BrightEdge vs. Perplexity

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BrightEdge
Score 7.5 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.N/A
Perplexity
Score 8.7 out of 10
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An answer engine for publicly available knowledge, Perplexity's Enterprise Pro plan helps employees get fast answers to their most complex questions without the usual need to click on different links, compare answers, or endlessly dig for information.N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
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Considered Both Products
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 …
Perplexity
Chose Perplexity
I use all three at present, Perplexity IS outstanding when It comes to researching, like a search engine on steroids. If you need programming skills Claude or Chatgpt seem better suited for the task. What I normally do in a project IS use all three in order to arrive at a more …
Chose Perplexity
Compared to the competitors Perplexity is more advanced in terms of doing its own research and giving an output that others cannot generate. Its algorithm is well equipped to handle complex queries and asks followup questions to gererate the desired output. Its faster and the …
Chose Perplexity
Perplexity offers a unique approach to generative ai tools, which is built more around a search engine, over a chat style tool. While this is novel, and some times more useful than the chat type of tool, i didn't feel it added enough value or increased power over the standard …
Chose Perplexity
Perplexity is a good allrounder when it comes to different use cases that an AI could or should cover. There are other AI tools that are better for specific niches such as creation of pictures or other content. But all in all Perplexity is on eye level with ChatGPT and other …
Chose Perplexity
I think they both do well. I use ChatGPT for some pre-created GPTs. So because I use them for different functions, it's hard to compare them head-to-head. I also use an Abacus, which I like a lot. Overall, they are all good, but I have different use cases for each one.
Chose Perplexity
I have been using all the 3 products - ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity. Perplexity helps when ChatGPT and Gemini fail. There have been several instances when Chat GPT and Gemini provided inaccurate results and in those times Perplexity became a clear winner. However, in terms …
Features
BrightEdgePerplexity
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
BrightEdge
7.3
Ratings
5% below category average
Perplexity
-
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Keyword analysis7.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Backlink management7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking8.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Page grader5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Competitive analysis7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Site recommendations6.30 Ratings00 Ratings
Task management8.90 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
BrightEdge
9.0
Ratings
17% above category average
Perplexity
-
Ratings
Local SEO9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Social SEO9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile SEO9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Global SEO9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
BrightEdge
8.7
Ratings
3% above category average
Perplexity
-
Ratings
Multi-domain support9.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools8.30 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
BrightEdgePerplexity
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
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8.8
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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Usability
8.0
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8.6
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Support Rating
9.0
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Implementation Rating
8.3
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User Testimonials
BrightEdgePerplexity
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Perplexity is helpful when you want auto-code generation for day-to-day problem scenarios such as Powershell script to accomplish a task, Code to invoke a REST API, Class generation from JSON/XML data, etc. It is also helpful when you want to correct or optimize code that you have self-written. Perplexity might not be best suited for scenarios when you need 100% accuracy without your self-verification of correctness.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Research the company that my prospects work for.
  • Research background on my prospects.
  • Combine those two and come up with about one page on how to approach them based on the space (persona) I created.
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Cons
  • 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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  • Image generation is not upto mark
  • Data analysis for excel is way off
  • Getting insights on data not available online is hard
  • Need to embed like copilot in assisting day to day activities
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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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It's great, but doesn't necessarily feel like it adds enough value over using CoPilot, ChatGPT, or whichever generative AI tool your business already uses. Time will tell if this model continues to be developed, and whether it remains competitive with the other big models out in the industry, and innovating features and integrating more use cases fast.
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Support Rating
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
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
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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I think they both do well. I use ChatGPT for some pre-created GPTs. So because I use them for different functions, it's hard to compare them head-to-head. I also use an Abacus, which I like a lot. Overall, they are all good, but I have different use cases for each one.
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • Increases efficiency
  • Saves costs (e.g. for creation of creative content)
  • Frees up time that can be used for other productive actions
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