# The Loomly alternative built for serious brands and agencies
> Canonical: https://skedsocial.com/loomly-alternative
Loomly is a content calendar with built-in approvals, though its analytics stay shallow.
Content calendar with built-in approval; limited analytics

## Why teams choose Sked over Loomly
- Visual Kanban approvals
- Instagram-first depth
- Stronger analytics/reporting

## Where Loomly genuinely wins
- Custom approval workflows with post mockups to speed up multi round content review
- Built in Post Ideas and content inspiration (RSS, X trends, daily ideas) to help users avoid creative block
- A dedicated content calendar per brand plus a single dashboard view across calendars for managing multiple clients
- Unified inbox for community management: respond to comments, mentions, and messages and assign conversations across connected channels

## Choose Sked if
- You want a visual Kanban approval board rather than a list-based review flow.
- Instagram-first planning and depth matter to you.
- You want stronger analytics and reporting than Loomly provides.

## Choose Loomly if
- You are brand new to social tools and want guided post ideas and a gentle onboarding.
- A simple calendar with basic approval is all you need.

## Pricing
Loomly starts at $49/mo. Sked's pricing is per plan (not per seat).

Loomly tiers:
- Starter: $49/mo
- Beyond: $249/mo

## Switching from Loomly
Typical migration time: Switching from Loomly usually takes under a day..

- Export your content from Loomly — Pull your planned posts, captions and media out of Loomly so nothing in your queue is lost in the move.
- Bring it into Sked — Upload your media and posts into Sked, bulk schedule from a CSV, and rebuild your content queue in the planner.
- Reconnect your social accounts — Authorize your Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, Pinterest and other profiles directly in Sked so publishing picks up where you left off.
- Rebuild approvals and your calendar — Rebuild your posting schedule and set up approvals on Sked's visual Kanban board so clients and teammates can sign off in one place.