No AI-credit ceiling to plan around
Publishing isn't metered by a monthly generation-credit balance. Bring your own content and scale connected profiles without budgeting a second, separate resource. See plan limits.
PostGate vs Blotato
A Blotato alternative for teams that don't need AI content generation baked in
Blotato is a real, actively marketed product built around AI content generation and repurposing — AI writing, AI images, and AI video credits bundled with a publishing API and a hosted MCP server. It is a reasonable choice if you want content generation and distribution in one bill. PostGate is a narrower tool: a publishing API with a free sandbox plan, no monthly credit ceiling to work around, white-label environments with your own custom domain, and generated SDKs in six languages instead of workflow-tool integrations. Below is a factual, sourced comparison so you can judge which fits your stack.
Side by side
How PostGate and Blotato compare
Every Blotato figure below is sourced from blotato.com's own pricing page and API documentation (help.blotato.com) as of this writing and may change — verify current details on their site before deciding. PostGate figures come from our own docs and pricing page, linked throughout.
| Dimension | PostGate | Blotato |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price & free tier | Free sandbox plan, no card required. Paid plans start at $4.00/mo. See /pricing. | No permanently free plan — a 7-day free trial that excludes API access. Paid plans start at $29/mo (Starter, 20 social accounts, 1,250 AI credits/mo), then $97/mo (Creator, 40 accounts, 5,000 credits/mo), up to $499/mo (Agency, 28,000 credits/mo). |
| Platform coverage | Publishes to every connected platform under one plan price, including Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Threads, YouTube, Pinterest, and more. See /pricing. | Publishes to nine platforms — X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, TikTok, Threads, Bluesky, and YouTube — through one API, positioned specifically for AI agents and ChatGPT/Claude workflows. |
| AI content generation vs. plan credits | No credit system: publishing is not metered by AI generation usage. Bring your own generated or authored content; there is no monthly credit ceiling to plan around. | AI writing is unlimited on every tier, but AI image and video generation draw down a monthly credit balance (1,250 credits/mo on Starter up to 28,000/mo on Agency) that resets each cycle — a resource to budget separately from your social account count. |
| SDK language coverage | Generated clients for six languages/runtimes — Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, and .NET — from one OpenAPI contract. See /docs/sdks-mcp. | No officially published language SDKs at the time of writing. Integration is via the REST API directly (API key in an blotato-api-key header), or through official n8n and Make workflow nodes, with Zapier listed as coming soon. |
| White-label branding & custom domain | Every embedded connection environment supports a branded logo, primary color, and a verified custom domain on every plan that enables white-label. See /docs/environments. | No white-label or verified-custom-domain offering described in Blotato's public pricing or documentation as of this writing. |
| MCP / AI-agent support | A hosted MCP server that creates a draft by default — a tool call must explicitly pass confirm: true to publish. See /docs/sdks-mcp. | A native hosted MCP server (mcp.blotato.com/mcp) for ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients — one of Blotato's core positioning points. |
Why teams switch
Why teams switch to PostGate
White-label environments
Create a test or live environment with a brand configuration — product name, logo, and primary color — and a verified custom domain for the customer-facing connection experience. Read the environments guide.
Signed webhooks with delivery evidence
Subscribe to signed post.published, post.partial, and post.failed events, and inspect per-target delivery evidence instead of guessing why a post stalled. Read the webhooks guide.
SDKs in six languages, plus MCP
Build from generated clients in Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP, and .NET, or connect an AI agent to the hosted MCP server with draft-first publish safety. Read the SDKs & MCP guide.
Also worth knowing
Idempotent posts, so retries never duplicate
Idempotency keys
Pass a stable Idempotency-Key when creating a post and PostGate makes the logical request safe to retry for 72 hours — no accidental duplicate publishes from a retried request. Explore the idempotency docs.
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