Social Media Management
Later
Visual-first planner for Instagram and short-form social, with link-in-bio built in.
4.5· 384 reviews· via G2Founded 2014 · Vancouver, Canada
What is Later?
Later is a visual-first social media scheduling and marketing platform, originally built as an Instagram scheduler. It's used by creators, brands, and small teams to plan posts across Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and X, with a built-in link-in-bio tool.
Best known for: Visual, Instagram-first social media scheduling
Key features
- Visual drag-and-drop content calendar
- Multi-network post scheduling
- Link in Bio landing pages
- Instagram and TikTok planning
- Analytics and best-time-to-post
- Influencer marketing tools
Who Later is best for
- Visual brands and creators who plan feeds in a drag-and-drop calendar
- Instagram- and TikTok-led teams that live in short-form content
- Marketers who want link-in-bio and scheduling in one tool
Ideal team: Creators and small-to-mid social teams of 1–20 focused on visual, Instagram-first content planning.
Later pricing
Starter
$19/flat / mo
- 1 social set (8 profiles)
- 30 posts/profile per month
- AI content credits
Popular
Growth
$38/flat / mo
- 2 social sets (16 profiles)
- Internal & external approvals
- 180 posts/profile per month
Scale
$83/flat / mo
- 6 social sets (48 profiles)
- Custom analytics
- Unlimited scheduling
Costs to watch before you commit
- Prices shown are annual (25% off) — monthly billing is noticeably higher.
- Profiles are bundled in 'social sets'; extra sets and users cost more.
- AI content generation is metered by monthly credits on lower tiers.
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