Buffer Overview
What is Buffer?
Buffer is an intuitive, streamlined social media management platform trusted by brands, businesses, agencies, and individuals to help drive meaningful engagement and results on social media.With Buffer, users can manage multiple social media profiles, plan and schedule posts in advance, collaborate with multiple team members, and analyze social media performance. Buffer is keen to constantly introduce new, useful features such as their suggested media feature, our Instagram direct scheduling feature, and more. Native iOS and Android mobile apps give users the flexibility to schedule content on the go.
Other important features include a social media calendar and RSS feed, social analytics, plus a video and GIF uploader and Pablo image creator.
Buffer Overview
Pricing
Pricing options
Free plan: Free forever
Pro plan: $15 per month
Small business plan: $99 per month
Medium business plan: $199 per month
Large business plan: $399 per month
Enterprise: Get in touch ([email protected])
A 14-day free trial is available.
All plans can be paid on either a monthly or yearly basis. If users choose to pay yearly, users would receive a 15% discount, which works out at approximately two months free per year.
All Buffer plans are 50% off for nonprofits.
Buffer Features
Media

Buffer Reviews
Buffer Reviews
Stay Ahead on Social Media Easily with Buffer
Buffer helps our clients manage their social media profiles and schedule out their social media messages according to our strategy ahead of time. This tool makes it easy to work ahead and streamline your scheduling process.
The free plan is quite nice as well, as you can connect 3 accounts and schedule out 10 messages ahead of time. This is nice for clients that are just starting to utilize social media management tools!
While the pricing structure seems a bit odd, the frustrations I have with Instagram and social media scheduling apps will exist no matter which app you use!
One of the best social media management platforms with a high price for teams
Overall, Buffer is an excellent platform that offers incredible features - but due to the high price for simple features like team management & multiple users, it is not for me. While our social media team was just me, I found it to be the very best platform for social media management - offering a simple UI & high quality features for the free & low-tier accounts - as our team grew, we rapidly outgrew Buffer simply due to pricing, and found that there were similar products at a lower price point that would fit our needs.
Buffer - A Good Tool for Social
Overall it does what we need it to do. It's a good tool, not fantastic, but I have yet to find one that is... so all in all I think Buffer does a great job for the price of the software. I do like how all analytics are in one place and how you can have multiple users and editors working on your social copy. It has definitely made social media management easier.
Best bang for your buck
I am definitely a fan of buffer, and think they're the front runner in their price range for social media automation.
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Stay Ahead on Social Media Easily with Buffer
Pros
Buffer makes it easy to schedule out your social media posts ahead of time and you can also manage multiple different accounts from one place.
At our marketing company, it's also easy for clients to understand and use on their own time whether they're on their phone or computer.
Cons
Using Instagram with any social media scheduling app can be a pain and Buffer is no exception to this rule. Some IG posts have to be scheduled manually which defeats the purpose if you're just using Buffer to control IG accounts.
Their pricing structure is also confusing with different prices for publishing, analyzing and replying. It can make it difficult for potential clients to understand exactly what they're paying for.

One of the best social media management platforms with a high price for teams
Overall, Buffer is an excellent platform that offers incredible features - but due to the high price for simple features like team management & multiple users, it is not for me. While our social media team was just me, I found it to be the very best platform for social media management - offering a simple UI & high quality features for the free & low-tier accounts - as our team grew, we rapidly outgrew Buffer simply due to pricing, and found that there were similar products at a lower price point that would fit our needs.
Pros
Buffer is perhaps one of the simplest & easiest social media platforms on the market today; offering comprehensive and crucial features for managing your social media streams. This platform allows for the easy management of multiple social media accounts, allowing you to customize post-times & days, and then schedule posts quickly via the Queue only for those days. It offers built in analytics, direct posting to Instagram & Instagram stories, team management features & more - assuming you are willing to pay for those features.
Overall, Buffer was probably my favorite social media management platform due to its simplicity & base features, yet it suffers in a few key areas.
Cons
I loved using Buffer for the period of time that I actually used it, but quickly discovered that the platform could not suite my needs because of one insurmountable obstacle - price. As a non-profit youth organization, having a low overhead cost for platforms such as this is extremely important, and I quickly found myself unable to continue using Buffer as my social media team grew simply because I could not afford their $65 CAD/month just to be able to have a second user (without admin privileges). The added features like direct Instagram Story & first comment seem interesting for me, but not at the cost $663/annually when there are alternatives (be it, with less features) out there that offer a lower overhead cost AND non-profit discounts.
Furthermore, while the platform itself is extremely simple to use, I found their pricing structure & different brand building products to be quite confusing - with products such as "Reply", "Publish" and "Analyze" featuring little to no immediately accessible descriptions, and each one carrying a different pricing structure & subscription requirement.
Lastly, one feature I've found on other social media platforms (but not on buffer) that I wish were available is the ability to draft a single post that can be queued in multiple social media channels, and customized for each channel. With buffer, you would need to recreate each post - which can take added time dependent on your social media channels.
Buffer - A Good Tool for Social
Overall it does what we need it to do. It's a good tool, not fantastic, but I have yet to find one that is... so all in all I think Buffer does a great job for the price of the software. I do like how all analytics are in one place and how you can have multiple users and editors working on your social copy. It has definitely made social media management easier.
Pros
I do like the ease of use and functionality. It has a clean interface and you can select from a couple of different plan options, including one for posting and analyzing your social media accounts.
Cons
There are limitations. I wish I could go in and schedule weeks or even months worth of content, but I can't because Buffer does not allow you to post carousel photos on Instagram or LinkedIn. We often share more than one photo on our posts so I have to go and manually do that for those networks when we have more than one photo. I hope that functionality will integrate soon because it is a huge downfall of the platform. However, all other platforms are facing this issue, it's not unique to Buffer.
Buffer is ok
Pros
Does what they say which is allows one to schedule posts to social media.
Cons
Raised their price for individual accounts from 10 to 15 a month. Went to the free plan because of it then you lose posting abilities. Software has always had issues with it as each "upgrade" can result in loss of features. I hesitate to upgrade because of this. Sometimes it is best to leave things along. Some of the responses the software give can seem sophomoric, "Oops" comments, how about programming in not allowing times that have gone by instead of the comments? Every third post the app hangs for at least 3 minutes which is very annoying. They had better versions than the current ones as of late.

