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AI Tools for Social Media: Scheduling, Writing, Listening and Influencer Tools
38 tools tracked · 30 active · 8 dead or at risk · Updated September 23, 2026
Social media teams use AI for four jobs: writing and repurposing posts, scheduling them, listening to what people say about the brand, and finding creators to work with.
Features come and go quickly here — Later's AI caption writer and Sprout's AI Assist were retired, and listening companies like Talkwalker were absorbed. This page shows what is still running.
Still Active
Arcads
🟢ActiveArcads is an AI video-ad creation platform that turns scripts into short-form ads featuring AI-generated actors.
Arcads is an AI video-ad creation platform that turns scripts into short-form ads featuring AI-generated actors. It is designed for marketers producing and testing social media advertising creative at scale.
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Billo
🟢ActiveBillo is a creator marketplace where brands order user-generated product videos from vetted creators.
Billo is a creator marketplace where brands order user-generated product videos from vetted creators. Its platform supports briefs, creator matching, video delivery, revisions, and licensing for social ads and organic posts.
Read the Billo status page.
A social listening and consumer research platform that analyzes online conversations, news, reviews, and other data sources to help organiza
A social listening and consumer research platform that analyzes online conversations, news, reviews, and other data sources to help organizations track brands, audiences, trends, and market sentiment.
Buffer AI Assistant
🟢ActiveBuffer AI Assistant is a generative writing feature within Buffer’s social media management platform.
Buffer AI Assistant is a generative writing feature within Buffer’s social media management platform. It helps users brainstorm, draft, rewrite, shorten, expand, and repurpose posts for different social networks.
Read the Buffer AI Assistant status page.
Canva Magic Studio
🟢ActiveCanva Magic Studio is a collection of AI-assisted design features inside Canva for generating and editing text, images, video, presentations
Canva Magic Studio is a collection of AI-assisted design features inside Canva for generating and editing text, images, video, presentations, and branded content from prompts and existing assets.
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ContentStudio AI Writer
🟢ActiveContentStudio AI Writer is a generative writing feature within ContentStudio for creating and rewriting social media captions and related ma
ContentStudio AI Writer is a generative writing feature within ContentStudio for creating and rewriting social media captions and related marketing copy, with controls such as prompts, tone, length, and hashtags.
Read the ContentStudio AI Writer status page.
CreatorIQ
🟢ActiveCreatorIQ is an enterprise creator-marketing platform for discovering creators, managing relationships and campaigns, measuring performance,
CreatorIQ is an enterprise creator-marketing platform for discovering creators, managing relationships and campaigns, measuring performance, and supporting brand safety and compliance across social channels.
Read the CreatorIQ status page.
A social media management suite from Emplifi for publishing, engagement, listening, analytics, influencer marketing, and customer care.
A social media management suite from Emplifi for publishing, engagement, listening, analytics, influencer marketing, and customer care. It grew from the Socialbakers platform after the Astute–Socialbakers combination.
FeedHive
🟢ActiveFeedHive is a social media management platform for creating, scheduling, publishing, and analyzing posts across multiple networks.
FeedHive is a social media management platform for creating, scheduling, publishing, and analyzing posts across multiple networks. It includes AI-assisted writing, content recycling, collaboration, and engagement tools.
Read the FeedHive status page.
HypeAuditor
🟢ActiveInfluencer marketing platform for discovering and evaluating creators, checking audience quality, tracking campaigns, and analyzing social-m
Influencer marketing platform for discovering and evaluating creators, checking audience quality, tracking campaigns, and analyzing social-media accounts across major networks.
Read the HypeAuditor status page.
Influencity
🟢ActiveInfluencity is an influencer marketing platform for finding and analyzing creators, managing influencer relationships and campaigns, and tra
Influencity is an influencer marketing platform for finding and analyzing creators, managing influencer relationships and campaigns, and tracking results. Its software serves brands and agencies across major social networks.
Read the Influencity status page.
Keyhole
🟢ActiveKeyhole is a social media analytics and listening platform for tracking hashtags, keywords, accounts, campaigns, influencers, and competitor
Keyhole is a social media analytics and listening platform for tracking hashtags, keywords, accounts, campaigns, influencers, and competitors. It provides monitoring, reporting, sentiment analysis, and publishing tools.
