Social media manager pricing calculator API

Enter how many networks you manage, how often you post and the extra work, set your own hourly rate, and get the monthly hours, a retainer, a per-post price and a range to quote.

• Endpoint: POST https://postboost.co/app/api/tools/social-media-manager-pricing-calculator (operationId calculateSmmPricing)
• Web tool: postboost.co/tools/social-media-manager-pricing-calculator
• Token: optional (limits)
• MCP: tool calculate-smm-pricing on https://postboost.co/mcp/tools

Request

Field	Type	Default	Description
networks	integer		Number of social networks managed.
posts_per_week	integer		Posts per week on each network.
content_type	string: copy, copy_design, copy_design_video	"copy_design"	What goes into a post. Assumed minutes per post: copy 30, copy_design 60, copy_design_video 120.
community_hours_per_week	number	0	Community management (replies, comments, DMs), hours per week.
reporting_hours_per_month	number	0	Reporting, hours per month.
ad_hours_per_month	number	0	Paid social ad management, hours per month.
hourly_rate	number	50	Your hourly rate. The default 50 is a round placeholder, not a market rate.
currency	string: USD, EUR, GBP	"USD"	Currency for formatting only; nothing is converted.
pricing_model	string: hourly, retainer, per_post	"retainer"	Which price leads the quote: hourly, monthly retainer or per post.

Call it

curl

curl -X POST https://postboost.co/app/api/tools/social-media-manager-pricing-calculator \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"networks":3,"posts_per_week":5,"content_type":"copy_design","community_hours_per_week":4,"hourly_rate":50}'

Python

from postboost import ApiClient, Configuration
from postboost.api.free_tools_api import FreeToolsApi
from postboost.models import FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest

with ApiClient(Configuration()) as client:
    api = FreeToolsApi(client)
    result = api.calculate_smm_pricing(FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest.from_dict({"networks": 3, "posts_per_week": 5, "content_type": "copy_design", "community_hours_per_week": 4, "hourly_rate": 50}))
    print(result.to_dict())

Node.js

import { FreeToolsApi } from 'postboost';

const api = new FreeToolsApi();
const { body } = await api.calculateSmmPricing({ networks: 3, postsPerWeek: 5, contentType: "copy_design", communityHoursPerWeek: 4, hourlyRate: 50 });
console.log(body);

PHP

use PostBoostClient\Api\FreeToolsApi;
use PostBoostClient\Model\FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest;

$api = new FreeToolsApi(new GuzzleHttp\Client());
$result = $api->calculateSmmPricing(new FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest(['networks' => 3, 'posts_per_week' => 5, 'content_type' => "copy_design", 'community_hours_per_week' => 4, 'hourly_rate' => 50]));
echo $result;

Go

import (
    "context"
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"

    postboost "github.com/postboost-co/postboost-go"
)

var request postboost.FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest
if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(`{"networks":3,"posts_per_week":5,"content_type":"copy_design","community_hours_per_week":4,"hourly_rate":50}`), &request); err != nil {
    panic(err)
}

client := postboost.NewAPIClient(postboost.NewConfiguration())
result, _, err := client.FreeToolsAPI.CalculateSmmPricing(context.Background()).FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest(request).Execute()
fmt.Println(result, err)

Ruby

require 'postboost'

api = PostBoost::FreeToolsApi.new
result = api.calculate_smm_pricing(PostBoost::FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest.new({ networks: 3, posts_per_week: 5, content_type: "copy_design", community_hours_per_week: 4, hourly_rate: 50 }))
puts result.to_hash

Java

import com.postboost.ApiClient;
import com.postboost.api.FreeToolsApi;
import com.postboost.model.FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest;
import com.postboost.model.FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingResponse;

FreeToolsApi api = new FreeToolsApi(new ApiClient());
FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest request = FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest.fromJson("{\"networks\":3,\"posts_per_week\":5,\"content_type\":\"copy_design\",\"community_hours_per_week\":4,\"hourly_rate\":50}");
FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingResponse result = api.calculateSmmPricing(request);
System.out.println(result.toJson());

C#

using Newtonsoft.Json;
using PostBoost.Client.Api;
using PostBoost.Client.Client;
using PostBoost.Client.Model;

var api = new FreeToolsApi(new Configuration());
var request = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest>(@"{""networks"":3,""posts_per_week"":5,""content_type"":""copy_design"",""community_hours_per_week"":4,""hourly_rate"":50}");
var result = await api.CalculateSmmPricingAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(result.ToJson());

Rust

use postboost::apis::configuration::Configuration;
use postboost::apis::free_tools_api;
use postboost::models::FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest;

let config = Configuration::new();
let request: FreeToolCalculateSmmPricingRequest = serde_json::from_str(r##"{"networks":3,"posts_per_week":5,"content_type":"copy_design","community_hours_per_week":4,"hourly_rate":50}"##)?;
let result = free_tools_api::calculate_smm_pricing(&config, request).await?;
println!("{:?}", result);

CLI

echo '{"networks":3,"posts_per_week":5,"content_type":"copy_design","community_hours_per_week":4,"hourly_rate":50}' | ./postboost-cli --content-type application/json calculateSmmPricing -

With a token, send Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN as a default header (how, per SDK).

Response

{
    "currency": "USD",
    "pricing_model": "retainer",
    "posts_per_month": 65,
    "hours_per_month": 82.3,
    "hourly_rate": 50,
    "monthly_retainer": 4117,
    "per_post": 63.34,
    "range": {
        "low": 3294,
        "high": 4940
    },
    "line_items": [
        {
            "key": "content",
            "label": "Content creation and scheduling",
            "hours_per_month": 65,
            "amount": 3250
        },
        {
            "key": "community",
            "label": "Community management",
            "hours_per_month": 17.3,
            "amount": 866.67
        }
    ],
    "assumptions": [
        "60 minutes per post (copy + design)",
        "A month is 52 ÷ 12 = 4.33 weeks",
        "Range: retainer −20% to +20%"
    ]
}

With MCP

Connect https://postboost.co/mcp/tools (setup) and ask, for example: Estimate social media manager pricing with the PostBoost calculate-smm-pricing tool.

Errors

Status	When
401	The Authorization header holds an invalid token. Leave it out to call as a guest.
413	The JSON body is larger than 128 KB.
422	A field is invalid; the body lists the errors per field.
429	A limit is reached; see limits.