Prices checked 30 September 2026Updated

Quetzal vs Lately: the Lately alternative that makes the posts

Lately turns the long content you already have into social posts. Quetzal starts from your brand and makes the posts, with or without long content behind them.

Quick answer

Pick Quetzal if you want your social media done for you: posts planned from your brand, written in your voice and published to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube. Pick Lately if you already publish podcasts, webinars or long articles and want each one cut into dozens of posts in your own voice, from $19 a month per subscription (Starter).

Quetzal starts at $116 a month per brand, or $89 a month billed yearly (Starter). Unlimited posts on every plan. Plans differ in connected accounts, designed images a month and AI reels, which start on Pro.

Lately's Starter plan costs less than ours. It repurposes what you give it; Quetzal also designs images and makes reels from Pro.

14 days free. Card required, nothing charged today.

At a glance

Best for

Lately
Teams that produce long content every week and want it cut into many posts in their voice
Quetzal
Businesses and agencies that want the posts done for them

Who makes the posts

Lately
You do; its AI helps when you ask
Quetzal
Quetzal, from your brand. You approve each one or let it run. Unlimited posts on every plan.

AI video

Lately
Captioned clips cut from the videos and audio you upload
Quetzal
Presenter reels with word-timed captions from Pro, 10 a month

Networks it publishes to

Lately
LinkedIn, X, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube
Quetzal
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube

Approval before publishing

Lately
Yes
Quetzal
Yes: review mode holds every post, and clients approve by link

Comments and messages

Lately
Not listed on their site
Quetzal
Comment-to-DM replies on Instagram and Facebook from Growth; not a shared inbox

App languages

Lately
Not listed on their site
Quetzal
English and Spanish; posts in your brand's language, with its regional variant

Price from

Lately
$19 a month per subscription (Starter)
Quetzal
$116 a month per brand (Starter)

Billed yearly

Lately
$14 a month per subscription, billed yearly (Starter)
Quetzal
$89 a month, billed yearly (Starter)

Free plan

Lately
Not listed on their site
Quetzal
No

Free trial

Lately
Not listed on their site
Quetzal
14 days; card required, nothing charged today

Refunds

Lately
Not listed on their site
Quetzal
Cancel in the 14-day trial and pay nothing. A yearly or quarterly plan cancelled within 30 days of a charge is refunded, minus the months started. Otherwise, no refunds.

Lately's price basis: Per subscription, per month, with one voice model on both plans: Starter covers 5 social channels and 1 user; Growth lists 25 social channels and 5 users in its plan overview (one card on the same page says 5 channels and 3 users). Prices in US dollars, as shown on its pricing page. Quetzal charges per brand, in US dollars, with sales tax added at checkout where it applies. Source: their pricing page.

Where Lately wins

  • Turns one webinar, podcast or blog into dozens of posts
  • Learns a voice model from your own writing
  • Cuts matching video and audio clips with captions
  • Sends posts on to Hootsuite, Sprinklr or HubSpot if you already publish there

Stay with Lately if you already produce long content every week, such as podcasts, webinars or articles, and want it cut into posts in your own voice.

Where Quetzal is different

The week arrives planned and written

Quetzal reads your website and brand kit, plans the week and writes every post in your voice. You open a finished week instead of an empty calendar.

Designed posts and carousels in your brand

Quetzal designs posts, carousels and stories in your colours and type, so every account looks like one brand. Designed images come on every plan, and posts from your own photos are unlimited.

Finished reels, ready to publish

From Pro, Quetzal makes AI reels for you: a presenter says a script written from your brand, with captions timed to each word. Each reel publishes like any other post.

Six networks from one plan

Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube, each with its own version of the post and its own publishing schedule.

What it costs at your size

One brand, three accounts

Lately
$19 (Starter)
Quetzal
$116 (Starter)

One brand, six accounts

Lately
Depends on their plan limits
Quetzal
$298 (Growth)

Three brands, three accounts each

Lately
Depends on their plan limits
Quetzal
$313 (3 × Starter)

Monthly billing on both sides, each tool in its own unit (Lately: per subscription). An account is one connected social profile. Three brands on Quetzal share one agency invoice, with the agency discount already applied.

Switching from Lately

Connect your accounts to Quetzal and paste your website. There is no library of long content to feed first: Quetzal reads your brand and drafts the first week for your review.

If Lately is working well on your podcast or webinars, keep it for those clips. Quetzal can run the regular calendar, including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube, around them.

Which one to choose

Choose Quetzal if you do not have long content every week and need the posts themselves, designed and published across six networks.

Try for free

Choose Lately if you already produce long content every week, such as podcasts, webinars or articles, and want it cut into posts in your own voice.

Visit Lately

Questions people ask

Is Quetzal better than Lately?

It depends on your raw material. Lately is very good at turning a webinar, podcast or long article into many posts with clips. Quetzal suits a business that has a website and a brand but no steady stream of long content: it plans and makes the posts from scratch.

What is the main difference between Quetzal and Lately?

Lately works from what you feed it and learns your voice from it. Quetzal works from your brand kit, plans the week itself, designs images and reels and publishes to Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube.

Which is cheaper for one brand with three accounts?

Billed monthly, one brand with three accounts costs $116 (Starter) on Quetzal and $19 (Starter) on Lately. Lately's Starter plan costs less than ours. It repurposes what you give it; Quetzal also designs images and makes reels from Pro.

Does Lately create posts, images or video for you?

According to Lately's own pages, checked on 30 September 2026: its AI helps you write when you ask; on video: captioned clips cut from the videos and audio you upload. Quetzal plans, writes and designs your posts on every plan, and makes AI reels from Pro.

Can I use Quetzal and Lately together?

Yes. Lately can keep cutting your podcast or webinars into posts while Quetzal runs the rest of the week. Both publish through each network's official connection.

How do I move from Lately to Quetzal?

Connect your accounts, paste your website and review the brand kit Quetzal builds. Your first week is drafted from it. You do not need to export anything from Lately.

Decide with your own week in front of you

Type your website and see a week of posts made for your brand. Free, and no account needed.

14 days free. Card required, nothing charged today.

How we compare

Lately's prices were read from its pricing page on 30 September 2026 (monthly billing, USD). Features were checked on Lately's own pages on 30 September 2026; where Lately does not say, we write "not listed". We make Quetzal, so this is a vendor's comparison. If anything is wrong or out of date, write to hello@quetzaltech.es and we will correct it within 48 hours. Lately is a trademark of its owner; Quetzal is not affiliated with Lately.

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