Publer vs Vista Social Comparison 2026
Publer prices by social account with a real free plan, $5 a month per account, or $4 annually, covering Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Threads, TikTok, X and YouTube, but not Reddit or Google Business Profile. Vista Social publishes to those two as well, the networks most schedulers stop short of, with no free tier at all, Standard at $79 a month, or $64 billed yearly, for a set profile and user count. Publer is cheaper and broader for the platforms it does cover; Vista Social costs more but reaches the networks older schedulers refuse to support, which is its entire reason to exist by its own description.
Scheduling priced per account, not per seat
Covers the networks the older schedulers skip
At a glance
- Publer starts cheaper, at $5.
- Only Publer has a free tier.
Side by side
Publer | Vista Social | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $5 | From $79 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial (they differ) | 7 days | 14 days |
Publer
Scheduling priced per account, not per seat
Publer schedules to most of the networks a creator actually posts on and prices by social account rather than by seat, with every tenth account free. Recycling and auto-scheduling matter more than the calendar view for anyone running an archive of evergreen posts. The free plan is a real one, with the caveat that it will not connect X and keeps published posts for a day. Paid plans add the workspace, the bulk tools and unlimited scheduling.
Our note
Work out your account count first, because that is what the bill scales on and it is where this beats the per-seat tools. If X is central to what you post, note that it needs a paid plan here for reasons Publer attributes to the network's own API cost.
Only on this side
- Works with Pinterest
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.
Why people weigh these two
- Vista Social instead of Publer
- Vista Social reaches newer networks that older schedulers skip, from $79 on a trial with no free plan, a pricier trade against Publer's $5-per-account model for the extra platform coverage.
- Publer instead of Vista Social
- Publer prices scheduling per account rather than per seat, with a free tier and plans from $5, the budget option next to Vista Social's per-profile-and-user plan.
Which one should you pick
Pick Publer if your accounts sit within its eight supported networks and per-account pricing with a real free plan matters most. Professional is $5 a month per account, or $4 annually, with every tenth account free automatically.
Pick Vista Social if you are publishing to more than four networks and specifically need Reddit or Google Business Profile, which Publer does not reach at all. Standard is $79 a month, or $64 billed yearly, and review management, listening and employee advocacy are priced as separate add-on products rather than folded into a top tier nobody reaches.
Common questions
- Does Publer publish to Reddit or Google Business Profile like Vista Social does?
- No, those two networks are not in Publer's supported list. Vista Social's own listing calls reaching them the reason to look at it at all, since most schedulers stop short of supporting them.
- Which is cheaper, Publer or Vista Social?
- Publer, considerably: it has a free plan and charges $5 a month per account after that. Vista Social has no free tier, starting at $79 a month, or $64 billed yearly, for a set profile and user count.
- Does Vista Social handle review management like some larger tools?
- Yes, but priced as its own separate product rather than folded into a plan, replying to Google and Facebook reviews from the same inbox as comments. Publer's listing does not describe a comparable review management feature.
- Which is better for someone posting to only two or three networks?
- Publer, likely, given its per-account pricing and free plan. Vista Social's own listing frames itself as the better choice specifically for publishing to more than four networks, particularly when two of them are the ones older schedulers skip.
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