--- title: "Why Chockstone: four differences you can check | Chockstone" description: "Four differences you can check: rules held on the server, video cut from your own clips, DM automation limits and a link page, each with the page that shows it." canonical: https://chockstonelabs.com/why/ last_updated: 2026-11-10 source: "The same content as https://chockstonelabs.com/why/" --- Source: the same content as https://chockstonelabs.com/why/ # Why Chockstone Four things Chockstone does that you can check, each with the page that shows it. We make no ranking claims and cite no customer numbers. Checked November 10, 2026 against the feature pages, the pricing page and the limits the server enforces. ## A social media manager that holds its rules on the server - Every post waits for a person to approve it. An owner can let one connection approve what it submits, and TikTok and YouTube posts still wait for a person. - Approvals, posting limits and messaging rules are enforced on our server on every plan, so an assistant or tool cannot skip them. - Every change is listed in Activity, and most can be undone for 7 days. Anything already published stays published. - Pricing is by brand. Starter is free for 1 brand and 3 connected accounts. Creator is $19 a month for 5 brands and 15 accounts. Studio is $79 a month for 25 brands and 75 accounts. - One calendar posts to ten networks. TikTok posts are sent to your TikTok inbox to finish. - **Evidence:** [Approvals](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/approvals/) - **Also:** [Publishing](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/publishing/) and [Pricing](https://chockstonelabs.com/pricing/) - **Compared:** [Dated comparisons](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/) ## Video editing from your own clips - You pick clips from your camera roll, and your footage is cut on your phone from the originals. - Before anything is cut, the plan shows the opening, length, cuts, order and captions, each with the reason it was chosen. Looks good starts the edit. - Tell me what to change takes one sentence, and See the edit lists the changes made. - A check before you post looks for a cut inside a word, a shot under two seconds, text over a face and sound that peaks too loud. - You approve each video with the accounts and the time shown on the same screen. - Chockstone does not turn long videos into clips, make avatars or clone voices. - **Evidence:** [Make a video](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/make/) - **Also:** [Formats](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/formats/), [Styles](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/styles/) and [Graphics](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/graphics/) - **Compared:** [Captions](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/captions/), [OpusClip](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/opusclip/), [PromoCut](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/promocut/) and [Cardboard](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/cardboard/) ## DM automation with limits you can read - An automation starts when someone comments a word, DMs a word, replies to a story or mentions you in a story. A default automation answers any DM nothing else answers. - The follow check asks Instagram whether the person follows you, checks again twice, and sends the link once it does. - Automated DMs go at most 190 an hour for each Instagram account, and the rest wait their turn. - Starter keeps 1 keyword DM rule at a time. Creator and Studio have no limit. - Messaging rules are enforced on the server, so an assistant cannot skip them. - **Evidence:** [Inbox and automations](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/inbox/) - **Compared:** [Inro](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/inro/) - **Limits:** [Pricing](https://chockstonelabs.com/pricing/) ## A link in bio that builds from your posts - Your page lives at chock.link/@handle and builds from your posts. - An email signup block lets a visitor leave an address for the thing you posted about. The emails collect under Contacts in your automations. - The Page tab shows the address with its visit count, and taps are counted without cookies. - A/B tests and weekly tuning come with Creator and Studio. Starter pages use a preset look. - Creator and Studio can remove the Made with Chockstone Labs line. - **Evidence:** [Link in bio](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/link-in-bio/) - **Compared:** [Linktree](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/linktree/) - **Limits:** [Pricing](https://chockstonelabs.com/pricing/) ## Evidence - [Approvals](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/approvals/): who approves, what the server holds, undo for 7 days. - [Publishing](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/publishing/): the ten networks and the file checks. - [Make](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/make/): the plan, the one-sentence change and the check. - [Inbox](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/inbox/): automation triggers, the follow check and the hourly cap. - [Link in bio](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/link-in-bio/): the page, the signup block and the tests. - [MCP tools](https://chockstonelabs.com/mcp-tools/): every feature is an MCP tool, 315 of them, listed from the server's own registry. - [Automation](https://chockstonelabs.com/integrations/): signed webhooks to n8n, Make and Zapier, with every event and limit listed from the server. - [Pricing](https://chockstonelabs.com/pricing/): every price and limit. - [Comparisons](https://chockstonelabs.com/compare/): what each other company's own pages said, with the date we read them. ## What we do not claim We do not rank Chockstone against other tools, and we have no customer numbers yet, so this page cites none. Each comparison page states only what the other company's own pages said on the day we read them. - **Checked:** 10 November 2026 - **Chockstone:** Free · $19 · $79 a month - **More:** [All features](https://chockstonelabs.com/features/) ## Start free, with no card. Starter is free for one brand. Creator is $19 a month and Studio is $79. Questions? Email [hello@chockstonelabs.com](mailto:hello@chockstonelabs.com). [Start free](https://chockstonelabs.com/app/start) [See pricing](https://chockstonelabs.com/pricing/)