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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (70.8% of reviews)
Small-Business (51.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
$0.00
Buffer
Star Rating
(1,023)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (70.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 4 pricing plansHubSpot Marketing Hub
Star Rating
(14,289)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (51.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users on G2 report that HubSpot Marketing Hub excels in email marketing features, particularly in "Automated Email Responses" with a score of 8.8, while Buffer's email capabilities are less robust, focusing more on social media management.
- Reviewers mention that HubSpot's "Landing Pages and Forms" feature scores 8.5, providing a comprehensive tool for lead generation, whereas Buffer's offerings in this area are limited, focusing primarily on social media scheduling.
- G2 users highlight that HubSpot's "Lead Intelligence" tools, such as "Market Insights" and "Lead Analysis," score 7.8 and 8.2 respectively, offering deeper insights into customer behavior compared to Buffer, which has lower scores in similar areas.
- Users say that Buffer shines in "Social Publishing" with a high score of 9.3, making it a preferred choice for users focused on social media management, while HubSpot's social features are not as specialized, scoring lower in this category.
- Reviewers mention that HubSpot's "Content Calendar" feature scores 8.4, providing a robust planning tool for marketing campaigns, while Buffer's content management features are rated higher at 9.2, indicating a stronger focus on social media content scheduling.
- Users report that HubSpot's "Quality of Support" is rated at 8.7, indicating a strong customer service experience, while Buffer's support is slightly lower at 8.5, suggesting that HubSpot may provide a more reliable support system for users needing assistance.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Buffer
Free
Free
For individuals and businesses getting started with social media.
- 3 social accounts
- Publish to Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Google Business Profiles, Mastodon, Pinterest and Bluesky
- 10 scheduled posts per social account
HubSpot Marketing Hub
Marketing Hub Free
$0.00
For business owners and marketers who want to start generating website leads and tracking contact activity — for free.
- Forms
- Contact activity
- Contact management
Free Trial
Buffer
Free Trial is available
HubSpot Marketing Hub
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.6
900
8.5
9,604
Ease of Use
9.2
906
8.6
11,283
Ease of Setup
9.2
325
8.1
7,003
Ease of Admin
9.1
309
8.5
4,955
Quality of Support
8.5
644
8.7
9,086
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
269
8.7
4,873
Product Direction (% positive)
8.2
880
8.8
9,241
Features by Category
Email Marketing
Not enough data
8.8
5528
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
5393
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
5386
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
5091
|
Verified
Online Marketing
Not enough data
8.5
5234
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
4560
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
4285
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
4806
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
4448
|
Verified
Lead Management
Not enough data
8.5
4997
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
4729
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
4840
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
4343
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
4779
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
4514
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
4487
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
4495
|
Verified
Campaign Management
Not enough data
8.2
4085
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
3674
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
3624
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.2
2770
|
Verified
Social
Not enough data
7.7
3728
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
4132
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
4099
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
3980
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
3201
|
Verified
Reporting & Analytics
Not enough data
8.3
5148
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
4812
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.6
3962
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
3646
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
4064
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
8.0
3499
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
3528
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
3486
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2466
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
2365
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
3316
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
2538
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Marketing Automation
Not enough data
6.8
290
Not enough data
6.8
288
Not enough data
6.8
287
