diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Indexer/Block/Backend/Grid/Column/Renderer/Scheduled.php b/app/code/Magento/Indexer/Block/Backend/Grid/Column/Renderer/Scheduled.php
index adfe3dd5b346b..99e985f813c6d 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Indexer/Block/Backend/Grid/Column/Renderer/Scheduled.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Indexer/Block/Backend/Grid/Column/Renderer/Scheduled.php
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  */
 namespace Magento\Indexer\Block\Backend\Grid\Column\Renderer;
 
+use Magento\Customer\Model\Customer;
+
 /**
  * Renderer for 'Scheduled' column in indexer grid
  */
@@ -18,13 +20,35 @@ class Scheduled extends \Magento\Backend\Block\Widget\Grid\Column\Renderer\Abstr
      */
     public function render(\Magento\Framework\DataObject $row)
     {
+        if ($this->isPreferRealtime($row->getIndexerId())) {
+            $scheduleClass = 'grid-severity-major';
+            $realtimeClass = 'grid-severity-notice';
+        } else {
+            $scheduleClass = 'grid-severity-notice';
+            $realtimeClass = 'grid-severity-major';
+        }
+
         if ($this->_getValue($row)) {
-            $class = 'grid-severity-notice';
+            $class = $scheduleClass;
             $text = __('Update by Schedule');
         } else {
-            $class = 'grid-severity-major';
+            $class = $realtimeClass;
             $text = __('Update on Save');
         }
+
         return '<span class="' . $class . '"><span>' . $text . '</span></span>';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Determine if an indexer is recommended to be in 'realtime' mode
+     *
+     * @param string $indexer
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isPreferRealtime(string $indexer): bool
+    {
+        return in_array($indexer, [
+            Customer::CUSTOMER_GRID_INDEXER_ID,
+        ]);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Indexer/Test/Unit/Block/Backend/Grid/Column/Renderer/ScheduledTest.php b/app/code/Magento/Indexer/Test/Unit/Block/Backend/Grid/Column/Renderer/ScheduledTest.php
index c48da82ed3d70..2d83d27a368eb 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Indexer/Test/Unit/Block/Backend/Grid/Column/Renderer/ScheduledTest.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Indexer/Test/Unit/Block/Backend/Grid/Column/Renderer/ScheduledTest.php
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@
 class ScheduledTest extends TestCase
 {
     /**
+     * @param string $indexer
      * @param bool $rowValue
      * @param string $class
      * @param string $text
      * @dataProvider typeProvider
      */
-    public function testRender($rowValue, $class, $text)
+    public function testRender($indexer, $rowValue, $class, $text)
     {
         $html = '<span class="' . $class . '"><span>' . $text . '</span></span>';
         $row = new DataObject();
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public function testRender($rowValue, $class, $text)
         $model = new Scheduled($context);
         $column->setGetter('getValue');
         $row->setValue($rowValue);
+        $row->setIndexerId($indexer);
         $model->setColumn($column);
 
         $result = $model->render($row);
@@ -44,9 +46,12 @@ public function testRender($rowValue, $class, $text)
     public function typeProvider()
     {
         return [
-            [true, 'grid-severity-notice', __('Update by Schedule')],
-            [false, 'grid-severity-major', __('Update on Save')],
-            ['', 'grid-severity-major', __('Update on Save')],
+            ['customer_grid', true, 'grid-severity-major', __('Update by Schedule')],
+            ['customer_grid', false, 'grid-severity-notice', __('Update on Save')],
+            ['customer_grid', '', 'grid-severity-notice', __('Update on Save')],
+            ['catalog_product_price', true, 'grid-severity-notice', __('Update by Schedule')],
+            ['catalog_product_price', false, 'grid-severity-major', __('Update on Save')],
+            ['catalog_product_price', '', 'grid-severity-major', __('Update on Save')],
         ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Indexer/composer.json b/app/code/Magento/Indexer/composer.json
index 8cee48610c7ea..6683079cc3da0 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Indexer/composer.json
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Indexer/composer.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "require": {
         "php": "~8.1.0||~8.2.0",
         "magento/framework": "*",
-        "magento/module-backend": "*"
+        "magento/module-backend": "*",
+        "magento/module-customer": "*"
     },
     "type": "magento2-module",
     "license": [
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Indexer/etc/module.xml b/app/code/Magento/Indexer/etc/module.xml
index cd84bb9cf2157..4942b5e077e6d 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Indexer/etc/module.xml
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Indexer/etc/module.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:Module/etc/module.xsd">
     <module name="Magento_Indexer" >
         <sequence>
+            <module name="Magento_Customer"/>
             <module name="Magento_Store"/>
             <module name="Magento_AdminNotification"/>
         </sequence>