Instagram Grid Planner
Posted, scheduled, and mocked-up posts sit together in the real three-wide feed. Drag the tiles into the order you want and the publish times swap to match.
Social Media Scheduler
Write the post once, and let it go out everywhere on time.
Scheduling by hand means copying the same caption into app after app and hoping nothing drifts. Maeve holds the whole queue in one place: write the post once, shape the version each network wants, check the real preview, and pick the time. It publishes on its own, and a post that fails gets retried instead of failing quietly.
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Write it once, publish it everywhere
One post, every platform, without writing it six times. Start from one caption, then override the wording, the media, or the crop for any channel that needs it. Thread out a run on X or Threads, schedule the first comment so the caption stays clean, and check a live preview of exactly what each platform will show before anything queues.
Set the posting times once
Give each platform its own posting times and queue posts into them, or pick an exact date and time on any single post. The whole schedule sits in a month, week, or list view, color-coded by status, and you drag a post to a new slot to reschedule it. Batch a week or a month in one sitting, so the busy part is the planning, not the posting.
Nothing goes out before its sign-off
Posts can wait as drafts and move through internal review, client review, or both in order. A post under review is locked, and editing an approved post resets the approval, so the version your client approved is the version that publishes. Clients open a plain link on their phone to approve or ask for changes, with no login and no seat to buy.
A failed post never fails quietly
Platforms go down, connections expire, a scheduled window slips past. Temporary problems retry themselves, and anything that still cannot publish lands in a recovery queue grouped by what went wrong, with the platform's error in plain words and the matching fix one click away: reconnect, reschedule, or retry.
Media Room
Upload an image or video once and use it in any post. Every asset shows which posts it is in right now, so you never delete something that is about to publish.
Labels, Pillars, and Hashtags
Tag posts by theme, format, and campaign, filter the calendar and board by any of them, and drop saved hashtag sets into a caption instead of retyping them.
Analytics and Reports
Once posts publish, reach, engagement, follower growth, and top posts come back into the same workspace, and the monthly report exports as a PDF with your name on the cover.
Schedule for eight platforms
Each platform keeps its own caption, media, and posting options inside the post, so one idea can go out looking native on all eight.
InstagramFeed posts, carousels, Reels, Stories, first comments, and grid planning.FacebookPage posts, Reels, Stories, link posts, and first comments.LinkedInPersonal and Page posts, document carousels, and first comments.TikTokVideos, photo posts, and the creator settings TikTok asks for.YouTubeVideos and Shorts with titles, descriptions, tags, and thumbnails.X (Twitter)Single posts and threads with images, GIFs, and video.PinterestPins and video Pins posted to the board you choose.ThreadsPosts, short threads, link attachments, and topic tags.
Common scheduling questions, answered per platform: Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Pinterest.
Connected to the rest of the workspace
A scheduled post can start as an idea in the workbench, pick up media from the library, move through review, publish, and come back through the inbox and analytics. Each piece is its own feature, and they all share the same workspace.
Free tools for the work around the queue
Templates and calculators that are open to everyone, no account needed.
Social Media Calendar TemplateMap the month before the posts move into drafts and scheduled slots.Social Media Strategy TemplateSet goals, audience, content pillars, and platform roles.Social Media Audit TemplateReview what happened and turn the findings into the next cycle.Social Media Report TemplateBuild a monthly summary with KPI cards, highlights, and CSV export.Social Media Proposal TemplatePut scope, deliverables, and pricing in front of a client.Social Media Character CounterCheck caption length before a post goes out for approval.Social Image ResizerCrop and resize images to platform-ready sizes.Engagement Rate CalculatorCompare engagement across posts before deciding what to repeat.UTM BuilderCreate clean campaign links so posts can be traced back later.
Social media scheduler FAQ
What is a social media scheduler?
A social media scheduler lets you plan, write, and queue posts for several networks from one place, so they publish at the time you choose instead of you posting each one by hand on each app.
Which platforms does Maeve schedule to?
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, X, Pinterest, and Threads, with feed posts, Reels, Stories, carousels, Shorts, Pins, video Pins, threads, and first comments where each network supports them.
Can I cross-post and schedule to several platforms at once?
Yes. Write the post once, then adjust the caption, hashtags, media, crops, and posting options per platform before it queues, so each network gets a version that fits it.
Can I preview a post before it goes live?
Yes. Maeve shows the post against the real platform layout, including carousels, threads, Reels, Stories, and Pins, so you can see how it will look before it publishes.
Can I set my own posting times?
Yes. Set the times you want each platform's posts to go out and queue posts into them, or pick a specific date and time on any individual post.
Can I batch a month of posts in one sitting?
Yes. Build a run of posts at once and spread them across the calendar, board, or list, so you can get a week or a month ahead in one sitting.
Is a scheduler the same as social media automation?
A scheduler covers the publishing side of automation. Posts go out on their own at the times you set, drafts wait for a sign-off, and a failed post gets retried for you. There are no auto-generated posts or automated DMs in Maeve.
Is there a free social media scheduler, and what is the cheapest plan?
The free planning tools, including the calendar, strategy, audit, and report templates, are open to everyone with no account. Scheduling is part of Maeve's paid plans, which start at the cheap end of the market, and every plan begins with a three-day trial with full access. See the pricing page for the current plans.
Does the scheduler include approvals?
Yes. Posts can sit as drafts and move through internal review or a client review link before they reach the scheduled state. Approval workflows are available on the team and agency plans.
Does Maeve include analytics?
Yes. Once posts publish, engagement, reach, impressions, follower growth, and top posts come back into the same workspace, and you can export a PDF report to send on.
Is it good for managing multiple accounts?
Yes. Connect your profiles, see every platform in one calendar, and schedule without switching tabs, whether that is two accounts or a full client list. Plans differ in how many social connections and workspaces they include.
What happens if a scheduled post fails to publish?
Maeve retries it automatically. Posts that still cannot publish, usually an expired connection, a rate limit, or a content rejection, land in a recovery queue with the reason in plain words and a one-tap retry.
Can I try it free?
Yes. Every plan starts with a three-day trial with full access to scheduling, previews, and analytics. The free planning tools are open to everyone, even without an account.