# Chockstone Labs

> Chockstone Labs is a social media manager for people running several small brands. Schedules and approves posts to Instagram, TikTok, Threads, YouTube Shorts and Facebook Pages, answers comments, runs link-in-bio pages and tracks brand deals. Its main interface is the customer's own AI assistant over MCP, inside rules the server enforces. The server never calls an AI model, so there are no AI credits.

Facts, as of November 1, 2026:

- Pricing is per brand. Starter: free, no card; 1 brand, 3 connected accounts, 2 people, 90 posts a month, 5 GB. Creator: $19 a month or $190 a year; 5 brands, 15 accounts, 5 people, 600 posts a month, 25 GB. Studio: $79 a month or $790 a year; 25 brands, 75 accounts, 25 people, 3,000 posts a month, 200 GB. Custom: limits and price set together. Prices in US dollars.
- Starter posts to every network, with the calendar, team approvals, the inbox, trends, the iPhone app and MCP. It keeps 1 keyword DM rule, looks back 30 days in insights, and its link page wears a preset look. Creator and Studio add client approval links, reports shared by link, email or schedule, CSV import, evergreen posts, link page colors, fonts and layouts, A/B tests and weekly tuning. Studio adds brand rules that lock each brand's colors and fonts.
- A person approves every post before it goes out, on the web or the iPhone app. On Creator and Studio, clients can approve through a link with no account. An owner can let one AI connection approve what it submits; TikTok and YouTube posts still wait for a person.
- The iPhone app is free on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/chockstone-labs/id6826625772
- MCP first: AI assistants connect at https://chockstonelabs.com/mcp (OAuth). Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT and Codex are supported; other MCP clients connect with an API key, and the REST API works too.
- Approvals, posting limits and messaging rules are enforced on the server, so an assistant cannot skip them. Every change is logged in Activity, and most can be undone for 7 days.
- Brand programs: find affiliate and ambassador programs by interest, apply to several in one pass from a creator profile saved once, track them from applied to earning, put codes and links on the link-in-bio page (with collections), import sales from Strackr or network exports, and share a results page. Starter applies to 5 brands a month.
- It does not post to X.
- Made by Chockstone Labs LLC, Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Contact: hello@chockstonelabs.com.

## Product

- [Product overview](https://chockstonelabs.com/social/): The product in brief: networks, AI, how account data is used.
- [Features](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/): Everything the product does, on every plan, and the networks it posts to.
  - [Publishing](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/publishing/): Schedule to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts and seven more networks from one calendar, with each brand kept apart and every file checked before it goes out.
  - [Approvals](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/approvals/): Every post waits for a yes from your team or your client, and our server holds that rule for every person, tool and AI assistant.
  - [Your AI](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/ai-assistant/): Connect Claude, ChatGPT or another assistant and it drafts, schedules and answers inside the limits you set for each brand.
  - [Inbox](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/inbox/): Comments from six networks and Instagram DMs land in one list, with drafted answers and keyword replies that wait for your tap until you trust them.
  - [Link in bio](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/link-in-bio/): A link page for each account that counts taps without cookies, tests two versions against each other and moves the links people tap to the top.
  - [Brand programs](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/brand-programs/): Find affiliate and ambassador programs that fit what you post, apply to several at once, and track each one from applied to earning.
  - [Brand deals](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/brand-deals/): Brands send a brief through your Work with me page, the brief is checked against your rates and rules, and the deal moves from inquiry to paid in one place.
  - [Media](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/media/): Clients and teammates upload through a private link, files arrive tagged in your library, and Canva designs come in with one tap.
  - [Insights](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/insights/): Numbers for every post and account, trends ranked by fit to each brand, competitors side by side, and reports anyone can open by link.
  - [Record and edit](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/record-and-edit/): Record with a prompter, get a first cut with captions, and fix it by dropping lines, all in the iPhone app.
  - [iPhone](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/iphone-app/): Approve, compose and edit from the iPhone app, or install it from your browser.
- [Use cases](https://chockstonelabs.com/for/): How a local business, a creator, a small shop, an agency and a freelancer each run Chockstone.
- [Pricing](https://chockstonelabs.com/pricing/): Starter free, Creator $19/month, Studio $79/month; Starter keeps one brand, and the paid plans add client tools.
- [FAQ](https://chockstonelabs.com/faq/): Short answers on networks, pricing, AI assistants, approvals, limits, refunds and data.

