Buffer vs. Later: Grow your audience on social with the #1 free social media scheduler
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Buffer has everything you need to grow an engaged audience and get the results you deserve, including a powerful free plan. Let Buffer take care of time-consuming tasks like scheduling and publishing your posts so you can focus on what matters.
Benefits
Schedule your posts
Plan, draft, schedule, and auto-publish social media content across all major social media channels
Plan with a visual calendar
Our intuitive dashboard and calendar make it easy to manage your social strategy in one smooth workflow
Get started with our free plan
With our free plan, you can connect 3 social channels and schedule 10 posts per channel at a time
Channel offering
Later only has six available social channels, whereas Buffer has three more; YouTube, Mastodon, and Google Business Profiles
What people are saying
I’ve tried Hootsuite, Sendable, and Later for different reasons and Buffer is the most simple but also does everything you need it to.
Lanie W. CarterArrowhead Design Group200,000+ people like you use Buffer to build their brand on social media every month
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