BrightEdge vs. Conductor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BrightEdge
Score 7.3 out of 10
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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.
$0
per month
Conductor
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
Conductor is a Website Optimization and Intelligence platform. Conductor’s platform is designed to help brands maximize organic search visibility and turn it into revenue, create and optimize content that gets found and converts, and protect performance with 24/7 website monitoring and alerting. Conductor provides prioritized, actionable insights across SEO, content, and technical health, empowering cross-functional teams with a central source of truth to transform their website…N/A
Pricing
BrightEdgeConductor
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BrightEdgeConductor
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Community Pulse
BrightEdgeConductor
Considered Both Products
BrightEdge
Chose BrightEdge
Have tried searchmetrics and conductor and feel that brightedge offers more user friendly and easy experience
Chose BrightEdge
The other competitor is probably Conductor and they have an impressive platform, however, it seems to me that it would take a lot of time to get up to speed with the product. BrightEdge and Conductor platform to run well would need a full time resource to retrieve the benefits …
Chose BrightEdge
I personally didn't get to work with Conductor a great deal, but I know many of my colleagues who used Conductor extensively didn't like quite as much.
Chose BrightEdge
The biggest differentiator was the salesperson. Conductor was pushy and used sales tactics to try to get us to sign up. BrightEdge did not, they took more of a partnership approach and were not pushy.
Chose BrightEdge
When you signup for a platform - you don't just have access to the platform. You get a person that is there with you the entire time! A person that you can call and say - Hey the SERPs changed - what does this mean? BrightEdge has never let me down in this light. Yet when I …
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
I found the folks at Conductor to be very slimy and spent more time saying bad things about other platforms rather than good things about what they do. Very deceptive and their platform is underwhelming.
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
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
Again, more affordable and better suited for an in house SEO team
Chose BrightEdge
Conductor's Searchlight is a key competitor. Searchlight has the advantage that it has partnered with Adobe Omniture SEOmoz, which helps the platform present a comprehensive picture of a site's performance. However, the SEO technology offered by BrightEdge is probably more …
Chose BrightEdge
Moz (formerly SEOmoz), Conductor Searchlight, and BrightEdge are all great SEO platforms that are similar in some aspects but are not tailored for every organization. BrightEdge and Conductor can and should be evaluated for similar organizations because both of the platforms …
Conductor
Chose Conductor
We found Conductor to be a more user-friendly tool than BrightEdge with a more comprehensive platform. In comparison to Moz, there are many more robust options. Conductor is more expensive, but I feel like you get what you pay for.
Chose Conductor
We switched from BrightEdge and it was a good move. BrightEdge was not intuitive at all and lacked a lot of the more robust features that Conductor has. Conductor's UI is just superior. BrightEdge felt like I had to build multiple, granular levels of filters on top of each …
Chose Conductor
I have not personally used BrightEdge but others on my team have and they say that Conductor is a lot easier to use and also the customer support is much better. I apologize for not being able to give specific examples!
Chose Conductor
Semrush -- I still use this suite, though not for the info I get from Conductor. I don't see their ranking data as being as accurate, but they do show other key data points and 3rd party traffic stats. BrightEdge -- the platform is most comparable with Conductor, but have the …
Chose Conductor
We switched from BrightEdge mainly due to my recommendation based on my past experience with Conductor. The main reason was the advancements in technology that Conductor had demonstrated during our initial conversations. We were certain that the tool simply had more to offer …
Chose Conductor
My company needed a full end-to-end solution and not just keyword data. Moz wasn't robust enough, and BrightEdge was lacking ease of usability.
Chose Conductor
I have used many SEO campaign platforms like Conductor. Conductor UX leads to a good SEO workflow for me. I don't really even understand why. I have used Semrush a lot, Ahrefs an awful lot, and BrightEdge a little, and I love doing SEO analysis in Conductor and spend way more …
Chose Conductor
We switched to Conductor from BrightEdge because the team at BrightEdge didn't seem very helpful during our weekly calls, and the platform was tough to use. The features were not laid out in a very logical or user-friendly fashion, and it was often difficult to accomplish even …
Chose Conductor
I looked at several other platforms but Conductor won me over by the people I interacted with and their commitment to product updates.
Chose Conductor
We moved to Conductor because the functionality matched what we were looking for. Price was not as much of a factor, thankfully, because Conductor is expensive.
Chose Conductor
We switched to Conductor for several reasons: Explorer is a feature that other tools do not have. It is very helpful to be able to see how your website is working as a whole vs. just the keywords you are tracking. Content research was something that was missing from our …
Chose Conductor
We liked that Conductor offered many different tools in one easier-to-use platform. The price point was right for us. I had experience with other tools but had never used Conductor, and I liked what I saw in the demos we were given. It hasn't disappointed me yet!
