# Vista Social

> Social media management with inbox, DM automations and reviews

Vista Social is a social media management platform that schedules posts, runs a shared inbox with DM automations, monitors and answers reviews, and reports on profiles and competitors. Plans are set by the number of social profiles and users included, from 15 profiles and 2 users upward. Listening across the web, employee advocacy and X are sold as add-ons.

- **Category:** Social Media Schedulers
- **Made by:** Vista Social LLC (since 2022)
- **Website:** https://vistasocial.com
- **Runs on:** Web, macOS, iOS, Android, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026

## Pricing

Vista Social is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $99 per month for up to 15 social profiles, billed monthly ($950 yearly).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** 14-day free trial, no credit card needed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Professional | $99 per month for up to 15 social profiles, billed monthly ($950 yearly) | 2 users, unlimited scheduling, 1,000 AI credits a month, 10 shared calendars, the social inbox and standard reports. |
| Advanced | $199 per month for up to 30 social profiles, billed monthly ($1,910 yearly) | 3 users, custom fields, smart scheduling, multi-stage approvals, advanced reporting, DM automations and 2,000 AI credits a month. |
| Scale | $449 per month for up to 70 social profiles, billed monthly ($4,310 yearly) | 4 users, client profile connection, 3,500 AI credits a month, and extra profiles sold in packs of 10. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Unlimited profiles, 8 or more users, single sign-on, 1-on-1 training and a dedicated account manager. |

Read from https://vistasocial.com/pricing/ on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Vista Social before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **20% off with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Yearly billing costs $950 for Professional, $1,910 for Advanced and $4,310 for Scale, against $99, $199 and $449 a month billed monthly. Source: https://vistasocial.com/pricing/
- **Up to 50% off for nonprofits** (Nonprofit): Registered nonprofits get up to 50% off the Professional and Advanced plans after sending proof of status, such as a 501(c)(3) letter. Source: https://vistasocial.com/nonprofits/

## Key features

- **Publishing and calendar:** Posts for Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Threads, YouTube, Reddit and Snapchat are planned on a calendar, with bulk scheduling and optimal-time suggestions.
- **Shared inbox:** Comments and messages arrive in one inbox with internal notes, labels, saved replies and task assignment, so messages can be handed to a teammate and tracked.
- **DM automations:** Automated direct-message flows collect leads from comments and messages; Advanced and up add the advanced automations, with contact limits from 10,000.
- **Review management:** Reviews from sites such as Yelp, TripAdvisor, OpenTable, Trustpilot and the app stores are monitored and answered from the same dashboard, with review reports.
- **Reports:** Profile, post, web analytics, review and competitor reports on every plan, with scheduled and downloadable reports.
- **AI credits and MCP:** Monthly AI credits draft posts and replies (1,000 on Professional to 3,500 on Scale), and an MCP connector links AI assistants to the account.

## Good for

- Agencies managing many client profiles with a small team
- Local and multi-location businesses that also answer online reviews
- Brands using DM automations to collect leads from comments

## Worth knowing

- There is no free plan, only a 14-day trial.
- Users are capped at 2 on Professional, 3 on Advanced and 4 on Scale; more users and profiles cost extra.
- X (Twitter) is a $29 a month add-on on every plan.
- Listening across social, web and news starts at $75 a month, and employee advocacy at $199 a month for 25 employees.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Vista Social packs a lot into one price: 15 profiles, a shared inbox with task assignment, DM automations, replies to Yelp and Trustpilot reviews, and a Mac app. It starts at $950 a year, about $79 a month, which is the dear end of this category. X is $29 a month on top.

- **Value for money: C.** Professional is $950 a year, about $79 a month, for 15 profiles and 2 users, which covers a team of two. That's above this category's $58 dearer quarter but under the $99 where the dearest tenth starts. X is another $29 a month.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** No free plan, but a 14-day trial with no card needed.
- **Features: B.** Publishing to 9 networks, an inbox with notes and assignment, DM automations, review management for Yelp, TripAdvisor and the app stores, and competitor reports on every plan. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job.
- **Ease of use: C.** There's no App Store rating on record for us to go by, and there's a lot to switch on: profiles, inbox, automations and review sites. So it gets the ordinary grade.
- **Platforms and integrations: A.** Web, a Mac app, iPhone, Android and a browser extension, with Canva, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Zendesk, Slack, Zapier, Looker Studio and an MCP connector. That's the full spread.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Vista Social's own pages on 17 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among social media schedulers

- Vista Social's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 15 of the 19 other social media schedulers we grade, and level with 3.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (A, above 19 of 19) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $99 a month, against a middle price of $27.25 for the category: 18 of the 19 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 3.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/social-media

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Vista Social you would be making one mailbox that several people work at once. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.6 is higher than 15 of the 19 other social media schedulers we grade. It costs $1,188 a year.

- You could make: Calendar and reports: an app builder makes these well.
- You could not: One mailbox that several people work at once.
- You could not: Apps for macOS, iOS and Android that stay in step with each other.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Canva, Google Drive and Dropbox among them.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Canva, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Zendesk, Slack, Zapier, Looker Studio

**Tags:** Calendar, Shared inbox, Reports, AI features

## Alternatives

- [Sprout Social](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sprout-social): Social media management with a shared inbox, listening and reports. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sprout-social-vs-vista-social)
- [Agorapulse](https://toolgpa.com/tools/agorapulse): Social media inbox, publishing and ROI reports, priced per user. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/agorapulse-vs-vista-social)
- [Sendible](https://toolgpa.com/tools/sendible): Social media management for agencies, with unlimited users. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/sendible-vs-vista-social)
- [Hootsuite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hootsuite): Social media suite for publishing, inbox, listening and reports. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hootsuite-vs-vista-social)
- [SocialPilot](https://toolgpa.com/tools/socialpilot): Social media scheduler for agencies and small teams, priced by plan. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/socialpilot-vs-vista-social)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026:

- https://vistasocial.com/pricing/
- https://vistasocial.com/social-media-engagement/
- https://vistasocial.com/nonprofits/
- https://vistasocial.com/about/
- https://vistasocial.com/desktop/
- https://vistasocial.com/extensions/
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/vista-social/id1623203443
- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vistasocial.android

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