Contently vs PublishPress Planner

Contently is a content platform and editorial service for organizations that manage work from strategy through performance evaluation. Contently describes it for enterprise content teams, especially regulated organizations such as banks, insurers, and healthcare companies. Planning and production include routed brief intake, story briefs, assignments, approval workflows, a text editor, story library, and a cross-channel capacity calendar. Writers can follow inline Tone Analyzer and brand-governance rules, while regulatory requirements can be included in briefs and drafts and reviewed during the workflow. A dedicated Managing Editor can source experts, coordinate production, and maintain editorial guardrails. The network includes more than 10,000 creators, including CFAs, MDs, JDs, and CPAs. Its Content Value Dashboard refreshes daily, is auditable, and connects performance with CRM pipeline attribution. Integrations include WordPress, Drupal, Adobe Experience Manager, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The API retrieves completed content but cannot upload or edit it. Pricing is on request.

PublishPress Planner helps teams plan, manage, and schedule content on WordPress sites. Its Content Calendar shows planned and published items, supports creating content, and lets users move an item to a new publication date by dragging it. The Content Overview groups work by status, category, or user and can produce a printable summary. A Content Board provides a column for each status and lets users move posts between stages. Teams can set editorial notification timing, recipients, and message details. The calendar exports schedules to Google Calendar and other iCal-compatible software, but changes made in external calendars do not sync back to WordPress. Planner Free costs nothing and includes the calendar, overview, board, notifications, and calendar export. Paid annual bundles start with Business at $129 a year, billed annually; Agency costs $299 a year, billed annually, and Unlimited costs $499 a year, billed annually. These bundles include PublishPress Pro plugins, including Planner Pro, which adds reminders, post metadata in notifications, removal of PublishPress branding and ads, and priority personal support.