Is Buffer still around? (2026)
Yes. Buffer is live and reachable, price-verified as of Sep 8, 2026.
Held steady at $5/mo the whole tracked window (20 days).
Reachable 100% of 20 tracked days.
First-party daily snapshots. One reading per day, grows over time.
What Buffer is
What sets it apart AI Assistant included free on every plan with no usage cap
Best for solopreneurs and small teams who want plain scheduling · Pricing model Free plan; Essentials $5/channel/mo (annual) or $6 monthly, Team $10/channel/mo, per-channel billing
Buffer schedules posts across the major networks and includes an AI Assistant that drafts and rewrites captions on every plan, including the free one. Pricing is per channel, so the bill grows with how many accounts you connect rather than team size. The free plan covers three channels with ten scheduled posts each.
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The fine print, checked
What the free plan really caps, whether your data can leave, and how cancelling works. Each fact read on Buffer's own pages, linked below.
Buffer's Free plan connects up to 3 channels, allows 10 scheduled posts per channel, plus 100 ideas and 1 user account. The cheapest paid plan is Essentials at $5/month billed annually ($60/year).
Buffer Pricing · checked Aug 1, 2026
On paid plans you can export your Analyze data as CSV or image files from any tab, and build a custom report to export as PDF. The Free plan does not include Analyze, but those users can still see post-level metrics in the publishing dashboard.
Buffer Help Center · checked Aug 1, 2026
You cancel yourself in Billing: click your profile avatar, open Billing, click the three dots and choose Cancel Plan. Your plan stays active until the end of the current billing period. No refund is mentioned.
Buffer Help Center · checked Aug 1, 2026
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