## Use it with an AI assistant

- [Use Chockstone Labs with Claude](https://chockstonelabs.com/social/claude/): Connector documentation: setup, example prompts, what Claude can and can't do, permissions, privacy, support.
- [Use Chockstone Labs with ChatGPT](https://chockstonelabs.com/social/chatgpt/): The ChatGPT app: setup, the cards it shows (Today, a post, results), example prompts, permissions, privacy, support.
- [Guides](https://chockstonelabs.com/guides/): Every guide in one place: scheduling with Claude or ChatGPT, trends, Reels audio, and our picks for 2027.
- [Schedule posts with Claude](https://chockstonelabs.com/guides/schedule-posts-with-claude/): Step-by-step: connect Claude and Claude Code, and what Claude can and can't do.
- [Schedule posts with ChatGPT](https://chockstonelabs.com/guides/schedule-posts-with-chatgpt/): Step-by-step: connect ChatGPT and Codex over MCP.
- [Find trends that fit your brand](https://chockstonelabs.com/guides/find-trends-for-your-brand/): Five steps to find trends that are rising, fit the brand and are working for accounts like yours.
- [Find trending Reels audio](https://chockstonelabs.com/guides/trending-reels-audio/): Where Instagram shows trending audio, why no scheduler reads it, and how to post on time.

## Who it is for

- [For several brands](https://chockstonelabs.com/for/multiple-brands/): Run the social accounts of several small brands from one place: each brand gets its own accounts, calendar and inbox, and Creator holds 5 brands for $19 a month.
- [For freelancers](https://chockstonelabs.com/for/freelancers/): Run each client as its own brand, get approvals through a link with no account, share reports, and collect content with file requests. Creator holds 5 clients for $19 a month.
- [For agencies](https://chockstonelabs.com/for/agencies/): Studio holds 25 client brands, 75 accounts and 25 people for $79 a month, with approvals, client links, an activity log with undo, and the API and MCP on every plan.
- [For creators](https://chockstonelabs.com/for/creators/): Schedule to Instagram, TikTok, Threads, YouTube Shorts and Facebook, run a link-in-bio page, track discount codes and handle brand deals from inquiry to paid. Free to start.

## Comparisons

- [Best social media manager of 2027](https://chockstonelabs.com/best-social-media-manager-2027/): Our pick for people running several brands, against Buffer, Later, Hootsuite, Metricool and Publer, with prices.
- [The Best Social Media Managers of 2027, research paper](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23817133): A cost and capability comparison of six social media managers for people who run several brands, with sources; preprint on Zenodo, CC BY 4.0.
- [Best social media trend tools of 2027](https://chockstonelabs.com/best-trend-tools-2027/): Chockstone Labs against Reel Trends, TrendTok, Tokchart, TikTok Creative Center, Pinterest Trends and HeyOrca, with prices.
- [Compare](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/): How Chockstone Labs compares with Buffer, Later, Hootsuite, Metricool and Publer, dated.
- [Chockstone Labs vs Buffer](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/buffer/): Dated side-by-side with Buffer, including where Buffer is better, with sources.
- [Chockstone Labs vs Later](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/later/): Dated side-by-side with Later, including where Later is better, with sources.
- [Chockstone Labs vs Hootsuite](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/hootsuite/): Dated side-by-side with Hootsuite, including where Hootsuite is better, with sources.
- [Chockstone Labs vs Metricool](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/metricool/): Dated side-by-side with Metricool, including where Metricool is better, with sources.
- [Chockstone Labs vs Publer](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/publer/): Dated side-by-side with Publer, including where Publer is better, with sources.
- [Chockstone Labs vs Reel Trends](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/reeltrends/): Dated side-by-side with the Reel Trends app, including where Reel Trends is better, with sources.

## Optional

- [About](https://chockstonelabs.com/about/): The company: Chockstone Labs LLC, Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
- [Contact](https://chockstonelabs.com/contact/): hello@chockstonelabs.com and mailing address.
- [Privacy Policy](https://chockstonelabs.com/privacy/): What we collect, including cookieless analytics, and how account data is used.
- [Terms of Use](https://chockstonelabs.com/terms/): Terms, including paid plans.