Not enough data
6.6
289
Not enough data
6.6
287
Not enough data
6.7
289
Integration
Not enough data
8.4
3511
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
3195
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
2981
|
Verified
Lead Intelligence
Not enough data
7.8
1156
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
1189
Not enough data
8.1
1237
Lead Management
Not enough data
8.3
1327
Not enough data
7.5
1155
Not enough data
8.0
1211
Marketing Campaigns
Not enough data
7.9
1175
Not enough data
7.4
1063
Not enough data
7.5
1120
Not enough data
7.8
1104
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
1266
Campaign Execution
Not enough data
7.8
1155
Not enough data
7.8
1088
Not enough data
7.7
1033
Not enough data
8.7
1404
Agentic AI - Account Data Management
Not enough data
6.4
91
Not enough data
6.7
91
Not enough data
6.6
90
Not enough data
6.8
92
Not enough data
6.5
91
Messenger
Not enough data
8.0
1215
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
1043
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
1257
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
1181
|
Verified
Channels
Not enough data
8.0
1442
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
1420
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.1
840
Not enough data
6.8
738
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.4
797
|
Verified
Customers
Not enough data
8.2
1487
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1474
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
1619
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
1569
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1475
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Conversational Marketing
Not enough data
6.6
68
Not enough data
6.5
67
Not enough data
6.6
68
Not enough data
6.4
68
Not enough data
6.5
67
Not enough data
6.6
68
Not enough data
6.6
69
Design and Customization
Not enough data
6.8
85
Not enough data
7.5
82
Not enough data
7.7
84
Not enough data
7.7
83
Campaigns
Not enough data
7.4
80
Not enough data
7.5
79
Not enough data
7.5
78
Not enough data
7.6
76
Integrations
Not enough data
8.0
79
Not enough data
7.1
74
Not enough data
6.9
68
Not enough data
7.5
76
Generative AI
Not enough data
6.4
75
Agentic AI - Vulnerability Scanner
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Attribution Modeling
Not enough data
8.0
282
Not enough data
7.7
275
Not enough data
7.2
255
Not enough data
7.3
249
Not enough data
6.9
246
Not enough data
7.4
259
Agentic AI - Attribution
Not enough data
6.0
37
Not enough data
6.2
36
Not enough data
6.0
37
Not enough data
5.8
38
Marketing
Not enough data
7.8
253
Not enough data
7.2
236
Not enough data
8.2
280
Not enough data
8.3
285
Reporting
Not enough data
8.4
308
Not enough data
8.3
294
Not enough data
8.1
297
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.5
240
Not enough data
8.5
240
Not enough data
8.4
240
Not enough data
8.1
25
Not enough data
8.0
24
Platform Data
Not enough data
8.2
235
Not enough data
7.9
230
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.3
256
Agentic AI - Account-Based Orchestration Platforms
Not enough data
7.0
27
Not enough data
7.2
27
Not enough data
6.9
26
Not enough data
6.5
26
Not enough data
6.9
26
Artificial Intelligence
Not enough data
6.8
23
Not enough data
7.2
23
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.2
557
Not enough data
8.5
639
Platform Reporting
Not enough data
8.4
655
Not enough data
8.6
698
Content & Collaboration
9.0(won by 0.7)
142
8.3
1274
8.6(won by 0.3)
125
8.3
1328
8.2(won by 0.1)
105
8.1
1019
8.6(won by 0.3)
106
8.3
1094
8.8(won by 0.1)
115
8.7
1405
8.5(won by 0.2)
99
8.3
966
Social Management
7.9
666
8.2(won by 0.3)
2193
9.3(won by 0.7)
787
8.6
2368
8.4(tied score)
642
8.4(tied score)
2104
8.3(tied score)
693
8.3(tied score)
2250
Feature Not Available
8.0(won by default)
1671
8.6(won by 0.4)
99
8.2
951
8.3(won by 1.0)
25
7.3
325
Agentic AI - Social Media Management
7.2(won by 0.4)
12
6.8
72
7.4(won by 0.4)
12
7.0
69
6.9
12
7.1(won by 0.2)
71
7.4(won by 0.6)
12
6.8
69
7.2(won by 0.1)
12
7.1
71
7.5(won by 0.5)
12
7.0
71
7.2(won by 0.2)
12
7.0
73
Platform Basics
Not enough data
8.1
429
Not enough data
8.0
438
Platform Data
Not enough data
8.0
434
Not enough data
7.9
432
Not enough data
8.5
483
Not enough data
8.2
437
Platform Additional Functionality
Not enough data
8.0
422
Not enough data
8.2
443
Not enough data
8.2
438
Agentic AI - Customer Journey Analytics
Not enough data
6.6
85
Not enough data
6.7
84
Not enough data
6.7
85
Not enough data
6.8
85
Platform Interoperability
Not enough data
8.0
593
Agentic AI - Social Media Advertising
Not enough data
7.2
62
Not enough data
7.2
61
Not enough data
7.1
58
Not enough data
7.1
61
Not enough data
7.1
62
Not enough data
7.5
67
Social Functionality
Not enough data
8.2
1311
Campaign Management
Not enough data
8.3
1327
Not enough data
8.2
1264
Not enough data
8.2
1190
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
1085
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
1117
Not enough data
8.0
1067
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Targeting
Not enough data
8.3
1192
Not enough data
8.2
1110
Not enough data
8.0
1006
Not enough data
8.0
983
Platform
Not enough data
8.3
1162
Not enough data
8.2
1309
Not enough data
