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Overview

Buffer helps users manage multiple social media accounts at once as well as quickly schedule content from anywhere on the web, collaborate with team members, and analyze rich statistics on how posts perform

Manage multiple social networks, schedule unlimited posts, monitor keywords, and collaborate with your team

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

6

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

15

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

1.4K

5

4

3

2

1

894

483

99

11

5

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
79%
would recommend this app

4.7

3.4K

5

4

3

2

1

2.5K

865

91

8

3

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
87%
would recommend this app

Pros

“The scheduling is useful and the free version has enough features to make it suitable for most who are using to manage their own small business posting needs.”
PR

Pupp R.

Owner

“My business is using an "everywhere, all at once" strategy to post across all social media channels and connected accounts in an effort to be where our customers want/need us when they are ready.”
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Chris L.

Operations

“Buffer makes it easy to schedule out a month of posts on the major socials, and the AI tool can repurpose specifically for individual channels, as opposed to just cross posting.”
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Chris L.

Operations

Pros

“The unified inbox brings together comments, messages, and mentions from every major platform in one clean dashboard, saving me hours of switching tabs.”
LC

Liam C.

Head Of Media

“On the plus side, it’s a genuinely powerful all-in-one platform that brings together scheduling, unified inbox, analytics, and CRM integrations in a way that saves a lot of time once you get comfortable with it.”
LC

Liam C.

Head Of Media

“For an operator managing multiple brands, the ability to monitor real-time interactions and schedule weeks of content from a single dashboard is a game-changer.”
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Alfredo V.

owner

Cons

“I also found it to be a bit buggy when trying to integrate it with the various social media accounts.”
PR

Pupp R.

Owner

“Analytics are a little limited unless you upgrade to a higher plan and that doesn’t always work for a small nonprofit budget.”
WM

Wesley M.

Digital Communications Director

“it has limited reporting features so you cant get deep insights on engagment and growh trend”
JF

Jonah F.

Writer

Cons

“It's not possible to customize the default roles to e.g. disallow access to the analytics or Inbox views and it's not possible to give any special permissions to custom roles (e.g. admin permissions, ability to add/remove users).”
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Timmy F.

Director, Deputy

“I do not like the fact that images cannot be resized or edited fomthe application dashboard would be cool if large images were automatically resized for platforms.”
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Emmanuel K.

LEAD DESIGNER

“The mobile app feels limited compared to the desktop version, and publishing Instagram Reels isn't as smooth as it could be.”
VO

Vanessa O.

Marketing Analytics

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review3 months ago
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  • Last review4 days ago

Key features

  • Total features23
  • @mentions
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Automated Publishing
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Brand Guidelines
  • Brand Tracking
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Planning
  • Campaign Scheduling
  • Campaign Tracking
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Content Scheduling
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Customer Engagement
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Engagement Tracking
  • File Management
  • Filtering
  • Image Editing
  • Image Library
  • Keyword Filtering
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Lead Capture
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Account Management
  • Multi-Channel Campaigns
  • Multi-Channel Data Collection
  • Multi-Channel Management
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Performance Metrics
  • Post Scheduling
  • Project Management
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reputation Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Search/Filter
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Single Sign On
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Media Monitoring
  • Social Promotion
  • Strategic Planning
  • Tagging
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Trend Analysis
  • Visual Analytics
  • Workflow Management
  • Total features76
  • @mentions
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Approval Process Control
  • Automated Publishing
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Brand Guidelines
  • Brand Tracking
  • CRM
  • Calendar Management
  • Campaign Analytics
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Planning
  • Campaign Scheduling
  • Campaign Tracking
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Content Scheduling
  • Conversion Tracking
  • Customer Engagement
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Dashboard Creation
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualization
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Engagement Tracking
  • File Management
  • Filtering
  • Image Editing
  • Image Library
  • Keyword Filtering
  • Keyword Tracking
  • Lead Capture
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Account Management
  • Multi-Channel Campaigns
  • Multi-Channel Data Collection
  • Multi-Channel Management
  • Multi-Channel Marketing
  • Performance Metrics
  • Post Scheduling
  • Project Management
  • Real-Time Analytics
  • Real-Time Data
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Reporting
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Reputation Management
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Search/Filter
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Single Sign On
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Media Monitoring
  • Social Promotion
  • Strategic Planning
  • Tagging
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Trend Analysis
  • Visual Analytics
  • Workflow Management

Integrations

  • Total integrations31
  • 123FormBuilder
  • CoSchedule
  • Curata
  • Cyfe
  • Databox
  • Determ
  • Eventbrite
  • Evernote Teams
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • IFTTT
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn for Business
  • Maintenance Care
  • MeisterTask
  • Mention
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Viva Engage
  • Process Street
  • PromoRepublic
  • Rebrandly
  • ReviewPush
  • Scoop.it
  • Slack
  • Sniply
  • Trello
  • Twitter/X
  • Typeform
  • WordPress
  • Wufoo
  • Zapier
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Desk
  • Total integrations6
  • 123FormBuilder
  • CoSchedule
  • Curata
  • Cyfe
  • Databox
  • Determ
  • Eventbrite
  • Evernote Teams
  • Google Calendar
  • Google Drive
  • IFTTT
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn for Business
  • Maintenance Care
  • MeisterTask
  • Mention
  • Meta for Business
  • Microsoft Viva Engage
  • Process Street
  • PromoRepublic
  • Rebrandly
  • ReviewPush
  • Scoop.it
  • Slack
  • Sniply
  • Trello
  • Twitter/X
  • Typeform
  • WordPress
  • Wufoo
  • Zapier
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Desk