Social Fanout vs Shadowly

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Social Fanout compared with Shadowly
Detail	Social Fanout	Shadowly
What it does	Create, schedule, and publish social media posts with AI agents and apps	View public Instagram profiles, stories, posts, reels and highlights without logging in
Stage	Startup	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	US	Not given
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	7-day free trial with no card required, giving full access to all publishing destinations and up to 300 publish attempts. Builder plan: $9.99/month for 3,000 destination publish attempts per month. Pro plan: $11.99/month with everything in Builder plus comments, replies, and messages for Facebook Pa	Free plan includes 1 free try per day per tool, 1 Instagram Creator Report, 1 Instagram Engagement Calculator, 1 Instagram Profile Analysis, 1 TikTok Profile Analysis, and access to various profile sections. Weekly plan: $1.20 per week for 10 credits. Monthly plan: $5.00 per month for 100 credits. E
Key features	REST API for social publishing Hosted OAuth MCP connector Local stdio MCP gateway Post scheduling with date and time selection Comments and replies on Facebook and Instagram Direct messages on Facebook Pages and Instagram Brand labels for scheduled posts Dashboard, REST API, and MCP access	Profile viewer showing profile photo, name, verification, post, follower and following counts, plus latest posts Anonymous stories viewing with progress bars and no account owner notification Highlights viewer for opening any highlight from the profile Reels download as MP4 files Follower and following lists with profile jumping capability Instagram engagement rate calculation from followers, likes and comments Instagram Creator Report with quality score, profile audit and estimated sponsorship rates TikTok profile analysis showing views, engagement and top videos
What makes it different	API-first infrastructure designed specifically for programmable social publishing Works with AI agents through Claude, ChatGPT, and MCP without OAuth complexity Eliminates need to build individual platform integrations Automatic key provisioning with plan-based publish limits Lower cost than calendar-first social media tools	No login or password required, never asks for Instagram credentials Anonymous story viewing so account owners cannot see you watched Independent tool not affiliated with Instagram or Meta Works on mobile and requires no app installation Results appear in seconds without complex setup
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	17 no change since last check	5 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	0
Citation Flow (Majestic)	15	0
Referring domains (Majestic)	6	0

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