Pricing
Buffer pricing 3 plans, checked Oct 14, 2026
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
Buffer publishes 3 plans: Free, Essentials and Team.
The cheapest paid plan is $5 per social account per month billed yearly on the Essentials plan.
There is a free plan with 3 social accounts and 1 user and a 14-day free trial.
Buffer plans and limits
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits | Includes (vendor's words) |
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| Free | Free | Free | per social account |
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| Essentials | Not offered | $5 | per social account |
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| Team | Not offered | $10 | per social account |
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Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
What it costs in practice
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
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| Entry price | 31% | 100 | $5/month per account billed annually on Essentials; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source |
| Free plan or trial | 19% | 100 | Free plan (Free) source |
| Cost per connected accountcategory criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Free plan limitscategory criterion | 6% | 100 | Free plan: 3 connected accounts source |
| Total | 80% covered6 of 8 criteria | 98/100 | Rank #1 in this category, based on 6 of 8 criteria |
Buffer pricing vs alternatives
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Checked |
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| 1 |  Zoho Social | 96/100 | 90%7 of 8 criteria | Not offered | $10/mo | Yes, 1 workspace | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  Posterly | 94/100 | 95%7 of 8 criteria | Not offered | $6/mo | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Iconosquare | 93/100 | 100%8 of 8 criteria | Not offered | $10/mo | Yes, 2 social accounts | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  Publer | 92/100 | 65%6 of 8 criteria | Free | Free | Yes, 1 user | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  TrackMediaOur product | 90/100 | 100%8 of 8 criteria | Not offered | $8.25/mo | Yes, 15 scheduled posts per month | Oct 15, 2026 |
| 6 |  PostEverywhere | 90/100 | 95%7 of 8 criteria | $9/mo | Not offered | No | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 7 |  Antwork | 89/100 | 80%6 of 8 criteria | $5/account/mo | Not offered | Yes, 2 social accounts | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 8 |  Multi Upload Tool | 87/100 | 85%6 of 8 criteria | Free | Free | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.
All Buffer alternativesQuestions, answered from the data
How much does Buffer cost per month?
The cheapest paid plan costs $5 per social account per month billed yearly on the Essentials plan (pricing page checked Oct 14, 2026).
Is Buffer free?
Buffer has a free plan with 3 social accounts and 1 user and a 14-day free trial (pricing page checked Oct 14, 2026).
Is Buffer priced per user or per account?
Paid plans are charged per social account.