Kavenio vs Postiz

Build social publishing into your app, or run a ready-made scheduler?

Kavenio is a social publishing API for developers embedding posting into their own product. Postiz is a full scheduler with its own calendar, editor, AI tools, analytics, and API. This page breaks down where each one fits.

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publish.ts
import { KavenioClient } from "@kavenio/sdk";

const kavenio = new KavenioClient({
  authToken: process.env.KAVENIO_API_KEY,
});

// 1. Send your customer to connect their account.
const { authorizationUrl } = await kavenio.connect.begin({
  profileId: "customer_user_123",
  platform: "instagram",
});

// 2. Publish from your product, on their behalf.
await kavenio.posts.create({
  profileId: "customer_user_123",
  content: "Shipped from inside our app.",
  platforms: [
    { platform: "instagram", accountId: "acct_instagram_123" },
    { platform: "linkedin", accountId: "acct_linkedin_123" },
  ],
  publishNow: true,
});
Quick answer

Which one should you choose?

It comes down to one question: are you building the publishing experience, or do you need one that already exists?

Choose Kavenio if

You are a developer adding social publishing to a product you already own.

  • You are embedding posting, scheduling, or account connection into your own app.
  • Your customers should stay inside your product, not log in to a separate tool.
  • You want account connection, publishing, scheduling, media, and webhooks behind one API, SDK, and CLI.
  • You want to start on Kavenio-managed provider apps and bring your own platform keys later.
  • You would rather not maintain OAuth, token refresh, and per-platform quirks yourself.

Choose Postiz if

You want a finished social media tool your team can open and use today.

  • You need a product your marketing team can use immediately, no engineering required.
  • You want a built-in calendar, post editor, analytics, and AI content tools.
  • You want to self-host the entire application on your own infrastructure.
  • You need the widest possible list of publishing destinations.
  • Automating an existing Postiz workspace through its API is enough for your use case.
Comparison

Kavenio and Postiz side by side

The two overlap on publishing, but they are built for different jobs. Here is how they compare across what usually matters.

Product and fit

What each product actually is, and the team it is built for.

Kavenio
  • An API and infrastructure you build on
  • Best for developers embedding publishing
  • You design and own the interface
Postiz
  • A finished scheduling application
  • Best for teams that want a complete scheduler
  • Calendar and post editor included

Publishing and scheduling

How posts get created, scheduled, and tracked across channels.

Kavenio
  • Drafts, schedules, queues, and publish-now via API
  • Target-level status, retries, and lifecycle events
  • 10 social publishing integrations
Postiz
  • Visual calendar and queue inside the app
  • In-app status and workspace automation
  • More than 30 destinations

API and automation

What you can automate, and how you talk to each product.

Kavenio
  • The core product, with SDK and CLI
  • Webhooks for account and lifecycle events
Postiz
  • Included to automate the scheduler
  • Public API and CLI for your workspace

Hosting and provider apps

Where it runs, and who owns the platform applications.

Kavenio
  • Fully managed by Kavenio
  • Managed provider apps, or bring your own keys
Postiz
  • Postiz Cloud or self-hosted
  • You configure provider apps per channel

Content tools and pricing

Tooling beyond publishing, and how each product is priced.

Kavenio
  • Bring your own content tools
  • Per connected account, usage based
Postiz
  • Editor, AI tools, analytics, and automation
  • Plans with a fixed number of channels
For developers

What Kavenio's API handles for you

If you go the build route, this is the work Kavenio takes off your plate. Postiz solves the same problems, but inside its own application rather than behind your product.

Account connection

Generate a hosted connection flow so customers link their accounts without your app ever touching provider tokens.

Publish once, everywhere

Create one post record and fan it out to each connected platform target, with per-channel overrides when you need them.

Drafts, schedules, and queues

Keep posts as drafts, schedule them, reserve queue slots, or publish immediately from the same endpoint.

Media and validation

Upload images and video, then catch format, length, and platform-limit errors before a request reaches the provider.

Status, retries, and webhooks

Read target-level results, retry failed posts without losing successful ones, and subscribe to lifecycle events.

Your apps or ours

Ship on Kavenio-managed provider apps, then move to your own platform keys when you need branded OAuth and owned approvals.

Main difference

Your product, or their product

The clearest difference is where the experience lives, and who your customer logs in to.

With Kavenio

  1. Your customer
  2. Your product
    You design and own the interface
  3. Kavenio API
    OAuth, storage, and publishing
  4. Social platforms

Your customers use your product. You design the interface and own the workflow, while Kavenio handles account connections, provider OAuth, and publishing behind the scenes through an API.

With Postiz

  1. Your team
  2. Postiz product
    Calendar, editor, and AI tools
  3. Social platforms

Your team uses the Postiz product. It ships the interface and content tools out of the box, and you can automate it through its API or run the whole application on your own infrastructure.

Pricing

Pricing at common account counts

The pricing models are different, so the cheaper option depends on how many accounts you connect.

Kavenio: per connected account

Your first 2 accounts are free, then pricing steps down as you scale, from $3 down to $1 per account. You pay for what you connect.

Postiz: fixed channel plans

Postiz sells plans with a set number of channels and includes the full scheduler, editor, and AI tools in the price.

Prices checked July 10, 2026. As a rule of thumb, Kavenio is cheaper for a small number of accounts, while Postiz can be cheaper at higher channel counts and bundles the complete scheduler. Self-hosting, provider fees, taxes, and your own engineering time are not included.

Questions

Common questions

Short answers about product fit, APIs, hosting, and platform coverage.

Is Kavenio a Postiz dashboard replacement?

No. Kavenio is the API behind your own product. It does not ship a social media calendar, post editor, or analytics dashboard. If you want a ready-to-use tool, Postiz is the closer fit.

Can I build a Postiz-like tool on top of Kavenio?

Yes. Kavenio gives you account connection, publishing, scheduling, media, and webhooks through an API, SDK, and CLI, so you can build your own scheduler or embed posting into an existing product.

Does Postiz have an API?

Yes. Postiz has a public API and CLI for automating a Postiz Cloud or self-hosted workspace. It automates the Postiz product rather than acting as publishing infrastructure for your own app.

Can Postiz be self-hosted?

Yes. Postiz is open source and can run on your own infrastructure. Kavenio is a fully managed service, so there is nothing for you to host or operate.

Which one supports more platforms?

Postiz documents more destinations today. Kavenio supports 10 social platforms and focuses on the publishing workflow inside your product rather than breadth of channels.

Do I need my own provider apps?

With Kavenio you can start on managed provider apps and bring your own platform keys when you need branded OAuth or owned approvals. With Postiz you generally configure provider apps per channel yourself, especially when self-hosting.

Which is cheaper?

It depends on scale. Kavenio is cheaper for a small number of accounts and bills per connected account. Postiz can be cheaper at higher channel counts and bundles the full scheduler into the price.

Add social publishing to your product

Connect two accounts for free and publish your first test post. Read the docs to see the full API, SDK, and CLI.