Sked Social
Tool · this deep dive is built from the official pages of the platform itself and of the tools that support it.
Overview
Sked Social describes itself like this: "The connected social media workspace for growing teams: ideas, scheduling, collaboration, approvals and reporting. From first idea to final report" (homepage). This is a self-description — the tool's own claim about itself, not an independent assessment.
The formulation shows who the product is designed for: for teams where there are approvals and reporting, not for one person with one account. Approvals and reports are named on a par with scheduling.
The interface language of the homepage is English; the hreflang markup declares two language versions: English and Spanish (homepage). No Russian version is announced.
The site is prepared for reading by programs: there is a machine-readable index llms.txt of 19,998 characters — one of the largest among those checked. The length of the file is our own measurement on the date of the check, not a claim by the tool: the file changes along with the documentation.
Which platforms it works with
Sked Social's lists are different for different tasks, and the divergence between them is larger than at most tools. What has to be looked at is not the general list but the one that relates to your task.
Publishing. The integrations page names ten "native channels": Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Snapchat and Google Business Profile. Everything else on the same page is working instruments such as Notion, Asana and Canva, not platforms for publishing.
Analytics. Here the list is half as long. The analytics page says word for word: "You can track your Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok and Google Business performance in Sked's social media analytics tool". Five networks.
Incoming messages. Five as well, and almost the same ones: the inbox page answers in the questions section — "Platforms supported by Sked's unified social media inbox include Instagram, Facebook, TikTok comments, LinkedIn, and Google Business Profile". Note the qualification about TikTok: what is named is comments precisely, not private messages.
Bringing it together: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok and Google Business Profile fall into all three lists. X, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads and Snapchat are named only for publishing.
How you earn with it
An affiliate programme is announced — the Sked Social Affiliate Program (the page of the programme). In the footer of the site a Customer Referral Program is named separately, and the address /referral opens too; judging by the names, these are two different mechanisms.
There is a contradiction on the page about the rate, and it cannot be smoothed over. In the header of the same page it is promised "Get up to 25% commission on all payments for 12 months" and "Earn 25% commission — all year long". Below, in the "How it works" section and in the answers to questions, something different is written: "You rake in 20% commission (USD, exGST) of every payment your referral makes for a whole year". Twenty or twenty-five per cent cannot be determined from one page. It needs to be clarified before joining the programme, not after.
The term of the accrual is the same in both formulations — twelve months: "You'll get 20% of the payment they make for the next 12 months". The rule works both for monthly and for annual plans; if the subscription is cancelled, they pay only for the months paid for.
The referred client is given a discount of 10%. The examples of earnings the tool gives on its own page: up to 200 USD for the Launch plan, up to 450 USD for Grow, up to 720 USD for Accelerate. These are the tool's own calculations, showing the upper boundary, not the expected income.
The payout threshold is named outright — "the minimum is $100 USD"; there is one method of payout: PayPal, with the account stated on joining, and the money leaves on reaching a hundred dollars (the questions section on the page of the programme).
Who is admitted: publishers of material about social networks and marketing, reviewers of technology, influencers on YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok and Instagram, authors and curators of courses. Being a Sked client is not required. The commission is paid only for new clients — bringing in existing ones is not allowed.
The terms of the programme are published as a separate page: affiliate-terms-conditions, and the link to it stands in the answer about the restrictions on promotion.
What it will not do
"The source does not say" and "the tool does not support" are different statements, and the distinction is preserved below.
Analytics for X, YouTube, Pinterest, Threads and Snapchat the analytics page does not announce: these networks are not in its list. The same goes for incoming messages. That is the silence of the lists, not a statement by the tool that there is no such analytics — but in making a choice one can lean only on what has been named.
TikTok private messages are not announced in the inbox: the tool names precisely "TikTok comments" (the inbox page). Here the tool's formulation is precise enough for the restriction to be considered announced.
The lifetime of the affiliate click tag is not named. Instead of a tag a personal link and a discount code are issued, and how much time the click is in force is not said on the page of the programme.
An existing client cannot be brought in for a commission — the programme counts only new ones.
The checked sources do not name the cost of the plans: only the names of the plans are known — Launch, Grow, Accelerate — mentioned in the examples of affiliate earnings. There are therefore no prices in this deep dive.
Verified data
The checked data this deep dive rests on.
About the platform
the platform describes itself as follows: «The connected social media workspace for growing teams: ideas, scheduling, collaboration, approvals and reporting. From first idea to final report.»
