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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

    CoSchedule Marketing Suite

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACoSchedule provides a content calendar, content optimization, and contentmarketing products, with users among 50,000 marketers worldwide, helping them organize their work, deliver projects on time, and prove marketing team value.N/A
    Pricing
    BufferCoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    Essentials
    $6
    per month per channel
    Team
    $12
    per month per channel
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BufferCoSchedule Marketing 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
    BufferCoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Buffer
    Chose Buffer
    In my opinion, Buffer stacks up quite well compared to these alternatives. It stacks up best in the price arena because Buffer is more competitively priced than these alternatives. Buffer is capable of doing almost everything these alternatives are capable of. You can set up a …
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    CoSchedule
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    90%
    Would buy again
    27 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    25 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    25 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    23 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
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    Features
    BufferCoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Buffer and CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    8.6
    68 Ratings
    7% above category average
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    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 CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    8.3
    63 Ratings
    5% above category average
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Campaign success analytics8.363 Ratings00 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Buffer and CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    9.0
    65 Ratings
    12% above category average
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Role-based user permissions & privileges9.052 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile access9.062 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Buffer and CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    -
    Ratings
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Ideation00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Content collaboration00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Buffer and CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    -
    Ratings
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Content distribution00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Buffer and CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Feature
    Buffer
    -
    Ratings
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    24% above category average
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BufferCoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (88 ratings)
    10.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (24 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.1
    (23 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BufferCoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Buffer
    It helps me save hours by devoting only half an hour in a month's worth of posting, in addition to that it is quite simple to use. Buffer for scheduling social posts well in advance, but I have begun using it instead of posting natively on the social apps themselves because it makes it super easy to post the same messages to more than one platform.
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    CoSchedule
    CoSchedule is great for businesses or agencies who need an overview of all their marketing efforts, and who want to establish collaboration between multiple departments. The calendar view is one of the best we've worked with and makes it easy to see exactly what's happening. There is some slight clunkiness when it comes to admin-related tasks, and a few things aren't easy to find, but there's great support.
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    Pros
    Buffer
    • 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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    Cons
    Buffer
    • Expensive Analytics: The upgrade you need to access your analytics is quite expensive, and I have come across other tools that provide the same or even more for a lesser priced plan.
    • No Media Library: The one feature I have found on another social media planning tool that I wish Buffer had is a media library. This allows you to upload photos you aren't using right away to have them readily available when you do decide to use them. This is not a feature in Buffer.
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    CoSchedule
    • The platform seems sluggish as of late, likely as a result of the robust amount of data we are entering and the number of filters we're creating.
    • Social media scheduling exists, but we do run into publishing errors more often then we'd like.
    • Task templates when updated are not retroactive, so when you create projects for an entire year and then change a template, you need to go back and change them manually.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Buffer
    I am giving buffer this rating because of a couple issues that it has compared to other platforms. It does not always post to instagram and you will need to go in an manually post. Also, one of the biggest qualms that we have with buffer is the price it costs to have robust analytics
    Incentivized
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    CoSchedule
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    Usability
    Buffer
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    CoSchedule
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    Reliability and Availability
    Buffer
    Buffer is always on hand and very reliable, their software suite rarely has outages
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    Performance
    Buffer
    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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    CoSchedule
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    Support Rating
    Buffer
    No answers on this topic
    CoSchedule
    I didn't have to use their official support, but I can say that they put out a lot of content online to help users. Their YouTube page has quite an array of tutorial videos explaining how things work and how to get the most out of their tools. If you're struggling, before picking up a phone or blasting off an email, try searching for your problem on YouTube or their forums.
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    Implementation Rating
    Buffer
    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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    CoSchedule
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    Alternatives Considered
    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 even post while being on vacation without working.
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    CoSchedule
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    Scalability
    Buffer
    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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    Return on Investment
    Buffer
    • 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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    CoSchedule
    • It has saved me about 1 hour per day to keep things organized from Asana to WordPress.
    • By not having a functioning Google Doc import feature, it costs me about 30 minutes for each blog post to copy paste all the content, images, etc.
    • By bundling too many features into their plans, many of which we don't use (e.g. social media scheduling), we lose a little ROI because we are not using the full feature set. We use and prefer Buffer for social media, so when CoSchedule raised their price $40+ per month on features we would not be using, that hurt.
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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

    CoSchedule Marketing Suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of Calendar Organizer: Visualizes everything in real time, and shows every project on a unified calendar of record. Helps to keep stakeholders in the know and pivot quickly when priorities change.Screenshot of Content Organizer: Eliminates content bottlenecks from idea to promotion. Optimizes the editorial process, and centralizes publishing and promotion by connecting marketing tools.Screenshot of Work Organizer: Maximizes resources by implementing consistent, defined workflows to speed up production and identify how urgent changes impact proactively planned work.Screenshot of Asset Organizer: Catalogs and maintains control of brand assets with customized taxonomies to find, update, and share files. Folders and files can be shared with stakeholders to make sure work is up-to-date.Screenshot of Idea Board: Used to write down ideas, take in requests, and prioritize the projects that are up-next, before giving them a publish date and putting them on the calendar organizer.Screenshot of An AI-powered Marketing Intelligence Assistant that can be used to write first-draft copy, complete work faster, and generate new ideas.