Agency Analytics vs. BrightEdge

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Agency Analytics
Score 9.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
Reporting software designed specifically for marketing agencies, boasting over 5,000 agencies as users of AgencyAnalytics for reports and live marketing dashboards. It can report on SEO, PPC, call tracking, social media, email marketing, and more with 60+ integrations. The solution aims to displace spreadsheets and help users grow their agencies, and is presented as an easy-to-use reporting software that just works the way it is needed to. It is available to try out through a 14-day…
$12
per month per client campaign (minimum 5 client campaigns)
BrightEdge
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
BrightEdge is an enterprise-level SEO (Search Engine Optimization) platform from the company of the same name in San Mateo, California. It includes customizable dashboards, reporting, forecasting, SEO recommendations, backlink management and competitive analysis. It covers local, global, mobile, social and content centric SEO. Presently BrightEdge's platform supports the marketing efforts of many well-brands, like Nike, Microsoft, and Netflix.N/A
Pricing
Agency AnalyticsBrightEdge
Editions & Modules
Freelancer
$12
per month per client campaign (minimum 5 client campaigns)
Agency
$18
per month per client campaign (minimum 10 client campaigns)
Enterprise
contact for enterprise pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Agency AnalyticsBrightEdge
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsWhat is a Client Campaign? A client campaign represents a client (their website and integrations).
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Community Pulse
Agency AnalyticsBrightEdge
Considered Both Products
Agency Analytics
Chose Agency Analytics
Agency Analytics is the best analytics platform for analyzing and reporting on multiple digital platforms under one roof. I haven't run into anything more powerful for analytics in my 10 years of marketing. Other platforms fall short on their list of integrations and what …
Chose Agency Analytics
The software has a very professional format, which gives it an edge over other competitors. Agency Analytics also facilitates the black-link management for SEO purposes, which is again a good thing. My customers have seen the dashboard of Agency Analytics and because the depth …
Chose Agency Analytics
Agency Analytics conducts site diagnostics, which is a complete evaluation means for traffic evaluation. Agency Analytics has done extra SEO features, through SERP tracking among other competitive approaches. Also, recommends the features to include in a site, to make it more …
Chose Agency Analytics
AgencyAnalytics is our preferred choice after using the above platforms and many others like them. Big or small, expensive or cheap, AgencyAnalytics takes the cake every time!
Chose Agency Analytics
This is my first experience with a tool like Agency Analytics because I don't have a digital marketing background. My background is in sales, but I quickly realized that Agency Analytics is a selling point for prospective and existing clients. We also use Ahrefs and Semrush, …
Chose Agency Analytics

We identified Agency Analytics as the most well-rounded software for our agency’s needs. The platform was reasonably priced and included integrations for SEO, paid search, paid social, and organic social. Having reporting and tools for all major marketing channels will be …

Chose Agency Analytics
Agency Analytics is a great value. It offers enough tools and features that are very useful, and it's a more affordable platform than other similar tools. It is missing some key depth in both SEO and reporting, which is a shame. It does do a much better job at bring digital …
Chose Agency Analytics
I've used Conductor Searchlight in the past and it's a great tool. Agency Analytics however includes many additional features that are considered premium features in Conductor Searchlight. Agency Analytics bundles features and third party integrations that come standard and the …
Chose Agency Analytics
We still use BrightLocal to build citations and show our clients their Google My Business ranking placement. However, I like Agency Analytics better for their website ranking tool. I also like that Agency Analytics allows us to add clients as users to their campaign. Overall, I …
Chose Agency Analytics
We stopped using Raventools because the report rendering was ridiculously slow.
Chose Agency Analytics
I've used MOZ fairly extensively and I've found Agency Anaytics overall is a better tool for managing and monitoring keywords and SEO improvement opportunities. It's easy to use, quick to set up and less expensive than MOZ.
BrightEdge
Chose BrightEdge
BrightEdge has better reports and customizable charts and is better for larger teams. Semrush, you have to pay per user, but it does give you access to a variety of tools. BrightEdge is more focused on SEO, but the tools they have are great, and some of them are the most …
Chose BrightEdge
BrightEdge is much more advanced than Moz or SpyFu. The amount of tools is staggering and simply surpasses the others with their offering.
Chose BrightEdge
Overall the best tool I’ve used. Missing parts that I like from other tools like search intent category, content writing AI, etc. but as an experienced SEO I really love it.