Self-description: this is the platform's claim about itself, not an independent assessment
source, checked 2026-07-28
Platforms
Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), YouTube, Pinterest, Threads, Snapchat, Google Business Profile
the page calls them «ten native channels»; everything else on the page is work tools (Notion, Asana, Canva and others), not platforms
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Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok and Google Business
a quotation from the page: «You can track your Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok and Google Business performance in Sked's social media analytics tool»
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Instagram, Facebook, TikTok comments, LinkedIn, and Google Business Profile
a quotation from the questions section: «Platforms supported by Sked's unified social media inbox include Instagram, Facebook, TikTok comments, LinkedIn, and Google Business Profile»
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How the money works here
Affiliate programme. yes: the Sked Social Affiliate Program; a Customer Referral Program is named separately in the footer
the address /referral also opens
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One-off or recurring. recurring for 12 months: You'll get 20% of the payment they make for the next 12 months; if the subscription is cancelled, payment is only for the months paid for
it works for both monthly and annual plans
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Payout minimum. the minimum is $100 USD
from the FAQ
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How they pay. PayPal; the PayPal account is given on joining, payout once $100 is reached
from the FAQ
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Who is admitted. social media and marketing content publishers, trusted tech reviewers, influencers on YouTube, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Instagram, course educators & curators; being a Sked customer is not required; commission only for new clients, existing ones may not be brought in
from the FAQ
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Where the terms are. https://skedsocial.com/affiliate-terms-conditions
a link to the terms from the FAQ about promotion restrictions
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Commission. Sources diverge: two rates on one page: in the header Get up to 25% commission on all payments for 12 months and Earn 25% commission — all year long, and in the How it works section and in the FAQ — You rake in 20% commission (USD, exGST) of every payment your referral makes for a whole year
the client brought in is given a 10% discount; the earnings examples on the page: up to $200 on the Launch plan, up to $450 on Grow, up to $720 on Accelerate
source, checked 2026-08-04
Pricing
The cheapest paid plan is Basic: «US$24/mo (billed as US$290/yr)», that is, 24 USD a month when 290 USD is paid a year in advance. It has one user and one profile per platform. The currency switches on the page: «USD, AUD, GBP, and EUR. Switch with the toggle above, and prices update in real time»
The price is named for yearly billing — and so it is recorded. A separate monthly price for Basic could not be read from the page, so we do not assert «24 USD on monthly billing». Four currencies is a rarity: most services in this selection offer only the dollar. The quotations are verbatim. A monetary fact, shelf life 90 days
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Four tiers on yearly billing. Basic — «US$24/mo (billed as US$290/yr)», 1 user, 1 profile per platform. Grow — «US$58/mo (billed as US$690/yr)», 6 profiles, 3 users. Accelerate — «US$166/mo (billed as US$1,990/yr)», 10 profiles, 6 users. Custom — «From US$249/mo», composition by agreement, with a «Talk to sales» button
The top tier is described not as «on request» but as «from 249 USD a month» — Sked declares the lower bound of a contract, unlike Statusbrew and Gorgias. The quotations are verbatim
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A 14-day trial period, no card needed: «14-day free trial, no credit card required»
The wording is repeated on the pricing page several times under different plans. The quotation is verbatim
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They count on two bases at once, and Sked publishes both prices separately — a rare case where «per user» and «per connected account» are visible apart. An extra profile: on Grow — «Additional profiles: +US$80/yr each», on Accelerate — «Additional profiles: +US$100/yr each». An extra user: on Accelerate — «Additional users: +US$150/yr each». On Basic and Grow the add-ons are closed: «Additional users: Not included», and on Basic profiles too — «Additional profiles: Not included». On Custom both are «Custom contract»
A person costs one and a half times as much as an account: 150 USD a year per user against 100 USD a year per profile on the same Accelerate tier. Expanding a team on Basic and Grow is impossible at all — for a second person on Grow and a seventh on Accelerate you have to change tier. The quotations are verbatim
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There is no free plan: the pricing page has four tiers, all paid, the lowest at 24 USD a month. The only free thing is a «14-day free trial, no credit card required»
The pricing page was read in full: there is no permanent free plan on it in any form. Sked Social makes no direct statement that «there is no free plan» — the conclusion comes from its own list of tiers
source, checked 2026-08-07
Languages
the interface language of the home page: en; declared language versions: en, es
The language is taken from the markup attribute, the versions from hreflang
source, checked 2026-07-28
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