# Cadencz > Cadencz is an AI social media manager for founders and lean teams. It stores product context in a > Product Brain, plans the week, writes platform-native drafts for X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads, > Mastodon, Telegram, Discord, Slack, and dev.to, and schedules approved posts across 9 live > publishing channels. Nothing publishes without human approval. There is a free plan with unlimited > scheduling; paid plans start at $19/mo. Every plan also includes an authorised MCP server, so an > external AI client can draft into the same approval queue. Cadencz Academy publishes dated, sourced product comparisons. Competitor claims link to first-party product pages, commercial conflicts are disclosed, and the guides state when a competing tool is a better fit. Source-review dates are printed on every comparison and repeated in the notes below. ## Product - [Cadencz home](https://cadencz.com/): What Cadencz is, the workflow, and the 9 live channels. - [The eight agents](https://cadencz.com/ai-social-media-agents): The Scout, the SEO Agent, the Analyst, the Voice, the Planner, the Writer, the Critic, and the Scheduler + Publisher, and what each one owns. - [AI content generator](https://cadencz.com/ai-social-media-scheduler): How the Product Brain turns one update into native X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon, Telegram, Discord, Slack, and dev.to drafts. - [Social media scheduler](https://cadencz.com/social-media-scheduler): Approval, calendar, publishing, and delivery status across 9 channels. - [Content workflow](https://cadencz.com/social-media-content-workflow): The source-to-plan-to-approval loop. - [Approval tool](https://cadencz.com/social-media-approval-tool): Reviewing and approving AI drafts before anything publishes. - [Social media MCP server](https://cadencz.com/mcp): The hosted MCP server: which tools it exposes, how an agent authenticates, and why drafts still wait for approval. - [Pricing](https://cadencz.com/pricing): Free, then Starter $19/mo and Pro $39/mo for one person; Team $79/mo and Growth $149/mo for a team; 20% off yearly; no per-channel charges. ## Free tools - [Social media character counter and limits](https://cadencz.com/tools/social-media-character-counter): Check a post against the current limits for X, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, and more. - [Free UTM builder for social media](https://cadencz.com/tools/utm-builder): Add source, medium and campaign tags to a link so your analytics can tell a LinkedIn visit from a newsletter click. - [LinkedIn bold and italic text generator](https://cadencz.com/tools/linkedin-text-formatter): Bold, italic and monospace text for feeds that have no formatting controls. - [Aesthetic font generator for bios and captions](https://cadencz.com/tools/aesthetic-font-generator): Thirteen Unicode text styles for a bio line or display name, with the length each one really costs on X, Bluesky and TikTok. - [Best time to post on Instagram](https://cadencz.com/tools/best-time-to-post-on-instagram): Instagram posting windows converted from your audience's timezone into yours, with a four-week method to find your own. - [Invisible character and line break generator](https://cadencz.com/tools/invisible-character-generator): Blank characters and caption line breaks that survive Instagram and TikTok. - [Reading time and script length calculator](https://cadencz.com/tools/reading-time-calculator): Reading time, spoken time, and structure counts for scripts and posts. - [Text cleaner for AI drafts and pasted copy](https://cadencz.com/tools/text-cleaner): Remove em dashes, smart quotes, and invisible characters from a draft. - [Aspect ratio calculator for video and images](https://cadencz.com/tools/aspect-ratio-calculator): Get the missing side for 9:16, 4:5, 1:1, 16:9 or 1.91:1, or find which platform ratio an existing file is closest to. - [Engagement rate calculator](https://cadencz.com/tools/engagement-rate-calculator): Engagement rate by reach and by followers for five platforms, with the interactions each one counts and the divisor named under the result. - [TikTok hook, script and caption generator](https://cadencz.com/tools/tiktok-hook-generator): Hook structures, a timed script outline, and a caption skeleton for TikTok. - [Emoji combos to copy and paste](https://cadencz.com/tools/emoji-combos): 191 emoji combos grouped by what you are announcing, plus a counter that shows how many characters a combo really uses. - [Aesthetic and cool symbols to copy and paste](https://cadencz.com/tools/aesthetic-symbols): 590 stars, hearts, check marks and dividers to copy, with a strip that builds a divider and the real character cost of each. - [Discord timestamp