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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BrightLocal

    Score7.2 out of 10
    N/ABrightLocal is a search engine optimization tool that tracks search rankings, builds citations, and monitors online reviews and stresses local search performance.

    $39

    per month

    LocaliQ

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ALocaliQ is a marketing platform that helps businesses attract and retain ideal customers with a suite of AI lead management and digital agents, marketing automation, omnichannel campaign management, advanced reporting, and expert-led services.N/A

    Moz Local

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AMoz Local is a Listing Management & Distribution software solution that enables users to actively manage location data to optimize local search performance. The solution also enables users to respond to reviews and analyze review sentiment on the most popular sites without having to visit them individually, delete duplicate listings, and engage with consumers to share news, offers, and updates across Google, Facebook and other directories.

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    BrightLocalLocaliQMoz Local
    Editions & Modules
    Track Plan
    $39
    per month
    Manage Plan
    $49
    per month
    Grow Plan
    $59
    per month
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    Lite
    $20
    per month
    Preferred
    $30
    per month
    Elite
    $40
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightLocalLocaliQMoz Local
    Free Trial
    YesYesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsBrightLocal offers custom enterprise plans for businesses with more than 50 locations.LocaliQ offers both self-serve and premium solutions. LocaliQ’s free, self-serve experience provides access to Free Website Grader, Free Inbound Call Recorder, Chatbot (free and $9.99/month options available), Scheduling Technology (free and $9.99/month options available), and Listings solutions ($9.99/month and $14.99/month options available). For LocaliQ's premium solutions, users are partnered with a LocaliQ expert to create the best marketing plan for their businesses that utilizes a full suite of marketing products.Discounts are available for annual billing. Add-ons like Reviews AI and Listings AI are available on certain plans. A discount of up to 20% is available for annual billing.
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    BrightLocalLocaliQMoz Local
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of BrightLocal and LocaliQ and Moz Local
    Feature
    BrightLocal
    6.7
    12 Ratings
    14% below category average
    LocaliQ
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    Moz Local
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    Keyword analysis7.08 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backlink management4.05 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking7.711 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page grader7.52 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analysis7.611 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics9.98 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site recommendations6.64 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task management3.56 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of BrightLocal and LocaliQ and Moz Local
    Feature
    BrightLocal
    8.6
    13 Ratings
    12% above category average
    LocaliQ
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    Moz Local
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    Local SEO8.613 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social SEO7.96 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile SEO10.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global SEO7.72 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of BrightLocal and LocaliQ and Moz Local
    Feature
    BrightLocal
    9.2
    11 Ratings
    9% above category average
    LocaliQ
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    Moz Local
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    Multi-domain support8.59 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools9.910 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of BrightLocal and LocaliQ and Moz Local
    Feature
    BrightLocal
    -
    Ratings
    LocaliQ
    7.6
    11 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Moz Local
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    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings6.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings6.78 Ratings00 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings7.311 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings7.17 Ratings00 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings8.63 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of BrightLocal and LocaliQ and Moz Local
    Feature
    BrightLocal
    -
    Ratings
    LocaliQ
    7.2
    42 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Moz Local
    -
    Ratings
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings7.434 Ratings00 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings6.79 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings7.438 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings7.224 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of BrightLocal and LocaliQ and Moz Local
    Feature
    BrightLocal
    -
    Ratings
    LocaliQ
    7.8
    3 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Moz Local
    -
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    Calendaring00 Ratings9.52 Ratings00 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of BrightLocal and LocaliQ and Moz Local
    Feature
    BrightLocal
    -
    Ratings
    LocaliQ
    7.8
    10 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Moz Local
    -
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    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings8.19 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings7.69 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of BrightLocal and LocaliQ and Moz Local
    Feature
    BrightLocal
    -
    Ratings
    LocaliQ
    7.3
    46 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Moz Local
    -
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    Dashboards00 Ratings7.244 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings7.345 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings7.335 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of BrightLocal and LocaliQ and Moz Local
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    BrightLocal
    -
    Ratings
    LocaliQ
    9.0
    6 Ratings
    53% above category average
    Moz Local
    -
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    Customizability00 Ratings9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
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    Small Businesses
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    HighLevel
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    OutboundEngine
    Score10 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BrightLocalLocaliQMoz Local
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (14 ratings)
    8.4
    (51 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.9
    (38 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
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    7.8
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    User Testimonials
    BrightLocalLocaliQMoz Local
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BrightLocal
    If you are a local business owner or marketing agency catering to local businesses, BrightLocal is a must have software. It has everything you need to track your local marketing efforts and to identify opportunities to make improvements, all at a very reasonable price point. You can also create nice looking reports to send to clients which are simple to create.
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    Gannett
    LocaliQ is well-suited, in our experience, for B2B marketing and, specifically, hyper-targeted and personalized marketing efforts. The geofencing capability is excellent at helping us deliver messages literally to the doorsteps of our target prospects. The proprietary software they use for this targeting is worth the money, and their reps, specifically Nikki Rowell and Sarah Pena, are fantastic and delightful people to work with. The only scenario that was slightly underwhelming was LinkedIn. Their tools don't deliver any additional value to LinkedIn ad campaigns, so it's not worth paying LocaliQ to run these campaigns; we can run them ourselves, which doesn't require much effort. That is just a small downside. We are extremely pleased with LocaliQ and their whole team.