Best bang for your buck
I am definitely a fan of buffer, and think they're the front runner in their price range for social media automation.
Pros
Buffer is extremely affordable, but in that the variety of options is limited. Buffer is extremely easy to use and as such I have had no problem teaching team members to use it in a matter of minutes. Being able to post directly in groups is a game changer.
Cons
When I first started using buffer the analytics side of the equation was included in all plans, now that it's separate it's harder to justify the price tag.
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Buffer Pricing
Buffer Pricing
Free plan: Free forever
Pro plan: $15 per month
Small business plan: $99 per month
Medium business plan: $199 per month
Large business plan: $399 per month
Enterprise: Get in touch ([email protected])
A 14-day free trial is available.
All plans can be paid on either a monthly or yearly basis. If users choose to pay yearly, users would receive a 15% discount, which works out at approximately two months free per year.
All Buffer plans are 50% off for nonprofits.
Free plan: Free forever
Pro plan: $15 per month
Small business plan: $99 per month
Medium business plan: $199 per month
Large business plan: $399 per month
Enterprise: Get in touch ([email protected])
A 14-day free trial is available.
All plans can be paid on either a monthly or yearly basis. If users choose to pay yearly, users would receive a 15% discount, which works out at approximately two months free per year.
All Buffer plans are 50% off for nonprofits.
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Buffer Features
Buffer Features
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Additional information for Buffer
Additional information for Buffer
Key features of Buffer
- Add up to 2,000 posts
- Adjustable timezone
- Browser extensions
- CSV export
- Calendar view
- Connect RSS feeds to Buffer
- Content inbox
- Custom UTM parameters
- Custom link shortening
- Custom scheduling
- Engagement & interaction tracking
- Google analytics integration
- Instagram direct scheduling
- Instagram grid preview
- Multimedia upload
- Native apps for iOS and Android devices
- Over 60 apps and extras
- Overview analytics
- Post analytics
- Queue scheduling (with a posting schedule)
- Re-Buffer
- Suggested media
- Tailored posts
- Team organization management
- Twitter influencer analytics
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Buffer FAQs
Buffer FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Buffer.
Q. What type of pricing plans does Buffer offer?
Buffer offers the following pricing plans:
Starting from: US$15,00/month
Pricing model: Free, Subscription
Free Trial: Available
Free plan: Free forever Pro plan: $15 per month Small business plan: $99 per month Medium business plan: $199 per month Large business plan: $399 per month Enterprise: Get in touch ([email protected]) A 14-day free trial is available. All plans can be paid on either a monthly or yearly basis. If users choose to pay yearly, users would receive a 15% discount, which works out at approximately two months free per year. All Buffer plans are 50% off for nonprofits.
Q. What are the main features of Buffer?
Buffer offers the following features:
- Add up to 2,000 posts
- Adjustable timezone
- Browser extensions
- CSV export
- Calendar view
- Connect RSS feeds to Buffer
- Content inbox
- Custom UTM parameters
- Custom link shortening
- Custom scheduling
- Engagement & interaction tracking
- Google analytics integration
- Instagram direct scheduling
- Instagram grid preview
- Multimedia upload
- Native apps for iOS and Android devices
- Over 60 apps and extras
- Overview analytics
- Post analytics
- Queue scheduling (with a posting schedule)
- Re-Buffer
- Suggested media
- Tailored posts
- Team organization management
- Twitter influencer analytics
Q. Who are the typical users of Buffer?
Buffer has the following typical customers:
Small Business, Large Enterprises, Public Administrations, Non Profit, Freelancers, Mid Size Business
Q. What languages does Buffer support?
Buffer supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does Buffer support mobile devices?
Buffer supports the following devices:
Android, iPhone, iPad
Q. What other apps does Buffer integrate with?
Buffer integrates with the following applications:
Bitium, Built.io Flow, CoSchedule, Curata, IFTTT, Klipfolio, ProjectManager.com, Scoop.it, Workato, Zapier
Q. What level of support does Buffer offer?
Buffer offers the following support options:
FAQs, Online Support
Buffer helps our clients manage their social media profiles and schedule out their social media messages according to our strategy ahead of time. This tool makes it easy to work ahead and streamline your scheduling process.
The free plan is quite nice as well, as you can connect 3 accounts and schedule out 10 messages ahead of time. This is nice for clients that are just starting to utilize social media management tools!
While the pricing structure seems a bit odd, the frustrations I have with Instagram and social media scheduling apps will exist no matter which app you use!