Buffer vs. Sprinklr Social

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Sprinklr Social
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Sprinklr Social’s platform empowers enterprise teams of all sizes to deliver a consistent brand experience across 35+ digital and social channels to drive engagement and revenue, with capabilities across publishing, engagement, listening, analytics, employee advocacy, influencer marketing and commerce. Content planning and scheduling using an editorial calendar, with a digital asset manager and the ability to publish across channels at AI…
$359
per month per seat
Pricing
BufferSprinklr Social
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
Essentials
$6
per month per channel
Team
$12
per month per channel
Self-Serve SMM and Customer Service Solution
$359
per month per seat
Enterprise Custom Social Media Management Solution
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BufferSprinklr Social
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.Discount available for annual pricing.
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Community Pulse
BufferSprinklr Social
Features
BufferSprinklr Social
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
8.6
Ratings
7% above category average
Sprinklr Social
10.0
Ratings
22% above category average
Content planning and scheduling9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Content optimization8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Workflow management8.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Audience targeting00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
8.3
Ratings
5% above category average
Sprinklr Social
10.0
Ratings
23% above category average
Campaign success analytics8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Real-time tracking00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
9.0
Ratings
12% above category average
Sprinklr Social
9.5
Ratings
17% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Mobile access9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
9.5
Ratings
21% above category average
Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Sentiment analysis00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Broad channel coverage00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
9.7
Ratings
20% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Bulk actions00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
10.0
Ratings
25% above category average
Lead generation00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Content marketing00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Paid media management00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
10.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Twitter00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Facebook00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
LinkedIn00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Instagram00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Pinterest00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
YouTube00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
User Ratings
BufferSprinklr Social
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.1
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.6
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BufferSprinklr Social
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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Any large organization that is looking to have an effective social media presence and achieve outcomes through advertising would be benefited by using Sprinklr [Modern Sales & Engagement]. The system allows a streamlined way to see how your audience is responding to your posts and advertisements online. It would not be well suited for a company that is not engaged with a social media presence.
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Pros
  • 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.
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  • Customization - Through Sprinklr's rules and robust custom field creation, you really can create a lot of customization for every facet of your business.
  • Listening - Their Listening Engine and Explorer are fantastic ways to proactively find engagement-friendly conversations, in addition competitively research your brand.
  • Care - Using their case formatting, messages and customer contacts can be routed and assigned easily to available reps, and their bot builder can help to automate your contacts without sacrificing a personal touch.
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Cons
  • 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.
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  • Overall, Sprinklr rewards users to do a lot of digging on their own to get to the more in-depth functionalities. For instance, the asset manager feature leads you to a dashboard with all the content you ever published but doesn't tell you what to do next or how to organize it
  • Sprinklr offers basic social listening features, but it is much more limited than other pure social listening players like Crimson Hexagon or Brandwatch. It is perfectly usable for a quick search but I wouldn't recommend it as your sole social listening platform
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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I really do feel that Sprinklr is the most complete enterprise social media program. It covers everything you would need to do to run a strategic social media program. On top of that, the success managers are really the best. Our success manager goes above and beyond for us and has been so helpful to us with setting up some very specific repots and profiles. Paul (our CSM) has been great about keeping us up to date on the latest features and functionality as well as helping us set up innovative dashboards as need
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Usability
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.
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The user interface, training via Sprinklr university and detailed articles on almost every topic in the knowledge portal make Sprinklr a complete package. This is also GDPR compliant, helping us stay good with the info security. The layout of the navigation is easy and anyone new to the tool won't be overwhelmed
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Reliability and Availability
Buffer is always on hand and very reliable, their software suite rarely has outages
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Our account partners at Sprinklr are not only responsive to out needs, both domestically and internationally, but have consistently approached us with ideas on how to improve our communication and collaboration in a proactive manner.
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Performance
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
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Perfornace is not aan issue. The issues/bugs with this software are few and far between. And when one pops up the 24/7 support team is helpful, quick and informative.
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Support Rating
  1. It really helped to my business to grow online.
  2. I was able to take actions mindfully as the analytics are damn good.
  3. Also used for managing clients social media accounts and it proved to be a best resource.
  4. Clients were really happy as they got high demand and growth on internet and the secret is Buffer.
  5. The user interface is really easy to understand and manage. Support is 24/7 available to help.
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Sprinklr Modern Engagement is great for workflow and approvals, especially between teams or in-house/agency relationships. It is not well suited for smaller businesses or companies that have one account per platform. It seems like the functions would be too robust for a small business to handle. If there was an SMB version that would have got a 10 from me.
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In-Person Training
No answers on this topic
I don't recall our training in detail. I know we met in person a few times, and did some over-the-phone product walk-throughs. It may have been somewhat informal -- I don't recall having any takeaways to refer to.
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Online Training
No answers on this topic
Through multiple webinars, easily accessible training documents, and ad-hoc sessions with my account manager I am never left in the dark when I have a question.
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Implementation Rating
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
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The implementation personnel at Sprinklr are top-notch. They will work with you to make sure they setup Sprinklr in a way that best aligns with your structural needs
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Alternatives Considered
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.
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Sprinklr Modern Sales & Engagement stacks up [well] against its competitors because it has all the features and functionality
[a] team could expect from this application. And not just that, it has been
updating the application and deploying the latest features frequently that
helps us a lot in our day-to-day operations. I am really happy with it.
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Scalability
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
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Always start simple with Sprinklr, e.g. one client. You can easily grow over time adding products/units/regions, etc
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Return on Investment
  • 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
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  • Assisted with integrating global social media marketing departments together
  • Has resulted in some delayed customer support responses due to technical issues with Facebook integration
  • Lack of ability to message people on Instagram has led to poor community management on this platform.
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ScreenShots

Buffer Screenshots

Screenshot of The Buffer dashboardScreenshot of Customizable posting scheduleScreenshot of Tailored PostsScreenshot of List or calendar view of scheduled postsScreenshot of Browser extensionScreenshot of Social media analytics