Should I hire a social media manager or use a scheduling tool?
If you want someone to plan campaigns, shoot content and reply to comments, hire a person. If you know what is happening in your business and only lack the time to write and schedule it, a tool is enough and costs far less.
What a manager does that a tool does not
Strategy, photography and video, replying to comments and messages, and running adverts. Spica Post does none of those.
What a tool removes
Writing a separate version for each platform, and the scheduling. With Spica Post you supply the news, your assistant drafts a post for each account, you approve, and it goes out on time.
A middle path
Some businesses use a tool for the weekly posts and bring in a freelancer for a photo day or a campaign a few times a year.
A quick way to decide
- Do you need photos and video made for you? A person.
- Do you need someone to answer comments and messages? A person.
- Do you know what to say, and only lack the time to write and schedule it? A tool.
- Not sure? Start with the tool; it is the cheaper one to try.
What it costs
A person is paid by the month or by salary; a tool is a small fixed price. The page on what social media management costs lists the questions to ask before you sign with anyone.
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Reviewed 3 October 2026.
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