// head to head
Buffer vs Post Bridge
Two schedulers, compared on the things that actually differ. Every figure below was read off Buffer’s and Post Bridge’s own pages on 6 September 2026 — not from a press release and not from memory.
Sources: buffer.com and post-bridge.com, 6 September 2026. Prices change — check both before deciding.
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.
Pick Post Bridge if…
- An unlimited-social-accounts tier at $99/mo, where seenpaid caps accounts on every plan.
- MCP setup already documented for around nine named clients including Windsurf and Grok, which seenpaid does not cover one by one.
- YouTube and Google Business Profile support, neither of which seenpaid has.
A third option
Neither one can tell you which post made money
Buffer and Post Bridge 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
Buffer vs Post Bridge: which is cheaper?
Buffer: Free plan; Essentials and Team are priced per channel ($5 and $10 per channel per month, shown alongside yearly billing). Post Bridge: From $29/mo (Starter, 5 accounts) up to $99/mo (Pro, unlimited accounts). API is a separate $5/mo or $50/yr. Both were read off their own pricing pages on 6 September 2026.
Do Buffer or Post Bridge show revenue per post?
Buffer: No — Buffer’s own guidance is to use UTM codes. Post Bridge: No — analytics is in beta; nothing connects to a payment processor. Neither connects a payment processor to individual posts, which is the gap seenpaid fills.
Which supports more platforms?
Buffer supports 11 — Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest, Google Business, Bluesky, Mastodon. Post Bridge supports 10 — X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Bluesky, Threads, Pinterest, Google Business.