HeyOrca the social media scheduler for teams is a collaborative scheduling tool built around shared calendars, client approvals and unlimited users on paid plans. This article is research-based, not hands-on. I have not used HeyOrca myself, so I am not giving it a score. It draws on HeyOrca’s own pricing and help pages and on user reviews, and it compares HeyOrca with Sociophile, a social publishing app I build and have a commercial interest in.
What HeyOrca the Social Media Scheduler for Teams Includes
HeyOrca is aimed at agencies, small teams and non-profits, and its site says it serves more than 40,000 social media marketers and their clients. It schedules posts to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Threads, YouTube, Google Business Profile, Pinterest and X. Its built-in approval system lets a client approve, reject or comment on a post from a link without logging in. Other features it lists are best-time-to-post recommendations, a social inbox, reports, social listening and an AI assistant called Oscar for captions and ideas.
HeyOrca the Social Media Scheduler for Teams: Pricing
These figures are from HeyOrca’s pricing page as I saw it on 30 September 2026. Check it before you buy, since plans change.
- Free, $0: 2 social accounts per calendar, 1 user and 15 scheduled posts a month. It starts with a 14-day trial of Pro, and HeyOrca says the trial needs no credit card.
- Basic, $59 a month ($50.15 on annual billing): 10 social accounts per calendar, unlimited users, unlimited posts, unlimited media storage and approvals. The social inbox, reports and social listening are paid add-ons at $39, $59 and $39 a month.
- Pro, $149 a month ($126.65 on annual billing): everything in Basic, with the inbox, reports and social listening included.
- Agency: custom pricing, and you book a demo. Extra social accounts cost $10 a month each, adding five or more calendars earns a 40% discount, and non-profits get discounts.
What It Can and Cannot Publish Automatically
HeyOrca’s help centre is specific here, and this is the detail generic guides skip. For Instagram, direct publishing covers feed posts (single image, video or carousel), single-media Stories and Reels, and needs a Business or Creator account linked to a Facebook Page. Some posts are converted to notification publishing, where you finish the post by hand in the Instagram app: carousels above 10 items, multi-slide Stories, Stories with stickers, polls, GIFs or music, and Reels that need Instagram’s native editing. Location tags and collaboration posts can also need manual completion.
TikTok direct publishing works for personal and business accounts. Videos must be 9:16 or 1:1, between 1 and 600 seconds and under 1 GB, with captions up to 2,200 characters. HeyOrca lists these limits: trending audio is not supported, each account is capped at 6 posts a minute and 15 a day, and a post cannot be edited once it is live. Posts must also be approved in HeyOrca before they publish.
What Reviewers Say
- In its favor: on Capterra (4.5 out of 5 from 22 reviews) users praise the approval process, the drag-and-drop calendar and fast support. TrustRadius reviewers say the same and add that it centralizes assets and scheduling.
- Against it: reviewers mention occasional slowness, outages and delayed posts, limited reporting, and a price above competitors such as Hootsuite. TrustRadius reviewers also list missing revision history, limits on multi-image posts, no WordPress connection, and gaps in notifications when a client asks for changes. Older reviews complain about Instagram posting; the help centre now documents direct publishing with the exceptions above.
Going by these reviews, HeyOrca the social media scheduler for teams fits agencies managing many client accounts best, and is a harder sell for a solo operator with a few accounts, where one reviewer said it was not worth the money.
HeyOrca the Social Media Scheduler for Teams vs Sociophile
These two tools do different jobs, and this comparison uses published features and my own notes on Sociophile, not a side-by-side test. HeyOrca the social media scheduler for teams schedules and approves posts that your team has already written. Sociophile starts from one input, such as a product, a blog post or a video, and turns it into a seven-stage campaign spread over 14 days, with UTM tracking.
- Networks: Sociophile covers LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Bluesky on every plan. HeyOrca covers more, including TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest and Google Business Profile.
- Teams and clients: HeyOrca has unlimited users and client approval links on paid plans. Sociophile gives one login several client workspaces, but no team seats, roles or approval workflow.
- Inbox and listening: HeyOrca offers a social inbox, reports and social listening. Sociophile has campaign analytics, and some networks limit what engagement data an app can read.
- Cost: Sociophile’s free plan includes 1 campaign, 30 posts and 20 AI drafts a month, and Pro is $19 a month. HeyOrca’s free plan includes 15 scheduled posts a month, and paid plans start at $59.
If your main need is client sign-off across many accounts, HeyOrca is built for that and Sociophile is not. If your main need is turning one piece of content into a sequenced campaign, Sociophile is closer to what you want.
Common Questions
Is this HeyOrca article based on hands-on testing? No. It draws on HeyOrca’s pricing and help pages and the reviews linked above, and I have not used the product myself.
Is HeyOrca the social media scheduler for teams worth it for a solo creator? Reviewers say it suits agencies with many accounts best, and one called it not worth the money for a few accounts. The free plan (2 accounts, 15 posts a month) lets a solo user try it.
Does HeyOrca have a free plan? Yes. The free plan allows 2 social accounts per calendar, 1 user and 15 scheduled posts a month, and HeyOrca says the 14-day Pro trial needs no credit card.
Can HeyOrca publish Instagram Reels and TikTok videos automatically? Yes, with limits. Reels needing native Instagram editing fall back to a manual notification, and TikTok posts cannot use trending audio and are capped at 15 a day per account.
Do clients need an account to approve posts? No. HeyOrca says clients can approve, reject and comment on posts without logging in.
Does HeyOrca connect to WordPress? TrustRadius reviewers list the lack of a WordPress connection as a limitation.
About Sociophile
Sociophile is the social publishing app I build, so I have a commercial interest in it. It turns a product, a blog post or a video into a seven-stage campaign across six networks. The free plan includes 1 campaign and 30 posts a month.
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