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    Overview
    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

    X Pro

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AReplacing the former TweetDeck, X Pro is a social media dashboard application for management of Twitter accounts.N/A
    Pricing
    BufferX Pro
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Essentials
    $6
    per month per channel
    Team
    $12
    per month per channel
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BufferX Pro
    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
    BufferX Pro
    Considered Both Products
    Buffer
    Chose Buffer
    Buffer has a clear, easy to use interface and a reliable scheduling calendar.
    Incentivized
    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
    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
    Chose Buffer
    While you can use TweetDeck with other social networks, its primary focus is on Twitter, and they’ve developed a robust feature set to cater to managing Twitter. If your business is multi-networked, then you'll need Buffer.
    Incentivized
    Chose Buffer
    Buffer is more user-friendly and offers a queue, where you can shuffle your updates and schedule them for the future. You can also schedule slots that get the most engagement with your audience, which is extremely helpful when you're trying to hit KPI's. I didn't use Sprout's …
    Incentivized
    Chose Buffer
    We started off using TweetDeck and then migrated to Hootsuite. These apps work fine for monitoring partner posts and hashtags that are relevant to our brand but their sharing and scheduling utilities were clunky and inefficient. I'd still be using them for social media …
    Incentivized
    X Corp (formerly Twitter)
    Chose X Pro
    When [it comes to] comparison I found all these platforms competitive and having great features altogether. All features are the same like monitoring, scheduling, Analysing but TweetDeck mainly analyzes on Twitter whereas on Hootsuite and Buffer, [it only] allows [you to] …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
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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
    BufferX Pro
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Buffer and X Pro
    Feature
    Buffer
    8.6
    68 Ratings
    X Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Content planning and scheduling9.068 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content optimization8.061 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow management8.857 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Buffer and X Pro
    Feature
    Buffer
    8.3
    63 Ratings
    X Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics8.363 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Buffer and X Pro
    Feature
    Buffer
    9.0
    65 Ratings
    X Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges9.052 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access9.062 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BufferX Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    8.0
    (33 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    7.1
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.1
    (23 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)