Read the Keyhole status page.
Lately.ai
🟢ActiveLately.ai is a social media content platform that uses AI to turn long-form material such as articles, videos, and podcasts into multiple sh
Lately.ai is a social media content platform that uses AI to turn long-form material such as articles, videos, and podcasts into multiple short social posts, with publishing, analytics, and brand-voice workflow features.
Read the Lately.ai status page.
Linqia
🟢ActiveLinqia is an influencer marketing platform and managed service for brands.
Linqia is an influencer marketing platform and managed service for brands. It supports creator discovery, campaign execution, content measurement, and performance reporting, with AI-assisted workflows and first-party data.
Read the Linqia status page.
Metricool
🟢ActiveMetricool is a social media management and analytics platform for planning, publishing, monitoring, and reporting across social networks and
Metricool is a social media management and analytics platform for planning, publishing, monitoring, and reporting across social networks and advertising channels. It serves creators, agencies, brands, and social media teams.
Read the Metricool status page.
Modash
🟢ActiveModash is an influencer-marketing platform for finding and analyzing creators, managing outreach and campaigns, collecting creator content,
Modash is an influencer-marketing platform for finding and analyzing creators, managing outreach and campaigns, collecting creator content, and tracking performance across Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.
Read the Modash status page.
NetBase Quid
🟢ActiveNetBase Quid is a consumer and market intelligence platform that analyzes social media, news, reviews, forums and other data to help organiz
NetBase Quid is a consumer and market intelligence platform that analyzes social media, news, reviews, forums and other data to help organizations monitor brands, research markets and identify trends.
Read the NetBase Quid status page.
Ocoya
🟢ActiveOcoya is a social media management platform for creating, scheduling, and publishing posts across multiple channels.
Ocoya is a social media management platform for creating, scheduling, and publishing posts across multiple channels. It combines AI-assisted copywriting and visual design with calendars, analytics, and team workflows.
Read the Ocoya status page.
OwlyWriter AI
🟢ActiveOwlyWriter AI is Hootsuite’s generative AI assistant for social media teams.
OwlyWriter AI is Hootsuite’s generative AI assistant for social media teams. It helps draft captions, generate post ideas, repurpose existing content, and create posts around holidays within Hootsuite’s workflow.
Read the OwlyWriter AI status page.
Pearpop
🟢ActivePearpop is a creator-marketing platform that connects brands with social media creators for campaigns and paid collaborations.
Pearpop is a creator-marketing platform that connects brands with social media creators for campaigns and paid collaborations. It has also offered creator tools and AI-assisted content products, including Pearpop Create.
Read the Pearpop status page.
Postwise
🟢ActivePostwise is an AI-assisted social media writing and scheduling platform focused on X and LinkedIn.
Postwise is an AI-assisted social media writing and scheduling platform focused on X and LinkedIn. It helps users draft posts and threads, refine hooks, schedule content, and manage publishing workflows.
Read the Postwise status page.
Predis.ai
🟢ActivePredis.ai is a social media content creation and management platform that uses AI to generate posts, captions, images, videos, and ad creati
Predis.ai is a social media content creation and management platform that uses AI to generate posts, captions, images, videos, and ad creatives. It also supports competitor analysis, content scheduling, and publishing workflows.
Read the Predis.ai status page.
Publer AI Assist
🟢ActivePubler AI Assist is a generative writing feature inside Publer’s social media management platform.
Publer AI Assist is a generative writing feature inside Publer’s social media management platform. It helps users draft, revise, translate, and tailor social posts, captions, and replies from the publishing workflow.
Read the Publer AI Assist status page.
Rival IQ
🟢ActiveRival IQ is a social media analytics and competitive benchmarking platform for tracking performance across major social networks, comparing
Rival IQ is a social media analytics and competitive benchmarking platform for tracking performance across major social networks, comparing brands, analyzing content, and producing reports and alerts.
Read the Rival IQ status page.
