Buffer vs. Smash Balloon
Buffer vs. Smash Balloon
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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Buffer | Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | Buffer is a social sharing tool. When browsing content, clicking on the Buffer icon automatically stores the content and schedules posts to social media channels throughout the day. | $6 per month per channel | |
Smash Balloon | N/A | Smash Balloon is a plugin used to add social media content to WordPress, with the goal of displacing social media plugins that are complicated to set up, slow down the website site, aren’t customizable , or break anytime the platform makes a change. Smash Balloon plugins are designed to integrate seamlessly into Wordpress websites, where they help to display social media content that is unique to the business. The solution currently boasts over 1.6 million users. | $49 per year a single feed for 1 website |
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
| Additional Details | A discount is offered for annual billing. | — | ||||||||||||||
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| Buffer | Smash Balloon | |
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| Small Businesses | CoSchedule Marketing Suite Score 10.0 out of 10 | Growave Score 9.7 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies | CoSchedule Marketing Suite Score 10.0 out of 10 | Echobox Social Score 9.8 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | Social Suite by Reputation.com Score 9.4 out of 10 | Sprout Social Score 8.4 out of 10 |
| All Alternatives | View all alternatives | View all alternatives |
| Buffer | Smash Balloon | |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 7.9 (96 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Likelihood to Renew | 8.0 (15 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Usability | 8.5 (33 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Availability | 8.2 (2 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Performance | 8.0 (2 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Support Rating | 7.0 (24 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Implementation Rating | 8.0 (3 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Configurability | 10.0 (1 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Product Scalability | 8.6 (2 ratings) | - (0 ratings) |
| Buffer | Smash Balloon | |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| Pros | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| Cons | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| Likelihood to Renew | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| Usability | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| Reliability and Availability | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| Performance | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| Support Rating | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| Implementation Rating | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| Alternatives Considered | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| Scalability | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| Return on Investment | ![]() Buffer
| ![]() Smash Balloon No answers on this topic |
| ScreenShots | Buffer Screenshots |











