HeyOrca review

HeyOrca is a social media planning and publishing tool built around shared calendars. Teams can draft and schedule posts, route them for approval, and manage comments, mentions, and direct messages from one place. Clients can approve, reject, or comment on posts without logging in, which makes it easier to get sign-off without adding clients as platform users.

Paid plans include unlimited users, so the bill is based on calendars rather than the number of teammates. The pricing page lists Basic at $59 per calendar per month and Pro at $149; annual equivalents, using the advertised 15% discount, are $50.15 and $126.65. Both paid plans list 10 social profiles per calendar and unlimited scheduled posts and approvals. The Free plan is limited to one user, two profiles, and 15 scheduled posts per month, with a 14-day Pro trial.

HeyOrca also offers social reporting, listening, and inbox features, with some available as separately priced add-ons. Agency / Custom pricing is not published.

HeyOrca’s clearest fit is a team that needs clients to review posts without turning approvals into another account-management chore. Clients can approve, reject, or comment without logging in, and paid plans include unlimited users. That is useful for agencies and in-house teams where several people need access but client sign-off is the main bottleneck.

The calendar-based model can also suit teams that organize work by client or brand. A Reddit post about HeyOrca’s pricing describes calendars, rather than users or profiles, as the organizing unit. That structure is easy to understand if each client needs a separate content workflow; it is less attractive if you are trying to manage many brands on one budget.

Basic includes unlimited scheduled posts and approvals, with 10 social profiles per calendar, for $59 monthly or $50.15 per month on annual billing, according to the pricing page. Pro has the same listed profile and scheduling limits, at $149 monthly or $126.65 annually, and is aimed at teams needing reports and an inbox. HeyOrca advertises a 15% annual-billing discount and a 40% multi-calendar discount. Its reporting, listening, and inbox options are available as paid add-ons, so check the final configuration rather than assuming every capability comes with the base plan.

The per-calendar price is the main constraint. Basic is $59 per calendar per month, so two calendars list at $118 monthly before add-ons; the annual equivalent is $100.30 per month using the advertised 15% discount. HeyOrca advertises a 40% multi-calendar discount, but the published pricing does not show how that discount applies to a specific account. Agency / Custom pricing is not published, either.

Paid plans cap each calendar at 10 social profiles. If you need more, the published pricing information does not say what the next step costs. The Free plan is narrow: one user, two profiles, and 15 scheduled posts per month. It is a trial route, not a practical substitute for a multi-client workflow.

Add-ons can widen the gap between the advertised plan price and the working bill: Social Reports cost $59 per workspace per month, Reports & Listening $79, Social Inbox $39, and Social Listening $39. The pricing details do not establish which add-ons are included with Pro, so confirm that before comparing it with tools that bundle reporting or engagement. One Reddit post characterizes calendar-based pricing as a reason some users leave, but it does not provide a detailed comparison or verified account of the costs.

HeyOrca’s Free plan costs $0 and allows 1 user, 2 social profiles and 15 scheduled posts a month. It includes a 14-day Pro trial. Basic is $59 per calendar/month, or $50.15 with the advertised 15% annual-billing discount. Pro jumps to $149 monthly, or $126.65 annually—a $90 monthly increase per calendar. Both paid plans list unlimited users, 10 social profiles per calendar and unlimited scheduled posts and approvals.

The catch is that the pricing details list reports and inbox features as separate add-ons: Social Reports is $59 per workspace/month, Reports & Listening is $79, and Social Inbox and Social Listening are $39 each. Confirm what Pro includes before budgeting, since its plan description mentions reports and an inbox but its included-feature list doesn’t spell them out. The page also advertises 40% off multiple calendars, but the published details don’t explain eligibility or how it combines with annual billing. Agency pricing is custom.

The published materials don’t describe an import process, data export options, or what happens to scheduled posts, media, approvals and reports when an account is closed. We can’t estimate migration effort or confirm how portable your data is from this information alone. Before switching, ask HeyOrca what can be exported and imported, in what format, and whether client approval history or reporting data comes with it. Test the workflow with a small calendar before moving active publishing.

The pricing structure gives teams a concrete reason to review fit as they grow: plans are priced per calendar, and reports, inbox and listening may add workspace-level charges. That can change the value calculation for agencies managing multiple brands. The published source set contains no Reddit posts or comments, so we can’t responsibly claim that users commonly leave for a particular reason. Treat export terms, add-on costs and multi-calendar discount rules as questions to verify—not established complaints or known lock-in.