SocialBee AI Post Generator
🟢ActiveSocialBee’s built-in writing assistant generates and revises social media posts from prompts, with options for platform, tone, length, and c
SocialBee’s built-in writing assistant generates and revises social media posts from prompts, with options for platform, tone, length, and content variations. Generated copy can be moved into SocialBee’s scheduling workflow.
Read the SocialBee AI Post Generator status page.
Sprinklr Insights
🟢ActiveSprinklr Insights is Sprinklr’s consumer-intelligence offering for monitoring online conversations, analyzing audience and brand trends, ben
Sprinklr Insights is Sprinklr’s consumer-intelligence offering for monitoring online conversations, analyzing audience and brand trends, benchmarking competitors, and turning social, news, review, and other public data into research insights.
Read the Sprinklr Insights status page.
Taplio
🟢ActiveTaplio is a LinkedIn-focused social media tool for creating, scheduling, and analyzing posts, managing engagement, and identifying leads.
Taplio is a LinkedIn-focused social media tool for creating, scheduling, and analyzing posts, managing engagement, and identifying leads. It uses AI-assisted writing and content suggestions to support personal-brand workflows.
Read the Taplio status page.
Tweet Hunter
🟢ActiveTweet Hunter is a web-based X/Twitter growth tool for drafting posts and threads, generating ideas with AI, scheduling content, reviewing an
Tweet Hunter is a web-based X/Twitter growth tool for drafting posts and threads, generating ideas with AI, scheduling content, reviewing analytics, and automating selected audience-engagement workflows.
Read the Tweet Hunter status page.
Upfluence
🟢ActiveUpfluence is an influencer and affiliate marketing platform for finding creators, managing campaigns and relationships, handling payments, a
Upfluence is an influencer and affiliate marketing platform for finding creators, managing campaigns and relationships, handling payments, and measuring performance. It offers integrations for commerce and marketing workflows.
Read the Upfluence status page.
Vista Social
🟢ActiveVista Social is a social media management platform for publishing, scheduling, engagement, analytics, social listening, review management, a
Vista Social is a social media management platform for publishing, scheduling, engagement, analytics, social listening, review management, and team workflows across multiple social networks.
Read the Vista Social status page.
Dead or At Risk
These have shut down, been abandoned, or been absorbed into another company. Check before you renew.
Captiv8
🟡Acquired / MergedCaptiv8 is an influencer marketing platform for discovering creators, managing campaigns, tracking performance, and supporting brand safety
Captiv8 is an influencer marketing platform for discovering creators, managing campaigns, tracking performance, and supporting brand safety and social commerce workflows across major social networks.
Read the Captiv8 status page or why Captiv8 failed.
Cortex
🟡Acquired / MergedCortex was a social media marketing platform that used machine learning to recommend content, timing, and creative choices for brands.
Cortex was a social media marketing platform that used machine learning to recommend content, timing, and creative choices for brands. Its technology and team were acquired by digital experience company Sitecore in 2018.
Read the Cortex status page or why Cortex failed.
Dovetale
🟡Acquired / MergedDovetale was a creator marketing and affiliate-management platform for brands.
Dovetale was a creator marketing and affiliate-management platform for brands. Shopify acquired the company in 2021 and folded its creator discovery, gifting, commission, and campaign tools into Shopify Collabs.
Read the Dovetale status page or why Dovetale failed.
Later AI Caption Writer
🔴Shutdown / DeadLater’s AI-assisted writing feature generates social media caption drafts from a text prompt.
Later’s AI-assisted writing feature generates social media caption drafts from a text prompt. It is integrated with Later’s social media management platform, where users can edit captions and prepare posts for publishing.
Read the Later AI Caption Writer status page or why Later AI Caption Writer failed.
Meltwater Social Listening
🔴Shutdown / DeadMeltwater Social Listening is a media-intelligence platform for monitoring online conversations, measuring brand and campaign performance, a
Meltwater Social Listening is a media-intelligence platform for monitoring online conversations, measuring brand and campaign performance, analyzing sentiment, and identifying trends across social and web sources.
Read the Meltwater Social Listening status page or why Meltwater Social Listening failed.
