Checked 2026-08-26, both sides

Kamply vs Buffer

Buffer is a social media scheduling tool that queues posts across networks and reports on how they performed.

Kamply only: 9
Both or neither: 2
Buffer only: 6

Counted from the 17 capability rows below, price excluded. A row counts for one side only when that product does the thing and the other does not.

Who should buy Buffer

You already have your creative and need a cheap, reliable way to schedule it and track results, on the web or from your phone.

Who should buy Kamply

The hard part is making the work: on-brand posts, carousels and video reels built from your own colour and type tokens.

You pay for Claude Max or ChatGPT Pro ($100+ a month). Kamply runs on it; AI usage is not included.

Finished work, built in the app.

Every piece here was built in Kamply at the size it ships. Sample brands are labelled as such.

NutriScanReel · 9:16

A 16:9 event card: yoghurt, tofu, salmon, chicken and two eggs stacked on a dark field, each labelled with its protein in grams — NutriScanProtein challenge, stacked. In-app event card · 16:9

Four of ten iPhone App Store screenshots: a meal screen with a weight tag per ingredient, a daily diet plan with handwritten notes and red arrows, a recipe screen with two margin notes, and a fasting dial above a row of water glasses — NutriScanAn iPhone set, marked up by hand. App Store screenshots · iPhone

An iPhone set, marked up by hand, 2 of 4 — NutriScanAn iPhone set, marked up by hand. App Store screenshots · iPhone

A 16:9 event card: a hand holding a phone over a salmon bowl, beside a club post showing the meal’s calories and macros — NutriScanA meal, shared to the club. In-app event card · 16:9

A 4:5 post on a dark field: a fan of year-in-review cards, the front one listing an example year of days logged, meals and streaks in lime numerals — NutriScanYour 2026 is already counted. Feed post · 4:5

NutriScanReel · 9:16

A 4:5 ad: a woman eating from a takeaway box at a kitchen counter, above a headline with the price in a green pill and a ticked-off Sunday shopping list — NutriScanRecipes and the shopping list. Feed ad · 4:5

A 4:5 ad: an older woman eating pasta at a table, above a headline with the price in a green pill and a grid of eleven micronutrient chips — NutriScanEleven micronutrients, counted as you log. Feed ad · 4:5

The same App Store header in six languages: a phone showing a logged meal with three ingredient tags beside it. The meal changes per market, from salmon and grilled vegetables in Italian to picanha with rice and beans, meatballs with mash, soba with tempura, dal with roti, and paella — NutriScanOne header, six markets. App Store header · cropped

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Where a product does not publish an answer, the cell says so rather than guessing.

Kamply compared with Buffer, row by row. Checked against each product's own site on 2026-08-26.
Checked 2026-08-26	Kamply	Buffer
Price
Cheapest paid plan	$69/mo	$5/mo per channel
Free plan or trial	No	Yes
Where it runs
Mac desktop app	Yes	No
Runs in a browser	No	Yes
iPhone or Android app	No	Yes
Public API	No	Yes
What it makes
Posts at exact platform ratios	Yes	Partly: Crops for each network
Finished video files	Yes	No
Multi-slide carousels	Yes	Partly: Publishes, doesn't design
Presentation decks	Yes	No
Generates footage with AI models	No	No
How it stays on brand
Reads your site for colour and type	Yes	No
Locks a written brief first	Yes	No
Blocks its own output on failed checks	Yes	No
What happens next
Publishes or schedules for you	No	Yes
Reports on performance	No	Yes
AI avatars or lip-sync	No	No
Files stay on your machine	Yes	No

Kamply's price is the monthly interval; the yearly rate is on the pricing page. Product names and logos belong to their owners and are used here to identify the products being compared.

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Does Kamply replace Buffer?

Not row for row, and this page does not pretend otherwise. You already have your creative and need a cheap, reliable way to schedule it and track results, on the web or from your phone. The hard part is making the work: on-brand posts, carousels and video reels built from your own colour and type tokens.

Is Kamply cheaper than Buffer?

Buffer starts at $5/mo per channel. Kamply is $69 a month, or a yearly rate on the pricing page. They are not the same purchase: read the rows above and decide which set of jobs you are buying.

Can I try either one for free?

Buffer has a free plan. Kamply does not, and there is no free trial either. The way to see it on your own brand before paying is the walkthrough: Akash builds a first direction and you keep the files.

Does Kamply work in a browser like Buffer?

No. Buffer runs in a browser; Kamply is a Mac desktop app and nothing else. There is no web version, no Windows build and no mobile app. If you need to work from a phone or a PC, that is a real reason to pick Buffer.

How current are the facts on this page?

Every cell was checked against the Buffer site on 2026-08-26. Where the product does not publish an answer, the table says "Not published" instead of guessing. If something here is out of date, it is a mistake worth telling us about rather than a claim we are defending.

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