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Buffer Alternatives Pricing

The following is a quick overview of editions offered by other Social Media Management Tools

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
  • Contact & company insights
  • Ad management
Hootsuite
Standard
$99.001 user Per Month
  • Up to 10 social accounts
  • Unlimited post scheduling
  • Best time to post recommendations
  • AI caption, hashtag, and ideas generator
  • Canva templates and content library
Starting at $199.001 user/per month (billed annually)
  • 5 social profiles
  • All-in-one social inbox
  • Social content calendar
  • Publish, schedule, draft and queue posts
  • Review management

Various alternatives pricing & plans

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Buffer Pricing Reviews

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Mate K.
MK
CEO
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"My go-to app for basic social media management"
What do you like best about Buffer?

I've been using Buffer for years (free plan) to automate social media postings, and it's been working really well for basic features (without using advanced features or AI) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Buffer?

It's quite expensive to upgrade and use advanced features or AI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Shishu Raj P.
SP
Assistant Vice President
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"To improve and simplify your social media routine, Buffer is a powerful scheduling application"
What do you like best about Buffer?

What I genuinely love most about Buffer is how simple and clean it makes everything.

It takes the overwhelming feeling out of social media management. You get this beautiful, easy-to-use content calendar where you can quickly see the entire week ahead. That way, you can step back, plan your content, and then the app just reliably takes care of the posting for you.

For me, that simplicity and the ability to schedule things out in bulk is a total time-saver—it lets me actually focus on creating good content instead of constantly fiddling with different platforms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Buffer?

The primary downside of Buffer is its simplicity—it lacks the advanced features found in competitors.

The main complaints are:

Limited Engagement & Listening: It doesn't offer robust tools for social listening (monitoring brand mentions across the web) or a unified inbox for quickly managing all comments and replies.

Basic Analytics: The reports are often considered too shallow for large teams that require in-depth competitive or custom reporting.

Cost for Scale: The pricing can get expensive quickly if you manage a large number of social accounts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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