Post Intelligence
🟡Acquired / MergedPost Intelligence was a social media assistant that analyzed a user’s posts and suggested content intended to improve engagement.
Post Intelligence was a social media assistant that analyzed a user’s posts and suggested content intended to improve engagement. The company later introduced PI, a mobile app for creating and sharing recommended posts.
Read the Post Intelligence status page or why Post Intelligence failed.
Sprout Social AI Assist
🔴Shutdown / DeadSprout Social AI Assist is a set of generative AI features within Sprout Social that helps teams draft and refine social copy, adjust tone,
Sprout Social AI Assist is a set of generative AI features within Sprout Social that helps teams draft and refine social copy, adjust tone, generate post ideas and support social customer care workflows.
Read the Sprout Social AI Assist status page or why Sprout Social AI Assist failed.
Talkwalker Consumer Intelligence
🟡Acquired / MergedTalkwalker’s consumer-intelligence platform analyzes social, news, web, and other data to support brand monitoring, audience research, trend
Talkwalker’s consumer-intelligence platform analyzes social, news, web, and other data to support brand monitoring, audience research, trend detection, campaign measurement, and reputation management.
Read the Talkwalker Consumer Intelligence status page or why Talkwalker Consumer Intelligence failed.
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Tool | Status | Best for | Deep dive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcads | Active | Arcads is an AI video-ad creation platform that turns scripts into short-form ads featuring AI-generated actors. | Arcads status |
| Billo | Active | Billo is a creator marketplace where brands order user-generated product videos from vetted creators. | Billo status |
| Brandwatch Consumer Intelligence | Active | A social listening and consumer research platform that analyzes online conversations, news, reviews, and other data sources to help organiza | Brandwatch Consumer Intelligence status |
| Buffer AI Assistant | Active | Buffer AI Assistant is a generative writing feature within Buffer’s social media management platform. | Buffer AI Assistant status |
| Canva Magic Studio | Active | Canva Magic Studio is a collection of AI-assisted design features inside Canva for generating and editing text, images, video, presentations | Canva Magic Studio status |
| ContentStudio AI Writer | Active | ContentStudio AI Writer is a generative writing feature within ContentStudio for creating and rewriting social media captions and related ma | ContentStudio AI Writer status |
| CreatorIQ | Active | CreatorIQ is an enterprise creator-marketing platform for discovering creators, managing relationships and campaigns, measuring performance, | CreatorIQ status |
| Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud | Active | A social media management suite from Emplifi for publishing, engagement, listening, analytics, influencer marketing, and customer care. | Emplifi Social Marketing Cloud status |
| FeedHive | Active | FeedHive is a social media management platform for creating, scheduling, publishing, and analyzing posts across multiple networks. | FeedHive status |
| HypeAuditor | Active | Influencer marketing platform for discovering and evaluating creators, checking audience quality, tracking campaigns, and analyzing social-m | HypeAuditor status |
| Influencity | Active | Influencity is an influencer marketing platform for finding and analyzing creators, managing influencer relationships and campaigns, and tra | Influencity status |
| Keyhole | Active | Keyhole is a social media analytics and listening platform for tracking hashtags, keywords, accounts, campaigns, influencers, and competitor | Keyhole status |
| Lately.ai | Active | Lately.ai is a social media content platform that uses AI to turn long-form material such as articles, videos, and podcasts into multiple sh | Lately.ai status |
| Linqia | Active | Linqia is an influencer marketing platform and managed service for brands. | Linqia status |
| Metricool | Active | Metricool is a social media management and analytics platform for planning, publishing, monitoring, and reporting across social networks and | Metricool status |
| Modash | Active | Modash is an influencer-marketing platform for finding and analyzing creators, managing outreach and campaigns, collecting creator content, | Modash status |
| NetBase Quid | Active | NetBase Quid is a consumer and market intelligence platform that analyzes social media, news, reviews, forums and other data to help organiz | NetBase Quid status |
| Ocoya | Active | Ocoya is a social media management platform for creating, scheduling, and publishing posts across multiple channels. | Ocoya status |
