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Agorapulse vs Buffer: which is more reliable? (2026)
Agorapulse and Buffer are effectively tied on reliability (57.2 vs 58.8). Over the last 90 days Agorapulse reported 4 incidents and Buffer reported 21, with effective uptime of 99.07% and 99.23% respectively. Buffer resolves incidents faster on average (3h 36m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Agorapulse | Buffer |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 57.2 | 58.8 |
| Rank (social media management tools) | #8 | #7 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.07% | 99.23% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 4 | 21 |
| Partial / major outages | 1 | 8 |
| Avg time to resolve | 16h 7m | 3h 36m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Agorapulse and Buffer differ
- Buffer reported 5.3× as many incidents as Agorapulse over the last 90 days (21 vs 4).
- Buffer had 8 partial or major outages, compared with 1 for Agorapulse.
- Buffer fixes problems faster: 3h 36m on average, against 16h 7m for Agorapulse (4.5× quicker).
- Agorapulse's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Mar 26, 2026); Buffer's lasted 3d (Jul 13, 2026).
90-day uptime
Agorapulse
Buffer
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
Recent Agorapulse incidents
- Partial outageOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 1d 5h
Affected: Web Application (app.agorapulse.com)
- Degraded performanceSep 28, 2026 · resolved in 1d
App slowness within the publishing part of the tool
Affected: Web Application (app.agorapulse.com), Scheduled posts publishing
- Degraded performanceSep 23, 2026 · resolved in 7h 28m
Links are not displayed within Facebook posts preview
Affected: Web Application (app.agorapulse.com), Scheduled posts publishing
- Degraded performanceSep 16, 2026 · resolved in 3h 3m
Listening Search Creation, Updates, and Sync on Keyword Searches
Affected: Conversations data processing (Inbox & Listening)
Recent Buffer incidents
- Partial outageOct 22, 2026 · resolved in 12m
Affected: Publishing
- InformationalOct 9, 2026 · resolved in 3h 24m
- Degraded performanceOct 8, 2026 · resolved in 1d 3h
Issue Connecting & Refreshing YouTube
Affected: Youtube, Channel connections
- InformationalOct 5, 2026 · resolved in 2m
- Partial outageOct 1, 2026 · resolved in 2h 26m
Issue with publishing to Mastodon accounts hosted on mastodon.social and mastodon.online
Affected: Mastodon, Publishing, Channel connections
- Partial outageSep 25, 2026 · resolved in 1h 20m
Issues with Buffer fully loading
Affected: Channel connections, Settings, Community, Analytics
Other social media management tools to consider
- Planable · #1 · 99.98% uptime
- Later · #2 · 99.89% uptime
- SocialBee · #3 · 100% uptime
- Vista Social · #4 · 99.86% uptime
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