Adobe Social vs. Vista Social

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Adobe Social
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Social, incorporates technology from Context Optional and Efficient Frontier. Adobe acquired Facebook advertising-management platform Efficient Frontier in November. Six months earlier, Efficient Frontier had acquired Facebook page-management platform Context Optional. Adobe Social is an enterprise social platform competing with Buddy Media and Involver, enabling things like automated content marketing and social sweepstakes and competitions. Customers tend to be medium to large…N/A
Vista Social
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Vista Social is a social media management platform that offers features such as schedule of content, managing conversations through a universal inbox, managing reviews, social listening and reporting.
$79
per month
Pricing
Adobe SocialVista Social
Editions & Modules
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Professional
$79
per month
Advanced
$149
per month
Scale
$379
per month
Enterprise
$379
per month
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Adobe SocialVista Social
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
Adobe SocialVista Social
Features
Adobe SocialVista Social
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.4
Ratings
4% below category average
Vista Social
9.1
Ratings
16% above category average
Boolean keyword searches7.50 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam7.50 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Sentiment analysis7.50 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Broad channel coverage7.00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.4
Ratings
8% below category average
Vista Social
9.5
Ratings
17% above category average
Content planning and scheduling7.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Audience targeting7.50 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Content optimization7.50 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Workflow management7.50 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.7
Ratings
3% below category average
Vista Social
9.1
Ratings
14% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization7.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories8.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Bulk actions7.50 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
8.0
Ratings
3% above category average
Vista Social
9.0
Ratings
15% above category average
Lead generation8.00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Content marketing8.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Paid media management8.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions8.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.9
Ratings
6% below category average
Vista Social
9.4
Ratings
11% above category average
Twitter8.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Facebook8.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
LinkedIn7.50 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Google+7.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Instagram8.50 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Pinterest8.00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
YouTube8.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.8
Ratings
1% below category average
Vista Social
9.2
Ratings
15% above category average
Campaign success analytics8.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Real-time tracking7.50 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Competitor analysis8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Adobe Social
7.3
Ratings
9% below category average
Vista Social
9.2
Ratings
14% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges7.50 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Mobile access7.00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Social Suite by Reputation.com
Score 9.4 out of 10
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Adobe SocialVista Social
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
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9.5
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
5.4
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10.0
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Usability
8.5
(0 ratings)
9.6
(0 ratings)
Availability
7.0
(0 ratings)
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Performance
5.0
(0 ratings)
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Support Rating
8.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
6.0
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
5.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Adobe SocialVista Social
Likelihood to Recommend
For intricate, complex organizations who dynamically fuse social and digital - Adobe Social is great. A methodical approach to social and its integration to other aspects of the company is needed. Furthermore, there must be buy in for many departments and the aptitude in those departments to learn how to use the tool - and then actually do it. There are many hurdles for most companies. It is NOT a tool for fast-paced social brands who want to react and measure in real time.
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When you start working with Vista Social, every major feature is well documented and has an intuitive onboarding with helpful steps. So is a good feature by itself when scaling your team is needed. The other one, on a similar line, is the live preview of the post, which helped us fine tuning the posts quickly and with no surprises. In my experience with the platform —I haven’t come across anything that didn’t do what it was supposed to.
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Pros
  • Provide extensive Social Media listening so we can evaluate new ways we can enhance our card member experience and constantly evaluate the needs of our card members.
  • Provides detailed and in depth analytics so we can make smarter Social Media decisions.
  • Allows us to provide content across multiple Social Media platforms.
  • Provides sentiment of engagement
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  • The design and layout of the site is simple, with the options to click through the different tools on the left hand side of the page. What I liked most about Vista Social is the ability to combine all the different tools that a social media manager needs into one platform.
  • I typically use various different apps and platforms to write down notes, assign tasks to different team members, and look at my overall content calendar for the month. It is brilliant that Vista Social is able to combine all of these into one platform.
  • When first signing up to Vista Social and exploring the platform, each page offers you a walkthrough of all of the tools available to you, which is really handy, as well as a customer support section on the right bottom hand corner.
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Cons
  • Editing a scheduled post is problematic in terms of content or just date/time
  • Reliability: I have experienced various glitches. Yesterday it would not let me attach a link to a post.
  • Ability to tag a Facebook page and other missing functionality.
  • Instagram.
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  • I think the price is quite high compared to hiring a person for the same task. This may put one off from purchasing as with a bit more time you can do the same job yourself or with an employee for much less
  • In my opinion, the interface is rather complicated visually and doesn't have an appeal. It is cramped with so many features that provide a sense of confusion whilst starting off
  • In my experience, the tutorials do leave a few questions afterwards regarding set up and this can take more time to figure out by yourself.
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Likelihood to Renew
I wasn't in charge of making the actual management decision, but I would absolutely renew Adobe Social. As I mentioned, it provides strong and in-depth analytics and listening tools. The reports that it generates are very thorough and easy to read. I loved the platform and would recommend it to anyone
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Very effective, efficient and an integral part of our daily work. Our team members are more productive and motivated to finish projects.
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Usability
The reason why I give this rating is that the overall platform is simple to use. You don't need to be tech-savvy or have a vast understanding of how to work a marketing tool. It is very simple to use compared to different platforms and you learn a lot of different ways to build your business.
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It's just perfect in all point because you have everything to manage your business. Keypoint is really message automatisation cause you can send message and take your time on an another point. The fact to schedule your post is also a very good point and very usefull on LinkedIn bye exemple.
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Support Rating
The reason why I give this a 9 out of 10 in terms of support is because of the mobile app functionality. I have had many issues in terms of logging in and also loading pages. The app overall is easy to use but at what cost? Other than that it is great and I still enjoy Adobe Social.
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Online Training
Training was long and a little confusing. While a number of features carried over, they were still covered in this elongated training. It would have been nice to have training tailored to experience level with the product.
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Implementation Rating
The implementation was done during our POC. We had a very mixed experience here, and have had some issues arise since based on the way the tool was implemented. An Adobe employee went ahead and made a change to our account that was unauthorized (helpful for our implementation) which caused issues in on boarding another team who needed the same change, but could not get it done without costly Adobe certification
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Alternatives Considered
I don't really use many types of Adobe products however I used photoshop in the past and in terms of similarities they don't have much since it is for different purposes. The one thing they are great at is functionality. Many features and ways to finish the job effectively but overall great!
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While they all offer basic scheduling and publishing, Vista Social stands out by combining content creation (with Canva), AI-powered captions, inbox management, task organization, and performance tracking , all in one platform. It saves time and gives me more control, without needing to jump between multiple tools.
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Return on Investment
  • Although we chose Adobe Social believing it could provide ROI metrics we could not get elsewhere, that turned out not to be the case. Site Catalyst can give us everything we need without Adobe Social
  • Adobe Social did not create greater efficiencies and speed up our activity within social media. In fact, it has done the oppposite. It is very cumbersome with little clear benefit.
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  • The DM automation feature means we're not missing out on important messages when we're off the clock (after hours essentially), which is a huge advantage in hospitality where response time is everything.
  • In most cases, time is money, and being able to manage all our platforms from one place has cut down hours of switching between apps and tabs. That in itself has boosted our company's productivity and allowed the team to respond faster to guests and potential leads.
  • The real-time insights and mentions helps us tweak content and react to trends quicker, which has increased our visibility and bookings.
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