verdict
LimeGhost
- Best for
- Small teams and agencies who don't want to pay per seat
- Starting price
- $19 a month (Solo), or $15.83 billed yearly
- Platforms
- X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon and your blog. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and WordPress are coming.
- AI included
- Built in: drafts in your voice, images in your brand kit and a companion, paid for with monthly AI credits (700 / 1,700 / 4,000)
- Free plan & trial
- No free plan. A 7-day trial with every feature, 100 AI credits and no card — opening with the launch in October 2026.
Hootsuite
- Best for
- Larger marketing teams that need a shared inbox, listening, approvals and enterprise security
- Starting price
- $99 per user a month, billed yearly
- Platforms
- Not listed on its pricing page
- AI included
- Wisdom AI and AI post and image generation on every plan
- Free plan & trial
- No free plan. 14-day trial, no card.
Feature by feature
Grouped the way our pricing page is. “Not listed” means our research didn't find it either way.
| Feature | LimeGhost | Hootsuite |
|---|---|---|
| Publishing | ||
| What you pay for | A flat plan: brands, accounts and AI credits | Per user, billed yearly |
| Posts per month | Unlimited (fair use: 2,000 published a month) | Unlimited |
| Team members | 1 / 10 / unlimited by plan | As many seats as you buy, each at the plan's price |
| Calendar & scheduling | Quarter-hour slots in your project's time zone | Yes |
| Reply inbox | No | One inbox; automation from Professional |
| Link-in-bio page | No | Not listed |
| Run it from anywhere | ||
| Web app | Yes | Yes |
| iOS & Android apps | Soon | Not listed |
| Browser extension | Soon | Not listed |
| Claude & ChatGPT | Any MCP client, including Claude and ChatGPT | Not listed |
| Platforms | ||
| X | Each X post uses credits | Not listed |
| Yes | Not listed | |
| Bluesky | Yes | Not listed |
| Threads | Yes | Not listed |
| Mastodon | Yes | Not listed |
| Blog or newsletter | Payload CMS; WordPress coming | Not listed |
| Soon | Not listed | |
| TikTok | Soon | Not listed |
| YouTube | Soon | Not listed |
| Facebook & Pinterest | No | Not listed |
| Content creation | ||
| AI writing | Learns your voice from posts you wrote yourself; uses credits | Wisdom AI and AI post generation |
| AI image generation | In your brand kit; uses credits | Yes |
| Brand kits for AI images | Yes | Not listed |
| Idea hub | One per project, ready to become posts | Not listed |
| Threads & long posts | Yes | Not listed |
| Tags | With AI auto-tagging | Not listed |
| Analytics | ||
| Analytics history | 90 / 180 / 365 days synced on connect (X: 30 / 30 / 90) | Custom performance reports from Professional |
| Each post vs your own usual | Yes | Not listed |
| Which formats and topics work | Yes | Not listed |
| Search data next to social | Google Search Console | Not listed |
| Competitor monitoring | No | Brand and competitor monitoring |
| Integrations | ||
| API | Yes | Not listed |
| MCP server | Yes | Not listed |
What it costs, three real ways
The same three people on every comparison. Monthly prices in USD, billed monthly unless the vendor only sells yearly.
| Who | LimeGhost | Hootsuite |
|---|---|---|
| A solo founder1 person · 1 brand · 5 accounts | Solo · $19 a month$15.83 a month billed yearly · AI credits included | $99 a month, billed yearly (Standard, up to 10 accounts) |
| A small team3 people · 2 brands · 8 accounts | Team · $39 a month$32.50 a month billed yearly · AI credits included | $297 a month, billed yearly (3 Standard seats) |
| An agency5 people · 10 brands · 40 accounts | Agency · $99 a month$82.50 a month billed yearly · AI credits included | $995 a month, billed yearly (5 Professional seats — 40 accounts is over Standard's 10) |
Rival facts come from Hootsuite's pricing page, read on October 8, 2026. Where a vendor printed only yearly prices, the monthly figure is from third-party guides and marked “≈”. LimeGhost prices are in USD, VAT included.
Strengths at a glance
Where LimeGhost is stronger
- No seats: our Team plan is $39 a month for ten people.
- Drafts in each brand's own voice and images in its brand kit.
- An idea hub, your own blog, and every post measured against your own usual.
Where Hootsuite is stronger
- A unified inbox with routing, automation and team performance reporting.
- Brand and competitor listening, trend forecasts and advanced analytics.
- Approvals, SSO, compliance and invoiced annual plans for big organisations.
Which one should you pick?
Choose LimeGhost if…
- You're a founder, a small team or an agency.
- You'd rather not pay again for every person you add.
- Creating the posts is the bottleneck, not answering messages.
Choose Hootsuite if…
- You're a large team that needs SSO, compliance and approvals.
- Customer care in a shared inbox is a big part of the job.
- You need social listening across the web.
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Switching from Hootsuite
You don't have to switch in one go. Most people run both for a few weeks.
- 01
Connect your accounts
Add each network as a channel in a LimeGhost project — one project per brand. Your Hootsuite setup keeps running meanwhile.
- 02
Bring your history
When you connect an account, LimeGhost syncs its past posts and numbers: 90, 180 or 365 days depending on the plan (X: 30, 30 or 90 days). That history is what “vs your usual” is measured against.
- 03
Let it learn your voice
LimeGhost learns how you write from posts you wrote yourself, so the first drafts already sound like you.
- 04
Run both side by side
Schedule next week in LimeGhost while Hootsuite finishes this one. When the calendar is full on our side, cancel on theirs.
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Questions
For one person: $19 against $99 a month billed yearly. For a team of three: $39 against three seats. Hootsuite charges per user; LimeGhost doesn't.
No. LimeGhost is about creating, publishing and learning from posts. If replying to messages in one inbox is central to your work, Hootsuite does that and we don't.
Yes. Each client is its own project with its own voice, brand kit and channels. Agency is $99 a month with unlimited projects, accounts and members (fair use 50 each) and 4,000 AI credits.
Yes. Connect your accounts in LimeGhost, let it sync their history and run both for a few weeks before you decide.
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