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Buffer vs Planable: which is more reliable? (2026)
Planable is more reliable than Buffer, scoring 95.0 vs 58.8 out of 100. Over the last 90 days Buffer reported 21 incidents and Planable reported 1, with effective uptime of 99.23% and 99.98% respectively. Planable resolves incidents faster on average (2h 19m).
Data updated Nov 1, 2026 · How we score
| Metric | Buffer | Planable |
|---|---|---|
| Reliability score | 58.8 | 95.0 |
| Rank (social media management tools) | #7 | #1 |
| Uptime (90 days) | 99.23% | 99.98% |
| Incidents (90 days) | 21 | 1 |
| Partial / major outages | 8 | 0 |
| Avg time to resolve | 3h 36m | 2h 19m |
| Outages we detected | 0 | 0 |
| Transparency score | 100/100 | 100/100 |
Where Buffer and Planable differ
- Buffer reported 21× as many incidents as Planable over the last 90 days (21 vs 1).
- Buffer had 8 partial or major outages, compared with 0 for Planable.
- Planable fixes problems faster: 2h 19m on average, against 3h 36m for Buffer.
- Buffer's longest outage on record lasted 3d (Jul 13, 2026); Planable's lasted 3h 51m (Jun 12, 2026).
90-day uptime
Buffer
Planable
- No incidents
- Degraded
- Partial outage
- Major outage
- No data
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
Recent Planable incidents
- Degraded performanceSep 7, 2026 · resolved in 2h 19m
Other social media management tools to consider
- Later · #2 · 99.89% uptime
- SocialBee · #3 · 100% uptime
- Vista Social · #4 · 99.86% uptime
- Sprout Social · #5 · 99.68% uptime
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