PLANOLY is a social marketing platform boasting over 5 million users to visually plan, schedule, and measure performance across Instagram and Pinterest.
$16
per month
Vista Social
Score 9.6 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.
What really made Vista Social stand out to me was the price. I was previously using Buffer and decided to give it a try when it was running a deal. Although it was a challenge to get the hang of at first, I'm glad that I did.
Features
PLANOLY
Vista Social
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
10.0
1 Ratings
27% above category average
Vista Social
9.6
64 Ratings
23% above category average
Boolean keyword searches
10.01 Ratings
9.550 Ratings
Sentiment analysis
10.01 Ratings
9.557 Ratings
Broad channel coverage
10.01 Ratings
9.759 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam
00 Ratings
9.550 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
10.0
2 Ratings
21% above category average
Vista Social
9.6
71 Ratings
17% above category average
Content planning and scheduling
10.02 Ratings
9.971 Ratings
Audience targeting
10.01 Ratings
9.565 Ratings
Content optimization
10.01 Ratings
9.667 Ratings
Workflow management
10.01 Ratings
9.567 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
8.1
2 Ratings
0% above category average
Vista Social
9.4
68 Ratings
15% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization
10.01 Ratings
9.363 Ratings
Customer interaction histories
7.12 Ratings
9.566 Ratings
Bulk actions
7.12 Ratings
9.463 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
8.1
2 Ratings
5% above category average
Vista Social
9.4
63 Ratings
20% above category average
Lead generation
7.01 Ratings
9.352 Ratings
Content marketing
7.12 Ratings
9.760 Ratings
Paid media management
10.01 Ratings
9.353 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions
8.12 Ratings
9.553 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
10.0
2 Ratings
18% above category average
Vista Social
9.7
67 Ratings
15% above category average
Twitter
10.01 Ratings
9.764 Ratings
Facebook
10.02 Ratings
9.767 Ratings
LinkedIn
10.01 Ratings
9.866 Ratings
Instagram
10.02 Ratings
9.865 Ratings
Pinterest
10.02 Ratings
9.558 Ratings
Google+
00 Ratings
9.550 Ratings
YouTube
00 Ratings
9.759 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
PLANOLY
8.1
2 Ratings
5% above category average
Vista Social
9.5
65 Ratings
21% above category average
Campaign success analytics
8.12 Ratings
9.662 Ratings
Real-time tracking
8.12 Ratings
9.662 Ratings
Competitor analysis
00 Ratings
9.553 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Planoly is perfect for managing social media accounts for business or public figures. It would work great for personal use as well but maybe wouldn't be as necessary. For business purposes, it changes the game! Having something that is easy to teach colleagues to use is one of the most important features I looked for when choosing a social media management platform
Vista Social is well-suited for small to mid-sized teams that manage multiple social platforms and need to handle messages, comments, and mentions efficiently from a single inbox, while automating to reduce manual work. It may be less appropriate for very large enterprises that require highly customized reporting or complex approval workflows across large, distributed teams.
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.
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.
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.
The support team was instantly responsive and were always happy to answer even the simplest software question. I knew that my clients would be in good hands should I not be available for any scheduling question through the support team. Everything was always impeccably handled in a timely manner! 100% satisfaction.
I have tried an AI tool called Vocable and used Google Sheets to plan my content. PLANOLY is better because of the visual grid feature. However, vocable is better in terms of the variety of content. With Vocable, we can create text content for Instagram, YouTube, and Linkedin, Product pages, SEO meta titles, descriptions, email newsletters, Blog posts etc. However, PLANOLY is only limited to Instagram and Pinterest.
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.
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.