Hookle vs. Vista Social

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Hookle
Score 10.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Hookle is an AI-powered social media marketing app for entrepreneurs and small businesses. Offering a centralized platform for scheduling and publishing posts across multiple channels, it streamlines social media management, to save time and effort for busy business owners.
$9.99
per month
Vista Social
Score 9.5 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.
$79
per month
Pricing
HookleVista Social
Editions & Modules
Premium Monthly
$9.99
per month
Premium Annual
$59.99
per year
Professional
$79
per month
Advanced
$149
per month
Scale
$379
per month
Enterprise
$379
per month
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HookleVista Social
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
HookleVista Social
Considered Both Products
Hookle

No answer on this topic

Vista Social
Chose Vista Social
For me, the main reason why I choose Vista Social is the ability to generate content ideas completely. It saves me time by reducing the effort needed to come up with content ideas and write them.
Chose 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 …
Chose Vista Social
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. Vista Social also allows …
Chose Vista Social
Better UX & navigation. Modern design. Connects to more social media channels.
Chose Vista Social
There is no comparison, Vista Social is a much more complete, practical and easy-to-use platform.
Chose Vista Social
Budget friendly and bigger variety of platofrms
Chose Vista Social
Vista Social has many more features than others I've used. It was much easier to view, comment, and keep organized than Hootsuite, for example. I was able to add everything I needed as far as platforms. I was also able to easily comment back and organize what needed to still be …
Chose Vista Social
I chose Vista Social because of its jampacked features, I mean everything that I need as a social media manager is already in Vista Social.
Chose Vista Social
It has been quite a while since I last used Buffer so I can't really give a head to head comparison between it and Vista Social. I think both platforms have their own strengths and weaknesses but at the end of the day, both performs the tasks well and do the job.
Chose Vista Social
I enjoyed these two tools but encountered a lot of issues especially with Woofy. I have not tried if Woofy and Tailwind has data analysis that Vista Social has because I quit using those tools due to many issues I encountered. Since learning about Vista Socials, I think this …
Chose Vista Social
Hootsuite customer service was terrible for us, and the user interface wasn't working properly anymore so we chose to move away from it.
Chose Vista Social
Budget-wise, Vista Social is better. They kinda work the same as the basic features of any social media tool you'll need is also on Vista Social.
Chose Vista Social
Vista Social has a feature that allows you to customize your text's font, size, style, and thickness, while meta business suite does not. Vista Social also integrates more social media platforms compared to the others. Their calendar is also more organized and easier to adjust …
Chose Vista Social
The best thing I can say about Vista Social is that it is intuitive and operates the way I would design it if I could design software. It is a very smooth platform. I think its competitors are a bit clunky and slower to operate. It is a waste of time to wait for everything to …
Chose Vista Social
Vista Social is definitely the best out of competitors, all the features in one place compared to several apps for each requirement. Best all-in-one solution to organic & content marketing
Features
HookleVista Social
Listening/monitoring
Comparison of Listening/monitoring features of Product A and Product B
Hookle
-
Ratings
Vista Social
9.1
Ratings
16% above category average
Boolean keyword searches00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Filtering out noise/spam00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Sentiment analysis00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Broad channel coverage00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Publishing
Comparison of Publishing features of Product A and Product B
Hookle
-
Ratings
Vista Social
9.5
Ratings
17% above category average
Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Audience targeting00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Content optimization00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Workflow management00 Ratings9.80 Ratings
Engagement
Comparison of Engagement features of Product A and Product B
Hookle
-
Ratings
Vista Social
9.1
Ratings
14% above category average
Automated routing and prioritization00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Customer interaction histories00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Bulk actions00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Marketing
Comparison of Marketing features of Product A and Product B
Hookle
-
Ratings
Vista Social
9.0
Ratings
15% above category average
Lead generation00 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Content marketing00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Paid media management00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Campaigns and promotions00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Channel coverage/integration
Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of Product A and Product B
Hookle
-
Ratings
Vista Social
9.4
Ratings
11% above category average
Twitter00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Facebook00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
LinkedIn00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Google+00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Instagram00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Pinterest00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
YouTube00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Reporting/analytics
Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of Product A and Product B
Hookle
-
Ratings
Vista Social
9.2
Ratings
15% above category average
Campaign success analytics00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Real-time tracking00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Competitor analysis00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Account management
Comparison of Account management features of Product A and Product B
Hookle
-
Ratings
Vista Social
9.2
Ratings
14% above category average
Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Mobile access00 Ratings9.10 Ratings
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HookleVista Social
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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Score 9.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
HookleVista Social
Likelihood to Recommend
-
(0 ratings)
9.5
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HookleVista Social
Likelihood to Recommend
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When you start working with Vista Social, every major feature is well documented and has an intuitive onboarding with helpful steps. So is a good feature by itself when scaling your team is needed. The other one, on a similar line, is the live preview of the post, which helped us fine tuning the posts quickly and with no surprises. In my experience with the platform —I haven’t come across anything that didn’t do what it was supposed to.
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Pros
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  • 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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Cons
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  • 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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Likelihood to Renew
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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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Usability
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It's just perfect in all point because you have everything to manage your business. Keypoint is really message automatisation cause you can send message and take your time on an another point. The fact to schedule your post is also a very good point and very usefull on LinkedIn bye exemple.
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Alternatives Considered
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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.
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Return on Investment
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  • 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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ScreenShots

Hookle Screenshots

Screenshot of Hookle's social media assistant.Screenshot of Hookle's AI content creation tool.Screenshot of where to schedule posts ahead of timeScreenshot of the AI generated content toolScreenshot of performance trackingScreenshot of the interface to manage multiple social platforms in one place