generator](https://cadencz.com/tools/discord-timestamp-generator): Timestamps in all seven Discord styles, plus decoding from a message ID. - [Glitch text generator for zalgo and cursed text](https://cadencz.com/tools/glitch-text-generator): Zalgo, glitch and cursed text with intensity control and a remover. - [Best time to post on TikTok](https://cadencz.com/tools/best-time-to-post-on-tiktok): TikTok posting windows for each day of the week, converted between timezones, including the weekend evenings Instagram lacks. - [CPM, CPC, CTR and RPM calculator](https://cadencz.com/tools/cpm-calculator): Solve CPM, CPC, CTR or RPM from any two numbers, with the working written out so you can check it or paste it into a report. - [Case converter: title, sentence, upper, lower](https://cadencz.com/tools/case-converter): Ten case conversions, from title case that keeps short words lowercase to snake_case and kebab-case for slugs and campaign tags. - [Color picker from image](https://cadencz.com/tools/color-picker-from-image): Read any pixel of a logo or screenshot as HEX, RGB and HSL, keep up to twelve picks, and pull a six-colour palette, without uploading the image. - [Upside down text generator: flip and mirror](https://cadencz.com/tools/upside-down-text-generator): Upside down, flipped, reversed and mirrored text from one input. - [Strikethrough and underline text generator](https://cadencz.com/tools/strikethrough-text-generator): Strikethrough, underline and overline for feeds with no formatting. - [Superscript and subscript generator](https://cadencz.com/tools/superscript-generator): Unicode superscript and subscript, with the gaps named. - [WebP to PNG converter, plus JPG and WebP](https://cadencz.com/tools/webp-to-png): WebP, PNG and JPG conversion in the browser, twenty files at a time. ## Who it is for - [For founders](https://cadencz.com/solutions/founders): Founder-led marketing driven by product context. - [For marketing agencies and lean consultants](https://cadencz.com/solutions/marketing-agencies): Multi-client content operation. ## Comparisons and buying guides - [Best AI social media tools](https://cadencz.com/blog/best-ai-social-media-tools-for-founders): Choose a social media tool by the work you need it to remove. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [Affordable AI schedulers](https://cadencz.com/blog/affordable-ai-social-media-schedulers): Calculate affordability from your accounts and workflow instead of the headline price. Reviewed 2026-09-06. - [Cadencz vs Buffer](https://cadencz.com/blog/cadencz-vs-buffer): Decide whether you need a context-led content engine or a flexible scheduling platform. Reviewed 2026-08-11. - [Sprout Social approval workflow](https://cadencz.com/blog/sprout-social-alternative-for-small-teams): Choose Cadencz or Sprout Social from the workflow and governance your team actually needs. Reviewed 2026-09-03. - [Buffer alternatives with AI](https://cadencz.com/blog/buffer-alternatives-with-ai-content): Choose a Buffer alternative only when it fixes a specific workflow mismatch. Reviewed 2026-10-18. - [AI content engine for founders](https://cadencz.com/blog/ai-content-engine-for-founders): Decide whether your content problem needs memory, planning, generation, approval, and publishing in one loop. Reviewed 2026-08-20. - [Social media MCP servers](https://cadencz.com/blog/best-social-media-mcp-servers): Judge a social media MCP server by what it refuses to do, not by how many tools it lists. Reviewed 2026-09-06. ## Playbooks - [Social Media Automation](https://cadencz.com/blog/social-media-automation): Sort your social media work into jobs software can run alone, jobs it can prepare for you, and jobs that need a person, then set up one automated week. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [Best Social Media Scheduling Tools](https://cadencz.com/blog/best-social-media-scheduling-tools): Price six schedulers for your own account count and team size, see which tier unlocks approvals, and pick the one built around the work you do most. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [Free Social Media Scheduling Tools](https://cadencz.com/blog/best-free-social-media-scheduling-tools): Compare free scheduling options by accounts, queue caps, AI allowances, and supported networks. Decide whether Cadencz, Buffer, or a native scheduler fits. Reviewed 2026-10-18. - [Hootsuite Alternative for Small Business](https://cadencz.com/blog/hootsuite-alternative-for-small-business): Work out what Hootsuite costs your team, see which features you would lose by leaving, and move your scheduled posts without gaps or duplicates. