planpo.st vs Buffer
Scheduler with per-channel pricing and a free tier. Here is how the two compare, and what changes if you move from Buffer to planpo.st.
Starts at
planpo.st: $19.99/mo
Buffer: $5 per channel/mo
Free plan
planpo.st: No
Buffer: Yes. 3 channels, 10 scheduled posts per channel.
Revenue per post
planpo.st: Yes
Buffer: Engagement analytics
At a glance
| planpo.st | Buffer | |
|---|---|---|
| Plans and limits | ||
| Starts at | $19.99/mo | $5 per channel/mo |
| Free plan | No | Yes, 3 channels |
| Free trial | 7 days | 14 days |
| Priced per | Workspace | Channel |
| Accounts on entry plan | 15 | 1 per $5 unit |
| Users on entry plan | 1 | 1 (unlimited on Team) |
| Posts on entry plan | 1,000/mo | Unlimited on paid, 10 per channel on free |
| Publishing and content | ||
| Networks | 7 | Not documented |
| AI drafting | Yes, 50 credits/mo on entry plan | Yes, unlimited AI Assistant credits |
| Workflow and measurement | ||
| Approval workflows | Yes, on Pro | Yes, on Team |
| Analytics history | No plan-based cap | 30 days on free, longer on paid |
| Per-post revenue | Yes | Engagement analytics |
| Payment integrations | Stripe, Shopify, RevenueCat | None |
| AI agents and API | ||
| Public API | Yes, both paid plans | Yes, all tiers with request quotas |
| Official MCP server | Yes, hosted and npm | Yes, free on every plan |
| What the agent can reach | 45 tools, including revenue | Drafts, queue, channels, ideas |
| Self-hosting | No | No |
“Not documented” means we could not confirm it from Buffer's own public pages. It does not mean the feature is missing. Where we know a capability is absent, the cell says so.
Checked 2026-08-06 against Buffer's pricing page. Prices and features change, so confirm before you decide.
Where planpo.st differs
- Buffer reports reach and engagement. It does not attribute revenue to individual posts.
- Both products expose an official MCP server, so this is not a question of whether an agent can drive them. The difference is what the agent can see: Buffer reports on social performance, while Planpo.st can return revenue per post from Stripe, Shopify or RevenueCat.
- Planpo.st renders video and branded carousels in-app rather than expecting finished assets.
Moving from Buffer
The questions people actually ask before switching, answered from what ships today.
Can Planpo.st replace Buffer?
For scheduling, publishing and analytics, yes. Planpo.st posts to Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, TikTok, YouTube and Threads from one calendar, with native formats including threads, reels, shorts and stories. Where Buffer does something Planpo.st does not, the comparison table above says so rather than glossing over it.
Can I schedule posts in bulk like I do in Buffer?
Yes. Bulk creation takes up to 50 posts in one request, with shared defaults for campaign, accounts and timezone, and each row succeeds or fails on its own so one bad entry does not sink the batch. There is a calendar with week, month and day views for moving things around afterwards.
Can I post the same content to several accounts at once?
Yes. Account groups let you name a set of accounts, then publish to the whole group at once. Content can be overridden per platform, so the LinkedIn version does not have to read like the X version.
Can I see what a post will look like before it goes out?
Yes. Previews show the body after per-platform overrides, the attachments, the character count against that platform's limit, whether links stay clickable, and any warnings, before you schedule or publish.
Does Planpo.st have approval workflows for clients or teams?
Yes, on the Pro plan, including client approvals. Every API key also carries an approval guardrail, so posts created by an AI agent wait in an inbox for a human rather than going live unattended.
Can an AI agent run my social media through Planpo.st?
Yes. There is an official MCP server, hosted or as an npm package, exposing 45 tools covering drafting, scheduling, video and carousel rendering, approvals, content sources and revenue. Claude, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI and ChatGPT are all documented.
Can I find out which posts actually made money, which Buffer cannot tell me?
Yes, and this is the part no other scheduler does. Every post carries a tracked link, and Stripe, Shopify and RevenueCat connect directly, so revenue and conversions are attributed to the individual post that drove them rather than to the channel as a whole.
Can I import my scheduled posts from Buffer?
No. There is no importer, so scheduled posts in Buffer stay there. Reconnecting your accounts and scheduling fresh takes a few minutes, and running both in parallel for a week is the usual way people switch.
Is Planpo.st cheaper than Buffer?
Not at small scale. Buffer has a free plan and per-channel pricing that is hard to beat for one or two accounts. Planpo.st costs less once you run several accounts, because pricing is per workspace rather than per channel.
Choose planpo.st if
You sell something, and you need to know which posts drove the sale rather than which drove the likes.
See which of your posts actually made money
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