FollowX alternatives
These tools do a similar job to FollowX. Prices, free plans and features below come from each vendor's own site.
| FollowX | Agorapulse | Appie | AutoPilotDM | Buffer | CommentDefender | Contents Pilot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free plan | from $79/mo | Free plan · from $19/mo | from $7.99/mo | Free plan · from $5/mo | from $9/mo | Free plan · from $8.25/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
| Free trial | Not stated by the vendor | Yes | Not stated by the vendor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not stated by the vendor |
| Plans | Free ($0) | Standard ($79/mo annual); Professional ($119/mo annual); Advanced ($149/mo annual); Custom (Tailored pricing; request a demo) | Free ($0); Starter ($19/mo); Standard ($49/mo) | Pro ($7.99/mo); Ultimate ($15.99/mo); Business ($30.99/mo) | Free ($0); Essentials ($5/mo annual, $60/yr); Team ($10/mo annual, $120/yr) | Starter ($9/mo); Growth ($29/mo); Pro ($79/mo); Elite ($149/mo) | Free ($0); Start ($9.90/mo, $8.25/mo annual, $99/yr); Pro ($17.90/mo, $14.92/mo annual, $179/yr) |
| Fees and pricing notes | None stated | Per user per month | None stated | None stated | None stated | None stated | Also $2.90 a week; Also $4.90 a week |
| Best for | Not stated | Not stated | Agencies | Creators, Small business, Ecommerce | Creators, Small business | Agencies | Creators |
| Key features | Mutual-follow matching by niche, capped at 20 matches a day; each match follows the other on X manually; Daily launch board that goes live at 10:00 UTC, with upvotes and comments only from verified X Premium accounts; Permanent launch pages, and a Product of the Day badge for the top 3; Free X tools: character counter, best time to post, bio generator, shadowban checker, profile audit and GIF downloader | Unlimited post scheduling and multi-network publishing; Unified inbox for messages and comments; AI Writing Assistant; Link in bio tool and Instagram product tagging (Professional and up) | Learns your brand from your website URL and writes in your brand voice; Light and deep articles, and scheduled social posts; Website chatbots trained on your pages; Event-triggered email sequences (journeys) | Comment-to-DM: pick a post and a keyword, post your public reply and move the conversation to DMs; DM and Story reply triggers, with editable templates and personalization variables; Button with your own label and destination link; Review, test and pause before and after activation | Post scheduling per channel; Ideas and drafts; AI Assistant; Analytics (advanced on paid plans) | Checks each new comment on a Facebook Page or Instagram professional account against your rules and hides matches within seconds; Rules for scam links, emails and phone numbers, emoji replies, images and GIFs, plus your own keyword list; Covers comments on ads as well as regular posts; Hidden comments stay in the dashboard so you can restore them | Analyzes your Instagram profile and niche to suggest what to post and why; Creates carousels, static posts, infographics and Reel scripts in your brand's visual style; Content calendar, drag-and-drop editor and unlimited scheduling on paid plans; Publishes to Instagram; the site also mentions LinkedIn and Threads |
| Checked on | 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-03 | 2026-10-21 | 2026-10-11 | 2026-10-01 | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-17 |
Prices change; confirm on the vendor's site before you buy.