Keeping with our series of comparing Instagram schedulers, today we want to take a look at SmarterQueue. SmarterQueue is a social media management tool that lets you be more organized and waste less time thinking about what to share on your social media accounts.
On the other hand, we have AiSchedul which is an Instagram-based platform that helps you manage your account more professionally and share your ideas on the best possible time. In this article, we want to take a look at these two apps and compare their features and abilities.
Our comparison consists of the following sections:
- Setup
- Connecting your Instagram account(s)
- Features
- Maintenance and Support
- Price
- Conclusion
AiSchedul vs. SmarterQueue- A comparison between two Instagram schedulers
Table of Contents
Setup
AiSchedul
To register an account on AiSchedul, follow these steps:
Step 1) Open the AiSchedul website, and click on “Get Started” on the top right side of your screen.
Step 2) Now, enter your email and set a password and click on the “Register Now” button.
Done! You can log in to your AiSchedul account and start scheduling Instagram posts.
SmarterQueue
To start with SmarterQue, open the SmarterQueue website on your browser and click on the “Start Your Free Trial” button at top of the page.
Then, enter your email and set a password and click on “Signup”. Remember to check the checkbox!
Done! Signing up on SmarterQueue has finished.
Connecting your Instagram account(s)
AiSchedul
After taking the signup steps, you will be directed to your AiSchedul dashboard. Now, to connect your Instagram account, take the following steps:
Step 1) First, click on the “Add Instagram Account” button on the dashboard.
Step 2) Now, enter your Instagram username and click on the “Next” button.
Step 3) Finally, enter your Instagram password and click on “Submit”.
That’s it! You have successfully connected to your Instagram account on AiSchedul and you don’t need to follow any extra steps. Note that you can add Instagram accounts as many as you want.
SmarterQueue
After taking the signup steps on SmarterQueue, you will be directed to your SmarterQueue dashboard. Here, you need to connect to at least one social profile to continue. To connect with your Instagram account, click on the Instagram icon.
Now, SmarterQueue will automatically connect to the Instagram account you have logged in on your browser. If the connected account is the right one, click on authorize and if not, click on “Not Username?” to change the account.
That’s it. You don’t have to take any other steps to connect your Instagram account with SmarterQueue.
Features
AiSchedul
As we have mentioned in the previous articles, AiSchedul is more than an Instagram scheduler. Using AiSchedul you can:
- Schedule posts
- Repost content
- Schedule multiple contents
- Manage multiple Instagram accounts
- Tag people and locations
- Autoresponse to comments
It is obvious that by having these features, you can become a professional Instagrammer and save a great deal of time. In the following paragraphs, we describe each feature in detail and find out how does each one works.
Schedule Posts
To schedule Instagram posts using AiSchedul do the following steps:
Step 1) On the dashboard, click on the “Manage Account” button.
Step 2) Now, click on the “Schedule Feed” button.
Step 3) Then, upload the photos or videos you want to share on your Instagram feed.
Remember that you can upload up to 10 multiple contents. Here, you can:
- Crop the images
- Tag people
- Rotate photos
After doing all the things above, click on the “Save” button and go to the next step
Step 4) Now, write the caption in the caption box if necessary, tag locations, and set a date and time you want the post to be shared on.
Moreover, if you want to automatically respond to comments, you can type it on the determined box and turn on the auto-response. Actually, autoresponse to comments is active for all the premium accounts.
Note that if you have connected multiple Instagram accounts to AiSchedul, you can select the ones that you want to share the post on and post your content simultaneously to all the intended accounts.
Finally, click on “Schedule Post”.
After scheduling, you can see the scheduled images on your dashboard and delete or edit it before posting.
If you want to know more about post scheduling and reasons for why do you need an Instagram post scheduler, click on the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdhjhUBKYGg
Schedule Stories
You may need to schedule stories for so many reasons. Actually, scheduling stories helps you a lot with your time-consuming considerations. Scheduling stories on AiSchedul is very similar to post scheduling. To do so, follow these steps:
Step 1) On the dashboard, click on the “Schedule Story” tab.
Step 2) Now, upload the photo or video you want to post on your Instagram story.
Using the toolbox at top of the story screen, you can:
- Add links
- Draw something on your photo
- Add stickers and gifs
- Geotag your Instagram stories
- Add questions and polls
- Change the background
- Add texts
After doing all the things above if necessary, click on the “Save” button.
Step 3) Finally, schedule the date and time, select the accounts you want to post the story on, and click on the “Schedule Story” button.
