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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Vista Social

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AVista 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

    Zoho Social

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AZoho Social is a comprehensive social media management platform designed for businesses of all sizes and agencies. It is used to schedule and publish posts, manage conversations—including direct messages, comments, and mentions—across multiple platforms, track keywords, competitors, and hashtags, and generate reports from one dashboard. Supported platforms: Meta (Facebook, Instagram, and Threads), Google Business Profile, YouTube, Pinterest, Mastodon, X (formerly Twitter),…

    $15

    per month

    Pricing
    Vista SocialZoho Social
    Editions & Modules
    Professional
    $79
    per month
    Advanced
    $149
    per month
    Scale
    $379
    per month
    Enterprise
    $379
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Free
    $0
    per month per user
    Standard
    $15
    per month per user
    Professional
    $40
    per month per user
    Premium
    $65
    per month 3 users
    Agency
    $320
    per month 5 users
    Agency Plus
    $460
    per month 5 users
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Vista SocialZoho Social
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.Add Ons Users at $10 / user / month Brands $10 / brand / month Discount available for annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    Vista SocialZoho Social
    Considered Both Products
    Vista Social
    No answer on this topic
    Zoho
    Chose Zoho Social
    Zoho Social is more practical. It has the features we need. We just want to share content on our social media accounts and view the post-share stats. The integration process is easy, the sharing process is easy, and these are the key features we need at the moment. Also, we can …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    40 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    320 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    300 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    40 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    317 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    35 Answers
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    287 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    39 Answers
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    307 Answers
    Features
    Vista SocialZoho Social
    Listening/monitoring
    Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Vista Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Vista Social
    9.1
    14 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Zoho Social
    8.1
    372 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Boolean keyword searches9.29 Ratings00 Ratings
    Filtering out noise/spam8.810 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sentiment analysis8.912 Ratings7.9266 Ratings
    Broad channel coverage9.713 Ratings8.3366 Ratings
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of Vista Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Vista Social
    9.5
    18 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Zoho Social
    8.9
    446 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Content planning and scheduling10.018 Ratings9.2444 Ratings
    Audience targeting9.116 Ratings8.4313 Ratings
    Content optimization9.217 Ratings8.9366 Ratings
    Workflow management9.817 Ratings00 Ratings
    Engagement
    Comparison of Engagement features of Vista Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Vista Social
    9.1
    15 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zoho Social
    8.6
    361 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Automated routing and prioritization9.013 Ratings8.3306 Ratings
    Customer interaction histories9.115 Ratings8.8340 Ratings
    Bulk actions9.115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of Vista Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Vista Social
    9.0
    15 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Zoho Social
    8.9
    313 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Lead generation8.712 Ratings8.6233 Ratings
    Content marketing9.414 Ratings9.1304 Ratings
    Paid media management8.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaigns and promotions8.913 Ratings00 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Vista Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Vista Social
    9.4
    16 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Zoho Social
    9.2
    437 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Twitter9.416 Ratings9.2389 Ratings
    Facebook9.416 Ratings9.2428 Ratings
    LinkedIn9.416 Ratings9.2384 Ratings
    Google+9.013 Ratings9.3247 Ratings
    Instagram9.616 Ratings9.3359 Ratings
    Pinterest9.313 Ratings00 Ratings
    YouTube9.315 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Vista Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Vista Social
    9.2
    17 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Zoho Social
    8.4
    358 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Campaign success analytics9.517 Ratings8.6356 Ratings
    Real-time tracking9.216 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitor analysis9.012 Ratings8.2219 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of Vista Social and Zoho Social
    Feature
    Vista Social
    9.2
    14 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zoho Social
    9.1
    391 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges9.313 Ratings9.1298 Ratings
    Mobile access9.114 Ratings9.2373 Ratings
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    Vista SocialZoho Social
    Small Businesses
    Sendible
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Sprout Social
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Vista Social
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
    Salesforce Marketing Cloud Social Studio (discontinued)
    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Vista SocialZoho Social
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.5
    (19 ratings)
    9.2
    (452 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    Usability
    9.6
    (11 ratings)
    9.2
    (279 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.3
    (220 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Vista SocialZoho Social
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Vista Social
    When I need to schedule a full week of posts for multiple clients. the calendar view makes it fast and clear. When a client sends last-minute edits, I can quickly reschedule or update posts by dragging them in the calendar. When I’m short on time I use the AI tools to generate quick captions and adjust them to fit the brand voice. When I manage comments and DMs I reply to everything from one inbox, without switching platforms. When planning content, I use Canva inside Vista Social and publish directly, which saves a lot of time.
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    Zoho
