Buffer review
Free tierSimple, no-frills social media scheduler
Free plan covers 3 channels forever, and pricing scales per channel so small teams pay little.
Entry price
Free, then $5/mo
Free: 3 channels, 10 posts/channel, 100 ideas, 1 user, 5 AI replies/week, 30-day analytics, free forever
Our Buffer verdict
Buffer costs free, then $5/mo. Nobody has reviewed it here yet, so this page is about what it costs and what it does, not how well it does it.
Free starter plan, simple per-channel pricing. There is a free tier: 3 channels, 10 posts/channel, 100 ideas, 1 user, 5 AI replies/week, 30-day analytics, free forever.
- Who it is not for
- Per-channel pricing gets costly past 6-8 channels
- What this is based on
- Based on pricing read from Buffer's own page on 2026-08-28, and what the product says it does. No reviews yet, so no score.
Pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual /mo | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $5 | $5 | $5/channel/mo, unlimited posts, ideas, AI replies, analytics history; annual same rate, verify at checkout |
| Team | $10 | $10 | $10/channel/mo, unlimited team members, approvals, permissions, branded reports; annual same rate |
Buffer price history
Every price changeBuffer's pricing has not moved since we started tracking it on 2026-08-27. We read it off Buffer's own pricing page on every update, and this section fills in when something changes.
Read from Buffer's own pricing page, dated on the day we read it. We only claim a change happened between two dates we actually looked, never on a date we did not.
Channels on entry plan
3, free
AI content assist
Yes, AI Assistant
Analytics
Yes, unlimited on paid
Team seats
1 or unlimited (Team)
Self-hostable
No
Content calendar
Yes
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