Blotato generates content and then posts it: AI writing, AI image generation, AI video generation, ElevenLabs voiceovers, a database of viral posts, and Instagram and Facebook DM automation, across 9 platforms with a 35-tool hosted MCP server. Its credits are spent on AI media generation, never on publishing. Chirpie does not generate anything — it takes text and media you already have and publishes it reliably. If you want an agent that writes the video too, Blotato is the better fit and we will say so.
All Blotato figures on this page are taken from their public pricing and documentation pages, as of September 2026. Sources are listed at the bottom.
Side by side
As of September 2026.
| Capability | Chirpie | Blotato |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | 8 live: X, Bluesky, LinkedIn, Threads, Mastodon, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram (6 more coming soon) | 9 — Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Threads, Bluesky, Pinterest, YouTube |
| Free tier | 50 posts/mo, free forever | No free plan (trial excludes API/MCP) |
| Entry price | $0, then $9/mo | $29/mo — 20 accounts |
| API & MCP access | All plans, incl. free | Paid plans only, from $29/mo |
| MCP server | Hosted, one URL | Yes — hosted, 35 tools |
| REST API | Yes | Yes |
| TypeScript SDK | Yes | Not applicable |
| CLI | Yes | Not applicable |
| Scheduling | Yes | Yes |
| Analytics | All live platforms | 8 of 9 — no LinkedIn metrics |
| AI content generation | No | Text, images, video, voiceovers |
| Comments & DMs | No | Instagram and Facebook only |
| Self-hostable | No | No |
What it costs at 1, 3, and 10 accounts
The cheapest plan on each product that covers the given number of connected social accounts.
| Accounts | Chirpie | Blotato |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0 Free — 50 posts/mo | $29/mo Starter — 20 accounts, 1,250 AI credits |
| 3 | $19/mo Starter — 1,000 posts/mo | $29/mo Starter — 20 accounts, 1,250 AI credits |
| 10 | $49/mo Pro — 5,000 posts/mo | $29/mo Starter — 20 accounts, 1,250 AI credits Blotato is cheaper here — its entry plan already covers 20 accounts. |
- Blotato tiers: Starter $29/mo (20 social accounts, 1,250 AI credits), Creator $97/mo (40 accounts, 5,000 credits), Agency $499/mo (28,000 credits; account count not published).
- Blotato's credits are spent on AI media generation, never on publishing, scheduling, or API calls — so publishing is effectively unmetered. The two products meter completely different things, and a straight price comparison flatters whichever one you happen to use less of.
- Blotato applies per-platform posting caps that are stricter than the platforms' own limits. Check those against your volume before switching.
Posting to one platform, in code
The same job, written both ways.
Blotato — hosted MCP
// Hosted MCP — 35 tools, paid plans only.
{
"mcpServers": {
"blotato": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://mcp.blotato.com/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer your-api-key" }
}
}
}Chirpie — MCP or CLI
# No SDK, no keys in config — paste one link into any MCP client.
https://chirpie.ai/mcp
# Or run it locally:
npx @chirpie/mcp
# Or from the terminal:
npx chirpie post "Shipped: our new changelog is live."Or skip the SDK entirely — paste https://chirpie.ai/mcp into any MCP-capable agent.
When Blotato is the better choice
We would rather you pick the right tool than churn in a month.
Common questions
Is Blotato a competitor to Chirpie?
Only partially. Blotato is primarily an AI content generation product — writing, images, video, voiceovers — with distribution attached. Chirpie is a publishing API with no generation features at all. They overlap on posting and scheduling and diverge everywhere else. If your bottleneck is making content, Blotato addresses it and Chirpie does not.
Is Chirpie cheaper than Blotato?
At low account counts, yes: Chirpie is free for 50 posts a month, and Blotato has no free plan with API or MCP access — the trial explicitly excludes both, so the cheapest developer access is $29/month. At higher account counts Blotato is cheaper, because its $29 plan already covers 20 social accounts against Chirpie's 10 at $49.
Does Blotato have an MCP server?
Yes — a hosted MCP endpoint with 35 tools covering posting, scheduling, content extraction, image, carousel and video generation, analytics, and Instagram and Facebook comments and DMs. It works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and others. It requires a paid plan.
Does Blotato support analytics on every platform?
Eight of its nine. Their own documentation notes that LinkedIn returns no metrics yet, so LinkedIn analytics are unavailable. Comments and DMs are narrower still — Instagram and Facebook only.
Can I use both?
Reasonably, yes. Some teams generate with one tool and publish through another, particularly if they need platforms one of them does not cover. Nothing in either product prevents it.
Sources
Pricing and feature claims verified as of September 2026. Vendors change pricing — check the source before making a decision. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.