    We have a few videos to share on our social media accounts: Linked in, facebook, instagram, twitter, youtube, another personal youtube account, and tiktok. First of the videos will be shared now, but the second one should be shared 3 hours later, and the third one 6 hours later. Also, with some text, on each share... You give this job to a personnel and thrust they will be fast enough to login those accounts and share the content almost at the same time, with no mistakes on the texts we use, and you thing you are done, right? It doesn't work that way in real life situations. However, you can share the same text and video to every platform momentarily by clicking a button by Zoho Social. you can also schedule posts to be shared later at a certain time and date. Now, you can concentrate to develop the character and details of your campaign. And, also, now, you have a personnel who can be useful at some other work
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    Pros
    Vista Social
    • 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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    Zoho
    • Zoho Social helps us develop posts, and it facilitates the automated publishing, which is vital in sharing the content we want.
    • Besides, Zoho Social is fruitful in customer engagement plan, where the software manages different accounts, and there is free communications throughout.
    • Finally, there is social media evaluation, monitoring, and analytics, and all of them brings to us an inference that is accurate and digital.
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    Cons
    Vista Social
    • 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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    Zoho
    • I wanted to use the ability to have Zoho queue the posts, but I wanted to choose the start time of the first post for a few days in the future and I did not find an easy way to set that.
    • I wish there were a box with a cheat sheet of the sizes that each social media platform allows for it's video and pictures in the dialogue box for posting so I can be sure to choose appropriate content.
    • I do think it's a bit expensive, especially for my needs, but I like the ease of use. I will continue to do what I can to get this service discounted until I can no longer afford it.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Vista Social
    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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    Zoho
    Zoho Social is the BEST! I have found the perfect solution to social media marketing! It is extremely affordable and I highly recommend it! Create a post once and post it to 5 or more social media platforms! LOVE IT!! :)
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    Usability
    Vista Social
    Since the platform is user-friendly and easy to navigate, start using it and making content creation feel effortless. The dashboard and each module for content management and creation it has the visual hierarchies in place. Building, customizing and exporting reports to PDF facilitate the journey with the clients. Its overall usability is well rounded for such large and powerful tool.
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    Zoho
    The reason behind assigning this rating stems from the software's remarkable ability to seamlessly integrate intricate functionalities with an incredibly user-friendly interface. It strikes an exceptional balance between sophisticated features and ease of use, making it a standout solution in its category. The software's attention to user experience, coupled with its comprehensive project tracking capabilities, has undoubtedly left a positive impression. This rating reflects my appreciation for how effortlessly it empowers teams to manage projects, collaborate effectively, and achieve their goals with utmost efficiency
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    Support Rating
    Vista Social
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    I have not needed support for Zoho Social. This comment requirement is confusing to me as I must find text to fill the requirement of a minimum of 50 words. There should be a non-applicable button that allows either user to skip a question or then require a shorter explanation like in my first sentence. Geez, now I have to give a rating while never using the feature.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Vista Social
    It's reasonably priced compared to others and offers more capabilities for creating and implementing marketing campaigns. For example, social listening, reputation management, and employee advocacy are all tools it has that I haven't found in the previous ones. It also supports all marketing campaigns, not just social media.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Social is a great social media management tool that allows businesses, and individuals, to manage multiple social media accounts, schedule posts, track analytics, and engage with followers. It competes well with other social media management tools such as Hootsuite, Buffer, Sprout Social, Agora Pulse, and Hubspot. Zoho Social stands out for its integration capabilities with other Zoho applications and affordability for small to medium-sized businesses. Each tool has its own strengths and weaknesses, and businesses should evaluate them based on their specific needs and goals. The biggest fallacy for Zoho is its restriction on scheduling tools on the free plan who have social and personal needs. I believe this can be circumvented by Zoho periodically making an advertisement to one's feed.
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    Return on Investment
    Vista Social
    • 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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    Zoho
    • I had a month-long delay in launching my website. Zoho Social allowed me to continue to build an audience and anticipation while the website technical issues were worked out.
    • The free trial meant I could give it a good try before spending any of my precious startup budget.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Zoho Social Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Zoho Social interface, which appears when logging into an account. It provides navigation to switch between brands, monitor follower growth, and analyze post performance across connected channels—offering a unified view of an organization's social media health, posts, and interactions.Screenshot of the interface to publish content across all connected channels at once, or by selecting specific ones individually. It also offers the option to schedule posts for later or use SmartQ to automatically pick the best time for optimal engagement.Screenshot of the interface to manage all social media conversations, including direct messages, comments, and mentions, across all channels in a single unified inbox.Screenshot of the Monitor feature, used to track keywords, relevant accounts, and content, with notifications.Screenshot of an example of Zoho Social's data-driven insights, used to crunch numbers and generate reports.Screenshot of the Social Media Calendar, used to plan and deliver experiences.