After scheduling your stories, you can see the scheduled stories on the dashboard and edit or delete them.
To know more about Instagram stories and its schedulers, click on the link.
Repost
Another helpful feature suggested by AiSchedul is reposting. Despite most of the similar apps, AiSchedul lets you not only repost photos but also repost videos on Instagram. Using this feature you can repost public Instagram accounts’ content by searching for HashTags, Locations, URLs, and Usernames.
In the following, we describe each one and tell how do they work.
HashTags
Hashtags on Instagram are like keywords that let you find content related to a specific word or phrase. On AiSchedul, you can search for HashTags, see the related images or videos, and easily repost them on your own page.
Location
Another way to repost on AiSchedul is to find and repost photos or videos of a special location. By selecting the “Location” tab from the list above, and entering a specific location, you can view and repost content on Instagram.
URL
As you may know, Instagram lets users copy the share URL of public posts. If you have identified a photo or a video from a public account, simply copy its share URL and paste it to AiSchedul and repost it.
Username
Finally, if you want to repost content from a specific Instagram page, you can enter the username on AiSchedul and view their posts to repost them easily.
Once you have chosen one of the ways described above, you can click on the “Repost” button below the content and share it on your Instagram account immediately or schedule it.
If you wonder what is reposting and why do you need to repost content on Instagram, read the mentioned post.
The time you have signed up in AiSchedul, you can use all the features above and receive more Instagram attractions.
SmarterQueue
SmartertQueue lets you:
- Manage multiple social profile accounts
- Schedule posts
- Receive analytics
- Re-share your best posts
- Queue posts
- Find content by searching
And more features.
To schedule posts on Instagram using SmarterQueue, when on the dashboard, click on the “Add Content” tab and then click on “Add Post”.
Then, click on the “Add a post” button. Note that you can share posts using different ways offered by SmarterQueue.
Finally, edit your caption, upload your content, and schedule your posts and click on “Save”. On the right side of the screen, you can see how the post will look like on your Instagram account.
That’s it! After scheduling your posts, you can see them on your dashboard and edit or delete them.
Maintenance and Support
AiSchedul
If you have any problems getting started with AiSchedul or face any issues, you may find a solution on the AiSchedul FAQ part. Also, you can find fruitful guides on the AiSchedul blog.
In case you didn’t find your problem on this part, you can contact the AiSchedul help center and troubleshoot your issues using their specific guidelines. Actually, while working with AiSchedul, you can always find the message button on the right corner of the screen and contact the help and support center easily.
SmarterQueue
Like most of the similar apps and platforms, SmarterQuue has an FAQ part on its website that answers to almost all the frequently asked questions by users. In addition, there is a link below the FAQ part that tells you if you have not found any solutions, you can contact the help and support service and troubleshoot your issues using their guidelines.
Price
AiSchedul
AiSchedul offers two different plans that one of them is totally free. Using the free version of AiSchedul, you can schedule up to 10 posts per month, schedule multiple contents, and tag people and locations.
However, if you want to schedule unlimited posts and stories, automatically respond to comments, and use all the AiSchedul features, you need to pay only 9$ per month which is really good in comparison with other similar platforms.
SmarterQueue
SmarterQueue offers you four different plans considering the type of your business. One of the best plans offered by this website is the one named “Custom”. Actually, as it may be obvious from its name, you can customize a plan with due attention to your needs. For example, you need to manage exactly 7 social profiles, post 100 contents per day and queue up to 50 posts. Actually, the prices for this plan are different for each person, but you will have to pay at least 13.99$ per month which is the price of the “Solo” plan. Using this plan you can set all the wanted requirements and pay upon your need.
The other plan offered by SmarterQueue is called “Business” and it costs 26.99$ per month. Using this one, you can manage up to 10 social profiles, share 20 posts per day, and queue up to 1000 posts per day.
Conclusion
As described in this article, SmarterQueue is a social media management platform that lets you manage all of your social profiles at a place and manage all your tasks once. This app has so many amazing features that help you save time and do things better than before. However, using SmarterQueue you can just schedule posts, not stories. Moreover, in order to post content on Instagram, you need to download and install the application on your mobile phone which is not beneficial. On the other hand, AiSchedul focuses only on Instagram and lets you manage multiple Instagram accounts at once, schedule both feed and stories and repost content.
Compare these two platforms and find out the one that meets your requirements best.
To signup for free on AiSchedul and use it, click on the link.
In case you want to use SmarterQueue, click on the link, visit their website, and create an account for free.