Top 10 Buffer Alternatives

Ranked alternatives to Buffer in the Social & Community Management category, based on composite scoring.

  1. Sprout Social — Stronger in Publishing/scheduling & approvals and Creator/advocate programs, overall composite +4.9.
  2. Brandwatch — Stronger in Social listening and monitoring and Engagement and community management, overall composite +1.9.
  3. Hootsuite — Stronger in Social listening and monitoring and Engagement and community management, overall composite +1.9.
  4. Sprinklr Social — Stronger in Social listening and monitoring and Engagement and community management.
  5. Emplifi — Stronger in Paid social management and Social listening and monitoring, tighter overall composite (-1.1).
  6. Meltwater — Stronger in Social listening and monitoring, tighter overall composite (-2.4).
  7. Yext Social — Stronger in Publishing/scheduling & approvals and Response workflows & SLAs, tighter overall composite (-5.4).
  8. Bazaarvoice — Stronger in UGC/ratings/reviews ingestion & rights and Creator/advocate programs, tighter overall composite (-6.8).
  9. Hivebrite — tighter overall composite (-8.1).
  10. CoSchedule Social Calendar — tighter overall composite (-9.8).