Prices checked 30 September 2026Updated

Quetzal vs Swello: the Swello alternative that makes the posts

Swello helps your team schedule, measure and keep an eye on its industry. Quetzal makes the posts from your brand, publishes them and plans the next week from the results.

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 Swello if your team enjoys writing the posts and wants scheduling, statistics and an industry monitoring dashboard in one tool, from €24 a month per subscription (Medium).

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.

Swello costs less and keeps a free plan for life. Quetzal costs more because the posts themselves are made for you.

14 days free. Card required, nothing charged today.

At a glance

Best for

Swello
Communication teams that write their own posts and want scheduling, statistics and monitoring priced in euros
Quetzal
Businesses and agencies that want the posts done for them

Who makes the posts

Swello
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

Swello
Not listed on their site
Quetzal
Presenter reels with word-timed captions from Pro, 10 a month

Networks it publishes to

Swello
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Threads and Bluesky
Quetzal
Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube

Approval before publishing

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

Comments and messages

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

App languages

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

Price from

Swello
€24 a month per subscription (Medium)
Quetzal
$116 a month per brand (Starter)

Billed yearly

Swello
€19 a month per subscription, billed yearly (Medium)
Quetzal
$89 a month, billed yearly (Starter)

Free plan

Swello
Yes
Quetzal
No

Free trial

Swello
7 days, no card needed
Quetzal
14 days; card required, nothing charged today

Refunds

Swello
Plans renew automatically; cancelling takes effect at the end of the period, when the account drops to the free plan, and the sums already paid are kept.
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.

Swello's price basis: Per subscription, excluding VAT: Medium covers 1 user and 5 social profiles, Large 5 users and 15 profiles, Business more than that; extra users and profiles are paid on top. Prices in euros, 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 Swello wins

  • A free plan for life with a few profiles
  • An industry monitoring dashboard next to the scheduler
  • AI help to correct, translate and rephrase posts, plus hashtags and alt text
  • Reports you can export as PNG, PDF and CSV

Stay with Swello if your team writes its own posts and wants scheduling, statistics and industry monitoring in one place, priced in euros.

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.

Next week is planned from last week's results

Every post is measured, and what worked on your own accounts shapes what comes next. No report to read.

What it costs at your size

One brand, three accounts

Swello
€24 (Medium)
Quetzal
$116 (Starter)

One brand, six accounts

Swello
€72 (Large)
Quetzal
$298 (Growth)

Three brands, three accounts each

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

Monthly billing on both sides, each tool in its own unit (Swello: 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 Swello

Connect the same accounts to Quetzal and paste your website. Quetzal reads your brand from it and drafts the first week, which waits for your review.

Swello also publishes to Threads and Bluesky, which Quetzal does not. If those matter to you, keep Swello for them and for its monitoring dashboard, while Quetzal takes care of Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, X and YouTube.

Which one to choose

Choose Quetzal if your team has the tools to schedule but not the hours to write, and you want the week to arrive ready to approve.

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Choose Swello if your team writes its own posts and wants scheduling, statistics and industry monitoring in one place, priced in euros.

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Questions people ask

Is Quetzal better than Swello?

For making the content, yes; for monitoring your industry, Swello is built for that job. Swello gives a team writing help, scheduling, statistics and monitoring. Quetzal plans, writes and designs every post from your brand and publishes it.

What is the main difference between Quetzal and Swello?

Swello's AI helps when you ask: it corrects, translates and rephrases what you wrote. Quetzal starts from your website and brand kit and arrives with the whole week written and designed.

Which is cheaper for one brand with three accounts?

Billed monthly, one brand with three accounts costs $116 (Starter) on Quetzal and €24 (Medium) on Swello. Swello costs less and keeps a free plan for life. Quetzal costs more because the posts themselves are made for you.

Does Swello create posts, images or video for you?

According to Swello's own pages, checked on 30 September 2026: its AI helps you write when you ask. Quetzal plans, writes and designs your posts on every plan, and makes AI reels from Pro.

Can I use Quetzal and Swello together?

Yes. Keep Swello for monitoring and for Threads and Bluesky, and let Quetzal fill the calendar on the six networks it covers. Quetzal publishes through each network's official connection, so the posts appear like any others.

How do I move from Swello to Quetzal?

Connect your accounts to Quetzal, paste your website and review the brand kit it builds. The first week is drafted from it. If you cancel Swello, it keeps running until the end of the period and then drops to its free plan.

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

Swello's prices were read from its pricing page on 30 September 2026 (monthly billing, EUR). Features were checked on Swello's own pages on 30 September 2026; where Swello 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. Swello is a trademark of its owner; Quetzal is not affiliated with Swello.

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