Agorapulse vs Vista Social Comparison 2026
Agorapulse and Vista Social both start at $79 a month, which makes the choice about the job rather than the price. Agorapulse puts every comment, mention and message from four networks into one shared inbox a team can assign and close. Vista Social publishes to eight, including Reddit and Google Business Profile, which most schedulers skip, but prices listening and review management as separate add-ons rather than folding them in. Pick on how many networks are actually in use and whether the inbox has to be the whole point.
One inbox for every comment and message
Covers the networks the older schedulers skip
At a glance
- Only Agorapulse has a free tier.
Side by side
Agorapulse | Vista Social | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $79 | From $79 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Not stated | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial (they differ) | 30 days | 14 days |
Agorapulse
One inbox for every comment and message
Agorapulse treats the social inbox as the main job and scheduling as the thing you do around it. Comments, ad comments, mentions and messages land in one queue that can be assigned, answered and closed, which is the difference between a team of two and a person with eleven tabs open. Reporting is the other half, and it is built to be sent to somebody who did not do the work. Pricing is per user, so the size of the team is what decides the bill.
Only on this side
- Covers dm & comment automation
Vista Social
Covers the networks the older schedulers skip
Vista Social publishes to the list most schedulers stop short of, Reddit and Google Business Profile included, and it prices review management and social listening as separate products rather than folding them into a top tier nobody reaches. The plan you start on carries a profile count and a user count, both of which are what actually runs out first. For somebody posting to more than four networks it is usually cheaper than the incumbent it replaces.
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Why people weigh these two
- Vista Social instead of Agorapulse
- Vista Social covers the networks the older schedulers skip, from $79 after a trial, the same price point as Agorapulse.
- Agorapulse instead of Vista Social
- Agorapulse centers on one inbox for every comment and message, with a free tier and paid plans from $79, if unified replies matter more than covering Reddit and Google Business Profile.
Which one should you pick
Choose Agorapulse if the job is a small team answering people on Facebook, Instagram, Threads and X, and the shared inbox has to be the center of the product rather than an add-on. Standard is $79 per user a month with a free tier behind it that keeps working past the 30-day trial, and social listening ships inside the plan rather than costing extra.
Choose Vista Social if four networks are not enough. It publishes to Reddit and Google Business Profile as well as the usual list, and Standard also opens at $79 a month for a set number of profiles and users. Listening is a $75-a-month add-on here rather than included, and review management is priced as its own product, so a team wanting Agorapulse's all-in-one inbox will find Vista Social's extras add up fast.
Common questions
- Do both tools cost the same to start?
- Yes, both open at $79 a month, though Agorapulse's figure is per user and Vista Social's Standard plan sets a fixed profile and user count for that price. Compare what each $79 actually includes rather than the number alone.
- Which one posts to Reddit and Google Business Profile?
- Vista Social. Those are two of the networks most schedulers stop short of, and Vista Social treats them as first class. Agorapulse's platform list stops at Facebook, Instagram, Threads and X.
- Is social listening included in either one?
- It is included in Agorapulse's plans at no extra cost. Vista Social sells it separately at $75 a month, on top of whichever Standard, Professional or Advanced tier is already being paid for.
- Which is built for replying to comments as a team?
- Agorapulse. Comments, ad comments, mentions and messages land in one inbox a team can assign and close, which is the entire premise of the product. Vista Social's reply tools exist, but its reason to exist is the extra networks, not the inbox.
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