--- description: Detailed reviews on Buffer based on features, pricing, usability, and ratings. Get a quick overview advantages and disadvantages. Compare Buffer with similar products. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/getapp/og_logo-94fd2a03a6c7a0e54fc0c9e21a1c0ce9.png title: Buffer Reviews, Prices & Ratings | GetApp Canada 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Social Media Marketing Software](/directory/104/social-media/software) > [Buffer](/software/91755/buffer) # Buffer Canonical: https://www.getapp.ca/software/91755/buffer Page: 1 / 61\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.ca/software/91755/buffer?page=2) > 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 > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 1491 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Key benefits of Buffer Connect multiple social media profiles on the various social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Google+). Schedule up to 2,000 posts for each social media account. Use a posting schedule to save the hassle of selecting a time and date for every single post. Share from anywhere with the Buffer browser extension and mobile apps. Add team members to accounts to scale marketing efforts. Get analytics and reports to improve social media results. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 1491 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Buffer - **Founded**: 2010 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$6.00 - **Pricing model**: Usage Based (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Buffer offers a range of pricing plans tailored to accommodate different social media management needs, from individuals just starting out to larger teams and agencies. Buffer also offers a 14-day free trial. All plans can be paid on either a monthly or yearly basis. Free plan: Free forever Essentials: $5 per month/channel Team: $10 per month/channel - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Canada, United Kingdom, United States ## Features - @mentions - API - Alerts/Notifications - Automated Publishing - Automated Scheduling - Calendar Management - Campaign Management Software - Collaboration Tools - Content Library - Content Management System (CMS) Software - Data Import/Export - Data Visualization Software - Multi-Account Management - Multi-Channel Campaigns - Performance Metrics - Post Scheduling - Reporting & Statistics - Reporting/Analytics - Social Media Integration - Social Media Monitoring Software ## Integrations (35 total) - 123FormBuilder - Bottlenose - CoSchedule Marketing Suite - Crate - Curata - Cyfe - Databox - Determ - Eventbrite - Evernote Teams - Feedly - Google Calendar - Google Drive - IFTTT - Instagram ... and 20 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Chat ## Category - [Social Media Marketing Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/104/social-media/software) ## Related Categories - [Social Media Marketing Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/104/social-media/software) - [Content Marketing Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/607/content-marketing/software) - [Social Media Management Tools](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/927/social-media-management/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Vista Social](https://www.getapp.ca/software/2063649/vista-social) — 4.9/5 (894 reviews) 2. [Publer](https://www.getapp.ca/software/2051844/publer) — 4.8/5 (919 reviews) 3. [Instagram](https://www.getapp.ca/software/107131/instagram) — 4.7/5 (5169 reviews) 4. [Hootsuite](https://www.getapp.ca/software/20432/hootsuite) — 4.4/5 (3796 reviews) 5. [Zoho Social](https://www.getapp.ca/software/102087/zoho-social) — 4.7/5 (3420 reviews) ## Reviews ### "One of the best social media management platforms with a high price for teams" — 5.0/5 > **Darien** | *January 14, 2020* | Religious Institutions | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **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. > > 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. ----- ### "Easy to use and essential for my business" — 5.0/5 > **Elizabeth** | *February 10, 2021* | Online Media | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: 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. > > **Cons**: 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. > > 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. ----- ### "Simple and affordable social media management" — 3.0/5 > **Aaron** | *September 15, 2024* | Management Consulting | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: We found Buffer easy to use, with a user-friendly interface and affordable pricing but in the end we went with Woofy for more interesting user interface. > > **Cons**: We noticed Buffer lacks some advanced features like being able to integrate with Alexa. > > Buffer allowed us to efficiently manage our social media posts and provided analytics, but it did not meet the needs of our small business. ----- ### "Simple easy to use application" — 5.0/5 > **Craige** | *December 24, 2022* | Management Consulting | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Easy to setup and connect platforms in order to schedule out content. Simple onboarding process without many follow up emails > > **Cons**: despite platform being decent with features, they don't quite do pinterest like the other pinterest schedulers > > Really good application that does most right. Suits most of our needs. ----- ### "Social Media Built for Busy People" — 4.0/5 > **Kevin** | *September 7, 2021* | Media Production | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: As a business owner, I find myself wanting to use social media to promote my content. But having the time to do so is very time consuming. So here comes this software with an easy and alternative way to post on social media without having to take so much time and being able to what I like to call batch posting. This is the ability to post when you want and schedule those posts but you can drop all these posts beforehand and schedule them out instead of having to do them at the time you wanted to post. This is a huge game changer and makes it really easy to post on social media and still be active. > > **Cons**: I find myself hitting a barrier once again with these types of software. A lot like hootsuite there's a limitation on what you can do for the free account. I'm finding myself also wanting to post on Instagram for carousels and it doesn't quite work right and it makes it more inconvenient than just posting on my own. And at that point I find myself wanting just to use the original method. > > Overall experience is really great I found myself using more of a batching method and help retrain my mind and how to use social media for my business I found myself wanting to have more and so trying different software and making it so I can save time for the day is what I wanted to do and the software really helped. ----- Page: 1 / 61\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.ca/software/91755/buffer?page=2) ## Links - [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.ca/software/91755/buffer) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-MX | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data