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Hootsuite is a social media suite for teams, priced per user: an inbox, analytics and reports, approvals and AI, with a 14-day trial. Bolt Claw covers publishing, one inbox, comment-to-DM leads, a link-in-bio page and referral programs, with a free plan and prices per organisation. Pick Hootsuite for reporting and larger teams; Bolt Claw for creators and small teams.
Everything about Hootsuite here was checked on Hootsuite’s own website on , and every fact links to its source.
Facts only, one row at a time. Bolt Claw’s come from the product and its pricing page; Hootsuite’s come from Hootsuite’s own website, checked on 21 October 2026, each with its source.
| Feature | Bolt Claw | Hootsuite |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes. Every feature, with nothing that expires: 30 social accounts | Not listed. A 14-day free trial on Standard, Professional and Advanced, with no card needed Source |
| What the price counts | The organisation: one plan covers every seat in it | Users: each plan is priced per user, per month Source |
| Social accounts | Free: 30 social accounts | Standard: 10. Professional and above: unlimited Source |
| Networks | Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, X, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube and Pinterest | Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, WhatsApp and Pinterest Source |
| Inbox | Comments and DMs from your connected accounts in one inbox, with replies drafted by Claude for you to edit | Messages and comments across your channels in one inbox Source |
| Automated replies | Comment-to-DM on Instagram and Facebook, and DM keyword replies, on every plan | Automated inbox replies and workflows on Professional Source |
| Analytics | Not offered. Bolt Claw counts page views, link clicks, DMs sent and leads, not post reach or engagement | Analytics and reporting on every plan; custom reports on Professional Source |
| Approval workflows | Not offered | On Advanced Source |
| Link in bio | Yes: links, social icons, your own colours and fonts, a QR code and a contact form | Not listed |
| Mobile app | No app. The dashboard works in a phone's browser | iPhone and Android Source |
| Your own referral program | Built in, on every plan, with a 0% fee on referred sales | Not listed |
“Not listed” means we did not find it on Hootsuite’s pricing page or help centre on 21 October 2026. It is not a claim that Hootsuite cannot do it; check their site for anything newer.
Hootsuite lists WhatsApp among its networks. Bolt Claw does not connect WhatsApp. Source
Hootsuite has analytics and reporting on every plan and custom reports on Professional. Bolt Claw does not track post reach or engagement. Source
Hootsuite's Advanced plan assigns and routes messages and has approvals; Enterprise is priced to order. Bolt Claw has roles and seats, but no approvals or message routing. Source
Hootsuite has iPhone and Android apps. Bolt Claw runs in the browser and has no app. Source
Bolt Claw's free plan has every feature and does not expire, with 30 social accounts and 1,000 posts a month.
Seats come with the plan instead of a price per user: 1, 5, 15 and 50 across Free and the paid plans, each with a role and its own permissions.
Comment-to-DM automations on Instagram and Facebook DM whoever comments your keyword, ask for an email or phone number if you want, and keep them in a leads list. On every plan.
A link-in-bio page with first-party analytics, a referral program, the REST API and a hosted MCP server are included on every plan.
Bolt Claw’s prices are the ones its checkout charges. Hootsuite’s are as its own site showed them on 21 October 2026; they change, so follow the source before you decide.
Free$0
30 social accounts, 1 seat, 1,000 automated DMs a month, 100 leads a month
Creator$19 a monthor $190 a year
75 social accounts, 5 seats, 25,000 automated DMs a month, unlimited leads a month
Pro$49 a monthor $490 a year
250 social accounts, 15 seats, unlimited automated DMs a month, unlimited leads a month
Business$149 a monthor $1,490 a year
1,000 social accounts, 50 seats, unlimited automated DMs a month, unlimited leads a month
Prices in US dollars. A year costs the same as ten months. Every feature is on every plan, Free included; plans differ only in volume. Posts and DMs on X are billed on top, at X's cost plus 20%.
Every plan, line by lineChecked on
Standard$99 per user a month
Billed annually. 10 social accounts. Source
Professional$199 per user a month
Billed annually. Unlimited social accounts. Source
AdvancedUp to $399 per user a month
Billed annually. Unlimited social accounts. Source
EnterpriseCustom
Contact Hootsuite for pricing. Source
Hootsuite's plans page shows prices billed annually, before tax; it also offers monthly billing, and a 14-day trial on all but Enterprise.
Bolt Claw's paid plans are Creator $19, Pro $49 and Business $149 a month for the whole organisation, seats included, and Free costs nothing. Hootsuite's plans page, checked on 21 October 2026, starts at $99 per user a month, billed annually.
For publishing, the inbox, auto-DMs and leads, yes: teammates join with roles, and one plan covers the whole team. Bolt Claw has no approval workflows, no message routing and no post analytics, so a team that relies on those should stay where they are.
No. Bolt Claw connects Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, X, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube and Pinterest.
There is no importer. Connect each account to Bolt Claw with the network's own sign-in, then schedule new posts from there. Nothing is removed from Hootsuite until you remove it.
X charges for every call to its API, so Bolt Claw passes that on at cost plus 20% rather than raising every plan's price. No other network is billed this way.
Every fact about Hootsuite on this page comes from these pages on Hootsuite’s own website, all checked on . If one of them now says something different, it is right and this page is out of date. Bolt Claw’s facts come from the product itself, and its numbers are the ones on the pricing page.
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