Social media management pricing in Canada runs from a few dollars a month for a scheduling tool to five figures a month for an agency retainer. The spread is not confusing once you see that you are buying four different things. This post lays them out with the prices on public price lists as of September 2026, then says what Ampliqa charges and why.
The four ways to buy it
A scheduling tool plus your own time
Public price lists for the well known scheduling tools run from about $6 to $199 a month depending on seats and channels. The tool does the calendar and the publishing. Every post is still written, designed and approved by you, which for most owners is four to ten hours a week.
A freelancer
Freelance social media managers in Canada list monthly packages from about $300 to $3,500. The low end usually means a handful of posts on one or two platforms, made from material you supply. The high end covers several platforms, design and community replies. Continuity depends on one person.
An agency retainer
Agency retainers on public price lists sit between roughly $1,000 and $15,000 a month. The price buys a team, a strategy document, reporting and meetings. For a business with one location and no marketing staff, a good part of that fee pays for coordination you never see.
A managed service
A managed service sits between the freelancer and the agency: the month is produced for you by a system with a person on your voice, you approve it in one sitting, and it posts from your own accounts. Ampliqa is this kind of service.
What the prices include, side by side
- Tool, $6 to $199 a month. Scheduling and publishing. No writing, no design, no approvals to read because you made everything.
- Freelancer, $300 to $3,500 a month. Writing and some design for a fixed number of posts. Approval by email or a shared document.
- Agency, $1,000 to $15,000 a month. Strategy, a team, reporting, meetings, ads management if you want it.
- Ampliqa, $500 or $700 a month. A full month of posts made for you on Instagram, Threads and X on Starter, every platform on Growth, approved by you once, posted from your accounts.
What Ampliqa costs and what the money buys
Starter is $500 a month: 10 videos and reels, 10 photo posts with real people and your headline on the image, 10 written carousels, and 90 Threads and X posts. Growth is $700 a month: 10 videos and reels, 15 photo posts, 15 carousels, 120 Threads and X posts, 12 LinkedIn posts, and replies drafted in your niche. Launch is $2,500 once: your website renewed for SEO, AEO and GEO plus two months of Growth. The full list is on the pricing page.
Prices are in US dollars, the plans are monthly with no contract, and the website renewal is a one time piece of work rather than part of the monthly plans.
Five questions that stop you overpaying
- How many finished posts arrive each month, by platform, in writing?
- Who writes the voice, and can I read a sample month before I pay?
- Does it post from my own accounts through the official platform tools, or from an account someone else controls?
- How do I approve, and how long does that take me each month?
- What happens to my accounts and my content if I stop?
The honest rule of thumb.
If you have the hours and enjoy it, a tool is the cheapest path.
If you want it done and you want to read it once a month, a managed service costs about what a mid range freelancer does and gives you every platform.
If you need strategy meetings and ads, you are shopping for an agency.