Agorapulse vs. Buffer

Agorapulse

Buffer

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Agorapulse	Score 8.7 out of 10	Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)	Agorapulse is a social media management tool that aims to help mid-sized businesses and agencies better manage their Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn, and YouTube activity. This social media management tool allows users to post content, engage with their community, and download reports from a single dashboard that is designed to be intuitive. Conversations are captured with the inbox -- depending on the social network, it captures comments, mentions, direct/private…	$99 up to 10 profiles
Buffer	Score 8.4 out of 10	Small Businesses (1-50 employees)	Buffer is a social sharing tool. When browsing content, clicking on the Buffer icon automatically stores the content and schedules posts to social media channels throughout the day.	$0

Pricing

Agorapulse

Buffer

Editions & Modules

Standard: $99
up to 10 profiles
Professional: $149
up to 10 profiles
Advanced: $199
per month up to 10 profiles
Custom: Custom Pricing

Free: $0
Essentials: $6
per month per channel
Team: $12
per month per channel

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Agorapulse	Buffer
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

All plans are free for 30 days. Additional profiles cost $15/profile.

A discount is offered for annual billing.

More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Agorapulse	Buffer
Considered Both Products	Agorapulse Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse Better pricing, great support staff, ease or use, a full suite of content planning, analytics, inboxes. Incentivized Helpful? Tom Chappell Digital Content Manager Chose Agorapulse Better than the rest Incentivized Helpful? Chelsey M. Gray Senior Manager Digital and Social Media Chose Agorapulse Agorapulse is by far the greatest value for the highest capabilities across all aspects of social media management, and they have excellent customer service and communication in case you ever need support. While some of these other products that I have used or evaluated may be … Incentivized Helpful? Lily Waring Marketing Executive Chose Agorapulse I think Agorapulse is by far the most comprehensive platform and user-friendly. In my experience, the support on hand is responsive and easy to speak with through the online chat. Hootsuite, Adobe Express, and Buffer seemed limited in what they offer in comparison, particularly … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse Planoly Hootsuite Later Incentivized Helpful? Emily Anne Buck Social Media Specialist Chose Agorapulse I used this in an old job years ago so I was familiar with a social media planning program, but I don't feel I remember enough to truly compare. However, the little I do remember, I do like Agorapulse better! Incentivized Helpful? Hope Delongchamp-Boissoneault Communications Manager Chose Agorapulse Want to post the same content on different profiles? Don't duplicate your posts, you can just select what platform to post them onto! You can even change around the copy/hashtags/etc to optimize the posts for each platform. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse SEM Rush was okay for scheduling content. It didn't have any helpful features though. I switched because every time I uploaded an image or graphic to SEM Rush, it would have a white line at the very bottom and right side of the upload. The image was flush to the artboard before … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse Way more user friendly, easier to consult and faster to go were you need to. With Hootsuite there is a lot of scrolling for nothing. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse Eclincher is well designed and easy for the user to navigate. It has exactly what a social media manager needs and I think eclincher seriously needs to improve their UI Incentivized Helpful? Winston Bromley CEO (Chief Executive Officer) Chose Agorapulse It's way better. See above. Incentivized Helpful? Ivan Trejo Social Media Director Chose Agorapulse Advanced features like enhanced ai and automated reporting. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse Not Applicable. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse Hootsuite was too difficult to connect to our social media accounts. Incentivized Helpful? Katarzyna Barzan Social Media Manager Chose Agorapulse We selected Agora due to better pricing for the core features we use so we don't feel that we are overpaying for tools we are not using much. Also, in comparison to Hootsuite, Agorapulse has better a community management tool, allowing labeling and easy automation which is key … Incentivized Helpful? JS Justin Shapiro Principal Chose Agorapulse Agorapulse is more affordable while offering comparable functionality. It's difficult to find competitors that provide everything Agorapulse has to offer. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse They have pros and cons. It's generally better than Hootsuite but more expensive. We use Later too for social planning. Perhaps it'd be useful to better understand everything we can do in Agora. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse Later is a fairly simple tool just for scheduling, while Agora handles a lot more variety of tasks and I think executes on them very well. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse We have used many different tools in the past but Agorapulse really is the best in terms of unifying all of our platforms in one place. It saves us time on a daily basis and means we can limit how many programmes we use. Why use five when one will do! Incentivized Helpful? Kelby Mcnab Founder Chose Agorapulse Agorapulse has YouTube, while many other platforms do not. It's user-friendly for agencies managing multiple clients. Statusbrew doesn't have a cap on the size of videos/pictures you can upload, which is nice, but it's also four times more expensive. Hootsuite has too many … Incentivized Helpful? Genevieve Leveille Principal Founder and CEO Chose Agorapulse The reporting in Agorapulse and the ability to approve was one of the reasons for choosing Agorapulse. The cost basis was lower when we added all the features versus the free version of Hootsuite. Another aspect was the UX/UI which was much more pleasant[.] Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse Agorapulse offers more customized features for our needs at an affordable price. Incentivized Helpful? Dylan Schoenbaum Director of Social Media Chose Agorapulse Agorapulse falls in the upper to middle levels of the other platforms listed. Overall, Agorapulse is not too expensive but also doesn't have certain integrations that a Hootsuite or a Falcon would have. Sendible is great but too simplistic for our needs of the many different … Incentivized Helpful? Bailey Letson Content Manager Chose Agorapulse Agorapulse has been the first platform of this kind we decided to try Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Agorapulse Agorapulse allows creating one post on several platforms at the same time and also adjusting the description on each platform separately. The last time I used Buffer it was awhile ago and the description of the post needed to be generic to be able to work for all platforms at … Incentivized Helpful?	