Buffer vs. Sprinklr Social

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Buffer
Score 8.1 out of 10
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.
$15
per month
Sprinklr Social
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Sprinklr Social’s platform empowers enterprise teams of all sizes to deliver a consistent brand experience across 35+ digital and social channels to drive engagement and revenue, with capabilities across publishing, engagement, listening, analytics, employee advocacy, influencer marketing and commerce. Content planning and scheduling using an editorial calendar, with a digital asset manager and the ability to publish across channels at AI…
$299
per month per seat
Pricing
BufferSprinklr Social
Editions & Modules
Publish Pro
$15
per month
Analyze Pro
$35
per month
Analyze Premium
$50
per month
Publish Premium
$65
per month
Publish Business
$99
per month
Sprinklr Social Self-Serve Plan
$299
per month per seat
Sprinklr Social Enterprise Plan
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BufferSprinklr Social
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsHere are the prices of our various plans: Pro: $15/month Small Business: $99/month Medium Business: $199/month Large Business: $399/month Enterprise: Feel free to get in touch with us at onboarding@buffer.com. All plans can be paid on either a monthly or yearly basis. If you choose to pay yearly, you would receive a 15% discount, which works out to be approximately two months free per year.
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Features
BufferSprinklr Social
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
7.6
64 Ratings
5% below category average
Sprinklr Social
8.0
51 Ratings
1% above category average
Content planning and scheduling9.364 Ratings8.148 Ratings
Content optimization6.457 Ratings8.041 Ratings
Workflow management7.053 Ratings8.145 Ratings
Audience targeting00 Ratings7.943 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
7.8
59 Ratings
1% below category average
Sprinklr Social
7.5
53 Ratings
5% below category average
Campaign success analytics7.859 Ratings7.349 Ratings
Real-time tracking00 Ratings8.152 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings7.235 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
8.4
61 Ratings
3% above category average
Sprinklr Social
7.4
51 Ratings
9% below category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges7.649 Ratings8.650 Ratings
Mobile access9.259 Ratings6.144 Ratings
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
7.7
51 Ratings
1% above category average
Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings8.644 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings8.247 Ratings
Sentiment analysis00 Ratings6.148 Ratings
Broad channel coverage00 Ratings7.847 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
7.7
50 Ratings
5% below category average
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings6.343 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings8.049 Ratings
Bulk actions00 Ratings8.646 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
6.8
43 Ratings
12% below category average
Lead generation00 Ratings6.330 Ratings
Content marketing00 Ratings5.536 Ratings
Paid media management00 Ratings7.331 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings8.137 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Buffer
-
Ratings
Sprinklr Social
8.5
54 Ratings
0% below category average
Twitter00 Ratings9.152 Ratings
Facebook00 Ratings8.352 Ratings
LinkedIn00 Ratings8.339 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings8.126 Ratings
Instagram00 Ratings8.751 Ratings
Pinterest00 Ratings8.227 Ratings
YouTube00 Ratings9.137 Ratings
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BufferSprinklr Social
Small Businesses
Publer
Publer
Score 9.8 out of 10
Publer
Publer
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
BufferSprinklr Social
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(84 ratings)
7.9
(79 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.0
(14 ratings)
7.0
(29 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(23 ratings)
10.0
(7 ratings)
Availability
8.2
(2 ratings)
9.1
(5 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(2 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
6.3
(23 ratings)
9.9
(34 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.4
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(5 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
8.6
(2 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
BufferSprinklr Social
Likelihood to Recommend
Buffer
It helps me save hours by devoting only half an hour in a month's worth of posting, in addition to that it is quite simple to use. Buffer for scheduling social posts well in advance, but I have begun using it instead of posting natively on the social apps themselves because it makes it super easy to post the same messages to more than one platform.
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Sprinklr
In my perspective, I would say Sprinklr Modern Sales &
Engagement is best suited for teams and organizations who are more involved in
automating social media activities, getting a great analytical report on
activity engagement, and generating lists and bolds that helps determine the
trends and events, etc. One of the best tools that one could use for clients
with every information they would need.
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Pros
Buffer
  • I can plan and publish content on social channels.
  • Buffer's interface is quite tidy and generates the necessary facilities to save us time in publishing consistent content.
  • It has a special price; it is pretty affordable.
  • It has the possibility of integrating with other tools to improve its functions.
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Sprinklr
  • Customization - Through Sprinklr's rules and robust custom field creation, you really can create a lot of customization for every facet of your business.
  • Listening - Their Listening Engine and Explorer are fantastic ways to proactively find engagement-friendly conversations, in addition competitively research your brand.
  • Care - Using their case formatting, messages and customer contacts can be routed and assigned easily to available reps, and their bot builder can help to automate your contacts without sacrificing a personal touch.
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Cons
Buffer
  • Expensive Analytics: The upgrade you need to access your analytics is quite expensive, and I have come across other tools that provide the same or even more for a lesser priced plan.
  • No Media Library: The one feature I have found on another social media planning tool that I wish Buffer had is a media library. This allows you to upload photos you aren't using right away to have them readily available when you do decide to use them. This is not a feature in Buffer.
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Sprinklr
  • Overall, Sprinklr rewards users to do a lot of digging on their own to get to the more in-depth functionalities. For instance, the asset manager feature leads you to a dashboard with all the content you ever published but doesn't tell you what to do next or how to organize it
  • Sprinklr offers basic social listening features, but it is much more limited than other pure social listening players like Crimson Hexagon or Brandwatch. It is perfectly usable for a quick search but I wouldn't recommend it as your sole social listening platform
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Likelihood to Renew
Buffer
