Friends+Me vs Hopper HQ Hashtag Generator

Friends+Me is a social media scheduling and content management service for preparing posts and publishing them later. Users can save drafts, schedule posts, use bulk scheduling and invite coworkers or friends to help publish. Listed publishing networks are Facebook Pages, LinkedIn Profiles, LinkedIn Company Pages, Twitter, Tumblr and Pinterest. The service also lists link shortening, browser extensions, mobile apps, desktop apps and a Zapier Beta integration. Desktop apps are named for macOS, Windows and Linux, alongside Android, iOS and web access. The Free plan is available for an unlimited period and includes two queues, five scheduled posts per queue, one additional team member and standard support. Individual costs $7.50 a year, billed monthly annually; Small is $24.17 a year, Medium is $49.17 a year and Large is $215.84 a year, each with annual billing. Paid plans provide higher queue and post limits, more team members and priority support. Additional on-demand queues cost $2.99 per month per queue. The terms describe the free service as a testing promotion lasting no more than 15 days, while the pricing page describes the Free plan as available indefinitely.

Hopper HQ Hashtag Generator suggests Instagram hashtags from a post description and offers ready-made packs to copy. Users can enter a topic or description of up to 500 characters, then select from 1 to 10 generated hashtags. The generator says an AI model matches tags to the description and filters duplicates and generic spam tags. Users can copy an individual tag, all generated tags, or a whole pack. The page offers more than 20 packs, with 10–20 hashtags in each. Hopper says it favors descriptive niche tags but cannot guarantee that a tag is safe because Instagram does not publish a live ban list. The generator costs nothing, requires no login, and has no daily limit. For paid research, Hopper HQ's Hashtag Explorer can compare hashtags by engagement, reach, and competition, and supports reusable hashtag groups. Hopper HQ scheduling supports Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, X/Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube. The paid subscription costs $16 a month, billed on the yearly plan, for one social set. Hopper HQ advertises a 14-day trial for its paid product.