INX Social vs Maeve Social in 2026: AI content production vs approval-led social management
INX Social puts AI campaigns, images, carousels, video generation, scheduling, and analytics in one production workspace. Maeve Social is the stronger choice when client sign-off, routing rules, version history, and a calendar people can approve are the real constraint.
INX Social
Maeve Social- INX Social Creator is £18.99 per month for five connected accounts, unlimited scheduling, 300 shared AI credits, Full Analytics, and the AI creation suite.
- Maeve Social Basic is $25 per month, but Standard at $99 per month is where internal collaboration, client review links, shareable calendars, and aggregate analytics begin.
- INX Social AI Campaign can generate 10, 15, 20, or 30 text, image, or mixed posts and pass a saved campaign to Bulk Scheduler with its sequence retained.
- Maeve can route approvals by channel, platform, post type, author, label, pillar, format, or campaign, with any-reviewer, all-reviewer, or in-order stages.
- INX Social lists a live catalogue of more than 60 generation-ready video models, but video and other creation tools draw from one shared monthly credit balance.
- Maeve gives clients a browser review link without requiring an account, then lets them approve, comment, or request changes.
- Both profiles list REST API, CLI, and MCP access only for Maeve, while INX Social’s public pages do not describe an API or third-party integration catalogue.
Pick Maeve Social when content stalls because too many people must approve it. Pick INX Social when the team has a publishing process but cannot produce enough usable visual material to fill it. Both offer nine-network publishing, a calendar, analytics, AI assistance, and developer access, but their centre of gravity differs. INX makes AI Campaigns, image posts, carousels, UGC ads, stock video, and a multi-model video studio part of the same route into Bulk Scheduler. Maeve makes review links, rule-based approval stages, version diffs, reminders, and failed-post recovery part of the route to publication. INX Creator costs £18.99 monthly for five accounts and 300 shared credits. Maeve Basic costs $25 monthly, but Standard at $99 is the plan that introduces internal and client approvals. Do not buy either on AI alone: decide whether creation capacity or approval accountability is the bottleneck.
The tools at a glance
INX Social
AI content creation, video generation, social scheduling, and analytics in one workspace
INX Social is aimed at the content team that needs to move from a rough idea to a populated publishing queue without bouncing among separate generation tools. It connects Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Bluesky, and X. A user can make an individual post or build a campaign, choose destinations and timing, then use Calendar to inspect drafts, scheduled content, publications, and failures. The product is straightforward about its role: production and publishing, not social listening or customer service.
AI Content Studio is the differentiator. AI Campaign can create a 10, 15, 20, or 30-post text, image, or mixed campaign, optionally grounded by a website, and pass that saved sequence into Bulk Scheduler. The same workspace lists Image Post, Carousel Post, UGC Ad Studio, Stock Video Creator, captions, rewrites, hashtags, calls to action, and alt text. Its AI Video Studio supports text-to-video, image-to-video, and supported reference-driven generation, with more than 60 generation-ready models listed. This can remove a real production bottleneck, but it does not mean unlimited generation.
Credits are shared across the entire AI suite. Creator includes 300 monthly credits and five accounts for £18.99, Pro has 900 credits and 12 accounts for £34.99, and Agency reaches 4,000 credits and 50 accounts for £99.99. The product does not publicly describe client approval routing, an engagement inbox, an API, or an integrations list. That omission matters more than the impressive creation menu for an agency whose work repeatedly pauses in legal, brand, or client review.
| Feature | Trial £0 for 7 days | Creator £18.99/month | Pro £34.99/month | Business £59.99/month | Agency £99.99/month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connected accounts | Up to 2 | Up to 5 | Up to 12 | Up to 25 | Up to 50 |
| Publishing and scheduling | 50 destination publications | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Shared AI credits | 20 for 7 days | 300/month | 900/month | 2,000/month | 4,000/month |
| Bulk Scheduler and Full Analytics | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support | Standard | Standard | Priority | Priority | Priority+ |
Maeve Social
Social media project management for publishing, approvals, and client collaboration
Maeve Social is designed around the work before a post goes live. It combines a calendar, composer, grid planner, inbox, analytics reports, and publishing to nine platforms, but approval accountability is what makes it distinct. A team can define reusable routing rules around the channel, platform, post type, author, label, pillar, format, or campaign. Each stage can accept any reviewer, require every reviewer, or proceed in a fixed order. That is a practical answer to an agency buried in email threads and ambiguous sign-off.
