Buffer vs Mastodon

Grow your audience on social media with ease

Buffer is the simple, intuitive social media toolkit for small businesses. Plan, publish, and analyze your social media performance in one place.

Decentralized social network. Open source. Self-hostable.

Mastodon is a free, open-source decentralized social network. Run your own server or join an existing one. No ads, no algorithms, no corporate surveillance. Federated via ActivityPub.