| Features | Instagram Personal Profile | Instagram Business Profile |
| One-off updates | Yes | Yes |
| Recurring updates | Yes | Yes |
| Import updates from Social Media | Yes | Yes |
| Reports | No | Yes |
| Weekly report in emails | No | Yes |
| Create one-off updates/schedules from RecurPost’s Google Chrome Plugin | Yes | Yes |
| Posting option | Through push notifications only | Directly |
- Display Picture: If you have a personal Instagram account, your display/profile picture will not appear in your RecurPost account. It will only be shown in the case of a business account. This is because Facebook has updated its privacy policies and even basic information such as Instagram profile picture will not be displayed inside RecurPost account.
- Post Scheduling: You shall be able to create one-off posts and recurring schedules using RecurPost for posts going out to both Personal and Business profiles.
- Posting Options: You can schedule your posts and use the queue in case of both Personal and Business profiles.
- To share your post on your Instagram personal account, you will receive a push notification from RecurPost when it’s time for your content to be published.
- For an Instagram business account, the posts will be published directly without any push notification.
Note: It is necessary to download RecurPost app on your mobile device in order to receive push notifications and post your content on Facebook Profile and Instagram Personal Profile. Our app is available for both Android and iOS users.
- Importing Posts from Social Media: You shall be able to import content from either of the social media platforms regardless of Instagram personal or business profile.
- Access to Reports: Detailed reports will be available only for Instagram Business Profiles. Users having Instagram Personal Profiles will no longer have access to ‘Reports’ feature on RecurPost because of the limitation on Facebook’s end.
- As per Facebook’s updated privacy policies, third-party apps do not have access to information from Instagram Personal Profiles, including likes, comments, interactions, and engagement rate.
- Weekly reports through emails: As these reports are exclusive to Instagram business profile holders, they will get a weekly performance report through email.
- Create One-off posts / Schedules from RecurPost’s Google Chrome Plugin: Regardless of a personal or a business profile on Instagram, all RecurPost users shall be able to schedule one-off posts easily using the plugin available for Chrome.
We hope this information is helpful to you. In case you have any questions or need help with this article, then please reach out to us at support@recurpost.com.