Buffer Pricing

Buffer pricing starts at $0/mo for the Free plan; paid plans begin at $5/mo for Essentials and $10/mo for Team, with annual billing available at $60 and $120 per year respectively.

Buffer's cheapest business-usable plan is Essentials at $5/mo. Essentials provides unlimited scheduled posts and ideas for a single channel, suitable for small teams.

Yes — Buffer publishes a free tier. Free forever, up to 3 channels.

Yes — Buffer's purchase motion is self-serve. A checkout URL is published on the pricing page. No demo is required.

xpay scored Buffer as agent-ready: every advertised plan is self-serve with public pricing. Buffer publishes a pricing page with 2 discoverable plan tier(s). No per-unit price was found on the page; an agent has no direct way to estimate the cost of a single task. Self-serve signup exists alongside a sales-led / custom tier. Public API documentation is reachable without an auth wall. A free or freemium tier is offered. For the full purchase simulation see the linked Agent-Ready Index scorecard.

In the Social Media Management category, xpay's Agent-Ready Index lists alternatives ranked by their ability to support AI agent purchase. Visit the agent-readiness scorecard for Buffer to compare with 3 nearest peers.