Taplio

Overview

Taplio is a LinkedIn growth suite more than a scheduler. Scheduling is one part, next to a post generator, a niche feed of viral posts, comment tools and lead features. The only other network it touches is X, and only as a cross-post through Tweet Hunter, which needs active subscriptions to both products linked by API keys and is capped at 280 characters. Both products name the same operator, lempire.

The part I'd look at first is how it connects. Taplio Connect, a Chromium extension, is required and works from your LinkedIn browser session. The help center says it cannot be installed on mobile, and that logging out of LinkedIn in that browser makes scheduled posts fail and stops stats syncing. That is a different dependency from a tool that holds an authorised connection on its own servers. Add the terms of service, which make you solely responsible if LinkedIn acts against your account and prohibit unauthorized automation on third-party platforms, and the auto connect, auto reply and auto DM features deserve a careful read. The vendor says requests and DMs run at human-paced limits but does not number the daily caps.

Plans are priced per account licence: $39, $69 and $199 monthly. The pricing page also shows $32, $49 and $149, and the help center explains these are the yearly per-month prices, so that old puzzle is settled. Other conflicts remain. The pricing page lists 250 AI credits and 500 comment credits on Starter, while the help center's credit description gives Starter none and 250 Expert credits plus 500 reply credits on Growth. The help center says a payment method is needed for the 7-day trial, but the pricing page says no card. Company page analytics are described as existing in one article and unavailable in another. I'd settle all three with support before paying.

Some documented limits decide use cases. Posts cap at 3,000 characters, one video is allowed at 128MB, and video, images and PDFs cannot be mixed. Company pages get no video, no analytics and no engagement tools, and one personal profile is allowed per Taplio account. An API and an MCP with 27 tools exist, though the MCP page counts vary between 14 and 27, and the API needs an active subscription without saying which tier.

Plans and prices

Free plan: Chrome extension is free without a plan

Taplio bills per licence, and the licence follows one personal LinkedIn profile. The monthly prices are $39, $69 and $199, and annual billing brings them to $32, $49 and $149 a month. The jump to Pro buys unlimited AI credits (fair use), mention tracking and the lead database, so it is a usage tier more than a team tier. Team seats are discounted 10% from 2 seats, 15% from 11 and 20% from 51, and each member is added to billing on acceptance. A second client profile is a second licence. Linking Taplio with Tweet Hunter gives 25% off both, but only one discount applies at a time. There is a 30-day money-back guarantee, and you cancel first, then contact support.

Networks listed by Taplio

What Taplio does on each network

Only what the vendor's own pages state. A blank cell means the pages do not say.

LinkedIn

Needs: Taplio Connect extension required in a Chromium browser with a LinkedIn session; company pages need personal profile admin; one personal profile per account

Limits: Post 3,000 chars; scheduled comment 1,250; images GIF JPEG PNG 5MB; PDF 50MB; one video 128MB; no mixing video, images or PDFs; no video from company pages; poll question 140 chars

intercom.help

X

Needs: Active Taplio and Tweet Hunter subscriptions linked by API keys; "Also publish on X" in the Boosts tab

Limits: Capped at 280 characters even with X Premium; option to write an X-specific version

intercom.help

Publishing and scheduling

Calendar views

Post schedule page with default day view and monthly view; Visual queue; Drafts Kanban board with editable columns

Queue

Queue slots added via Actions > Edit Post schedule; at least one slot per day suggested; Re-queue pulls posts forward, Shuffle mixes topics

Recurring and evergreen posts

Tap to fill empty slots from evergreen posts and recycle top posts; reminder when queue runs low (vendor states)

Best time suggestions

Slots tuned to follower activity and described as time zone aware, refined as you post (vendor states, example slots shown)

Drafts and notes

Drafts Kanban view with pre-made columns, search, drag to Scheduled column and confirm time; drafts also in composer Drafts tab

First comment

Scheduled comment on own post (vendor automation page); scheduled comments max 1,250 characters

RSS and curation

Daily feed of viral posts ranked for your niche

Time zones

Best-time slots said to be time zone aware (vendor page); setting itself not described in the queue article

Also listed

Live reach prediction before publishing (vendor states); Drafts queued via MCP; nothing posts until you confirm; Post to personal profile or company pages from one queue; switch in one click; Failed posts listed in an Errors section of the Post schedule page; @mentions and tagging people and companies in posts (help article exists); LinkedIn polls schedulable like normal posts; Export all published posts (help article exists)

Sources: taplio.com, taplio.com, intercom.help, intercom.help

Teams, approvals and clients

Seats

Organizations on Growth and Pro; each member added to billing on acceptance; seat limit not stated; over 50 seats via chat

Roles

Member (own account only), Content Writer (shared accounts), Admin (billing, add members)

Client access

Admins and Content Writers switch to a client account from the sidebar if the owner shares it; separate Chrome profile advised per account

Workspaces and brands

Organizations; one personal LinkedIn profile per Taplio account, a second profile needs a separate account and licence

Sources: taplio.com, intercom.help, intercom.help, intercom.help

Content creation and AI

AI features

Create / post generator: Hooks and stories in your voice, rewrites, tone matching; Ask Taplio (formerly Chat Assist): Reviews past posts, weekly trend briefs and drafts; Post builder: Generates posts from an idea, an article or a YouTube video; AI variation and AI Edit: New version of a post you like; Carousel Generator: Walkthrough article in help center; AI comment and reply generator: Smart replies via Taplio Boost, one credit each