Chose BrightEdge
Love the interface more, it’s more updated. A lot of cool features that are more easily accessible within BrightEdge. The customer success manager has been better than with seoClarity as well. We get meeting agendas, quick email responses, productive calls, and help with the …
Chose BrightEdge
I see a lot of similarities with the other two products. Personally, I think a big aspect of using BrightEdge is familiarity with the platform. Just like any of these SEO tools, the value from these comes with how efficient users can be with the interface. BrightEdge has a …
Chose BrightEdge
seoClarity was one platform that we would have transitioned to if they would have been able to provide a solution like BrightEdge Instant. Out of all the platforms we have evaluated, the one thing that keeps us coming back to BrightEdge is the robust amount of relevant keywords …
Chose BrightEdge
BrightEdge isn't cheap, and I've found that to be the biggest issue when compared to other platforms. That said, when you really dig into the features and benefits, it is the best value. It's the most comprehensive solution available. Aside from platform efficacy, the support …
Chose BrightEdge
While relatively expensive, Brightedge really does offer the best quality product but just as importantly (if not more so) the level of client/agency support. We have biweekly training with the entire team to continually stay up to date on Brightedge's offerings and strategies. …
Chose BrightEdge
BrightEdge is a more robust program and offers better analytics in real time. It is worth the money if you are using it a lot. SEMrush offers a lot of great information and functionality, but it cannot offer the depth of BrightEdge. Ubersuggest is better for beginners or …
Chose BrightEdge
Multiple great experiences with the Client Success team. It always felt like they are an extension of the team that helps drive noticeable results.
Chose BrightEdge
I found BrightEdge to be more intuitive to use and that the onboard training offered matched my team's learning style. They are an innovative SEO leader that takes time, energy, and effort to learn your unique business and challenges. Purchasing an enterprise level SEO platform …
Chose BrightEdge
All SEO tools offer something a little different but BrightEdge comes pretty close to having everything I need. I can track links, review technical issues, and assign them to my staff. Reporting is top-notch too. I chose them because of my familiarity with them on the …
Chose BrightEdge
BrightEdge is much more powerful, but more costly. We simply decided that we needed to move to a more enterprise-level tool. Another huge benefit of BrightEdge is that you have a dedicated rep that is always just a phone call or an email away to help you. We've really …
Chose BrightEdge
I haven't used any other products like BrightEdge, although my colleague has and he seems to think BrightEdge is the number 1 product for all things 'SEO'.
Chose BrightEdge
BrightEdge is easier to use compared to Conductor. seoClarity was my second option, but I only had a demo and haven't worked with it deeply. It seemed like a good tool. Botify looked like it was better for Technical SEO and looks more advanced for that feature, but it didn't …
Chose BrightEdge
While they all do some of what BrightEdge does, they come nowhere near to everything BrightEdge can do. These tools are all very high level and simple, whereas BrightEdge gives SEO professionals a much more in-depth insight which enables us to take actions or make changes …
Chose BrightEdge
BrightEdge is superior to Moz in a few different ways:
  • More tasking and automation features are available in BrightEdge.
  • Storybuilder reporting suite is more robust than Moz reporting
Chose BrightEdge
Moz is a good tool to start with, and I've used it with very small companies that are starting SEO essentially from scratch and don't want to have much of an initial cost outlay. BrightEdge is far more robust functionality-wise, especially when it comes to rank tracking and …
Chose BrightEdge
We were using agencies for this work in the past and we were not having the feedback and help that we had been expecting from them. We were just paying money with getting nothing in return. We decided to bring this in-house and because of a past relationship with BrightEdge …
Chose BrightEdge
Brightedge was much more informative than Spyfu and we are in constant contact with our BrightEdge Rep.
Chose BrightEdge
We evaluated several products. BrightEdge is much more robust. The customer support is outstanding. It's like having an additional employee.

However, it is rather expensive compared to alternative platforms.
Chose BrightEdge
BrightEdge is much more user-friendly than SearchMetrics. The platform can be adopted at a much quicker rate by team members that arent SEOs.
Chose BrightEdge
BrightEdge stacks up against competitors because of the quality of the direction given to optimize content. It actually tell you which keyword/paragraph/h1/h3 add and where to match within a market opportunity or a competitor similar content, always considering the SERP and the …
Features
Agency AnalyticsBrightEdge
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
Agency Analytics
-
Ratings
BrightEdge
7.3
Ratings
5% below category average
Keyword analysis00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Backlink management00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Page grader00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Competitive analysis00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Site recommendations00 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Task management00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
Agency Analytics
-
Ratings
BrightEdge
9.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Local SEO00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Social SEO00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Mobile SEO00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Global SEO00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
Agency Analytics
-
Ratings
BrightEdge
8.7
Ratings
3% above category average
Multi-domain support00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
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Advanced Web Ranking
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
Agency AnalyticsBrightEdge
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(0 ratings)
8.7
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.8
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Agency AnalyticsBrightEdge
Likelihood to Recommend
Agency Analytics has made marketing procedure effective, where all the approaches have been brought in a single dashboard, for easy functionality. Also, the back link tracking or monitoring has been efficiently handled by the application. The SEO procedure from Agency Analytics perfects the ranking of what we market and we secure more audiences. Finally, the competitive analysis from Agency Analytics captures the exact information concerning the opponents and the services or products they offer.
