Content Calendar Software
Alternatives to Annum
Annum gives marketing teams one place to arrange campaigns, channels, content, and online and offline tactics. Its timeline can move from monthly planning to a year or longer, while tactic-level expenses produce channel budget summaries. Calendars of Interest add holidays, cultural observances, consumer spending events, and predicted B2B and B2C email performance insights. Managed bidirectional Workato connections can link many business applications, although setup and annual maintenance fees depend on requirements.
- 01 CoSchedule
CoSchedule Social Calendar suits marketers who plan and publish across several social networks and need scheduling, campaigns, or analytics.
From $29/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · Browser extension9.1 Visit Specs - 02 StoryChief Broadcasts
It suits marketing teams and agencies distributing approved content across teams, brands, or regions.
From €19/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API8.7 Visit Specs - 03
Nelio Content Nelio Content suits WordPress publishers who want a shared calendar for posts, social messages, and editorial tasks.
Free plan Open source Web · API · Self-hosted8.4 Visit Specs - 04
Contently Contently suits regulated enterprise content teams needing governed planning, production, approvals, and performance reporting.
Web · API8.2 Visit Specs - 05 Newsmind Stories
Newsmind Stories targets small teams, larger editorial teams and corporate newsrooms, as well as organizations with large content volumes or complex cross-media workflows.
From €39/mo Free trial Web · iOS · Android · Self-hosted8.1 Visit Specs - 06
EasyContent From $59/mo Free trial Web · API8.0 Visit Specs - 07
Narranta From $19/mo Free plan Web · API8.0 Visit Specs - 08
contentbird From €399/mo Web · API · Browser extension7.9 Visit Specs - 09 Kordiam From $263/mo Free trial Web7.9 Visit Specs
- 10 PublishPress Planner
Planner suits teams collaborating on editorial work for WordPress sites, especially those that publish high-quality content.
From $10.75/mo Free plan Web · Self-hosted7.8 Visit Specs - 11 Sheetlane
Sheetlane suits sales, marketing, SEO, content operations, and operations teams that collect data and coordinate work from spreadsheets.
From $29/mo Free plan Web · Self-hosted7.6 Visit Specs - 12 Strive Content Calendar
Strive suits WordPress teams planning and reviewing article work with calendars, editorial stages and checklists.
From $9/mo Free plan Web7.6 Visit Specs - 13 MediaOS
MediaOS suits publishing organizations coordinating editorial work, websites, newsletters, social channels, audience operations, or advertising workflows.
From $39/mo Web · API7.5 Visit Specs - 14 newsroom From €59.90/mo Web7.4 Visit Specs
- 15 Purple Pro
Purple Pro is aimed at larger publishers that need configurable editorial workflows and connections to external systems.
Web · iOS · Android · API7.4 Visit Specs - 16 Naviga Newsroom Planner
It suits editorial organizations coordinating assignments and multimedia coverage from planning to publication.
Web · API7.3 Visit Specs - 17 Superdesk Planning Component From €350/mo Web · API · Self-hosted7.3 Visit Specs
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Lytho Lytho suits in-house creative and marketing teams, including organizations with compliance-sensitive review requirements.
Web · API · Browser extension7.2 Visit Specs - 19
Storyflow Storyflow fits founders, agencies, creative, production, marketing and brand teams, photographers and creators planning structures collaboratively.
From $9.99/mo Free plan Web7.2 Visit Specs - 20 StoryChief From €49/mo Web · iOS · Android6.4 Visit Specs
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Scompler Web · iOS · Android6.1 Visit Specs - 22 Editorial Calendar 5.7 Visit Specs
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Optimizely Content Marketing Platform Web5.6 Visit Specs
Choosing instead of Annum
Switching means balancing that broad marketing scope against Annum’s $99/mo annual starting price and laptop-focused web access. It has no free plan, and the app does not support tablets or smartphones. An alternative may fit better if your team needs social distribution, WordPress publishing, structured editorial approvals, AI-assisted workflows, or a free entry point. Compare calendar depth, budgeting, collaboration, approval stages, integrations, and the devices your team uses before choosing a different planning model.