Buffer Lauren Rich, aPHR™ Social Media Manager Chose Buffer Sprout social buffers content for accurately then Buffer Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buffer Buffer is way easier to use and setup than Hubspot and Meta. You'd think Meta would make it easy to post on both Facebook and Instagram, but I have consistently run into issues when uploading files. I've never had an issue with Buffer. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buffer Buffer is simple and easy to use and has a great free version. Incentivized Helpful? Allie Cobb Digital Director Chose Buffer Buffer is much more affordable than Hootsuite. Another benefit is that Buffer allows more accounts to be loaded onto the platform. Hootsuite charges in tiered levels based on how many accounts you want to load onto the software. This makes it difficult to schedule and post for … Incentivized Helpful? James Crook Business Coach at The Health Leader Co Chose Buffer Buffer's interface when logged in is more beautiful and easier to use than the others I've tried. Especially HighLevel which does a lot of other stuff as well - the difference with Buffer is that it is ONLY for social scheduling so it does that really well and the entire screen … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buffer Buffer is way more user-friendly and gets straight to what I need to do. There is no frilly extra stuff—it's straight to the point. Buffer incorporates all the parts of the apps as well. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buffer Hootsuite is good if you have the budget for social media baked into your communications budget/a communications budget in and of itself. Buffer is better for small teams, teams that may have a more limited budget or organizations that don't have a large social media … Incentivized Helpful? JB Joe Brown CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) Chose Buffer They all solve the same problem. Buffer initially started as a way to post content without worrying about the "when". Just add to the queue, and Buffer would post at a specified cadence. Buffer's price point is very reasonable for the services that it offers. They've grown … Incentivized Helpful? Jesse Sumrak Senior Content Marketing Manager Chose Buffer I think Sprout Social and Hootsuite provide more comprehensive tools and analytics, but they have more expensive plans that don't cater to businesses of all sizes. Plus, all of that complexity can make it hard to find what you're looking for. That's where Buffer excels. It's … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buffer Buffer has a clear, easy to use interface and a reliable scheduling calendar. Incentivized Helpful? Luke Paulin Marketing Director Chose Buffer Buffer had the best free version, but Zoho social had the most social media channels available in the price range. Hootsuite was the tool we first wanted, but the price was considerably more, for tools we are not sure if we need at this time. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buffer In my opinion, Hootsuite has it all, except TikTok, which hopefully will open up some sort of interface soon. It is a much smoother and more customizable experience. I have not had any posts missing after scheduling, like I have had with Buffer in my past experience. Just an … Incentivized Helpful? Trigun Prakash Computer software Chose Buffer Both software are good, but personally I like Buffer just because it is easy to use and it has good costumer support. Buffer lets me put my updates on a schedule so I can set it up for weeks at a time and then not have to worry. Incentivized Helpful? Mishka Panwar Researcher Chose Buffer Both of them are great at their own levels but I find Buffer quite easy to go and the way they perform every task is quite like my way of work so I personally like Buffer more, it has helped me save my most of the time hence improved my work efficiency and also the creativity … Incentivized Helpful? Joseph Kahn President and Director of Marketing Chose Buffer We tried CloudCampaign and Social Bee (that wasn't on the list above) - and they all are good. Buffer is in a class of its own and super useful to individuals and companies alike. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buffer We selected this tool to maintain the activity of publication in social networks at a low cost and good productivity, we consider that it adds to our objectives of brand awareness or discovery, since it allows us to keep our channels active with information and content that we … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buffer Buffer and Hootsuite are considered as best tools for managing your social media accounts . The only difference which I feel between the two is Buffer is [more] focused on pre-scheduling and Hootsuite is a advanced version of Buffer you can say it allows you full -fledged … Incentivized Helpful? AK Ann Korb Chose Buffer I also used Combin which is easy and free to use. However, Combin only posts when the computer is active and connected to the internet. So, posting while you are not actively using your computer at that moment is not possible, therefore Buffer is much more efficient as you can … Incentivized Helpful? Alex Chaidaroglou Director & Co-Founder Chose Buffer I haven't really tried a Buffer alternative since it works for us and our needs are very simple. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Buffer Buffer is the first one I have used, and then I tried other platforms like Hootsuite, and HubSpot, but still, the other two haven't matched up to that level of ease and comfort, and the features I like of Buffer. So I switched back to Buffer. Incentivized Helpful? LE Luz Ellis Senior SEO Project Manager Chose Buffer Buffer has all the analytics tools and features that allow us to determine whether the result of our marketing is positive or negative. There are more complete alternatives, but Buffer is all I need at the moment. Incentivized Helpful? Ameer Hamza Corporate Communications Manager Chose Buffer Both Hootsuite and Buffer are excellent tools but they both target different users. If you're an individual user, small firm, or non-profit and you want to simplify your social media challenges, then Buffer is likely your best option. Hootsuite on the other hand is more likely … Incentivized Helpful? Harsh Hingorani ⚡️ Product Marketing Manager Chose Buffer The reason for selecting Buffer was mainly due to good UI and easy to use functionality. Hootsuite was not that user friendly and a bit complicated. Buffer is more straight forward and easy to use when you compare it with Hootsuite. Also, I like Buffer's mobile friendliness … Incentivized Helpful? David Fox President \| Sales & Marketing Advisor Chose Buffer We have not used any other similar products to manage, organize, schedule, and analyze our social media posting. We have used other posting platforms within the channels themselves, however. Facebook is slightly more advanced than Buffer for posting on Facebook — but that is … Incentivized Helpful? Ronnie Rask Director of Marketing Chose Buffer The price point is very affordable compared to other products that offer more features but charge a lot more. For my entire team, the price point has made it easy to get a good ROI. More than anything, it allows us to do what's necessary. Hootsuite definitely provides more … Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Agorapulse

