Snapchat scheduler with on-device compression and official API posting

Plan Snapchat Spotlight and Story creatives with a 250-character caption budget.

Connects through each network's official sign-in. We never ask for your passwords. · Snapchat Marketing / Creative Kit via official OAuth 2.0.

Snapchat media and container specifications

Media, caption and container specifications GentoPost enforces for Snapchat
Caption limit	250 characters
Recommended hashtags	None — hashtags read as spam here
Preferred aspect ratio	9:16
Video container	MP4 or MOV
Video codec	H.264 / AAC
Max video size	1 GB
Max duration	Up to 60 seconds for Spotlight
Video resolution	1080 × 1920 (9:16)
Frame rate	24–60 fps
Image formats	JPEG, PNG
Max image size	5 MB
Recommended image size	1080 × 1920

Snapchat character limit calculator

Paste a caption to see exactly how it lands against Snapchat's 250-character limit and 0 recommended hashtags. Nothing is uploaded — this runs entirely in your browser.

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Ban-risk and rate-limit safety on Snapchat

Humanized posting delays

Snapchat favours several light posts a day; the calendar spreads them across daylight hours.

Official API only

Snapchat Marketing / Creative Kit via official OAuth 2.0. No scraping, no session cookies, no unofficial endpoints — the practices that actually get accounts suspended.

Compression before upload

WebCodecs re-encodes on your device — a 100 MB clip becomes roughly 12 MB — so Snapchat uploads finish fast and stay inside its size ceiling. Try the compressor.

Snapchat publishing questions

Specifics about limits, media and compliance when GentoPost posts to Snapchat.

How long can a Snapchat caption be in GentoPost?

250 characters, the shortest budget of any supported network — the composer trims the shared draft accordingly.

Other networks GentoPost publishes to

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