I am giving buffer this rating because of a couple issues that it has compared to other platforms. It does not always post to instagram and you will need to go in an manually post. Also, one of the biggest qualms that we have with buffer is the price it costs to have robust analytics
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Sprinklr
I really do feel that Sprinklr is the most complete enterprise social media program. It covers everything you would need to do to run a strategic social media program. On top of that, the success managers are really the best. Our success manager goes above and beyond for us and has been so helpful to us with setting up some very specific repots and profiles. Paul (our CSM) has been great about keeping us up to date on the latest features and functionality as well as helping us set up innovative dashboards as need
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Usability
Buffer
We use Buffer for certain website content that should be shared on social networks, having this tool helps us to do it faster and easier since we can send the publications from the internet browser and the stack of scheduled messages. It is really fast and easy for all team members who share access to the account, so at the same time that we analyze the information that we can share, the message stack is prepared
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Sprinklr
It's simple to learn and easy to use. Compared to other social media monitoring tools like it, it has less of a learning curve than most. Between the filters, macros, tagging, and ability to like or reply to posts, it seems pretty comprehensive. At the very least, it accomplishes everything that my organization uses it for
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Reliability and Availability
Buffer
Buffer is always on hand and very reliable, their software suite rarely has outages
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Sprinklr
Our account partners at Sprinklr are not only responsive to out needs, both domestically and internationally, but have consistently approached us with ideas on how to improve our communication and collaboration in a proactive manner.
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Performance
Buffer
Buffer performs well on both desktop and mobile platforms. The one area as I have stated before is that it does not always want to automatically push to Instagram and the user will have to go do it manually. Buffer works very well pushing to other platforms. The instagram issue is the only reason buffer does not get a 10 on this section
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Sprinklr
Perfornace is not aan issue. The issues/bugs with this software are few and far between. And when one pops up the 24/7 support team is helpful, quick and informative.
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Support Rating
Buffer
  1. It really helped to my business to grow online.
  2. I was able to take actions mindfully as the analytics are damn good.
  3. Also used for managing clients social media accounts and it proved to be a best resource.
  4. Clients were really happy as they got high demand and growth on internet and the secret is Buffer.
  5. The user interface is really easy to understand and manage. Support is 24/7 available to help.
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Sprinklr
Support is amazing. We have had to reach out [to] them only a few times in the past few years. Each time, they were back in touch with us within the hour or two, no matter the time. We've always had our issues addressed quickly and promptly corrected. They are a great team to work with.
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In-Person Training
Buffer
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
I don't recall our training in detail. I know we met in person a few times, and did some over-the-phone product walk-throughs. It may have been somewhat informal -- I don't recall having any takeaways to refer to.
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Online Training
Buffer
No answers on this topic
Sprinklr
Through multiple webinars, easily accessible training documents, and ad-hoc sessions with my account manager I am never left in the dark when I have a question.
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Implementation Rating
Buffer
We were very satisfied with the implementation of Buffer. We had no issues switching from the platform that we were using over to buffer. Our staff did not even miss a beat when it came to posting content. It was an easy transition and I feel that is something that buffer has really done well. They have an "out of the box" usability platform
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Sprinklr
The implementation personnel at Sprinklr are top-notch. They will work with you to make sure they setup Sprinklr in a way that best aligns with your structural needs
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Alternatives Considered
Buffer
I also used Combin which is easy and free to use. However, Combin only posts when the computer is active and connected to the internet. So, posting while you are not actively using your computer at that moment is not possible, therefore Buffer is much more efficient as you can even post while being on vacation without working.
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Sprinklr
As much as I get frustrated with Sprinklr, Sprinklr is a much cleaner platform than others I have used and I do obtain good data from the reports due to my custom filters, allowing me to pass along education onto product teams in regards to their specific lines.
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Scalability
Buffer
Buffer does what it say on tin as they say! you can always count on Buffer. Buffer can be scale to 25 social account with 2,000 scheduled post which is enough for most agencies or businesses
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Sprinklr
Always start simple with Sprinklr, e.g. one client. You can easily grow over time adding products/units/regions, etc
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Return on Investment
Buffer
  • It has saved money by allowing us to automate our social using one person
  • It allows us to connect one channel at a time instead of wasting money on larger account management tools
  • We are making money, because it has already delivered several clients
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Sprinklr
  • Reports can be customized and exported easily in many different formats. I especially like the PowerPoint version of reports. It quickly and professionally creates a custom slideshow to show the metrics of the platforms and time periods you choose. This is a great way to keep your company's C-level executives informed on your team's progress and investing in your efforts. This is especially true for executives that do not personally use or understand the value of social media.
  • Brand reputation management is always a great investment. The dashboard alerts you in real-time when your brand or product is mentioned across any of the platforms and offers a quick and efficient way to respond. The Sprinklr customer experience cloud can be implemented across your entire organization, including CRM and email systems.
  • If you're not growing you're dying. That alone helps me with the ROI of using Sprinklr for my client's business objectives.
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ScreenShots

Buffer Screenshots

Screenshot of The Buffer dashboardScreenshot of Customizable posting scheduleScreenshot of Tailored PostsScreenshot of List or calendar view of scheduled postsScreenshot of Browser extensionScreenshot of Social media analytics