// head to head
Blotato vs Buffer
Two schedulers, compared on the things that actually differ. Every figure below was read off Blotato’s and Buffer’s own pages on 6 September 2026 — not from a press release and not from memory.
Sources: blotato.com and buffer.com, 6 September 2026. Prices change — check both before deciding.
Pick Blotato if…
- 20 social accounts on the $29 entry tier — more accounts for the money than seenpaid’s entry plan.
- A 35-tool MCP server plus a first-class REST API; on the agent axis this is the closest thing to a peer.
Pick Buffer if…
- A real free-forever plan with 3 channels — seenpaid has no free tier at all and requires a card for its trial.
- Per-channel pricing that is genuinely cheaper than seenpaid if you only run one or two channels.
- MCP access on every plan including Free, which seenpaid cannot beat on price.
A third option
Neither one can tell you which post made money
Blotato and Buffer both report reach and engagement, and neither connects to a payment processor — so if a post produced a sale, nothing in either tool will tell you. seenpaid schedules to 23 platforms like they do, then connects to your Stripe read-only and attributes each payment to the exact post that drove it. It ships a hosted MCP server with 50 tools so an AI agent can read those numbers too.
Worth saying plainly: if you do not sell anything, revenue attribution is worth nothing to you and one of the two above is the better answer.
Questions
Blotato vs Buffer: which is cheaper?
Blotato: From $29/mo (Starter, 20 social accounts) to $499/mo (Agency). Buffer: Free plan; Essentials and Team are priced per channel ($5 and $10 per channel per month, shown alongside yearly billing). Both were read off their own pricing pages on 6 September 2026.
Do Blotato or Buffer show revenue per post?
Blotato: No. Buffer: No — Buffer’s own guidance is to use UTM codes. Neither connects a payment processor to individual posts, which is the gap seenpaid fills.
Which supports more platforms?
Blotato supports 9 — Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, Threads, Bluesky, Pinterest, YouTube. Buffer supports 11 — Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest, Google Business, Bluesky, Mastodon.