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Publer

Publer ranks #6 of 32 in social media schedulers in the week of 12 October 2026, with a visibility score of 20 across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. It was named in 31% of the answers we sampled.

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Publer shows up in 23 of 80 answers across the social media scheduler questions we tracked, landing an overall score of 19 out of 100. The AI assistants don't agree much here: Claude rates it highest at 47, while ChatGPT barely mentions it, scoring just 4. Gemini and Perplexity sit in between at 11 and 14. Publer's strongest showing is on budget-focused questions, named in all 4 answers for best free or cheap scheduling tools, and 3 of 4 for solo founders. It fades out entirely on questions about agencies, startups, small marketing teams, indie hackers building in public, and analytics-focused tools.

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Who's talking about you

assistant	score	named in, this week	usual spot, this week
ChatGPT	7	15% of answers	#4.3
Claude	43	60% of answers	#5.0
Gemini	15	25% of answers	#3.7
Perplexity	15	21% of answers	#4.0

Questions you win

question	named in	best spot
What are the best free or cheap social media scheduling tools?	4 of 4	#3
What's the best tool to schedule threads on X?	3 of 3	#3
What are the best alternatives to Later?	3 of 4	#4
What are the best social media scheduling tools?	2 of 3	#3
What are the best alternatives to Buffer?	2 of 4	#2
Which social media scheduler is best for a solo founder?	2 of 4	#3
What are the best social media management tools for small businesses?	2 of 4	#4
What's the best social media scheduler for a startup?	2 of 4	#5
What are the best alternatives to Hootsuite?	2 of 4	#6
What are the best alternatives to Metricool?	1 of 3	#2
What's the best social media tool with analytics that shows which posts perform?	1 of 3	#4
Which social media scheduler is the easiest to use?	1 of 3	#6
What are the best alternatives to Sprout Social?	1 of 3	#12
What are the top social media schedulers in 2026?	1 of 4	#3
What's the best tool to post to every social network at once?	1 of 4	#3
What's the best AI tool for writing and scheduling social media posts?	1 of 4	#5
What's the best tool to schedule LinkedIn posts?	1 of 4	#5
What's the best open-source social media scheduler I can self-host?	1 of 4	#7

Questions you lose

question	who got named instead
Which social media tool is best for scheduling posts to LinkedIn and X?	Buffer, Typefully, Metricool
What's the best all-in-one social media tool for a small marketing team?	Agorapulse, Buffer, Metricool
What's the best tool to schedule Instagram posts and Reels?	Later, Meta Business Suite, Buffer
What's the best tool to schedule TikTok videos?	Buffer, Metricool, Sprout Social
What's the best social media scheduler for an agency managing many clients?	Sendible, SocialPilot, Agorapulse
What's the best tool to turn blog posts into social media posts automatically?	SocialBee, Buffer, Missinglettr
What's the best tool for an indie hacker to build in public on social media?	Typefully, Postiz, Hypefury

Assistants cited 10 pages for questions in this category that name your rivals and not you. Claim to see them. See all sources for Social media schedulers.

In their words

ChatGPT“My top recommendations for 2026 are Buffer, Metricool, Planable, Publer, and SocialBee\.”
Claude“Publer — Very inexpensive, surprisingly capable scheduler.”
Perplexity“| Publer | Budget-conscious users | Broad scheduling functionality and competitive free-plan limits.”

Closest rivals

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