Buffer Pricing 2026: What You Actually Pay
Buffer’s official 2026-10-19 pricing capture lists Free at $0 for up to 3 channels, Essentials from $6 per channel/month on monthly billing or $5 per month for one yearly-billed channel, and Team from $12 per channel/month monthly or $10 per month for one yearly-billed channel. Volume tiers, example totals, API limits, collaboration boundaries, fair-use caps, and trial rules are retained.
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| Plan | Captured price boundary | Captured channel boundary |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month | Up to 3 channels |
| Essentials | From $6/channel/month monthly; 1-channel yearly example $5/month; rendered card $60 billed yearly, save 2 months | Unlimited channels, priced per channel |
| Team | From $12/channel/month monthly; 1-channel yearly example $10/month; rendered card $120 billed yearly, save 2 months | Unlimited channels, priced per channel |
Captured monthly per-channel volume rates
| Channels | Essentials | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1-10 | $6/channel | $12/channel |
| 11-25 | $4/channel | $4/channel |
| 26-50 | $3/channel | $3/channel |
| 51+ | $1/channel | $2/channel |
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| Channels | Essentials monthly | Essentials yearly | Team monthly | Team yearly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6/mo | $5/mo | $12/mo | $10/mo |
| 3 | $18/mo | $15/mo | $36/mo | $30/mo |
| 5 | $30/mo | $25/mo | $60/mo | $50/mo |
| 10 | $60/mo | $50/mo | $120/mo | $100/mo |
| 25 | $120/mo | $100/mo | $180/mo | $150/mo |
| 50 | $195/mo | $163/mo | $255/mo | $213/mo |
Captured feature and API boundaries
| Boundary | Free | Essentials | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Channels | Up to 3 channels | Unlimited channels, priced per channel | Unlimited channels, priced per channel |
| Scheduled posts per channel | 10, refill anytime | Unlimited; fair-use cap 5,000/channel | Unlimited; fair-use cap 5,000/channel |
| Ideas | 100 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Tags | 3 | 250 | 250 |
| Users | 1 | 1 | Unlimited |
| API keys | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| API requests/month | 3,000 | 7,500 | 15,000 |
| Analytics | 30-day Insights history | Advanced analytics | Advanced analytics |
| Approval workflows and access levels | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Branded reports | Not included | Not included | Included |
Billing, trials, and no-inference rules
Paid plans can switch between monthly and annual billing at any time; Buffer says required proration or refunds are applied automatically. Annual billing is described both as saving approximately 2 months when billed annually and as a 20% discount in the billing FAQ; both official formulations are retained without reconciliation.
Paid plans include a 14-day free trial. If payment details are not added, the account automatically downgrades to Free; scheduled posts continue unless channels are locked above Free’s three-channel limit. Upgrading means paying for each connected channel, including channels previously free.
The official FAQ defines unlimited scheduling as subject to a fair-use cap of 5,000 posts per channel. Buffer also lists a 50% paid-plan discount for eligible nonprofits and charities, UK B2C VAT at the local standard rate, and possible B2B VAT exclusion.
Currency conversion, regional checkout totals, tax amounts, nonprofit eligibility evidence, regional payment-method availability, overage handling, and reconciliation of the two annual-discount formulations are not shown and are not inferred.
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