Buffer is listed under AI Social Media & Creator Tools, in the Productivity & Workflow category on Flocci AI Tools. 195,000+ monthly active users as of early 2026 per vendor. It is freemium — a usable free tier with paid plans above it, and it lives at buffer.com.
Buffer is freemium: there is a free tier you can work in and paid plans above it. It is one of 391 freemium tools in the catalog, all labelled the same way so you are never surprised by a paywall.
Buffer does 3 things the catalog singles out: 195,000+ monthly active users as of early 2026 per vendor; unlimited ai (caption rewriting, hashtags, repurposing) included in every plan, including free; cross-platform scheduling across 12 networks including bluesky and mastodon.
Metricool is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same AI Social Media & Creator Tools sub-category and is free tier + paid plans. Predis.ai and Repurpose.io also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.
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