Buffer

Listening/monitoring

Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
	Agorapulse 8.5 Ratings 10% above category average	Buffer - Ratings
Boolean keyword searches	9.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam	7.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Broad channel coverage	8.20 Ratings	00 Ratings

Publishing

Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
	Agorapulse 8.5 Ratings 6% above category average	Buffer 8.6 Ratings 7% above category average
Content planning and scheduling	9.30 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Audience targeting	8.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Content optimization	7.30 Ratings	8.00 Ratings
Workflow management	8.70 Ratings	8.80 Ratings

Engagement

Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
	Agorapulse 8.3 Ratings 5% above category average	Buffer - Ratings
Automated routing and prioritization	7.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories	8.60 Ratings	00 Ratings
Bulk actions	8.60 Ratings	00 Ratings

Marketing

Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
	Agorapulse 7.6 Ratings 2% below category average	Buffer - Ratings
Lead generation	7.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
Content marketing	7.90 Ratings	00 Ratings
Paid media management	8.20 Ratings	00 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions	6.90 Ratings	00 Ratings

Channel coverage/integration

Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
	Agorapulse 8.7 Ratings 3% above category average	Buffer - Ratings
Twitter	8.50 Ratings	00 Ratings
Facebook	9.40 Ratings	00 Ratings
LinkedIn	9.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Google+	7.20 Ratings	00 Ratings
Instagram	9.30 Ratings	00 Ratings
Pinterest	9.10 Ratings	00 Ratings
YouTube	8.10 Ratings	00 Ratings

