# Vista Social: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 11 judge labels across 2 categories by 8 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/vista-social

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Employee advocacy platforms](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/employee-advocacy/index.md) | 2% | 14 | 0% | 3 |
| [Social media management](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/social-media-management/index.md) | 0% | 16 | 12% | 8 |

## What the models said for it

- "Best low-budget paid option: Vista Social." (GPT-6 Luna, Employee advocacy)
- "You want advocacy built into a social-media management product, with participation features such as leaderboards." (GPT-6 Luna, Employee advocacy)
- "Vista Social is a strong fit for freelancers, social media managers, and small-to-mid-sized agencies" (Claude Haiku 4.5, Social media)
- "Recommended for small businesses wanting a complete platform without enterprise pricing" (Mistral Small, Social media)

## And against it

- "Vista Social (user-reported API and shadowban concerns)" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Social media)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Vista Social, from 38 of the 38 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- blog.hootsuite.com: 13
- g2.com: 13
- buffer.com: 12
- blog.hubspot.com: 11
- capterra.com: 11
- vistasocial.com: 11 (its own site)
- linkedin.com: 8
- forbes.com: 7
- learn.g2.com: 7
- napoleoncat.com: 7

### Pages cited

- https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-social-media-management-tools: 10
- https://buffer.com/resources/best-social-media-management-tools: 9
- https://blog.hootsuite.com/enterprise-social-media: 7
- https://forbes.com/advisor/business/best-social-media-management-software: 7
- https://napoleoncat.com/blog/social-media-management-tools: 7
- https://capterra.com/employee-advocacy-software: 6
- https://g2.com/categories/employee-advocacy: 6
- https://zapier.com/blog/best-social-media-management-tools: 6

## In its own words

What Vista Social's own pages state, read 2026-09-28. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Positioning: AI-powered command center for social media (https://vistasocial.com/)
- For: teams (https://vistasocial.com/)
- Price stated: Use our free plan to build momentum for your social media presence. Or skip ahead and try our paid plan to scale your social media efforts. (https://vistasocial.com/customers)
- Free plan or trial: Try for free; Start your free trial (https://vistasocial.com/)
- Certifications: SOC 2 Type II
- Hosting: AWS US-East region (Northern Virginia), US-West, United States
- Customers named: ClickUp, ClickIt Social, Wheeler Marketing, QueenBee Consulting, The Venandi Group, Acequia

## What it publishes

Every page vistasocial.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 1777 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 1207 pages, 24 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- case study: 3 pages, 2 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-15
- webinar or virtual event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2022-05-10
- conference or event: 2 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2025-07-08
- report or ebook: 50 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-04-30
- comparison: 48 pages, 18 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- glossary or explainer: 130 pages, 1 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-07-20
- podcast or video: 1 pages, 0 in the last 90 days, latest undated
- Recent: 2026-09-28 comparison: Vista social vs sprout social https://vistasocial.com/insights/vista-social-vs-sprout-social
- Recent: 2026-09-28 blog: Ask vista in slack https://vistasocial.com/insights/ask-vista-in-slack
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Bluesky starter packs https://vistasocial.com/insights/bluesky-starter-packs
- Recent: 2026-09-25 blog: Vista social 2026 year in review https://vistasocial.com/insights/vista-social-2026-year-in-review
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: Vista social hacks https://vistasocial.com/insights/vista-social-hacks
- Recent: 2026-09-24 blog: Threads algorithm https://vistasocial.com/insights/threads-algorithm

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.