Ocoya vs Metricool
Analytics-first management with ads reporting, popular with agencies.
Metricool is the strongest measurement story in this price bracket and we would not pretend otherwise — unlimited history, competitor benchmarking across up to 100 profiles, a Looker Studio connector and ads reporting, from about $20/mo. It is also the one competitor here that already ships an MCP server. Where Ocoya pulls ahead is the other half of the job: generating the copy, the images and the video, designing the post and turning a single prompt into a campaign. Analytics-led agency? Metricool. Content-led team? Us.
Where each one is stronger.
Every claim in the Metricool column comes from a page they publish, checked in September 2026. Rows where they are ahead are marked as such.
| Capability | ||
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | No free plan — a 7-day free trial instead | Free forever — 1 brand, 20 posts a month, 30-day analytics |
| Entry price | $29/mo on Starter — 1 user, 5 social profiles, 300 AI credits | Starter from about €16 / $20 a month for 5 brands, with unlimited publishing |
| Analytics depth | Post and profile performance in-app | The core of the product — unlimited history, competitor benchmarking on up to 100 profiles, Looker Studio connector |
| Paid ads reporting | Not offered | Facebook, Google and TikTok Ads reporting on the higher plans |
| AI copywriting | AI captions from a prompt, with brand voice, tone and length controls, on every plan — plus rewrite, shorten, expand, tone and translate-into-37-languages on any caption | AI assistant on every plan, with a monthly credit allowance |
| AI image & video | AI image and AI video generation in-app, from the same credit pool | AI image generation; no video generation advertised |
| Campaign generation | One prompt becomes a whole campaign — posts, visuals and a schedule across every network | Posts are created one at a time |
| Design tooling | Design Studio built in — templates, brand kit and a full editor in the same tab as the calendar | Canva and Google Drive integrations — no first-party editor |
| Networks | 14 integrations: Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Bluesky, Threads, YouTube Shorts, Google Business, TikTok, Discord, Dribbble, Kick and WooCommerce | Eleven: Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Threads, Google Business Profile, Bluesky and Twitch, plus LinkedIn — whose connection needs a paid plan |
| Unified inbox | DMs, comments and mentions from every connected profile, with assignment, open/resolved statuses and internal notes | Inbox for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn — from the Advanced plan |
| Workflow automation | Visual workflows automate publishing and replies, and can be triggered by an AI agent | Flows for automated publishing rules, from the Starter plan |
| MCP / AI assistant control | mcp.ocoya.com — an OAuth-secured MCP server covering the whole product: create, design, schedule, run workflows and switch brands. Included on every plan | MCP available on the Advanced plan, alongside Zapier and Make |
| Approval workflows | Request approval on any post: pick which brand members review it, they get an email with one-click approve or reject, and the post cannot publish until it is approved. Every decision is logged on the post. Not gated behind a higher tier | Post approval system on the Advanced plan |
| White-label reporting | Not offered | White label on the Custom plan |
| Ceiling | $199/mo on Agency — 20 users, 100 social profiles, 5,000 AI credits | Up to 50 brands on Advanced, more on Custom |
Metricool figures are taken from metricool.com/pricing, metricool.com/social-media-planner as of September 2026 and may have changed since — check metricool.com for their current terms. Metricool is their trademark, not ours, and this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
Choose Ocoya if
- Making the content is the work, and reporting on it is the easy part
- You want image and video generation, not just an AI writing assistant
- You want a design studio rather than a Canva round-trip
- You want the unified inbox and post approvals on your entry plan, not two tiers up
- You want an MCP server on every plan, covering the whole product
Choose Metricool if
- Reporting is the deliverable and it has to be deep
- You need Facebook, Google and TikTok ads reporting in the same tool
- You want competitor benchmarking across dozens of profiles
- You want a free plan to start on
- You need white-labelled client reporting
We would rather tell you this now than have you find out after migrating a year of content.
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Switching from Metricool?
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