Meta Business Suite is Meta's free tool for managing a business on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger: you create and schedule posts, stories and reels, reply in one inbox, run ads and see insights, and can cross-post to Threads. Zolyp is an AI social team for small businesses that plans, writes and designs the posts, then publishes them to Facebook, Instagram, Threads and six other platforms, priced per brand with team members included.

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 Meta Business SuiteZolyp
What it isMeta's own tool for Facebook and InstagramAn AI team that makes your posts, then publishes them
How you payFreePer brand, team members included
PlatformsFacebook and Instagram, with cross-posting to ThreadsNine, including LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube and Google Business
Writes the postYou write the text for each postFull caption, visual and hashtags, in your voice
Designs the visualYou add your own photos and videosYes, on brand, fitted per platform
Plans your weekYou schedule each post, with recommended active timesYes, balanced across content pillars
Inbox and adsYesNo, Zolyp focuses on making and publishing posts
ReportingInsights on posts, trends and audiencePlain-language weekly reports with next steps

What Meta Business Suite does well

  • Free, and made by Meta for Facebook Pages and Instagram accounts
  • One inbox for messages and comments across Facebook, Messenger and Instagram, with automated responses
  • Scheduling posts, stories and reels at recommended active times, with cross-posting to Threads and Facebook Groups
  • Boosting posts and creating ads next to your organic posts, plus insights on posts, trends and audience

What stays on you

  • •Deciding what to post and making each post
  • •Writing the captions and designing the visuals
  • •Planning the week across themes
  • •Using other tools for LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, Pinterest, X and Google Business

Choose Meta Business Suite if…

  • •You only post to Facebook and Instagram and don't want to pay for a tool
  • •You want your inbox, ads and organic posts for Meta's apps in one place
  • •You're happy to make every post yourself

Choose Zolyp if…

  • You want the content made for you, not just a place to schedule it
  • You want every post to sound like your brand without re-briefing each time
  • You want a planned week across themes, not an empty calendar to fill
  • You want to hand off posting gradually, keeping a veto before anything goes live

What makes Zolyp different

Zolyp isn't a scheduler or a one-post generator. It's a team of 5 named specialists (Zee, Olivia, Lina, Yoongi, Pareesa) that works from a persistent Brand Brain: your voice, colors, banned topics, and CTAs, reused on every post. It creates the content first, then schedules and publishes it, and hands off pillar by pillar as it earns your trust.

Free to use: Meta describes it as a free tool for Facebook, Messenger and Instagram. See Meta's Business Suite page for details. Meta Business Suite pricing. Every statement about Meta Business Suite on this page was last verified against its own website on .

Common questions

What is the difference between Zolyp and Meta Business Suite?

Meta Business Suite is Meta's free tool for managing a business on Facebook, Instagram and Messenger: you create and schedule posts, stories and reels, reply in one inbox, run ads and see insights, and can cross-post to Threads. Zolyp is an AI social team for small businesses that plans, writes and designs the posts, then publishes them to Facebook, Instagram, Threads and six other platforms, priced per brand with team members included.

When is Meta Business Suite the better choice?

Choose Meta Business Suite if: you only post to Facebook and Instagram and don't want to pay for a tool; you want your inbox, ads and organic posts for Meta's apps in one place; You're happy to make every post yourself.

How much does Meta Business Suite cost?

Free to use: Meta describes it as a free tool for Facebook, Messenger and Instagram. See Meta's Business Suite page for details.

How much does Zolyp cost?

Zolyp's AI plans start at $29/mo, and Lite schedules content you bring for $9/mo per brand. Every account starts with a 3-day free trial.

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