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Beacon vs Planable

Planable may suit a team that spends a lot of time getting feedback and approval on posts.

Beacon may suit a team that wants saved notes, writing help, and a clear result after each post goes live.

See Beacon’s 16 AI tools, SDK, and API

The work, side by side

See what happens from planning to posting.

Open the links to check each tool’s features. Some features need a paid plan.

Plan and schedule posts

Beacon

Save ideas and notes, write a version for each platform, and pick when each post goes live.

How Beacon prepares posts

Planable

Plan posts on a calendar or see them together as a social feed.

Planable product overview

More than scheduling

Beacon

Beacon helps you write from the notes you choose, so your draft starts with your own material.

How Beacon uses your ideas

Planable

Planable keeps comments and suggested edits beside each post while people review it.

Planable product overview

Review before posting

Beacon

Your team can comment on a post and approve it before it goes live.

How Beacon reviews work

Planable

Reviewers can comment on a post, suggest edits, and approve it. Quick feedback links are also available.

Planable overview

Check the result

Beacon

See which posts went live, open a live post when a link is available, and find out what to do if a post fails.

How Beacon shows post results

Planable

Reports across several platforms are available as a paid extra.

Planable Analytics guide

BEACON CONNECTIONS

Use Beacon with the tools you already know.

Ask an AI assistant to help with posts, add publishing to your app, or connect an automation builder. Beacon keeps your access and approval rules in place.

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Tools for your AI assistant

Connect Codex, Claude, or another compatible assistant through Model Context Protocol (MCP), a standard link for AI tools. It can check posts, make drafts, find media, and schedule posts. This is available on every Beacon plan, including Free.

See all 16 tools
SDK

Build with TypeScript

Beacon’s TypeScript SDK gives developers ready-made code for posts, schedules, media, and AI drafts.

Read the TypeScript SDK guide
API

Connect your automations

Use the request steps in n8n, Activepieces, or Zapier to call Beacon’s Agent API. Check, schedule, and manage posts with the access you grant.

Read the Agent API guide

Before you choose

Try one real post from start to finish.

Ask a client to review the same post in both tools, then compare the steps.

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