Vulse vs Apostle Social: which is right for you?
Apostle Social sells flat monthly plans with a required paid implementation package and a paid 30-day experiment as the recommended start. Vulse charges per user, includes setup and training, and gets you posting the same day.
Credit where it is due: Apostle Social publishes its prices, which is uncommon in this category. Its plans are flat monthly fees billed yearly, at €368 for Essentials, €778 for Collaborate, €948 for Integrate and €1,497 for Performance Driven, with a Global Suite on custom pricing. Implementation is a separate one-time fee: €1,499 for the foundation setup on Essentials and Collaborate, €2,499 for the advanced setup from Integrate upwards, and an optional €4,000 IT and integrations package. Apostle Social also recommends starting with a 30-day experiment at €1,450. Vulse prices per user with onboarding, training and refresher sessions included, and is self-serve, so first posts can go out the same day. For a small team that difference adds up to thousands in year one before anyone has published anything.
Setup and onboarding included in the price
Apostle Social lists a one-time implementation package alongside its plans: €1,499 for the foundation setup, €2,499 for the advanced setup and €4,000 for the optional IT and integrations package. With Vulse, setup, onboarding, training and refresher sessions are included in the per-user price.
Pay for the people who post
Apostle Social's plans are flat monthly fees billed yearly, so a team of eight and a team of eighty on the same plan pay the same amount. Vulse prices per user and the rate drops as you scale: $18 per user per month at 1-10 seats, $14 at 11-49, $10 at 50-99 and $6 at 100 or more, billed annually. A team of fifteen pays for fifteen.
Live today
Apostle Social recommends beginning with a 30-day experiment at €1,450 and requires implementation on its standard plans. Vulse is self-serve: connect your LinkedIn, invite your team and publish the same day, with tone-of-voice matching drafting suggestions in each employee's own style.
Frequently asked questions
Vulse charges per active user, includes setup and training in the price and is self-serve. Apostle Social sells flat monthly plans billed yearly, adds a one-time implementation package of €1,499 or €2,499, and recommends a 30-day experiment at €1,450.
Setup, onboarding, training and refresher sessions are included in every Vulse plan. Apostle Social lists a foundation setup at €1,499 for Essentials and Collaborate, an advanced setup at €2,499 from Integrate upwards, and an optional IT and integrations package at €4,000.
It depends on headcount, and both price lists are public so you can check. A ten-person team on Vulse pays $18 per user per month billed annually, with setup included. Apostle Social's Essentials plan is €368 per month billed yearly plus the €1,499 foundation setup, whatever the number of people posting.
Yes. Vulse and Apostle Social are both ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant. Vulse is also built entirely on LinkedIn's official API.