8.8
1335
Not enough data
8.8
1359
Not enough data
8.6
1183
Not enough data
8.3
1309
Not enough data
8.6
1348
Not enough data
8.4
1054
Not enough data
8.4
1248
Responses
Not enough data
9.0
24
Not enough data
8.9
23
Not enough data
8.0
23
Automation - AI Agents
Not enough data
7.6
24
Not enough data
7.3
25
Not enough data
8.1
24
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.6
24
Platform
Not enough data
8.2
24
Not enough data
8.7
24
Not enough data
7.8
23
Autonomy - AI Agents
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.2
24
Not enough data
7.6
24
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
24
Not enough data
7.9
24
Page Customization
Not enough data
8.4
1358
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
1396
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
1280
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
1318
|
Verified
Page Optimization
Not enough data
8.1
1183
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
1292
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
1331
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
1220
|
Verified
Integrations
Not enough data
7.4
755
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
1246
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
1244
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.1
348
Agentic AI - Landing Page Builders
Not enough data
6.5
84
Agentic AI - Account-Based Analytics
Not enough data
7.0
78
Not enough data
7.2
77
Not enough data
7.0
79
Not enough data
7.2
80
Not enough data
7.1
78
Lead Intelligence
Not enough data
8.0
793
Not enough data
8.3
826
Not enough data
8.3
843
Lead Management
Not enough data
8.4
910
Not enough data
7.7
782
Not enough data
8.1
852
Marketing Campaigns
Not enough data
8.0
815
Not enough data
7.6
720
Not enough data
7.8
781
Not enough data
8.0
776
Not enough data
8.2
887
Not enough data
8.1
831
Marketing Distribution
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Campaign Planning
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Integrations
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Marketing Operations
Not enough data
7.7
2234
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
2673
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2443
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2474
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Campaign Activity
Not enough data
8.3
2872
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
3112
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.8
2373
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
2559
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2391
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
534
Agentic AI - Marketing Analytics
Not enough data
6.7
170
Not enough data
6.9
163
Not enough data
6.6
165
Agentic AI - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Buffer and HubSpot Marketing Hub are categorized as Social Media Management
Unique Categories
Buffer has no unique categories
HubSpot Marketing Hub is categorized as Account-Based Orchestration Platforms, Pop-Up Builder, Conversational Marketing, Customer Journey Analytics, Account-Based Analytics, Account Data Management, Landing Page Builders, Marketing Analytics, Attribution, Social Media Advertising, Marketing Automation, AI Agents For Business Operations, and Account-Based Web and Content Experiences
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Buffer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
HubSpot Marketing Hub
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
23.1%
Computer Software
7.3%
Information Technology and Services
6.3%
Internet
5.3%
Non-Profit Organization Management
4.2%
Other
53.8%
Computer Software
15.8%
Marketing and Advertising
12.8%
Information Technology and Services
11.6%
Financial Services
5.0%
Education Management
2.5%
Other
52.3%
Alternatives
Discussions
Can I have tabs open for multiple companies at a time?
4 Comments
MM
I have one Buffer account with multiple clients on that one account, so I just click on which platform/client I want to work on within that (so just one...Read more
Which platforms are next on the Buffer integration roadmap?
2 Comments
GP
Buffer has a new feature to offer: Shop Grid.
It is a landing page made specifically for your Instagram profile, where you can direct people back to your...Read more
LinkedIn workarounds
2 Comments
ED
When a data source like Facebook or LinkedIn removes an API (the way the data is shared from their warehouse to someone else’s, like Buffer’s, and the way...Read more
What is HubSpot marketing hub?
6 Comments
JB
Thorough , user-friendly CRM platform that helps businesses to introduce and implement automation , sales , social media and website management methods in...Read more
How do I easily remove all duplicated contacts?
5 Comments
VR
It is also possible to incorporate Google Contacts into your HubSpot ecosystem. By implementing this, you can then utilize mobile applications such as...Read more
What is the best way to use the workflow tool?
5 Comments
JS
Workflows are the most powerful (and underutilized) tool in the HubSpot marketing platform! I have so many awesome resources to share with you.
Here's a...Read more
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