Chose Conductor
Conductor is an enterprise product so it tries to do many things well. Overall it competes well with other enterprise providers. If you isolate the tools, then there are better offerings out there in terms of functionality you will have to pay more and deal with multiple vendors.
Chose Conductor
The ease of use and that the platform was expandible helped us settle on Conductor.
Chose Conductor
We switched to Conductor from anotehr platform. The biggest reason we switched was due to the granularity available in the Explorer tool. When using our other tool, we would get keyword recommendations that were not relevant to what we were looking searching for. For example, I …
Features
BrightEdgeConductor
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
BrightEdge
7.3
48 Ratings
6% below category average
Conductor
8.7
268 Ratings
12% above category average
Keyword analysis7.548 Ratings9.2267 Ratings
Backlink management7.041 Ratings8.494 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking8.045 Ratings9.1252 Ratings
Page grader5.040 Ratings8.8122 Ratings
Competitive analysis8.048 Ratings7.9265 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics8.045 Ratings9.5239 Ratings
Site recommendations6.048 Ratings8.4253 Ratings
Task management8.941 Ratings8.3102 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
BrightEdge
9.0
46 Ratings
17% above category average
Conductor
8.9
241 Ratings
16% above category average
Local SEO9.037 Ratings9.2197 Ratings
Social SEO9.031 Ratings7.735 Ratings
Mobile SEO9.042 Ratings9.8217 Ratings
Global SEO9.035 Ratings8.8202 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
BrightEdge
8.7
46 Ratings
3% above category average
Conductor
9.5
254 Ratings
12% above category average
Multi-domain support9.036 Ratings9.5225 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools8.545 Ratings9.4238 Ratings
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Small Businesses
Nozzle
Nozzle
Score 10.0 out of 10
Nozzle
Nozzle
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.2 out of 10
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Conductor
Conductor
Score 9.2 out of 10
Google Search Console
Google Search Console
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
BrightEdgeConductor
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(80 ratings)
9.0
(269 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(35 ratings)
8.9
(14 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(12 ratings)
6.4
(149 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(14 ratings)
8.9
(230 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.3
(2 ratings)
3.7
(7 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(2 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
BrightEdgeConductor
Likelihood to Recommend
BrightEdge
BrightEdge is great for large companies and large SEO teams since it's pricey but worth it if you have a large team or organization using it. For small businesses, I would use a different tool like Semrush because of the price and the variety of tools it offers.
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Conductor
Conductor is a great tool to use when we're planning and optimizing content around specific trends. It also helps us track our on-going performance as well, which is great to help us improve. Conductor is less ideal for content that has a quick turnaround time or pieces where SEO isn't a priority, also if you're looking to manage content publishing directly. It's more useful when it comes to strategy and optimization for in-depth pieces.
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Pros
BrightEdge
  • Instant - Keyword research tool is by far our team's favorite item on the platform
  • DataCube - We are able to uncover competitive gaps and hone in on specific sets of pages using filters containing our business product assortment attribute.
  • Professional services have been attentive when asking for changes
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Conductor
  • When I need to quickly determine what Google features our keywords are ranking for: Featured Snippets, Carousels, Rich Snippets, Sitelinks, PAA boxes, etc.
  • The ability to create highly customizable dashboards that provide a one-page view of insights for the specific web properties you are tracking.
  • A content guidance tool that is unmatched by any other product available in the market.
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Cons
BrightEdge
  • 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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Conductor
  • Backlink tracking/reporting (would like to see backlinks more easily and maybe backlink opportunities if possible)
  • Custom content briefs (right now I move the brief from the platform version into our own in-house Word doc template because it is more detailed. Would love to be able to customize the brief that is set up within Conductor so that we can do it all in one place.)
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Likelihood to Renew
BrightEdge
I would renew, as I don't feel there is a product out there that would have the impact on our SEO efforts as effectively as BrightEdge. It provides the information I need and integrates with other tools like Google Webmaster Tools, to truly have the depth of information that makes their suggestions for SEO changes so valued.
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Conductor
Conductor enables high-value SEO activity. There are a lot of moving parts in SEO and I'm always open to products that fit our requirements, but Conductor has built a stronger argument for its value after we subscribed than it had when we subscribed -- that's rare.
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Usability
BrightEdge
Because it depends on the feature, it's either easier or not to use. Some of them, not being particularly friendly, I no longer use, and I focus on the ones where insights are easy to understand and data seems well-elaborated.
