BrightEdge vs. Rio SEO

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BrightEdge
Score 7.3 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.
$0
per month
Rio SEO
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
Rio SEO is recognized as a leading SaaS search engine optimization platform, and includes many SEO automation and reporting features, including weekly SEO site and page-level reporting updates and competitor page-level tracking alerts and analysis, keyword analysis and management, auto deployment of SEO content with optimization of SEO-critical elements (e.g. URLs, titles, etc.), and also mobile and local SEO capabilities. Covario, Inc owned and supported Rio SEO until its acquisition by Dentsu…N/A
Pricing
BrightEdgeRio SEO
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BrightEdgeRio SEO
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Features
BrightEdgeRio SEO
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
BrightEdge
8.8
46 Ratings
12% above category average
Rio SEO
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
Keyword analysis9.646 Ratings00 Ratings
Backlink management7.340 Ratings00 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking9.444 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Page grader8.239 Ratings00 Ratings
Competitive analysis9.246 Ratings00 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics9.543 Ratings00 Ratings
Site recommendations8.146 Ratings00 Ratings
Task management8.941 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
BrightEdge
8.2
44 Ratings
7% above category average
Rio SEO
10.0
1 Ratings
27% above category average
Local SEO8.535 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Social SEO8.030 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Mobile SEO7.241 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Global SEO9.034 Ratings10.01 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
BrightEdge
8.9
44 Ratings
5% above category average
Rio SEO
10.0
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Multi-domain support9.135 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools8.743 Ratings10.01 Ratings
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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Score 8.2 out of 10
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User Ratings
BrightEdgeRio SEO
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(78 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(35 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BrightEdgeRio SEO
Likelihood to Recommend
BrightEdge
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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Rio SEO
If you have a business with more than 20 locally serving locations you know how important local searches are. RIO SEO will help syndicate your information and their robust toolkit will help those types of businesses be successful online. Their all in one dashboard lets the user control every location without having to log in to multiple dashboards to make a change in Google, then Bing, then Yelp, etc.
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Pros
BrightEdge
  • 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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Rio SEO
  • Their software is really amazing and does the job well and in a routine manner.
  • Their support staff is beyond amazing, hands down the best support I've gotten from any company in any industry.
  • The proactively find issues and bring them to our attention so we can work with our clients on getting results.
  • The renewal process is painless and they help us with reporting to build a case for renewal and retaining the client.
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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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Rio SEO
  • The dashboard could be a bit more user-friendly. It takes some training to get used to.
  • Keys/legends in the sidebar and in exports to help explain what different sections are for the "laymen" that aren't in this industry 24/7.
  • Having a "suggested changes" like what Moz.com/local has in their backend for photos/additional categories. Something that can help the user be more proactive rather than "here's where you're at" a "here's what you can do to improve" would help.
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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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Rio SEO
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Usability
BrightEdge
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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Rio SEO
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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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Rio SEO
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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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Rio SEO
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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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Rio SEO
RIO SEO is heads, shoulders, the entire body, ahead of Local Market Launch. We used Local Market Launch before RIO and it was one of the worst years of my life. The support was non-existent, their syndication was lackluster and they messed up our contracts enough times to frustrate us and the clients. I cannot express in enough words my disdain for that service and how much of a refreshing change it was to work with a company like RIO that cared as much about our client success as we did.
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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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Rio SEO
  • They have helped us retain several big clients over the years which in turn has helped bring in several other clients.
  • Their tools allow us, a small boutique agency, to operate like a big agency.
  • Our local listing clients have been much happier with our switch to RIO which has allowed us to focus on other areas for them instead of just the syndication.
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