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Buffer integrates with the following applications:
Wufoo, Crate, Process Street, 123FormBuilder, Mention, Feedly, Zapier, MeisterTask, Trello, Google Drive, Yammer, ReviewPush, Databox, WordPress, Determ, Twitter, Sniply, Slack, Typeform, Azendoo, Scoop.it, Rebrandly , PromoRepublic, LinkedIn for Business, Eventbrite, Meta for Business, Maintenance Care, Google Calendar, Curata, Mailchimp, Instagram, Bottlenose, CoSchedule Marketing Suite, IFTTT, Cyfe, Evernote Teams
Buffer product 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.
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Buffer features
Functionality
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Buffer users reviews
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- Likelihood to recommend8.53/10
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Elizabeth H.
Owner
Online Media, self-employed
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Elizabeth: Hi, my name's Elizabeth. I'm the CEO. I give the Buffer a five out of five and for more reviews...
Tyler Jae S.
Associate Principal, Wayzata High School
E-Learning, 201-500 employees
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Tyler: My name is Tyler. I'm an associate principal. I give Buffer a four out of five. For more reviews...
Elizabeth H.
Online Media, self-employed
Used daily for 2+ years
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Buffer is one of the more inexpensive social media scheduling and tracking sites. I really like how easy it is to link all my different social media accounts and schedule my posts ahead of time. It also makes it really easy to post to all my social media accounts at once. I like the browser extension that allows me to buffer an image, website, or page on the fly. I also use their app on my smartphone. It gives me all the tools I need for only about $8 per month. I also like that it offers analytics and tracking information on my posts. You can also republish an old post. Another feature I love is the ability to see all your post comments and comment back from Buffer.
The ability to link to all different social media accounts. The extension for the web browser is amazing and easy to use. The app for the smartphone is also very easy to use. The free version also has a lot of features. If you do not have a lot of social accounts, the free version works perfectly. You can track the engagement and analytics of your posts. You can actually comment and engage on your posts from the website or app! It's very inexpensive.
Nothing really. Sometimes a post gets blocked because of the link, but that's an issue with the social media site and not Buffer directly.
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Higher Education, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I primarily use Buffer as a social media post scheduler. It has the features I require (broad social media integration, post-scheduling, campaign management) in an easy to use package. My small publishing business has three separate social media channels (on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter). Without an all-in-one solution like Buffer, I wouldn't be able to maintain engagement with followers to the...
Given the low cost option (i.e. free) and the functionality I receive with post-scheduling, there is little to complain about with Buffer. I had previously used a different post-scheduler that dropped all support for free plans. While I understand the business demands that drive such decisions, I appreciate the fact that Buffer has maintained this as an option. As a result, I make six posts across three channels every week and have consistently grown my followers (and thus enhanced my reach).
Antonello B.
Farming, 11-50 employees
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i love it for scheduling posting and social media management
none what so ever, i love this app i highly recommend
Bruno A.
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 6-12 months
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My whole experience in general was great. It allowed me saving many hours of work. I was responsible for managing the social media of an educational program, and sometimes posts had to be post at a specific time, when I was busy. This tool allowed me to manage all efficiently, scheduling all at the beginning of the week and letting Buffer do the job. The only thing I had to do was to look the analytic and make some minor adjustments.
Buffer is easy to use, many social media such as Facebook and Instagram can be integrated with it, and it really makes life easier. You could once a month schedule all the posts and leave Buffer do the job. And working with the metrics, it's possible to analyse when is the best moment to post to reach more users. It also has a web version to work in computer, but it also has an app (android and ios) where you can access to all the data and schedule new posts.
Some of its cons are that it has some limitations with some type of content, for instance It doesn't work quite well with reels and sometimes videos too; it sometimes fails with the automatization of this type of content. Anyway, Buffer is continuously adding new features and this will be probably be solved because these apps must adapt to nowadays social media. Another drawback is the basic and premium version: It's possible to work with the free one, but you'll be really limited to just automatically posting and some other basic functionalities. On the other hand, the premium version is not too expensive if you really need it, and you get a wonderful tool to use.
Frédéric L.
Civil Engineering, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I really apreciate the ease to implement, train and use. You can publish your first scheduled post in less dans 10 minutes. This tool make easy to convince your team using it.
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