Planoly started as a visual Instagram planner and now lists visual planning, auto-posting, link in bio, digital product selling and Instagram DM automation across its paid plans, priced by social set and user, with a 14-day free trial. That overlaps a lot with knit.bio. The difference is what sits around the planner: knit.bio adds a Post Report that follows a post to DMs, link taps and orders, Trial Reels testing, a DM inbox that finds brand deals, and invoices and a media kit, and its free plan has no time limit.
| Feature | knit.bio | Planoly |
|---|---|---|
| Instagram planning and auto-posting | Yes: grid preview, queue, calendar and ideas board | Yes: visual planning and auto-posting |
| Instagram DM automation | Comment, Story, mention and DM triggers on every plan, including Free | Listed among the features of its paid plans |
| Link in bio and selling | A free link-in-bio page; a store with 0% platform fees from Link Pro and Pro | Link in bio and digital product selling are listed on its paid plans |
| How pricing works | By plan limits such as automated DMs a month; contacts are unlimited | By social set and user across Starter, Growth and Pro, with add-on sets and users |
| Free option | A free plan with no time limit | A 14-day free trial on paid plans, plus a free mobile app plan limited to 10 uploads a month (per its pricing page) |
| Post-level revenue analytics | Post Report traces a post to DMs, link taps and orders | Not listed on its pricing page |
| Trial Reels testing and A/B tests | Trial Bench | Not listed on its pricing page |
| Brand deals, invoices and media kit | Deal pipeline, invoices with GST and TDS, and a live media kit | Not listed on its pricing page |
| Platforms | Instagram for the planner and DM tools | A social set can hold Instagram, Facebook, X, Pinterest, LinkedIn, YouTube, Threads and TikTok |
What we say about Planoly comes from its own public pages, checked in September 2026. Plans and features change, so check Planoly’s site for its current terms. Sources: Planoly pricing.
Pick Planoly instead of knit.bio if:
Yes. Its pricing page lists Instagram DM automation among the features of its paid plans, so the two tools overlap there. The differences are what surrounds it: knit.bio’s DM automation is on the free plan, and it sits next to Post Report, Trial Reels, a DM inbox and brand-deal tools.
knit.bio’s Free plan has no time limit: plan 10 posts ahead, 1,000 automated DMs a month, Comment Shield, analytics and a link-in-bio page. Planoly’s pricing page lists a 14-day trial on paid plans and a free mobile app plan limited to 10 uploads a month.
There is nothing to export. Re-add your upcoming posts in the planner, rebuild your link-in-bio page from a template, and keep Planoly running until your queue is empty so nothing is missed. See the Instagram post scheduler.