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Buffer

Who runs Buffer, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest social media management software alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
Last price change
None seen yet
Closest alternative
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Measured from Buffer’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Buffer

Buffer buffer.com

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.

Wikidata: software application for the web and mobile, designed to manage accounts in multiple social networks

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What Buffer tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

None of the 18 alternatives below has fewer; 10 have more.

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Cookie banner
CookieYes
US company
2 tools

03 · Pricing

What Buffer costs

The prices on Buffer’s pricing page as shown to visitors from Germany, in the order they appear. We check weekly; price changes are listed under What changed.

  • $5 / month
  • $60
  • $10 / month
  • $120

· Pricing page ↗ · Price history

04 · Alternatives

Alternatives to Buffer

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Buffer, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than BufferNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English

1 of the 60 sites closest to Buffer matches.

  1. 01
    Slack slack.com Top 1K English EU-registeredFree plan 1 tracker

    Slack | AI Work Platform & Productivity Tools

    Boost productivity and save time with Slack‌ — ‌the AI work platform for managing projects, automating workflows, and connecting teams securely. Start working smarter today.

    Compare Slack with Buffer →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Buffer’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Buffer uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

05 · History

What Buffer changed on its homepage, prices, imprint and open positions, and in the tools it uses. Each change happened between the two dates: the last check that saw the old state and the one that found the new.

  1. ~ Page Homepage · Nov 6 – 12, 2026 New headings: 342,073 creators, brands, and agencies using Buffer · Social Media Glossary Dropped headings: 100,000326,943 creators, brands, and agencies using Buffer · Start page

06 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack and search numbers · 12 technologies
Neighbours
k = 60
Sites searched
9,216
Vector
384-d
Query
44 ms

Built with

JavaScript frameworks
  • Next.js header x-powered-by: Next.js
  • React implied by Next.js (header x-powered-by: Next.js)
Analytics
  • Cloudflare Web Analytics asset https://static.cloudflareinsights.com/beacon.min.js/vce701823e78c4301a35b7e07294d87301792…
Tag managers
Live chat & support
  • Zendesk TXT v=spf1 include:helpscoutemail.com include:_spf.google.com include:mai…
Cookie consent
Payments
  • Stripe TXT stripe-verification=436470f5c9a974d3045706507ca0deef5fc07b3d82d645618…
CDN
Email hosting
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)

Sitemaps

, 1 of them guides, blog or magazine pages.