How much does social media management cost?

Every number comes from a page anyone can open. We read 60 published packages from 21 agencies and posting services in four countries, plus Upwork's hourly rates for each country, on October 9, 2026. Nothing here is a private quote, and nothing is averaged from another price guide.

Freelancer is hours times rate. Hours are your posts times 0.83, from BeKonstructive's guide (12 posts take "around 10 hours per month minimum"), plus one hour a week if you want replies, the unit agencies sell replies in. The rate is Upwork's typical range for your country. Ads and content add Fiverr's typical order price for those categories ($152 and $114).

Small agency is the 5 published packages closest to what you picked: nearest post count first, then platforms, and a package that lacks an add-on you ticked counts as further away. The low end is the cheapest of them, the label in the middle is their median, and the top is the dearest. The card under the bar lists them, so you can check every one.

Full-service agency is every published full-service price in your country. These agencies price by scope, not by post, so your sliders do not move that line. We show it only when at least two agencies publish a price. In Canada none did.

Prices are monthly, in the provider's currency and before VAT or GST. Ad spend is never included. Upwork and Fiverr publish in US dollars; we convert them with the European Central Bank reference rates for October 8, 2026. Beevi's US dollar prices are converted the same way. Setup fees and minimum terms are in the notes. A dash in the table means the page did not say.

The limits are real: a few dozen price lists is a small sample, and the agencies that publish prices lean toward small business offers. Many full-service agencies only quote after a call, so their real prices can sit higher than the line shows.

Checked October 9, 2026. Links go to the page each price was read from.

These are not used in the math, because they publish a range without the packages behind it. They are here so you can compare.

• WebFX: Monthly packages and retainers: $500 to $5,000. Hourly: $35 to $150.
• Bark (US): Average $1,500 a month, from $400 to $3,000 and up.
• Bark (UK): Average £450 a month, £300 at the lower end to £800 at the higher end.
• Bark (Australia): Average package A$500 to A$900 a month.
• Cemoh rate guide (Australia): Contractor average A$69 an hour, A$557 a day, ex GST.
• Cloud Campaign: Basic $500 to $2,000, mid-tier $2,000 to $5,000, premium $5,000 to $15,000 and up.
• Sprout Social: A basic program $500 to $5,000 a month; a comprehensive one about $5,000.

Beevi is software, not an agency. It learns your brand, drafts posts for six platforms, makes the images, and schedules and publishes what you approve. You approve every post before it goes live. Nobody at Beevi runs your account.

What it does not do: reply to comments or messages for you, run paid ads, or come to your business to take photos or film. If you need those, a person or an agency is the right buy, and the ranges above are what that costs.

• Solopreneur: $35 a month, 50 credits
• Growth: $100 a month, 150 credits
• Local Business: $200 a month, 300 credits
• Social Manager: $500 a month, 800 credits

A written post draft costs 2 credits; images cost extra credits that depend on the image model. Prices from the Beevi pricing page, billed in US dollars.

Your own hours are not free. The social media time calculator turns your weekly hours into a yearly number in money, workdays and weekends, so you can put it next to these prices.