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Buffer Inc

Buffer

Composite Score
8.9 /10
CX Score
9.0 /10
Category
Buffer
8.9 /10

What is Buffer?

A better way to manage social media for your business. Buffer makes it easy to manage your business's social media accounts. Schedule posts, analyze performance, and collaborate with your team — all in one place.

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Awards & Recognition

Buffer won the following awards in the Social Media Management - Enterprise category

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Buffer Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

Up 1
Since last award

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:
92%
Negotiation and Contract:
92%
Conflict Resolution:
93%
Strategy & Innovation:
89%
Service Experience:
95%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Buffer?

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2% Negative
3% Neutral
95% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Respectful
  • Enables Productivity
  • Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Social Moderation and Workflow Management

88

Social Media Channel Integration Inbound

88

Social Post Archival

87

Social Media Channel Integration Outbound

87

Campaign Execution

86

Dashboards and Visualization

85

Social Response Management

84

Social Asset Management

84

Contextual Analysis

83

Trend Analysis

82

Sentiment Analysis

79

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Ease of Implementation

88

Ease of Data Integration

87

Quality of Features

86

Ease of IT Administration

85

Usability and Intuitiveness

84

Ease of Customization

83

Business Value Created

83

Availability and Quality of Training

81

Breadth of Features

81

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

81

Vendor Support

81

Buffer Reviews

Helen B.

  • Role: Industry Specific Role
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2020

Effective and simple to use social media manager

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Buffer from other similar products?

Covers a variety of markets and customers, is a platform that manages social networks in all its areas and you can manage advertising in an easy and simple, for all types of users and people who want to generate traffic and customers at sight, is very complete is easy to use and very friendly, has a fairly complete board can be installed on android operating systems in an easy and simple, compared with other platforms is one of the most popular and most sought after in the market.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the board with which the platform is handled, it is very fast and easy to manage clients and mass advertising by Buffer, it is easy to use in all aspects, for beginners as well as for all types of companies.

What do you dislike most about this product?

As its use increases, so does its price until it becomes quite expensive, certain errors occur when making publications on the networks, sometimes the application gets stuck so it has to be restarted wasting time and creativity

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend this application to all types of users, both for small, medium and large businesses that want to see advertising on social networks constantly, growing the view of their companies and their products within the most important social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, etc, is an important tool to manage online advertising.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Enables Productivity

Hotaru N.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

Distribution system through social networks

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Buffer from other similar products?

What most differentiates this tool from others is that it even has a free version for those who do not know it, who do not have as much confidence in these types of systems to maintain access control and distribution in their social networks

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It allows to have control of the publications made in well-known social networks, in addition its programming system is quite simple even for those who have not worked with this type of system, it is a fundamental technology for those who require direct contact with clients, partners , or work team

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is nothing that I can say that is negative about this tool, it has worked and has been helpful from the first moment

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend it for any industry, it is a complete, safe, and necessary tool for those who work with large workflows and who in turn need to constantly interact on social networks

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

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