Reporting/analytics

Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
	Agorapulse 9.2 Ratings 15% above category average	Buffer 8.3 Ratings 5% above category average
Campaign success analytics	9.40 Ratings	8.30 Ratings
Real-time tracking	9.70 Ratings	00 Ratings
Competitor analysis	8.40 Ratings	00 Ratings

Account management

Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
	Agorapulse 9.0 Ratings 12% above category average	Buffer 9.0 Ratings 12% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges	9.30 Ratings	9.00 Ratings
Mobile access	8.70 Ratings	9.00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Agorapulse	Buffer
Likelihood to Recommend	9.5 (0 ratings)	8.8 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.1 (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	8.6 (0 ratings)	9.0 (0 ratings)
Availability	9.1 (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)
Performance	8.2 (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	8.7 (0 ratings)	6.1 (0 ratings)
Online Training	9.1 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.3 (0 ratings)	8.0 (0 ratings)
Configurability	7.3 (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	4.6 (0 ratings)	8.6 (0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale	9.1 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale	9.1 (0 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Agorapulse	Buffer
Likelihood to Recommend	I think Agora is great for small teams looking to schedule posts and respond to users. I haven't used it at scale, so I can't recommend it for larger companies, but I love it for what we do. If you're savvy with Google Sheets, then the Agora exports are really handy. If you don't need specific data or the ability to compare metrics, and just want a surface-level look at your social performance, the analytics tools are nice. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	It is a very interesting tool for entrepreneurs or CEOs of startups who do not have much time to manage social media communication and also have few resources at the beginning of their venture. It can also be convenient for small companies that do not have specific personnel with training in community management and require easy-to-use tools to carry out the basic actions of scheduled publication on social media. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Calendar sharing - great for internal and external approval Community management - it means we can keep on top of engagement for all of our clients in one place Report - it's really useful for us to be able to create such in depth reports that we can use internally but also share with clients so they can see the results of what we are doing Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review	I can plan and publish content on social channels. Buffer's interface is quite tidy and generates the necessary facilities to save us time in publishing consistent content. It has a special price; it is pretty affordable. It has the possibility of integrating with other tools to improve its functions. Incentivized LE Luz Ellis Senior SEO Project Manager Read full review
Cons	Reporting not available for personal accounts Adding TikTok Ability to tag personal accounts in LinkedIn and FaceBook When copying from one platform to another, one has to go and redo the tags or they will not come up properly. If the the @ is the same in the two platforms, it should take that into consideration and not ask to re-enter. Incentivized Genevieve Leveille Principal Founder and CEO Read full review	Analytics-- The analytics on the Pro plan are limited at best. You can simply review your posts from the past 30 days, but you can't access any analysis (or even simple tallying of Likes, Shares, etc.) without upgrading to the Premium or Business plans, which are otherwise more than we need at the moment. Publish+Reply+Analyze-- It's a bit tedious to have these basic social media functions/tools separated out as three distinct products, as well as overkill for a small nonprofit without a dedicated social media team. I imagine each tool is good at its job if you need 'em. Linking to Accounts-- Buffer seems to lose touch with Facebook and LinkedIn somewhat frequently. It's vaguely annoying but very simple to fix, so I just roll with it. Incentivized Michelle Green Arnson Marketing and Communications Manager Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	The decision has been made. It's time to get to work--no steps back. I feel confident this product is well suited to help me make progress. I want to get down business and utilize the functionality of this product to meet my marketing goals. I feel very comfortable with the choice I have made. Incentivized Richard Burgner Proprietor Read full review	Ease of use, affordability, time saved and just love for the app and the team. It's not a miracle tool that will suddenly increase your company's value or leads, you still need to put in quality posts, thoughts and content but when used regularly and with thought, you'll be happy in the long run Deanna Ayres SEO/Growth Hacker & Community Outreach Supervisor Read full review
Usability	The user interface is fantastic. Clear and easy to use. The layout and navigation is very well thought out enabling us to work quicker, and smarter. Moving around Agorapulse becomes second nature very quickly, which makes day to day workflows so much easier. The features included are comprehensive, especially the reporting. And having everything in one place for messaging and monitoring is a real help Incentivized Paul Gully Director Read full review	Easy enough to use even my boss got it right away. It helps to off-set the workload to less active times, and we can preschedule way in advance, which also helps to keep the team on track as we know what we have planned and want to reach our milestones before posts go online. Incentivized AK Ann Korb Read full review
