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I was very happy with Vista Social for a while. TBH, I dont post much on social and use a fraction of the features VS offers. But it sure was great using one platform, hitting submit and all were done.

Until the other day, I noticed X/Twitter missing. I look into it, and Vista Social removed it. No, not from their platform. just for LTD owners. Want it back, pay $10/m.

Now, as I understand it. With AS deals, if it's int he original offer you get it for "life". And AS deals are mapped to a similar monthly sub plan. Not only did Vista Social break terms IMO by removing a feature in the original LTD. But up charging for a feature that would be available on the mapped plan. So they have DOUBLE broken the terms lol.

TLDR; great product that is no longer great. So this review is of the software and comapny.

So, this is not at all a reflection on AppSumo, but purely a reflection on Vista Social. Hence, one taco...

Vista Social claims that removing twitter/x posting from the LTD is justified due to a sudden increase in API cost. This is untrue, and every AS user who purchased plans that included this feature should be entitled to a refund. Here are the facts:

A month ago, X.com announced that they would be changing their terms specifically for enterprise users already paying $42k a year, to include a share of their revenue (source: https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-x-twitter-api-revenue-share-model-change).

The last API rate hike affected the three basic tiers from last year; it is highly unlikely these are the plans Vista Social was using, based on their own statements in their recent email. ( source: https://dataconomy.com/2024/10/30/x-api-pricing-increase/)

They claim the free API plan is no longer available. This is untrue. The free API plan is still available (source: https://docs.x.com/x-api/introduction). Beyond that, VS would never have been able to use the API for free unless their users cumulatively posted less than 500 posts per month. Then, in the course of a month or two, usage skyrocketed to over 300k posts per month. Which is highly unlikely.

There are only three scenarios where these actions make sense:
-They had been using the pro plan and, due to the growth of the platform, they are being required to upgrade to an enterprise plan

-They are already on an enterprise plan and don't want to give up additional revenue.

-Their financial picture is bleak, they are on the verge of failing, and this cut was needed to try to save the company.

None of these scenarios, nor any scenario short of the business shutting down, is an acceptable reason to not honor the agreement with LTD holders.

If they can't afford the bill, fine. But then they should allow users to add their own API key so that, as individuals, we can use the xAPI free account (in most cases) and not be required to make additional purchases at marked-up rates for features we already paid for.

If they are not willing to let users BYOK, honor the existing agreement, or at least be truthful in their reasoning and offer some kind of increased value for the increased expense, I see no reason why AS should defend this behavior as justified.

I was happy enough with Vista Social although admittedly have been using it less recently as I used an AI option more frequently however they are now adding monthly fees to use the Twitter/X integration which is in breach of the AppSumo Lifetime Deal which states that all social networks are included.

I use Vista Social to replace Hootsuite and haven't had to look back, may have had issue a couple times with videos but ultimately it's been an overall great purchase, wish I bought tier 4 instead of three. They have been great at keeping up-to-date tutorials and have been quick to respond to any issues that I've had.

SCAM ALERT: Bait-and-Switch "Lifetime Deal" – Avoid Vista!

Do NOT trust Vista’s "Lifetime Deal" promises. I paid for what was advertised as UNLIMITED resources, only for them to silently impose a 1GB limit months later. This is a textbook bait-and-switch scam.

Why this is unacceptable:
False Advertising: Sold as "lifetime unlimited," now retroactively capped.

Zero Warning: No email, no consent—just woke up to broken functionality.

Underhanded Tactics: Quietly altering terms after taking our money is predatory.

Vista betrayed paying customers who supported them early. My account is now useless for real-world use. Their excuse? "Terms may change"—a cowardly cover for scamming loyal users.

To potential buyers: Run. If they’ll exploit LTD purchasers, they’ll exploit you too.
To Vista: Restore the original terms or refund every LTD customer you deceived.

I am no longer interested in appsumo as about half the deals have done the same scam or just walked away. Can anything be done sumos end? If not i am out.

I have been using Vista Social without issue for the past couple of years. The software worked as intended and I felt I was getting my money's worth. There were some features that were lacking, but the overall app worked well enough that I put those aside.

That was until a couple of weeks ago when I was trying to upload my shorts and then my linkedin posts.

Nothing was uploaded. After a search, I found that they recently and WITHOUT NOTIFYING THEIR CUSTOMER BASE that they drastically reduced the upload limits to 1GB or 100 images per 24 hours. This was only implemented to legacy and LTD plans.

