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Buffer
Use Buffer to manage your social media so that you can create and share your content everywhere, consistently. Try our forever free plan or upgrade for more.
Where it stands
3.8 / 5
Signals score
Not a hands-on test
Based on 2 of 3 signals
- Website health4.4 / 5 · weight 50%
Measured from the tool's public website
- Community3.6 / 5 · weight 20%
What people said in public discussions
Built only from what we can measure or quote without using the tool. How ranking works
Rank by signals
We have not run our own hands-on test on Buffer yet. Facts checked 2026-11-08. How tests work
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Should you use Buffer?
A quick read built only from what the tool's own pages state and from our tests, not from opinion. Facts checked 2026-11-08.
A good fit if…
Nothing is clearly stated yet.
Check first
- Its pages do not state: pricing, watermark, where your files go. Check on the tool's site before you rely on it.
Does: Social media scheduler
Measured signals
4.4 / 5 · measured 2026-11-08Read automatically from Buffer's public website: how reliable, secure, private and open the site is. This is not a test of how well the tool does its job. How this is measured
- Reliability5 / 5The page answered and finished downloading in 45 ms.
- Security4.3 / 53 of 5 protective headers set (strict-transport-security, x-content-type-options, x-frame-options).
- Privacy5 / 5No third-party tracking services found on the page.
- Transparency3 / 5No privacy policy linked; links a pricing page.
Community feedback
3.6 / 5 · 22 commenters77% of the 22 people whose comments we could classify were positive. Read automatically from public Hacker News threads about Buffer; the classifier is simple and can misread sarcasm, so check the threads. How this works
- Positive
“I'm far from the best social media marketer and maybe that explains what I'm about to say, but I can't figure out for the life of me how to effectively use tools like Buffer. I manage Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for…”
Read in the thread - Positive
“Buffer did 50% growth last year. Great for what it is, but it's not the same culture and company as one that can sustain 100% YoY growth. Against the VC-rocket-ship metric, Buffer is mediocre and small. Against cash and…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“I think most likely Buffer is just beginning a slow decline that will be drawn out for several years leading to either more downsizing or eventual death, and the two cofounders who left decided to get out now rather than…”
Read in the thread - Critical
“Also, Buffer is entirely remote. I bet many people are willing to take a big pay cut if they don't have to commute to an office building every day (and of course, other people like office life -- but remote positions are…”
Read in the thread
Threads: Buffer Layoffs (2016, 406 comments) · Buffer's transparency dashboard: Public salaries, equity and more (2015, 176 comments) · Change at Buffer: The Next Phase, and Why Our Co-Founder and CTO Are Moving On (2017, 150 comments) · Buffer’s Salary Formula 3.0 (2018, 60 comments)
These facts may be out of date. One of the official pages they came from changed on 2026-11-10, after we last read it. Check the tool's own pages before you rely on a price or a limit.
- Free tier
- Not stated.
- Paid plan
- Not stated.
- Signup
- An account is required to use Buffer. The page says: “You can also start using Buffer for free right away by signing up for our Free plan without needing a trial period.”
- Watermark
- Not stated.
- Where files go
- Not stated.
From the tool's own pages, checked 2026-11-08. Sources: Pricing. Prices and limits change; check the tool before you rely on them.
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Tasks and scores
- Social media schedulerNot tested yet
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