Best Bluesky schedulers
Bluesky is young, and few social tools post to it yet. If you have started building an audience there, a scheduler keeps a steady rhythm on Bluesky without opening another app every day. This list says which tools reach it and which fits which job.
Who wrote this
Optimate publishes this page, so treat it as a vendor's list rather than an independent review. We've tried to earn the read by ranking on fit rather than on who's paying for the page — Optimate isn't first on every list here, and where a competitor is the better answer we say so and link you to them.
How this list is ordered
Ranked on Bluesky specifically: scheduling posts ahead, handling replies and mentions, reaching your other networks from the same calendar, and price for one to five accounts. Prices are from each vendor's published pricing; tools we haven't verified get positioning only. Which networks a tool reaches changes as platforms open and close their APIs, so confirm it on the tool's own site before you pay.
Pricing checked between 25 August and 26 September 2026. Tools without a figure are ones we haven’t verified directly — check their site rather than trust a number we didn’t read ourselves.
Number 1: Optimate
Free plan · Pro £29/mo · Studio £59/mo · Agency £135/moBest for: Bluesky beside your other networks, with replies and mentions in one place
Schedules Bluesky posts on the same calendar as LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Threads, Google Business and Mastodon, counting the 300-character limit Bluesky's way. From Pro, Bluesky replies and direct messages arrive in one Inbox, and up to five names or words are tracked on Bluesky.
Number 2: Buffer
Free plan · from $5/channel/moBest for: A simple Bluesky queue with a free plan
A reliable queue with a free plan and per-channel pricing. Light on writing help, but the easiest way to start scheduling Bluesky alongside a couple of other networks.
Number 3: Publer
Free plan · from $5/account/moBest for: Bulk-scheduling Bluesky on a budget
Priced per social account, with bulk scheduling and post recycling, and one of the widest network lists of any scheduler.
Number 4: Metricool
Free plan · from €20/moBest for: Bluesky numbers beside every other network
Analytics-first, with competitor tracking across up to 100 profiles, customisable report templates and a Looker Studio connector. Scheduling is solid but secondary to measurement.
How Optimate does it: the Optimate Bluesky scheduler
Want it step by step? How to schedule Bluesky posts
Common questions
Can you schedule Bluesky posts?
Yes, through a scheduler that connects to Bluesky. Optimate, Buffer, Publer and Metricool all have free plans to start on, each with limits on accounts or posts.
How long can a Bluesky post be?
300 characters, where an emoji counts as one. Optimate counts it Bluesky's way as you type and stops a post that is too long before it is queued.
Can I reply to Bluesky messages from a scheduler?
In Optimate, yes: from Pro, Bluesky replies and direct messages come into the Inbox. For the others, check each tool's own site, since inbox features vary by plan.
Try Optimate against your own accounts
14-day free trial, no card required — enough to judge the content quality for yourself rather than take our word for it. The free plan after that covers 3 connected accounts.
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