A Hootsuite alternative where clients approve without an account.

Hootsuite is one of the best-known names in social media management, used by large teams for years. If you manage social media for clients, the questions are narrower: how clients approve posts, how much the AI does, and what each seat costs. This page compares those points using Hootsuite's own published pages.

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Why teams switch to Julexis

Clients approve without signing up

Send a private link with a password. Your client opens it, approves each post or asks for changes, and you hear about it once, at the end of their round. They never need a Julexis account.

AI that goes past the caption

Write captions and rewrites, generate images with GPT Image 2.5 or Nano Banana Pro, edit part of an image, make a video with Google Veo 3.1 Lite, or draft a whole plan of up to 84 posts. AI credits come with the plan. There is no API key to bring.

One post, shaped for each network

Give each network its own caption and media from the same editor. Julexis checks every network before scheduling and tells you why a post would not go out. Long X posts become threads, and first comments work on Instagram, Facebook, Threads and X.

Each client in their own space

Every client has their own social accounts, plans, calendar and brief. Build the brief from documents or from the client's website, so the AI keeps writing in their voice.

Side by side

Feature	Julexis	Hootsuite
Client approval without an account	Yes. The client opens a private, password-protected link and approves or asks for changes post by post	Not listed. Post approval workflows are listed for team members, on Advanced (€399 per user/month, billed annually) and Enterprisesource
AI reply suggestions in the inbox	Yes, paid from the AI credits included each month. A person sends the reply	Listed from the Professional plan (€199 per user/month, billed annually)source
AI video generation	Yes, from the post editor with Google Veo 3.1 Lite	Not listed on their plans pagesource
A whole content plan written by AI	Yes, up to 84 posts in one go, with a best-time action	Not listed on their plans page (AI is listed for captions, ideas, hashtags and images)source
Long X posts turned into threads	Automatic: a post over 280 characters is published as a thread	Not listed on their publishing page, which describes a warning when a post exceeds X's character limitsource
Review emails from your own domain	On the Agency plan, client review emails go out from your own domain without Julexis branding	Not listed on their plans pagesource

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Where Hootsuite slows agencies down

01
Every plan is priced per user
Hootsuite sells its plans per user seat, and each team member who needs access is another seat. The plans page lists Standard at €99 per user a month, billed annually, with up to 10 social accounts.source
02
Approvals sit on the Advanced plan
The plans table marks post approval workflows on Advanced and Enterprise only, and describes them as team members approving posts. Advanced is listed at €399 per user a month, billed annually.source
03
AI replies start at Professional
AI-powered smart replies are marked from the Professional plan, listed at €199 per user a month, billed annually. Standard includes the inbox without them.source

Questions

What does Julexis cost?

Julexis is in an invitation-only closed beta, and it is free for the testers we approve. Prices are not public yet. Beta testers will be offered a discount on their first year before the public launch.

Do my clients need an account to approve posts?

No. You send them a private link and a password. They approve each post or ask for changes, and you get one notification when they finish their round.

Is AI included, or do I need my own OpenAI key?

It is included. Every plan comes with a monthly amount of AI credits for captions, images, video and content plans. You never paste in an OpenAI or Google key.

Can Julexis create videos with AI?

Yes. From the post editor you can generate a video with Google Veo 3.1 Lite, then schedule it like any other media.

What happens to a long post on X?

A post over 280 characters is published as a thread automatically. You write it once, and Julexis splits it.

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