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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Buffer

    Score8.4 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.

    $6

    per month per channel

    Meta Business Suite

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AFormerly known as Facebook Business Suite or Facebook for Business, a solution for small businesses used to manage all business activity on Facebook, Messenger and Instagram from one place. It is presented as a one-stop shop where business owners can manage all marketing and advertising activities on Facebook and Instagram. It centralizes tools that help the user to connect with customers on all apps and get better business results.N/A
    Pricing
    BufferMeta Business Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Essentials
    $6
    per month per channel
    Team
    $12
    per month per channel
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BufferMeta Business Suite
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.—
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    Community Pulse
    BufferMeta Business Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Buffer
    Chose Buffer
    Honestly i’ve only mostly worked with Buffer and the big pro against Meta Business Suite is that you can add social accounts from non meta apps.
    Incentivized
    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
    Chose Buffer
    It's been a while since we compared Hootsuite to Buffer side-by-side, but when we originally did this analysis Buffer provided more features, with a simpler UX and UI all for a better price. Today both platforms have continually advanced their feature set and restructured …
    Incentivized
    Meta Platforms Inc
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BufferMeta Business Suite
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Buffer and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    8.6
    68 Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    6.3
    6 Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling9.068 Ratings6.36 Ratings
    Content optimization8.061 Ratings5.24 Ratings
    Workflow management8.857 Ratings6.73 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Buffer and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    8.3
    63 Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    6.3
    6 Ratings
    Campaign success analytics8.363 Ratings6.26 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings6.86 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Buffer and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    9.0
    65 Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    4.8
    5 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges9.052 Ratings4.85 Ratings
    Mobile access9.062 Ratings4.75 Ratings
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Buffer and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    4.7
    4 Ratings
    Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings4.03 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings4.33 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis00 Ratings5.03 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage00 Ratings5.34 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Buffer and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    5.3
    5 Ratings
    Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings5.83 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories00 Ratings4.14 Ratings
    Bulk actions00 Ratings6.03 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Buffer and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    Lead generation00 Ratings5.95 Ratings
    Content marketing00 Ratings7.44 Ratings
    Paid media management00 Ratings7.55 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings7.25 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Buffer and Meta Business Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    -
    Ratings
    Meta Business Suite
    6.2
    4 Ratings
    Twitter00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Google+00 Ratings4.52 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Pinterest00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BufferMeta Business Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    5.3
    (98 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    4.2
    (6 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.1
    (23 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)