Free social media tools, with the limits written down
Every “free tool” page on the internet hides the cap in the footnotes. These do the opposite: what the network itself gives you for nothing, what the usual free plans really allow, and where PostMCP’s free plan — 20 published posts a month, no card — fits. Figures checked September 6, 2026.
Free YouTube video uploader: the three ways that cost nothing, and what each one caps
Every free way to upload YouTube videos in 2026 — YouTube Studio, the Data API and PostMCP’s free plan — with the real limits: 15 minutes unverified, 12 hours verified, 1,600 quota units per API upload, and 20 free scheduled uploads a month.
Free LinkedIn post scheduler: what “free” actually gets you on each option
What LinkedIn’s own scheduler can and cannot do, what the free plans of Buffer, Publer and Metricool actually allow for LinkedIn, and how PostMCP’s free plan compares: 20 posts a month, company pages included, native image and video, AI drafting.
Free TikTok analytics: everything TikTok hands you for nothing, and how to read it
TikTok’s built-in analytics are free for every account: four tabs, 60 days of history, retention curves and traffic sources. This guide covers how to switch them on, which numbers predict growth, 2026 engagement benchmarks by follower tier, and what the free APIs do and do not expose.
Free Twitter (X) analytics in 2026: what is still free, what moved behind Premium, and why the free tools died
Per-post analytics on X are still free for every account; the account dashboard needs Premium. This guide covers exactly what each shows, why the free third-party Twitter analytics tools disappeared (the API now costs $0.005 a read), and a $0 routine for tracking your own performance.
Platform guides
The APIs next to the publishing API: what each network exposes, what it costs, and what it removed.
Social media analytics APIs: what every network exposes, what it costs, and what it quietly deleted
A network-by-network map of the social media analytics APIs: YouTube Analytics, Instagram and Facebook insights, Threads insights, X metrics, LinkedIn Community Management, TikTok Display and Research, Bluesky. Who can use each, what they return, what they cost, and the metrics that were deleted in 2025–26.
Instagram Messaging API: the rules, windows and rate limits to know before you send a single DM
How the Instagram Messaging API works in 2026: the two login paths, the professional-account and App Review requirements, the 24-hour window and 7-day human_agent tag, every published rate limit (100 messages a second, 750 private replies an hour), webhook payloads and the send call.
Facebook API platforms: a map of every Meta developer API, what each is for, and how you get in
A map of the Facebook (Meta) API platforms in 2026: Graph API v26.0, Pages, Instagram Platform, Messenger, WhatsApp Business Platform, Threads, Marketing and Conversions APIs. What each is for, the permission and App Review ladder, rate limits, and the metrics Meta removed this year.
The free plan behind these pages
Schedule and publish to LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky and YouTube Shorts from the app, the API or your AI agent. 20 posts a month, forever, no card.