Connily Social Media Agent vs Postly ‑ AI Social Posts
Two Shopify apps, side by side: detected stores, momentum, reviews, plans, listed features and who runs each. Store counts as of Oct 22, 2026 for Connily Social Media Agent, May 9, 2026 for Postly.
The short answer
- Only Connily Social Media Agent lists a free plan.
Head to head
Momentum
New reviews each month
Review pace is the clearest public read on how fast an app is winning new merchants.
Free
- · 1 active campaign (up to 5 posts)
- · 1 active product
- · 5 creations a month
- · Creative briefs and caption writing
- · Instagram and Facebook publishing
- · Manual scheduling and publishing
Enhance
- · 25 active products
- · 50 creations a month
- · Creative briefs and caption writing
- · Instagram and Facebook publishing
- · Manual scheduling and smart posting
- · Product tagging and tracking
Scale
- · 100 creations a month
- · 75 active products
- · Everything in Enhance
- · Instagram and Facebook publishing
- · Manual boosting and smart scheduling
- · Suggested post feed
Amplify
- · 200 active products
- · 250 creations a month
- · Auto-boost and smart boost
- · Auto-queue and auto-posting
- · Everything in Scale
- · Instagram and Facebook publishing
Coverage counts what each App Store listing names. Every feature, checked off app by app, is in Shoplist.
See every featureConnily does the work a social team does. It reads your catalogue, stock levels and sales data, decides which products need attention, generates the images from your own product photography, writes the captions and hashtags, then schedules to Instagram and Facebook. You approve what it brings you or brief a campaign yourself, in the app or straight from Claude and ChatGPT.
Postly enables merchants to generate social media captions for products using AI. Users select a product and customize captions by platform including Instagram, Facebook, and X, along with tone, length, emojis, hashtags, call to action, and additional instructions.
- Plan social content around your Shopify products and campaigns
- Create posts manually or automate them with an AI social agent
- Understand why each post exists and what it’s meant to drive
- Track social performance alongside Shopify sales and activity
- Generate AI social media captions for products on Instagram, Facebook, and X
- Customize captions by tone, length, emojis, hashtags, and call to action
- Select store products to create relevant, product-focused social content
- Save, review, and reuse generated social media captions from history
All the numbers
Every figure, side by side
A green dot marks the app ahead on a measured figure. Estimates, gaps and apps that leave no storefront trace never take the lead.
Adoption
| Measure |  Connily Social Media Agent |  Postly |
|---|---|---|
| Detected stores | Not published | Not published |
| Net store change, 28 days | 0 | 0 |
| Stores added, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Big-brand share | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Top store categories | Not published | Not published |
| Top store countries | Not published | Not published |
Reviews
| Measure | Connily Social Media Agent | Postly |
|---|---|---|
| App Store rating | 5.0 ★ | Not published |
| App Store reviews | 23 | Not published |
| New reviews, 28 days | Not enough data | Not enough data |
| Reviewers a year or more in | Not enough data | Not enough data |
Pricing
| Measure | Connily Social Media Agent | Postly |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Not listed |
| Lowest paid monthly plan | $69/month | No monthly plan listed |
| Longest free trial | 7 days | Not listed |
| Plans listed | 4 | Not published |
Listing
| Measure | Connily Social Media Agent | Postly |
|---|---|---|
| Shopify category rank | #32(ahead) | #95 |
| Shopify App Charts | Not on this week’s charts | Not on this week’s charts |
| Built for Shopify | No | No |
| Launched | Mar 4, 2026 | May 8, 2026 |
| Languages | 1 | 1 |
| Developer | Connily | OrbitsDev |
FAQ
Connily Social Media Agent and Postly: common questions
- Is Connily Social Media Agent or Postly cheaper?
- Only Connily Social Media Agent lists a free plan. Shoplist compares base prices only between monthly plans in the same currency; usage charges and annual plans vary, so check each plan’s limits.
- Where does this comparison’s data come from?
- Shoplist crawls Shopify storefronts to detect which apps each store runs, and reads each app’s Shopify App Store listing for reviews, pricing, features and integrations. Store counts are as of Oct 22, 2026 for Connily Social Media Agent, May 9, 2026 for Postly; estimated figures are labeled.
How Shoplist compares apps
Store counts come from Shoplist’s crawl of Shopify storefronts, which detects the apps each store runs; they are as of Oct 22, 2026 for Connily Social Media Agent, May 9, 2026 for Postly. Reviews, ratings, plans, features and integrations come from each app’s Shopify App Store listing. 28-day figures are labeled when estimated, and a figure that is missing or estimated never decides who leads. Read the methodology.