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Conductor
I check features like the InsightStream every Monday to monitor any major losses or gains in performance. These are easily digested and save me tons of time searching for these insights manually. If there's anything "worth calling home about" I can easily add insights into a workspace and create a report to communicate these results. It's super easy to use Conductor with a team and across departments.
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Reliability and Availability
BrightEdge
No answers on this topic
Conductor
Always works when I've needed it
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Performance
BrightEdge
No answers on this topic
Conductor
Sometimes reports can take some time to load
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Support Rating
BrightEdge
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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Conductor
The Conductor support team is excellent, especially our Customer Success manager. Our monthly calls to review our wins, losses, and key takeaways for the next steps are incredibly helpful, and Conductor's platform provides not only an organic search tool for our company but also a learning resource via our Customer Success calls.
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In-Person Training
BrightEdge
No answers on this topic
Conductor
Our in house SEO manager trained everyone. It was easy to learn and he was well versed with the product. Any questions we had he was able to answer or reach out to support to find the answer
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Implementation Rating
BrightEdge
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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Conductor
I definitely recommend their professional services for getting started. It got our account 90% of the way to where we needed to be in order to gain value from it. In fact, I'd suggest that with few exceptions (such as, you have a staff that is already familiar with the platform and doesn't need any help), the quick start services over the first 30-90 days should be a standard part of onboarding with any new client. It definitely got us to the point of gaining ROI from the solution and, in turn, will make it easier to justify renewal and continued investment in it.
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Alternatives Considered
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. They also offer the ability to do ad hoc reporting using some of their tools that can help us win new business and recommend Brightedge to additional clients, expanding our business as well.
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Conductor
We didn't use another product previously, we used an agency that did everything for us, so bringing Organic SEO in-house was why we went with Conductor. I have used other products in other roles and at other companies and each has its strengths. Conductor is good for large enterprises
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Scalability
BrightEdge
No answers on this topic
Conductor
Many features
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Return on Investment
BrightEdge
  • We have only started with BE a few months ago and so I don't have any hard numbers from an ROI perspective, but i can say that what we spent on BE is a fraction of what we were spending with agencies and we are actually getting results by doing this ourselves. From that perspective we have seen a cost savings.
  • With focused SEO campaigns and projects we have been able to move the needle on our SEO rankings for specific products and services. This is going to have a great impact for us in 2019 as we have some specific product goals and campaigns for 2019 that we have been working to build up over the last couple months of 2018.
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Conductor
  • Conductor helped us aim at low hanging fruits for quick wins, which increased our traffic
  • With Conductor's tool, it was easy to look at general keywords where we were already ranking, but not good enough, and then focus around what we could do to increase our positioning
  • All this extra traffic, gave us more leads, therefore more sales!
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ScreenShots

Conductor Screenshots

Screenshot of Keyword Rank Tracking:
Conductor's keyword reporting features provide an overview of important keywords, and access to the latest rank and MSV data. Viewers can track rankings over time and filter across multiple dimensions like location, device, search engine, result type, traffic and rank trends to gain actionable insights to address opportunities and stabilize performance.Screenshot of Performance Reporting:
Conductor provides a holistic view of content performance with integrated analytics (e.g., GA4, Adobe, custom), keyword visibility, Google Search Console data, and technical insights to identify the opportunities driving traffic and to measure organic marketing ROI. These analytics will connect team effort to impact with automated change detection, including content and metadata changes, custom events, and industry updates that may have affected performance.Screenshot of AI Content Workflow:
From researching high-converting topics with Conductor's keyword index to surfacing AI-powered content recommendations while writing, Conductor enables teams to create and optimize content faster and easier. The feature includes SEO guidance across everything from keyword insights and content attributes to page health, and offers AI-generated suggestions personalized to specific objectives, audience, and journey stage.Screenshot of Website Health Dashboard:
Conductor Website Monitoring helps protect and maximize performance at scale with 24/7 monitoring and real-time alerts with up-to-date site health and performance data across all websites in one command center. Automatic prioritization of issues by impact and unlimited customization across page segments, alerts, and issues make it easy to focus on the most relevant data needed for any specific growth goals.Screenshot of SEO Competitor Tracking: 
This produces a head-to-head comparison of any competitor's organic channel performance to survey top traffic-driving pages, identify what keywords they rank for, and see recent gains and losses. Viewers can search market share by category, result type, rank position, location, and device type to discover where a brand can win against its both direct and indirect competitors.Screenshot of Issues Management:
Customizable, real-time alerting used to catch and fix issues before traffic and revenue are impacted, including the ability to track any custom page element across a website to manage not only technical health but also content, product pages, brand standards, and legal compliance. It is used to support decisions, track progress, and check implementation with a full changelog of every website.