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BrightEdge has been a long-standing partner with us. I have had 10 years of experience with using their platform. It is a very large robust platform that allows us to find the information we need and quickly. Unfortunately with the company being so large, they are unable to make quick changes and customers suggested enhancements as quickly as other platforms.
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Pros
  • Beautiful platform. Easy to use and view.
  • Transparent for us with clients as we can add our clients to give them live access to the dashboard.
  • Loads of integrations!
  • The company quickly adds new integrations and takes feedback seriously, often making changes from it within the same quarter.
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  • Strong analytics
  • Integrates with other tools
  • Instant provides real time research, ranking and recommendations
  • The Client Success team is truly an extension of my team with experts in the industry to help support our team and growing the organic channel
  • Education and career growth opportunity—constantly providing ways to connect with others in the industry, user groups, events, and conferences
  • Onboard process is very thorough and customized
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Cons
  • Would like to see the stars feature to bring keywords to the top of the report have 1 click to remove all stars that were checked off previously.
  • Would love to have a feature to track how clients are ranking for keywords; currently only shows the # of keywords ranking in the top 10 positions of Google but doesn't show the actual keywords for each competitor.
  • Would extremely love to see a feature where the keywords can be viewed/filtered by position; for example page 1 of Google only, page 2 of Google only.
  • Would love to see a keyword tool to check keyword rankings or search volume for specific keywords; similar to Google's keyword planner.
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  • The storybuilder feature isn't anything outstanding. I feel like I can get the same type of data and format from Google Data Studio.
  • I feel like the Hyperlocal feature is still very junior compared to other features. It provides you good insights, but you have to set all the data fields before you can get a picture as well as it doesn't really give you an idea of how you can improve.
  • The mobile SEO solution is a good concept, but it needs some tweaks to be better, especially when building out a mobile story builder. Some of the data isn't simple to read and the mobile keywords functions don't also account for voice searches.
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Likelihood to Renew
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BrightEdge has provided our company with more than any other tool/platform could dream of. We've been extremely happy with its use, and have really tailored our strategies and internal workflow around the data in BrightEdge. I could not imagine having a successful, streamlined SEO service without BrightEdge
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Usability
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Easy-to-use and intuitive design make using the BrightEdge platform a joy. Yes, I have familiarity with it and know where to go but there are definitely not a ton of extraneous bells and whistles or unnecessary tools which is part of the brilliance of their UX. Sometimes I get hung up on where keywords and keyword groups are under settings but it is typically because I am moving too quickly, and not because they've moved it.
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Support Rating
They are always on top/ahead of the curve. There has never been a time where I haven't had the platform work professionally when I needed it. They stand behind a top-quality product. It's easy to support something when they put hard work into development and maintenance.
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This is a area where the BrightEdge team really shines. Their commitment to training and product support is unmatched not only for SEO platforms, but life in general. I often find myself wishing my internet provide and similar would go to BrightEdge for training on support and attitude. I would rank them an 11 if I could.
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Implementation Rating
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For the most part it was seamless. The load time of clients was a little long, but otherwise was quite easy.
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Alternatives Considered
The software has a very professional format, which gives it an edge over other competitors. Agency Analytics also facilitates the black-link management for SEO purposes, which is again a good thing. My customers have seen the dashboard of Agency Analytics and because the depth of information is so powerful and impactful, it convinced them to hire us as their marketing team. Agency Analytics also comes up with substantial SEO and other competitive analysis solutions that make it more preferable for the end-users.
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BrightEdge has better reports and customizable charts and is better for larger teams. Semrush, you have to pay per user, but it does give you access to a variety of tools. BrightEdge is more focused on SEO, but the tools they have are great, and some of them are the most accurate and thorough.
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Return on Investment
  • It's a selling point. A major client saw that we were giving access to AA to her, and LOVED it.
  • We can identify issues and solve for them before we lose clients
  • It's an integral part of our sales process. We gain clients by being able to visually show the impact we've had on other similar businesses
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  • SEO as best source of deals in Q1 2024.
  • An increase of organic traffic of 30% after using Brightedge to identify keywords to build articles for a blog.
  • 20% increase in visits to listings of or marketplaces after refining descriptions with the right keywords.
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