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [SocialBee Alternative for Founders](https://cadencz.com/blog/socialbee-alternative-for-founders): Decide whether a category-and-recycling queue fits a startup's posting, compare SocialBee's tiers with the alternatives, and clean your library before you move it. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [Social media posting guide](https://cadencz.com/blog/social-media-posting-for-founders): Turn three real observations into a scheduled week of posts and measure what happened. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [Cadencz vs Typefully](https://cadencz.com/blog/cadencz-vs-typefully): Choose between a writing-led creator workspace and a product-context content engine. Reviewed 2026-10-18. - [Buffer pricing and cost](https://cadencz.com/blog/how-much-does-buffer-actually-cost): Price Buffer for your exact channel count and know where flat pricing overtakes it. Reviewed 2026-09-06. - [Founder content budget](https://cadencz.com/blog/social-media-management-cost-for-founders): Budget the full posting stack in dollars and hours instead of the software line alone. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [ChatGPT posting guide](https://cadencz.com/blog/chatgpt-for-social-media-posts): Run a repeatable ChatGPT posting workflow and know when it stops being enough. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [LinkedIn for founders who ship](https://cadencz.com/blog/linkedin-content-strategy-for-founders): Run LinkedIn on four post types drawn from work you already did, in about 40 minutes a week. Reviewed 2026-09-06. - [X build-in-public strategy](https://cadencz.com/blog/x-content-strategy-for-founders): Run an X presence on claims, build notes, and replies instead of a thread calendar. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [Bluesky founder marketing](https://cadencz.com/blog/bluesky-marketing-for-founders): Decide whether Bluesky deserves a weekly slot and show up there without fighting its norms. Reviewed 2026-09-06. - [Reddit without the ban](https://cadencz.com/blog/reddit-marketing-for-founders): Contribute to Reddit as a builder without triggering removals, mod bans, or the spam filter. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [Threads for founders](https://cadencz.com/blog/threads-content-strategy-for-founders): Build a Threads rhythm that earns replies instead of importing X posts. Reviewed 2026-09-06. - [Telegram channel playbook](https://cadencz.com/blog/telegram-channel-marketing-for-startups): Set up and grow a startup Telegram channel that readers keep. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [Writing on dev.to](https://cadencz.com/blog/dev-to-writing-guide-for-devtools-founders): Publish dev.to articles that build reputation and search traffic without getting flagged. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [Character limits by platform](https://cadencz.com/blog/social-media-character-limits): Fit every platform's real limit without truncating a master caption. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [Discord webhooks](https://cadencz.com/blog/discord-webhooks): Publish to a Discord channel from your own code without building or hosting a bot. Reviewed 2026-09-05. - [X character limit](https://cadencz.com/blog/twitter-character-limit): Predict X's count before you post, including links, emoji, and non-Latin text. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [Best time to post on X](https://cadencz.com/blog/best-time-to-post-on-twitter): Stop copying a generic posting chart and find your own audience's window instead. Reviewed 2026-09-05. - [How to schedule posts on X](https://cadencz.com/blog/how-to-schedule-tweets): Schedule an X post natively, find it afterwards, and know when you have outgrown the built-in tool. Reviewed 2026-10-18. - [Where X drafts live](https://cadencz.com/blog/twitter-drafts): Find your X drafts on any device, and know which actions wipe them. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [What Reddit karma is](https://cadencz.com/blog/reddit-karma): Read your karma, find out which community gate you are missing, and earn karma without tripping Reddit's spam rules. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [Best time to post on Reddit](https://cadencz.com/blog/best-time-to-post-on-reddit): Find the window for the specific subreddit you are posting to, and understand why it matters so much. Reviewed 2026-09-05. - [What LinkedIn impressions are](https://cadencz.com/blog/what-are-linkedin-impressions): Read impressions, members reached, and video views by LinkedIn's own definitions, and compare your posts on a ratio that holds up. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [Image sizes by platform](https://cadencz.com/blog/social-media-image-sizes): Export two image files that clear every documented limit on the channels you publish to. Reviewed 2026-09-06. - [Find your posting windows](https://cadencz.com/blog/best-time-to-post-on-social-media): Replace borrowed best-time charts with posting windows measured on your own audience. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [Social media audit checklist](https://cadencz.com/blog/social-media-audit-checklist): Score every channel in five passes and leave with one clear decision per channel. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [UTM naming for social](https://cadencz.com/blog/utm-tracking-for-social-media): Tag every social link with a convention you decide once and never improvise again. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [Founder-led social content tools](https://cadencz.com/blog/founder-led-social-content-for-technical-founders): Turn technical product work into a sustainable, accurate founder-led content system. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [Repurpose one blog post](https://cadencz.com/blog/turn-one-blog-post-into-a-month-of-social-content): Decompose one substantial post into a month of platform-native social content. Reviewed 2026-09-06. - [The monthly batching session](https://cadencz.com/blog/social-media-batching-for-founders): Run a three-hour session that produces a reviewed, scheduled month of posts. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [Founder vs company brand](https://cadencz.com/blog/founder-brand-vs-company-brand): Decide which account leads at each company stage and what each one publishes. Reviewed 2026-10-19. - [Founder metrics scorecard](https://cadencz.com/blog/social-media-metrics-for-founders): Build a weekly scorecard from the four signals that matter before product-market fit. Reviewed 2026-08-26. - [What is an AI marketing co-founder?](https://cadencz.com/blog/what-is-an-ai-marketing-co-founder): Define the role, evaluate the claims, and decide whether an AI marketing co-founder fits your startup. Reviewed 2026-09-03. - [Marketing co-founder for founders](https://cadencz.com/blog/marketing-co-founder-for-founders): Choose the right marketing operating model for your stage, workload, and need for judgment. Reviewed 2026-09-03. - [Typefully alternatives](https://cadencz.com/blog/typefully-alternatives): Pick a Typefully alternative by the job Typefully is not doing for you, not by feature count. Reviewed 2026-10-18. - [AI LinkedIn post generators](https://cadencz.com/blog/best-ai-linkedin-post-generator): Choose a LinkedIn post generator by where your ideas come from and whether it can publish, not by the demo. Reviewed 2026-10-18. - [AI tools for X threads](https://cadencz.com/blog/best-ai-tools-for-x-threads): Choose a thread tool by how it writes, schedules, and pays for X, not by its template library. Reviewed 2026-10-18. - [Bluesky, Threads, Mastodon tools](https://cadencz.com/blog/post-to-bluesky-threads-mastodon): Choose a tool that reaches all three open networks, and decide when to cross-post and when to rewrite. Reviewed 2026-10-18. - [Social media tools for solopreneurs](https://cadencz.com/blog/best-social-media-tool-for-solopreneurs): Pick one social media tool that fits a one-person business, by the job that takes you longest. Reviewed 2026-10-18. - [Product update to content week](https://cadencz.com/blog/ai-social-media-workflow-that-remembers-your-product): Build a complete week from one real product insight. Reviewed 2026-08-20. - [The platform playbook](https://cadencz.com/blog/social-media-platform-playbook): Choose the right content shape and interaction goal for each channel. Reviewed 2026-08-09. - [Adapt one idea by platform](https://cadencz.com/blog/why-platform-native-writing-beats-cross-posting): Rewrite one source idea five ways without losing its truth. Reviewed 2026-08-09. - [Founder content calendar](https://cadencz.com/blog/social-media-content-calendar-for-founders): Build a sustainable four-post week from work already happening in the company. Reviewed 2026-09-06. - [AI content without the generic voice](https://cadencz.com/blog/ai-social-media-content-without-sounding-generic): Create an AI writing brief and review rubric that protects specificity and voice. Reviewed 2026-08-09. - [AI social media approval workflow](https://cadencz.com/blog/ai-social-media-approval-workflow): Design a sign-off process that catches risk without turning every post into a meeting. Reviewed 2026-10-19. ## Optional - [About Cadencz](https://cadencz.com/about): Who builds it and why. - [Contact](https://cadencz.com/contact) - [Building in public](https://cadencz.com/building-in-public): Launch directories, MCP registries and social accounts where Cadencz is live. - [Privacy policy](https://cadencz.com/privacy) - [Terms of service](https://cadencz.com/terms)