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Google Business Profile post scheduling vs Vista Social
Last updated 4 June 2026
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Google Business Profile finally schedules its own posts. Since late 2025 you can set Updates, Offers, and Events to publish later, free, right in the profile dashboard, which closes a long-standing gap for single-location businesses.
- From
- Custom
- Free plan
Vista Social packs a lot into one tool: scheduling to a dozen networks, a unified inbox with DM automations, listening, review management, competitor analysis, and a link-in-bio page. It used to be the cheap option, but it dropped its free plan and reset pricing higher, so the entry is now $79 a month.
- From
- $64 /mo
- Free plan
Bottom line
Google Business Profile post scheduling and Vista Social both cover the basics; the right one comes down to how you post. Google Business Profile post scheduling is the stronger pick for Single-location businesses keeping one Google Business Profile fresh; choose Vista Social for Agencies and teams that want publishing, listening, and review management in one tool.
Features compared
| Feature | Google Business Profile post scheduling | Vista Social |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Not assessed | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | No | Yes |
| Bulk upload | No | Yes |
| Evergreen recycling | No | Partial |
| Team roles | Not assessed | Yes |
| Approvals | Not assessed | Yes |
| Link in bio | Not assessed | Yes |
Platforms compared
| Network | Google Business Profile post scheduling | Vista Social |
|---|---|---|
| No | Auto | |
| No | Auto | |
| X (Twitter) | No | Auto |
| No | Auto | |
| TikTok | No | Auto |
| No | Auto | |
| YouTube | No | Auto |
| Threads | No | Auto |
| Bluesky | No | Auto |
| Google Business | Auto | Auto |
| No | Auto | |
| Snapchat | No | Auto |
Pricing
Google Business Profile post scheduling
Free
Free
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Accounts
- 1
- Free, built into Google Business Profile
- Schedule Updates, Offers, and Events from the dashboard
- Toggle 'Schedule this post', pick a date and time, and it publishes itself
- Google added native post scheduling to Business Profile in late 2025. It's free and built in, with nothing to buy.
- It suits a single-location business well. Multi-location businesses and agencies still tend to use a third-party tool for bulk scheduling, approvals, and unified reporting across profiles.
- Google also offers a Business Profile API, which is how cross-network schedulers (SocialPilot, Hootsuite, Sendible, and others) post to Google Business alongside other platforms.
Vista Social
Professional
$79 /mo
$64/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 3
- Accounts
- 15
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $79/mo, $64 on annual ($758/yr)
- 15 social profiles, 3 users
- Planning, engagement, reports, listening (own profiles), review management
- Vista Page link-in-bio, DM automations, 2,500 AI credits/mo
Advanced
Popular$149 /mo
$120/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 6
- Accounts
- 30
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $149/mo, $120 on annual ($1,430/yr)
- 30 social profiles, 6 users
- Adds advanced workflows and reporting, Zapier/Make/MCP integrations
- Advanced DM automations and Vista Page, 10,000 AI credits/mo
Scale
$349 /mo
$304/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 10
- Accounts
- 70
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- $349/mo, $304 on annual ($3,638/yr)
- 70 social profiles, 10 users
- Adds white-label setup, client profile connect, unlimited AI assistant
Enterprise
Custom
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- Scheduled posts
- Unlimited
- Custom pricing, unlimited profiles and users
- Sentiment detection, premium analytics, brand safety and compliance
- Dedicated account manager, custom integrations, SSO, data migration
- Flat, quota-bundled plans: each tier bundles a set number of social profiles and users, and you move up a plan as you grow rather than buying one profile at a time. Extra users run about $3.75 a month each, and extra profiles are available on the higher tiers.
- X (Twitter) is a paid add-on at $29 a month on every plan (publishing, boosting, automations, and analytics), because of X's API pricing.
- Social listening is free for your own profiles; listening across social, web, and news is a $75-a-month add-on. Employee Advocacy is a separate $199-a-month add-on for 25 employees.
- There's no free plan (Vista Social dropped its old free tier and cheaper Standard plan when it revamped pricing); the way in is a 14-day trial, no card required.
- Annual billing is about 20% cheaper: Professional works out to $64 a month, Advanced $120, Scale $304.
- DM automation contacts are capped per plan (10,000 / 25,000 / 100,000), and the AI assistant is credit-limited (2,500 / 10,000 / unlimited a month).
- Prices are USD, read off the live pricing page by toggling monthly and yearly and cross-checked against current third-party listings.
Pros and cons
Google Business Profile post scheduling
- Free and native, no third-party tool needed
- Schedules Updates, Offers, and Events
- Publishes automatically at the set time
- Built right into the profile dashboard
- No bulk scheduling or multi-location management
- No calendar view or recycling
- Google Business only
- No dedicated app since the GBP app was retired
Vista Social
- Broad by design: publishing, inbox, listening, reviews, and reporting together
- Wide network list, including Reddit, Snapchat, and Google Business
- Built-in link-in-bio, DM automations, and AI for copy and images
- Strong agency features on Scale: white label and client connect
- No free plan anymore, and the entry price jumped to $79 a month
- X, deeper listening, and employee advocacy are paid add-ons
- AI and DM automations are capped per plan
- A lot of tool to learn if you only need basic scheduling
Google Business Profile post scheduling vs Vista Social: FAQ
- Is Google Business Profile post scheduling or Vista Social cheaper?
- Vista Social starts at $64 per month, while Google Business Profile post scheduling is quoted custom, so Vista Social is the one with a public entry price.
- Does Google Business Profile post scheduling or Vista Social have a free plan?
- Google Business Profile post scheduling has a free plan; Vista Social does not, though it offers a 14-day trial.
- Which is better, Google Business Profile post scheduling or Vista Social?
- Google Business Profile post scheduling is the stronger pick for single-location businesses keeping one Google Business Profile fresh, while Vista Social is the better fit for agencies and teams that want publishing, listening, and review management in one tool. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.