Client collaboration does not need a client seat. Standard and Premium provide browser review links where a client can approve, comment, or request changes without creating an account. Maeve also documents version differences, manager override, stage reminders, closing times, and failed-post recovery. Those details are not decoration. They create a record of what changed and who released a piece of content when the campaign is moving across several stakeholders.
Basic costs $25 monthly or $240 annually and includes publishing, calendar, grid planning, 800 AI credits, and developer access. Standard costs $99 monthly or $950 annually, bringing internal and client approvals, shareable calendars, all-channel aggregate analytics, and 1,500 credits. Premium is $199 monthly with 3,000 credits. Maeve lists REST API, CLI, and MCP on every plan, though agencies should use the three-day trial to run their exact approval path and report needs rather than assume every client process maps neatly to its rules.
| Feature | Basic $25/mo or $240/year | Standard $99/mo or $950/year | Premium $199/mo or $1,900/year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Publish to nine platforms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Social calendar and grid planner | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Internal and client approvals | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Shareable calendar links | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| All-channel aggregate analytics | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI credits per month | 800 | 1,500 | 3,000 |
| REST API, CLI, and MCP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free trial | 3 days | 3 days | 3 days |
Head-to-head feature comparison
| Feature | INX Social | Maeve Social |
|---|---|---|
| Primary job | AI content production and publishing | Approval-led social project management |
| Entry price | £18.99/month for Creator | $25/month for Basic |
| Connected-account capacity | 5 on Creator; 50 on Agency | Not published in reviewed plan table |
| AI content production | Campaigns, images, carousels, UGC ads, stock video, and multi-model video | Caption and content-planning assistant |
| AI credit model | Shared credits across the AI suite | 800 to 3,000 monthly credits |
| Campaign scheduling | Bulk Scheduler retains compatible campaign sequence and routing | Calendar and publishing to nine platforms |
| Client approvals | Not published in profile | Standard and Premium, with no-account browser links for clients |
| Version-aware approval controls | Not published in profile | Routing rules, version diffs, reminders, closing times, manager override, and failed-post recovery |
| API, CLI, and MCP | Not published in profile | Listed on every published plan |
| Trial | 7 days | 3 days |
Which should you choose?
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Bottom line
Choose INX Social when the calendar is underfilled because producing campaign assets, images, carousels, and video takes too long. Creator is a sensible starting point for a focused brand, while Pro adds 12 accounts and 900 shared credits. Choose Maeve Social when client approval is why content misses dates. Standard is the relevant purchase, not Basic, because it adds client review links, internal approvals, and aggregate analytics. Test a real campaign during each trial, especially credit consumption in INX and the full review path in Maeve.
Frequently asked questions
Is INX Social or Maeve Social better for an agency that needs clients to approve posts?
Maeve Social is the better choice for an agency that needs clients to approve posts because Standard and Premium provide no-account browser review links, routing rules, comments, and change requests. INX Social does not publish client-approval workflow details in its reviewed profile.
Which tool is better for making AI social videos and scheduling a campaign?
INX Social is the better choice for making AI social videos and scheduling a campaign because its AI Content Studio includes video generation, AI Campaign, and Bulk Scheduler in one workspace. Its video and creation features consume shared credits, so test the chosen model and campaign size during the trial.
Does Maeve Social have an API or MCP access for an agent-assisted workflow?
Maeve Social lists REST API, CLI, and MCP access on all of its published plans. INX Social’s reviewed public pages do not establish an equivalent API or integration catalogue, so teams needing developer access should verify that requirement before selecting INX.
How do INX Social and Maeve Social pricing compare for a small content team?
INX Social Creator costs £18.99 per month for five accounts and 300 shared AI credits, while Maeve Social Basic costs $25 per month but excludes internal and client approvals. Maeve Standard costs $99 per month and is the relevant tier for an approval-heavy agency workflow.
Can Maeve Social generate a 30-post campaign like INX Social?
INX Social is the documented choice for generating a 10, 15, 20, or 30-post text, image, or mixed campaign and passing it into Bulk Scheduler. Maeve Social lists an assistant for captions and planning, but its reviewed profile does not establish an equivalent campaign-generation workflow.
Reviewed by Filipe Lins DuarteCo-Founder & CEOVast experience talking to customers and users to understand what good software looks like. Background spans commercial and product roles.
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