What six brands actually costs
Buffer charges per channel. That is fine for one brand and brutal for six. Thirty channels across six brands, five networks each — the shape most people running more than one account end up with.
| Product | Charges per | Six brands, 30 channels |
|---|---|---|
| PostWharf — Plus | Workspace | $67 / mo |
| Buffer — Essentials | Channel | $135 / mo, or $112.50 billed yearly |
| Buffer — Team | Channel | $195 / mo, or $162.50 billed yearly |
Figures read from each vendor's own public pricing page on 24 September 2026. Plans change — check before you buy.
PostWharf or Buffer?
Where PostWharf wins
- Per workspace, so 30 channels costs the same as 3
- A delivery receipt per network on every post, re-checked after publishing, with the reason when one fails
- CLI, REST API and MCP server on every plan
- Per-network copy — a different caption and hashtags per network, from one post
Where Buffer wins
- Buffer publishes to every network it lists. Reddit, Discord, Snapchat and WordPress are request-only here, so four of ours cannot be connected yet.
- Buffer has years of reliability behind it and a real support org. We are new.
- Buffer has an engagement inbox and analytics. We do neither — we only publish.
We'd rather you picked the right tool than churned in month two. If the right-hand column describes you, buy theirs.
Side by side
| PostWharf | Buffer | |
|---|---|---|
| Networks publishing today | Instagram, TikTok, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Threads, Pinterest, Bluesky and Telegram. The other four are request-only | Every network it lists |
| Pricing unit | Workspace | Channel |
| Free tier | 7 days free, 200 posts, no card charged | 3 channels, 10 posts each |
| Delivery receipts | ✓ | — |
| Token-expiry warning | ✓ | — |
| CLI | ✓ | ✓ |
| MCP server | ✓ | ✓ |
| Engagement inbox | — | ✓ |
| Analytics | — | ✓ |
Moving from Buffer
Not automatically yet. Scheduled posts have to be recreated, which is why most people run both for a week and let the old queue drain rather than migrating in one go.
No. A network can be connected to several tools at once, so you can run both in parallel while you decide. Just don't queue the same post twice.
They stop going out at the end of your paid period. Export your queue first — the API returns everything, and we don't hold your content hostage.
Ask. If you are moving several brands across we would rather have you than the margin on your first two months.
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