// head to head
Blotato vs Buffer
Short answer: pick Buffer if you want to start free — 3 channels on its free plan, MCP on every plan including Free since 27 May 2026, and per-channel pricing from $6 a month ($5 billed yearly) that stays cheap for one to three channels. Pick Blotato if you run many accounts: 20 on its $29 Starter plan, a 36-tool MCP server with n8n and Make nodes, and AI video. Buffer covers 12 platforms including Mastodon and Substack, Blotato 9, and Blotato’s trial leaves out the API and MCP.
Two schedulers, compared on the things that actually differ. Every figure below was read off Blotato’s and Buffer’s own pages on 24 September 2026 — not from a press release and not from memory.
Sources: blotato.com and buffer.com, 24 September 2026. Prices change — check both before deciding.
Pick Blotato if…
- 20 social accounts on the $29 Starter plan, which is cheaper than seenpaid if you run six or more small brands: seenpaid counts workspaces (brands), not accounts, and Solo ($19.99) covers five.
- A 36-tool MCP server plus a REST API and official n8n and Make nodes; on the agent axis this is the closest thing to a peer.
- AI video, ElevenLabs voiceovers and DM and comment-reply automation built in, none of which seenpaid has.
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 to three channels.
- MCP access on every plan including Free, since 27 May 2026, 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 21 platforms like they do, then reads your Stripe 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 should I pick?
Short answer: pick Buffer if you want to start free — 3 channels on its free plan, MCP on every plan including Free since 27 May 2026, and per-channel pricing from $6 a month ($5 billed yearly) that stays cheap for one to three channels. Pick Blotato if you run many accounts: 20 on its $29 Starter plan, a 36-tool MCP server with n8n and Make nodes, and AI video. Buffer covers 12 platforms including Mastodon and Substack, Blotato 9, and Blotato’s trial leaves out the API and MCP.
Blotato vs Buffer: which is cheaper?
Blotato: Starter $29/mo (20 social accounts), Creator $97/mo (40 accounts), Agency $499/mo. Annual plans save about 17%. Buffer: Free plan (3 channels). Paid plans are priced per channel: Essentials is $6 per channel per month billed monthly, or $5 billed yearly ($60 a year); Team is $12 billed monthly, or $10 billed yearly ($120 a year). Both were read off their own pricing pages on 24 September 2026.
Do Blotato or Buffer show revenue per post?
Blotato: No — its analytics cover post metrics on eight platforms (all but LinkedIn); nothing connects to a payment processor. Buffer: No — nothing on its pricing or MCP pages connects a payment processor; it offers a free UTM generator for tagging links by hand. Neither connects a payment processor to individual posts, which is the gap seenpaid fills.
Which supports more platforms?
Blotato supports 9 — X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Threads, Bluesky, Pinterest. Buffer supports 12 — Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest, Google Business Profile, Bluesky, Mastodon, Substack.