Comparison
Buffer alternative: scheduling is not the hard part
Buffer is the name most people type first, it is simple, and it has a free plan. ReadyMonth is not trying to be a cheaper Buffer, it starts one step before the calendar.
Start 21-day free trial1. What Buffer does well
It is the simplest scheduler in the category and it stays out of the way. It connects to everything, it has an AI assistant for drafting, it handles replies, and it has a free plan that a lot of people never outgrow.
If you already know what to post and you just need it to go out at the right time, Buffer is enough, and free is a hard price to beat.
2. Where it stops
Buffer is built around the post. You open it with something to say. ReadyMonth is built around the month: you open it with a strategy and it comes back with thirty drafts distributed across your pillars.
- Pillars as the backbone: the month is balanced on purpose, never two posts from the same pillar in a row.
- A specific prompt per network, so LinkedIn does not read like TikTok.
- Each draft scored 1 to 10 with sub-scores and three fixes, before you publish rather than after.
- Bring your own AI key and the generation runs on your account, with no quota inside the subscription.
3. Price, side by side
Buffer has a free plan and paid tiers above it. ReadyMonth has no free plan: it starts at $9 (Starter), then $29 (Creator), $79 (Professional) and $149 (Team), with a 21-day trial and no card required.
Paying when a free option exists only makes sense if the paid one removes work the free one leaves with you. Here that work has a name: deciding what thirty posts are going to say.
Prices checked in August 2026. Tables change, confirm on their site before deciding.
4. Which one to pick
Stay on Buffer if you have the ideas and only need distribution, and especially if the free plan covers your accounts.
Come to ReadyMonth if the month keeps slipping because writing it never happens, and you want it planned, written and approved in one sitting.
Start from the month, not from the post
21 days, no card. Set your pillars once and see what the month looks like written.