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Best AI tools for social media managers
Social work is volume: several posts a day across platforms, each needing its own size, caption and increasingly a short video. The tools that help most resize, clip and generate quickly enough to keep a calendar full without the quality collapsing.
- 01 Correctly sized posts across platforms: Canva
- 02 Vertical clips from long video: OpusClip
- 03 High-volume stylised video: Higgsfield
- 04 Graphics with readable text: Ideogram
- 05 Following live conversation on X: Grok
Correctly sized posts across platforms
Canva
Free · Pro from $15/mo
Hands back finished, correctly sized deliverables, keeps everyone on brand fonts and colours, and bulk create renders one design against a spreadsheet for a week of posts at once. Pro is reported at $15 to $18/mo; the free plan's AI credits are capped monthly.
- Free tier
- Free forever: 5GB storage, unlimited folders, templates/elements, real-time collaboration; capped monthly Magic Studio AI credit pool (reported figures conflict, roughly 50 to 220/mo), resets monthly and does not roll over
Vertical clips from long video
OpusClip
Free · from $15/mo
Turns one long video into a month of short clips, scores each clip's viral potential before you post, and adds animated captions. Starter is $15/mo; the free tier's exports are watermarked and expire after 3 days.
- Free tier
- Uploads from local files only, 1080p watermarked exports, spoken-word-only AI clipping, storage/exports expire after 3 days, no credit card required
High-volume stylised video
Higgsfield
Free · from $15/mo
Named camera and motion presets replace prompt guesswork, and unlimited generation tiers on selected models let you iterate fifty times instead of rationing credits. The free tier is watermarked and yields only one or two usable videos a month.
- Free tier
- Roughly 10 credits/day (about 300/month, but only 1-2 usable video generations at typical costs), watermarked, restricted/limited model access, resolution reported around 720p/5-second clips
Graphics with readable text
Ideogram
Free · from $8/mo
The generator to use when a post image carries words, from quote cards to announcements. Basic is $8/mo for 400 priority credits; free images are public and cannot be deleted.
- Free tier
- 10 slow credits per week, no card required, images are public and undeletable
Following live conversation on X
Grok
Free tier · SuperGrok Lite from $10/mo
Native access to X posts makes it current on breaking topics, useful for spotting what your audience is discussing right now. Free on X and grok.com; SuperGrok Lite is $10/mo. As a general writing assistant it is a tier behind.
- Free tier
- Free access on X and grok.com; exact daily or message caps not published in any source checked
What you can skip
Veo makes the highest-fidelity single clip, but its listing marks it wrong for rapid iteration, where the cost per attempt punishes the volume social work needs. Veo profile.
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