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            "tagline": "Social inbox, publishing and reporting for social teams",
            "summary": "Agorapulse is a subscription social media management tool with a shared inbox, publishing and scheduling, listening, reporting and an AI sidekick called Archie. Plans are priced per user, and it offers a 30-day free trial.",
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                "Shared inbox for messages and comments",
                "Bulk scheduling of up to 200 posts from CSV",
                "Archie turns content into social posts"
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                "Priced per user, so larger teams pay more",
                "Multi-step approvals sit on higher plans"
            ],
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            "overview": "Agorapulse groups its features into inbox, publishing, listening, ROI and reporting. The inbox gathers messages and comments from connected accounts, and the publishing tools schedule posts and bulk-schedule up to 200 posts from a CSV file. The listening tool tracks conversations about a brand and its competitors. Archie turns articles, webinars and videos into on-brand social posts, and PulseLink is its link-in-bio tool.\n\nPlans are priced per user, with a Standard tier built for social media managers who handle their accounts alone. Higher plans add multi-step approvals and advanced listening. The company offers a 30-day free trial with no credit card, and it supports Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest and TikTok."
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            "page": "https://listme.name/software/buffer",
            "tagline": "Social media scheduling and publishing with a free plan",
            "summary": "Buffer is a social media scheduling tool that publishes posts to connected channels, handles replies in a community view and reports on performance. Its free plan covers three channels, and paid plans charge per channel.",
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                "Approval workflows on the Team plan"
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                "Per-channel pricing adds up for many accounts",
                "Free plan caps scheduled posts per channel"
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            "overview": "Buffer schedules posts to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Threads, Pinterest, Google Business Profile, Bluesky, Mastodon and Substack from one calendar. Its Community view lets you reply to your audience, Insights reports on performance, and Start Page builds a link-in-bio page. An AI Assistant helps draft and repurpose posts.\n\nThe free plan connects up to three channels with a fixed number of scheduled posts per channel. Paid plans charge for the channels you use, in Essentials and Team tiers. Team plans include approval workflows, so a reviewer can check drafts before they publish. An API and a Zapier integration suit teams that automate publishing."
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        "Only Buffer runs on iOS.",
        "Only Buffer runs on Android.",
        "Buffer has a free plan or free version; Agorapulse does not.",
        "Agorapulse: subscription. Buffer: free plan, paid upgrades."
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