Reliability and Availability	Agorapulse occasionally has outages or shuts down. It never interferes with my use of the application or any of my posts Incentivized AW Ali Walton Digital Marketing Specialist Read full review	Buffer is always on hand and very reliable, their software suite rarely has outages Incentivized Len Gordon Art Relations Read full review
Performance	Agorapulse has generally had great performance. Occasionally I have issues with my videos being posted on Instagram. I still am not sure why. the format of the videos is the same as the videos that are going through. Incentivized AW Ali Walton Digital Marketing Specialist Read full review	Buffer performs well on both desktop and mobile platforms. The one area as I have stated before is that it does not always want to automatically push to Instagram and the user will have to go do it manually. Buffer works very well pushing to other platforms. The instagram issue is the only reason buffer does not get a 10 on this section Incentivized FH Frankie Heath Director of Social Marketing Read full review
Support Rating	Absolutely amazing customer service. Some of it seems very automated and feels like you are not talking to a person. It would be better if it was just a normal email platform that it was coming from. But overall super great customer service and the company is always willing to walk new members through the use of Agorapulse which is awesome. Incentivized CZ Carolyn Zonts Marketing Coordinator Read full review	It really helped to my business to grow online. I was able to take actions mindfully as the analytics are damn good. Also used for managing clients social media accounts and it proved to be a best resource. Clients were really happy as they got high demand and growth on internet and the secret is Buffer. The user interface is really easy to understand and manage. Support is 24/7 available to help. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
In-Person Training	I did not train in person Incentivized AW Ali Walton Digital Marketing Specialist Read full review	No answers on this topic
Online Training	The staff walked me through the whole platform and asked me if I had any questions. They were very helpful in answering any questions I had. Incentivized AW Ali Walton Digital Marketing Specialist Read full review	No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating	Be sure of the game play mechanics you need to achieve your objectives, it will help significantly in setting up the game and creating the assets Marianne Ho Head of Marketing Read full review	We were very satisfied with the implementation of Buffer. We had no issues switching from the platform that we were using over to buffer. Our staff did not even miss a beat when it came to posting content. It was an easy transition and I feel that is something that buffer has really done well. They have an "out of the box" usability platform Incentivized FH Frankie Heath Director of Social Marketing Read full review
Alternatives Considered	I think Agorapulse is by far the most comprehensive platform and user-friendly. In my experience, the support on hand is responsive and easy to speak with through the online chat. Hootsuite, Adobe Express, and Buffer seemed limited in what they offer in comparison, particularly Adobe Express and Buffer. Both these platforms were clunkier for us to use and didn't offer as much in terms of listening and reporting. We used Hootsuite a few years ago and moved away from it before we developed our strategy, planning and reporting for social, so it might have the same capabilities as Agorapulse but the support and usability do not match. Incentivized Lily Waring Marketing Executive Read full review	Both of them are great at their own levels but I find Buffer quite easy to go and the way they perform every task is quite like my way of work so I personally like Buffer more, it has helped me save my most of the time hence improved my work efficiency and also the creativity they put into my work is outstanding. The support I get whenever I run into problems they provide a quick response every time. Mishka Panwar Researcher Read full review
Scalability	I'm not sure I understand what is meant by scalability. Incentivized AW Ali Walton Digital Marketing Specialist Read full review	Buffer does what it say on tin as they say! you can always count on Buffer. Buffer can be scale to 25 social account with 2,000 scheduled post which is enough for most agencies or businesses Incentivized Len Gordon Art Relations Read full review
Return on Investment	Agorapulse has been able to be the leading platform for us to maintain and grow our client base Clients tend to be frustrated with Agorapulse and often have trouble viewing the content leading us to consider other alternatives which would affect our ROI. Agorapulse does however, push us to utilize all its features, increase strategy, and in doing so, offer additional competitive packages. Incentivized Dylan Schoenbaum Director of Social Media Read full review	It has saved money by allowing us to automate our social using one person It allows us to connect one channel at a time instead of wasting money on larger account management tools We are making money, because it has already delivered several clients Incentivized Joseph Kahn President and Director of Marketing Read full review
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