I generally upload a month of shorts (avg 200mb), a month of posts, and a month of carousels at the beginning of each month. With the new limits, I'd be posting nearly daily for 2.5-3 weeks to get the content in which I don't have time to do and defeats the point of a scheduler.

Yes, they say unlimited posts, but they are limiting in another way so drastically (can't be realistically used for shorts unless you're scheduling a few posts at a time) that it makes the software unusable.

And the worst part, is they never notified users of this change. I had to find it buried in the fine print. I've talked to other users as well and they weren't notified either. This is bad business practice.

To be honest, I'm getting leery of Appsumo LTDs because once they are off Appsumo and got their money, they treat those who supported them when they needed an influx of cash, as second-class citizens.

The software works if you pay a monthly subscription, but their support is horrible and takes 12-24 hours to get a response, if you get one at all. I would not recommend this company in the future. And that's sad, because I had recommended them in the past.

I made a significant investment when the deal was available, aiming to get the best Appsumo LTD . I purchased a premium 4 deal. However, I have found that this deal does not live up to that investment, as it is filled with bugs and errors occur every time I try to post something. Drafts vanish instantly, and the AI feature is inconsistent; once you choose a prompt, it fails to save the approved content and take it to the editor . Additionally, it does not support RTL languages, and working with LTR text is very tough as it is not user friendly. Moreover, new features are excluded and require an upgrade. The platform is unreliable and cannot adequately support any professional business. There are numerous other applications on AppSumo that are cheaper and more reliable. Just name it the dashboard design is boring publishing their usless news and updates . U/UX is a big failure so for me it is one of the worst investments .

If you buy this EXPECT that they will not let you upgrade/downgrade or do anything else - unless you go on their MONTHLY subscription - AWFUL money grabbers!

GREAT Software - FAKE/unhelpful OWNERS that agreed to APPSUMOs terms just to Gain a bunch of people that would then HAVE TO become MONTHLY subscribers and they did all this AFTER the Refund period was over!! AWFUL!

I bought Vista Social in Aug 2023 and it keeps improving a lot as at today in Feb 2025. The admin GUI is revamped and look very organized now. Many social media platforms are available for connection. I feel peace of mind to use Vista Social as I don't need to check the inbox of each social media platforms individually, but I can see all the messages in the unified inbox in Vista Social. I can also mark the incoming message spam or assign task if follow up is needed. Statistics is also available after the post is uploaded to social media platforms even though they are post by other third party scheduler (not Vista Social). I am highly impressive to see Vista Social to have such big enhancement that I write this review now. Keep up the good work !!!!!!!!

Believe it or not, if you schedule a regular email report, it CANNOT BE DELETED OR EDITED. So if you ask it to send a report every Monday, the only way to amend it or edit it is to MANUALLY go through the calendar and one by one delete each instance of the email for eternity. Sucked in if you send it to multiple team members because each one is a new calendar entry for you to manually delete! For eternity 😂
When you ask for help you’re told your feedback is important but there’s nothing they can do on their end.
Of course there’s no warning of that when you schedule a report so it’s essentially begging you to delete your account. Which I highly recommend. If it wasn’t past the deadline I would be absolutely asking for the money back.

I wanted to like this publishing tool. It has all the bells and whistles to support a social media publishing tool, but 2 issues sent me back to my original tools:

##Deal
1. Tier 1 Appsumo customers were originally mapped to the "Pro plan" on their site. They now map to a new "Standard" Plan which actually has LESS features than the Appsumo Tier 1 plan. Essentially, downgrading and blocking Appsumo customers out of feature updates of a Pro Plan.

##Functionality
2. Queue categories (labels, tags etc) are non-existent in Tier 1 and not mentioned in their Appsumo listing for any Tier .

It is impossible to manage a social media content strategy if you're not able to categorise your posts. Which is why it comes as standard in most tools in this niche.

While this tool has great features around publishing media, it's the actual publishing functionality that is lacking in a core feature at Tier 1

For the above reasons I've given 3 stars.

Ok yes I purchase products with the intent to use them one day. This was no difference, and I was mad I didn't full stack. I lined up all the social media schedulers and this by far is the best. I upload my work-out videos to VS and type everything one time, let the video process schedule and done. I wish I full stack this instead of followr.
I'm sure there are other features that I need to dive into but with reels and shorts being the new trend this is perfect. If they come back to Appsumo, make sure to purchase if you already haven't.