| OwlyWriter AI | Active | OwlyWriter AI is Hootsuite’s generative AI assistant for social media teams. | OwlyWriter AI status |
| Pearpop | Active | Pearpop is a creator-marketing platform that connects brands with social media creators for campaigns and paid collaborations. | Pearpop status |
| Postwise | Active | Postwise is an AI-assisted social media writing and scheduling platform focused on X and LinkedIn. | Postwise status |
| Predis.ai | Active | Predis.ai is a social media content creation and management platform that uses AI to generate posts, captions, images, videos, and ad creati | Predis.ai status |
| Publer AI Assist | Active | Publer AI Assist is a generative writing feature inside Publer’s social media management platform. | Publer AI Assist status |
| Rival IQ | Active | Rival IQ is a social media analytics and competitive benchmarking platform for tracking performance across major social networks, comparing | Rival IQ status |
| SocialBee AI Post Generator | Active | SocialBee’s built-in writing assistant generates and revises social media posts from prompts, with options for platform, tone, length, and c | SocialBee AI Post Generator status |
| Sprinklr Insights | Active | Sprinklr Insights is Sprinklr’s consumer-intelligence offering for monitoring online conversations, analyzing audience and brand trends, ben | Sprinklr Insights status |
| Taplio | Active | Taplio is a LinkedIn-focused social media tool for creating, scheduling, and analyzing posts, managing engagement, and identifying leads. | Taplio status |
| Tweet Hunter | Active | Tweet Hunter is a web-based X/Twitter growth tool for drafting posts and threads, generating ideas with AI, scheduling content, reviewing an | Tweet Hunter status |
| Upfluence | Active | Upfluence is an influencer and affiliate marketing platform for finding creators, managing campaigns and relationships, handling payments, a | Upfluence status |
| Vista Social | Active | Vista Social is a social media management platform for publishing, scheduling, engagement, analytics, social listening, review management, a | Vista Social status |
| Captiv8 | Acquired / Merged | Captiv8 is an influencer marketing platform for discovering creators, managing campaigns, tracking performance, and supporting brand safety | why Captiv8 failed |
| Cortex | Acquired / Merged | Cortex was a social media marketing platform that used machine learning to recommend content, timing, and creative choices for brands. | why Cortex failed |
| Dovetale | Acquired / Merged | Dovetale was a creator marketing and affiliate-management platform for brands. | why Dovetale failed |
| Later AI Caption Writer | Shutdown / Dead | Later’s AI-assisted writing feature generates social media caption drafts from a text prompt. | why Later AI Caption Writer failed |
| Meltwater Social Listening | Shutdown / Dead | Meltwater Social Listening is a media-intelligence platform for monitoring online conversations, measuring brand and campaign performance, a | why Meltwater Social Listening failed |
| Post Intelligence | Acquired / Merged | Post Intelligence was a social media assistant that analyzed a user’s posts and suggested content intended to improve engagement. | why Post Intelligence failed |
| Sprout Social AI Assist | Shutdown / Dead | Sprout Social AI Assist is a set of generative AI features within Sprout Social that helps teams draft and refine social copy, adjust tone, | why Sprout Social AI Assist failed |
| Talkwalker Consumer Intelligence | Acquired / Merged | Talkwalker’s consumer-intelligence platform analyzes social, news, web, and other data to support brand monitoring, audience research, trend | why Talkwalker Consumer Intelligence failed |
How to Choose
- →Choose scheduling tools that support every network you post on, including video formats.
- →Use AI writing as a first draft; keep your brand voice guide in the tool.
- →For listening, check data sources and historical depth before signing an annual contract.
- →Influencer platforms differ by network coverage — confirm TikTok and Instagram data quality.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best AI tool for social media?
Buffer, Publer and Metricool are strong all-round schedulers with AI writing. Taplio suits LinkedIn creators; Brandwatch and Sprinklr cover enterprise listening.
Which social media AI tools were shut down?
Later's AI caption writer, Sprout Social AI Assist and Meltwater's standalone social listening product were retired. Captiv8, Dovetale and Talkwalker were acquired.
Keep Reading: Status Checks and Alternatives
Deeper research on the tools above — shutdown reports, death-signal checks, and replacement shortlists.