Buffer is a widely used social media scheduler. Here is how the two compare, checked against Buffer's own pricing page.
What each product offers, as of 30 September 2026
“Not listed” means Buffer's public pricing, platform and API pages did not mention the feature when we checked on 30 September 2026. Vendors change their products; check their site for current details.
Buffer list prices as published on its own website, checked 30 September 2026. The billing basis is shown with each plan where the vendor states it.
Free
Free
1 profile, 30 posts per month, Skool from Beginner, X as a $9/mo add-on
Beginner
$9/mo
or $90 a year, 3 profiles, 20 posts per day per profile, includes Skool, X as a $9/mo add-on
Apprentice
$29/mo
or $290 a year, 5 profiles, 50 posts per day per profile, includes Skool, X as a $9/mo add-on
Skilled
$69/mo
or $690 a year, 10 profiles, Unlimited posts (up to 500 publish attempts per profile a day), includes Skool, X as a $9/mo add-on
Expert
$199/mo
or $1,990 a year, 25 profiles, Unlimited posts (up to 500 publish attempts per profile a day), includes Skool, X as a $9/mo add-on
Agency
$499/mo
Unlimited profiles, Unlimited posts (up to 500 publish attempts per profile a day), includes Skool, X as a $9/mo add-on
Status 200 prices are for monthly billing (yearly: 2 months free). Post allowances count successful posts, all platforms combined.
Free
Free
Up to 3 channels, 10 scheduled posts per channel
Essentials
$5/mo
Per channel, billed yearly; $6 per channel billed monthly
Team
$10/mo
Per channel, billed yearly; $12 per channel billed monthly; unlimited team members
Buffer prices per connected channel. The rates shown are for channels 1 to 10, billed yearly. Billed monthly, they are $6 (Essentials) and $12 (Team), and each channel above 10 costs less. Buffer's fair-use policy caps its paid "unlimited" posts at 5,000 per channel. Paid plans have a 14-day free trial.
Competitor details last verified 30 September 2026. Vendors change their plans; check their site for current prices. Sources: buffer.com/pricing, buffer.com/pricing.md, developers.buffer.com (MCP), n8n.io: Buffer node.
Where the two products differ
Both tools have a public posting API. Buffer's pricing page lists 1 API key with 3,000 requests per month on the Free plan, 7,500 on Essentials and 15,000 on Team. Status 200's REST API is on every plan, including Free, with no monthly request cap: your plan's post allowance is the limit (30 a month on Free; from Skilled up there is no allowance, but publish attempts are capped at 500 per profile per day), and short rate limits apply (for example, one media import every 20 seconds).
Status 200 prices per profile: one profile holds one account on each supported platform, so Beginner ($9/mo, 3 profiles, 8 platforms including Skool) can hold up to 24 connected accounts. Buffer prices per connected channel ($6 per channel per month on Essentials, or $5 billed yearly), so the cost grows with each account you add.
Status 200 publishes full-length YouTube videos (up to 5 GB) and posts to Skool communities; Skool is included from Beginner ($9/mo) and X is a $9/mo add-on. Buffer publishes YouTube Shorts only, and Skool is not on Buffer's channel list.
Status 200 lets you set TikTok privacy, YouTube categories and Pinterest boards directly in the post form.
Follow these steps to move your publishing over
Create a free Status 200 Uploads account at status200uploads.com/signup
Connect your social media accounts via OAuth (same accounts you use on Buffer)
Upload your media to the Status 200 media library
Recreate any scheduled posts in the dashboard, or set up API automation for future posts
Verify your first post publishes successfully, then cancel your Buffer subscription
No. Both cover TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Threads. Buffer also supports Bluesky, Mastodon, Google Business Profile and Substack Notes, which Status 200 does not. Status 200 adds Skool and long-form YouTube uploads (Buffer publishes YouTube Shorts only). On Status 200, Skool is included from Beginner ($9/mo) and X is a $9/mo add-on on any plan.
There is no import tool. You recreate scheduled posts in the Status 200 dashboard, or send them to the REST API with post.scheduledFor, one request per post.
It depends on how many accounts you connect. Buffer Essentials is $6 per channel per month billed monthly, or $5 billed yearly, for the first 10 channels: three channels cost $18/mo ($15 yearly) and ten cost $60/mo ($50 yearly). Buffer also has a free plan for up to 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts each. Status 200 Beginner is a flat $9/mo ($7.50 a month billed yearly) for 3 profiles, and each profile can hold one account on each of TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Threads and Skool; X is a $9/mo add-on. For a single paid channel, Buffer Essentials costs less ($6 vs $9 monthly, $5 vs $7.50 yearly).
Yes. The free plan includes 1 profile, 30 posts per month, and 7 platforms (TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Threads). Skool is included from Beginner ($9/mo); X is a $9/mo add-on.
Yes. Every plan, including Free, includes REST API keys with no monthly request cap, and the API publishes to all 9 networks (Skool from Beginner, X with the $9/mo add-on). There is no Zapier or Make app: you call the API from their HTTP request steps. For n8n there is a community node, @status200uploads/n8n-nodes-status200uploads, for self-hosted n8n; n8n Cloud installs it only once n8n has verified it, and until then n8n's HTTP Request node does the same. For Python there is a package: pip install status200uploads. The API publishes at once, or at a later time with post.scheduledFor, and cancels a scheduled post with DELETE. Webhooks are not available yet.
Yes. Buffer offers a public GraphQL API. Its pricing page lists 1 API key with 3,000 requests per month on the Free plan, 7,500 on Essentials and 15,000 on Team. Buffer also has an official MCP server, which works with an API key, so also on the Free plan. Its n8n node is verified by n8n, so it installs on n8n Cloud. Status 200's REST API has no monthly request cap and imports media from a URL (videos up to 5 GB, images up to 20 MB).
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