PublishPress Planner vs StoryChief Broadcasts

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.

StoryChief Broadcasts packages approved marketing content into share kits that recipients can open on a public page without a StoryChief account. Marketers choose an audience, send a kit immediately or schedule it for later, and deliver it by email, Slack, or Microsoft Teams. They can include several approved captions so employees select one before continuing to a social network. Listed uses include product launches, thought leadership, employer brand, and company news. Channel availability depends on plan: Slack Broadcasts are listed in Growth and above, Microsoft Teams in Scale and above, and email in Scale, Agency, and Enterprise. StoryChief lists more than 450 integrations, including WordPress, Webflow, LinkedIn, HubSpot, Salesforce, and Mailchimp. It is based in Ghent, Belgium, and was founded in 2017. Platforms are Android, iOS, and web, though the mobile app field is marked no. The pricing note lists paid plans from €19/mo annually; the free trial requires no credit card and includes access to all features and add-ons. Paid plans include live chat support, a help center, and a video academy.