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Buffer

Simple social media scheduling for your channels.

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Buffer is a social media management tool for planning and publishing posts across social channels, with analytics to review performance. It also includes a link-in-bio page and an AI assistant for generating, repurposing, and refining social copy.

Features include scheduling and queue management, content drafting, and integrations with design and media tools such as Canva, Bitly, Google Drive, Google Photos, Dropbox, and OneDrive. AI and agent integrations cover ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI, and Perplexity Web, while automation options include IFTTT, Make, Microsoft Power Automate, and n8n. Publishing integrations include Feedly, Quuu, Evergreen Content Poster, and WordPress tools such as Nelio Content. Raycast allows creating and scheduling posts from a Mac.

Buffer is aimed at individuals and teams managing social media content. It offers a free plan alongside paid options, with a generous free tier available.

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