# Buffer API + MCP vs Pamba (slim)

> Buffer scores 67.9 (B) to Pamba's 41.2 (E) for social posting. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Buffer API + MCP scores 67.9 (B) on agent readiness against Pamba's 41.2 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Pamba leads on agent ergonomics and payments & pricing. Both do social posting.

- Buffer API + MCP: B 67.9, rank #408 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/buffer.min.md
- Pamba: E 41.2, rank #1334 of 1524 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pamba.min.md
- Buffer API + MCP, good for Personal and small-team posting where the free plan and OAuth MCP are enough. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 45; Security & auth, 56 against 35; Transparency & trust, 75 against 28. Also Free to start without a card; No incidents deducted, where Pamba loses 15 points for them.
- Pamba, good for Not recommended for the managed accounts. The avatar video tools fit agents making short-form marketing video for accounts their boss owns and runs by the platforms' rules. Ahead on Agent ergonomics, 75 against 65; Payments & pricing, 53 against 45.

| Category | Buffer API + MCP | Pamba |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 75 | 45 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 86 | 84 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 65 | 75 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 56 | 35 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 45 | 53 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 73 | 70 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 75 | 28 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Buffer API + MCP | Pamba |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Buffer | Pamba |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.buffer.com` | `https://api.pamba.app/mcp` |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Licence | none | Closed service. No terms of service or privacy policy published; an acceptable use policy only |
| Tools exposed | 19 | 407 |
| Last release | 2026-10-22 | 2026-11-11 |
| Terms last updated | 2024-09-30 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2024-09-30 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not read yet |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not read yet |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes | not read yet |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not read yet |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not read yet |
| Popularity | 687 npm/wk | none |
| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | none |

Why the edge:
- Transparency & trust, Buffer API + MCP +47: Buffer API + MCP 75 (Closed service with published terms (15).); Pamba 28 (Closed service with no terms of service: /terms answered 404, and only an acceptable use policy (dated 6 July 2026) is published, with no legal entity named any…)
- Reliability, Buffer API + MCP +30: Buffer API + MCP 75 (Status page at status.buffer.com, now on incident.io, with Buffer API and Buffer MCP components (20).); Pamba 45 (Graded as a hosted service.)
- Security & auth, Buffer API + MCP +21: Buffer API + MCP 56 (Hosted MCP and App Clients use OAuth 2.0 with PKCE and 11 scopes, among them posts:read and insights:read.); Pamba 35 (OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration on Pamba's own authorisation server, with one scope, pamba:projects, covering everything, and a workspace ch…)
- Agent ergonomics, Pamba +10: Buffer API + MCP 65 (19 MCP tools (17 named in the MCP guide, which says two generic tools reach the rest of the GraphQL API) with no toolsets (15), and GraphQL field selection lets…); Pamba 75 (Read on the MCP server.)
- Payments & pricing, Pamba +8: Buffer API + MCP 45 (No x402 or other machine payment (0).); Pamba 53 (No x402, MPP or L402 (0).)