Head to head

Buffer vs Postcron

Buffer

Buffer is a paid SaaS scheduling tool for creators and small businesses, publishing queued posts to 11+ networks with per-channel pricing and a free entry tier.

11 channels · plans: Free, Essentials, Team

Postcron

Postcron publishes to 6 of the 31 channels in this comparison set, with plans from $8/mo.

6 channels · plans: Personal, Entrepreneur, Corporate, Enterprise

Pricing and plans

What each side charges

Buffer

Free$0/mo

Essentials$5/mo

Team$10/mo

Postcron

Personal$8/mo

Entrepreneur$24/mo

Corporate$58/mo

Enterprise$166/mo

Channels

Where each one publishes

Buffer

Bluesky
Facebook Pages
Google My Business
Instagram
LinkedIn
Mastodon
Pinterest
Threads
TikTok
X
YouTube
Dev.to
Discord
Dribbble
Farcaster
Hashnode
Kick
Lemmy
Listmonk
Medium
MeWe
Moltbook
Nostr
Reddit
Skool
Slack
Telegram
Twitch
VK
Whop
WordPress

Postcron

Facebook Pages
Instagram
LinkedIn
Pinterest
TikTok
X
Bluesky
Dev.to
Discord
Dribbble
Farcaster
Google My Business
Hashnode
Kick
Lemmy
Listmonk
Mastodon
Medium
MeWe
Moltbook
Nostr
Reddit
Skool
Slack
Telegram
Threads
Twitch
VK
Whop
WordPress
YouTube

We build GrowSocialelion, so read every table here knowing that. Channel support and plan prices were compiled from public listings and vendor pages on 2026-08-27; a tool's own site always wins over this page. GrowSocialelion's own column is generated from its live platform catalog, so it cannot claim a network the app does not publish to.

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