AI credits

Starter none; Growth 250 Expert credits per month then unlimited Faster mode, 500 reply credits; Pro unlimited (fair use); 1 credit per generation; renew on the 1st

Design tools

Carousel builder

Media library

Media tools exposed in MCP (upload_media, list_media, pick_media); Collections for saved posts

Video tools

Free LinkedIn video downloader tool

Sources: taplio.com, taplio.com, intercom.help, intercom.help

Analytics and reporting

Metrics

Core analytics; Advanced analytics (not detailed); LinkedIn Benchmark of 60k+ posts monthly (vendor states); Followers, impressions, reach, engagement rate; Per-post performance; Benchmark: carousel 3.4x, text plus image 2.1x, text only 1.4x (vendor page, 50,214 posts); Free Boost extension: 30 day stats and 90 day best posts

Report exports

CSV export (Starter and above per plans article); Weekly and monthly summaries; Shareable live stats report; Export of published posts

Data history

Vendor states full history kept; Boost shows 30 days stats and 90 days best posts

Sources: taplio.com, taplio.com, taplio.com, intercom.help

Inbox and engagement

Inbox

Engage: replies, contacts, saved posts, industry posts, mentions (Growth and Pro)

Listening

Mention tracking for up to 5 other profiles or company pages (Pro)

Automation

Scheduled comment, auto connect, auto reply, auto DM, cross-post to X (vendor automation page; daily limits not numbered); Lead Database 3M+ profiles on Pro

Sources: taplio.com, taplio.com, taplio.com, intercom.help

Integrations, API and apps

Integrations

Free Chrome extension for comments; Taplio LinkedIn MCP (27 tools in MCP V2); Taplio API; Zapier; lemlist (push contacts); Tweet Hunter (publish to LinkedIn and X); Claude, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Manus AI via MCP; Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed listed on vendor MCP FAQ

Zapier

Yes

MCP server

Yes

Public API

Yes

API docs

https://api.taplio.com/

API authentication

Bearer API key from Account settings > Integrations, rotatable

API rate limits

Not published; HTTP 429 returned when exceeded

API plans

Active subscription required for API key access

iOS app

No native app; mobile browser use after desktop onboarding

Android app

No native app; mobile browser use after desktop onboarding

Browser extension

Taplio Connect (required, Chromium browsers only) and free Taplio Boost Chrome extension

Sources: taplio.com, taplio.com, taplio.com, intercom.help

Pricing details

Billing model

Starter $39/mo, Growth $69/mo, Pro $199/mo monthly; prices per account (licence), exclude taxes

Annual discount

Yearly per month: Starter $32 ($384/yr), Growth $49 ($588/yr), Pro $149 ($1,788/yr)

Trial

7 days with all Pro features but limited AI usage; payment method required per help center; paid plan starts at end of 7 days or AI limit

Free plan

None; Chrome extension free

Discounts

Team seats: 10% from 2 seats, 15% from 11, 20% from 51; Taplio plus Tweet Hunter linked: 25% off both; Only one discount applies at a time; Student, academic and nonprofit discounts not offered

Refunds

30-day money-back guarantee from first payment; cancel first, then contact support via chat

Cancellation

Settings > Billing > Cancel subscription; trial can be used once per account

Currencies

$ (code not stated)

Sources: taplio.com, taplio.com, intercom.help, intercom.help

Security and compliance

Platform partner status

Vendor states connection requests and DMs run at safe human-paced limits; Terms of service state the user is solely responsible if LinkedIn acts against the account; Terms prohibit unauthorized automation on third-party platforms

Sources: taplio.com, taplio.com

Support and onboarding

Support channels

In-app chat bubble; Email team@taplio.com for extension issues (replies usually under a day per Boost article); Contact page with live group demos; Priority support on Pro

Help centre

https://intercom.help/taplio/en

Training

Taplio Academy free masterclasses

Import from

Aware (help article for users moving over engagement feeds)

Sources: taplio.com, taplio.com, intercom.help, intercom.help

About the company

Company

lempire (operator named in terms of service, no suffix; also named for Tweet Hunter)

Sources: taplio.com, taplio.com

What review sites show

Scores and counts as the review site displays them on the date shown. They are other people's ratings, not ours.

Recent product changes

• 2026

  MCP V2

  Adds 27 tools including an Engage toolset (8 comment tools, 14 posts and analytics, 5 media); drafts queued in Taplio; month not stated

• 2026

  Taplio Boost replaces Taplio X

  Free Chrome extension with 30 day stats and Recent Hits; date not stated

Limits the vendor documents

• Taplio Connect installs only on Chromium browsers and cannot be installed on mobile; setup finishes on desktop(intercom.help)
• Logging out of LinkedIn in the browser with Connect makes scheduled posts fail and stops stats syncing(intercom.help)
• Company pages: no video, no analytics or engagement tools(intercom.help)
• Unsupported combinations: multiple videos, video with images or PDF, multiple PDFs, PDF with images(intercom.help)
• One personal LinkedIn profile per Taplio account(intercom.help)
• X posts via Tweet Hunter capped at 280 characters(intercom.help)

Pick Taplio if

Pick Taplio if you build a personal brand or run founder-led outreach on LinkedIn and want writing, a queue and engagement tools under one login. It also fits a ghostwriter or small agency that can absorb one licence per client profile. Skip it if you post anywhere other than LinkedIn, if you cannot keep a Chromium browser logged in, or if the terms' stance on automation worries you.

Questions people ask

Alternatives

Tools for a similar audience that share the most networks with Taplio.