The Planoly alternative that writes for you
Planoly is built for visual creators: Instagram grid, link page, selling digital products. Sofia is for the independent business owner short on time: she writes and publishes, from your photos, on all your networks.
What Planoly does very well
- A visual grid planner, pleasant for Instagram.
- A link-in-bio page with a store to sell from your bio.
- Instagram message automations and AI-generated ideas.
What Sofia does differently
- She writes the texts, not just the order of your visuals.
- She also publishes to LinkedIn and X.
- She adjusts the calendar based on your results each week.
Pricing, plainly
Planoly: a free plan on the mobile app (10 uploads per month), then Starter from $14 per month.
Sofia: seven days free, then $99 per month per business — every supported network included, with no per-channel cost and no feature tiers.
Public prices taken from the vendors' pricing pages, on 9 August 2026 for Buffer, Swello and Metricool and on 21 September 2026 for the others — they change, check on their site. The brands mentioned belong to their respective owners, with no affiliation with Sofia.
Pick Planoly if…
You are a visual creator or sell through Instagram and want a tidy grid and a link-in-bio store.
Pick Sofia if…
You want your posts thought through and written for you.
FAQ
- Does Sofia have a link page like Planoly?
- No. Sofia focuses on your posts and their results.
- Does Sofia replace my grid planning?
- She picks the topic and the media of each post; if your grid's look is central, Planoly keeps an edge.
- Which networks does Sofia publish to?
- Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, X and LinkedIn.