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    iContact
    Moz Local is a great alternative as well as a compliment to Yext. The service has a smaller network but is just as powerful. The dashboard is super easy to load your location information into and allows the product to do the work by distributing the data across platforms. Issues are easily identifiable and can easily be corrected. Depending on your service level package, you also can have access to reviews and be able to monitor those as you see fit. I would strongly recommend this service to anyone who has a local business they are looking to get seen across the web. For a larger business, I'd consider a larger company with a bigger network.
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    Pros
    BrightLocal
    • When we use BrightLocal's citation building service, I know that we're getting quality citations done right. Their staff will email you with any questions and always double check the information before creating inaccurate citations.
    • I love that BrightLocal is very quick about making changes when requested. For example, if we can't find a city on the drop-down list, you can chat them and they'll add it. Or if a report is pulling incorrectly, they'll re-run it within a reasonable timeframe.
    • BrightLocal has a lot of different reports that are easy to send to your clients. You can even add them to a web-viewable dashboard so that your client can simply bookmark a link and view their reports when they please.
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    Gannett
    • ThriveHive is a smaller marketing team dedicated to helping small to medium sized businesses perfect their marketing messages. ThriveHive is particularity good at understanding how Google, and other search engines work, and have been instrumental in helping my company to grow and evolve.
    • With ThriveHive, you get a dedicated coach who is matched to your type of business. This experience with similar businesses gives your coach a better understanding of your business and the challenges your company faces.
    • My coach is very good at responding to my needs within 1 to 2 business days. Email contacts are fluent and as often as I need, to discuss ideas or questions. I can only speak of my relationship with my coach, and I am very pleased.
    • I feel that ThriveHive makes every effort to take excellent care of their clients, and makes you feel like you are their most important customer. I definitely believe that this is one of ThriveHives' greatest assets.
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    iContact
    • Distribution of location data.
    • Dashboard super easy to use.
    • Low cost option that gets the job done.
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    Cons
    BrightLocal
    • Up and down rankings were not always right on with the local search, but only off by one or two spots
    • It felt like it was only used for local SEO, and I know there are more features, just never got to them.
    • Didn't seem useful for every single client in the way Ahrefs or Spyfu did
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    Gannett
    • LocaliQ could improve how it tracks and reports on customer journeys across those channels to provide a clearer view of ROI.
    • The pricing structure is not fully transparent, making it hard to understand the true costs associated with campaigns. Breaking down the fees associated with LocaliQ would make budgeting easier.
    • LocaliQ is able to provide basic ad creative, but there tends to be a disconnect between our brand voice and what is expected with creative. It would be nice to be able to get all design work within LocaliQ rather than have to use and outside designer all the time.
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    iContact
    • Expansion of network.
    • Needs to be easier to access, too many clicks within Moz suite.
    • Generally speaking, they are solid.
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    Usability
    BrightLocal
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    Gannett
    Overall usability pretty good. If we would have gotten better return on our advertising dollar I would have continued with them - their dashboard was very easy to use and the recaps they provided were helpful. They try to put data in bite-sized pieces for the client that are understandable (unlike google's reporting page itself which can be a bit difficult to understand at times). Their team was friendly, semi-responsive, and provided explanations when requested
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    iContact
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    Support Rating
    BrightLocal
    Although their customer support has always contacted me, they have not always been helpful. Many times I've had reports or information disappear with them telling me they had no record of it, even when I had reports that the information was in there. There are times when their system did have bugs and the support was able to help me there. Overall, the support staff is there but they cannot always do much and need to wait for their development team to get back to them which often takes a long time.
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    Gannett
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    iContact
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    Alternatives Considered
    BrightLocal
    Thryv reached out to me about 3 weeks before signing up with BrightLocal. While all of their features were impressive, there were only about 3 features that I would have used. Thryv wanted $200 per month for their service, which I found to be way overpriced for what I was wanting to use it for. I selected BrightLocal because it had the features I wanted at a lower price and then add ons. After using BrightLocal for a week and speaking with Becki, a customer service executive, I have discovered more features that I would use on BrightLocal than on Thryv.
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    Gannett
    LocaliQ is more economical that marketing agencies we've used in the past. Our dollar goes farther. We've also used services from phonebook providers that were getting into the online advertising field. At the time, it was just being introduced so the reps knowledge on the topic was quiet limited.
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    iContact
    Moz is just as good as Yext, the only major difference is the size of the network.
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    Scalability
    BrightLocal
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    Gannett
    As mentioned prior, their ability to utilize and maximize our resources so that we receive the best results on all avenues of marketing and advertising. We see better lead generation, brand recognition and top of mind awareness due to LocaliQ efforts
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    iContact
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    Return on Investment
    BrightLocal
    • BrightLocal's ranking reports have helped us better serve our clients' SEO needs, especially local SEO.
    • Reporting is nicely accomplished with their online client report dashboards.
    • Negative: some of their software defects are glaringly obvious take forever to fix, creating a number of awkward moments when we talk our clients through their reports.
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    Gannett
    • It's hard to quantify but I know I've had at least 5 to 10 new clients in the last 6 months come from efforts related to my website
    • Not having to work on my website myself also helped free up my time, I don't need to worry!
    • Customer service is good, the team doesn't wait till there is a problem, they schedule check ins regularly
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    iContact
    • Information has been published which has helped ensure we are trusted amongst our customers.
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    ScreenShots

    BrightLocal Screenshots

    Screenshot of Location SummaryScreenshot of Local Search Rank CheckerScreenshot of Local Search GridScreenshot of Local Search AuditScreenshot of Google My Business AuditScreenshot of Citation Tracker

    LocaliQ Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Dash lead management dashboard and engagement centerScreenshot of the Marketing Dashboard, which provides access to reports 24/7, or can be used to listen to phone calls and recordings, and manage a lead inbox. LocaliQ customers receive access to the Marketing Dashboard with the purchase of any other products at no additional cost. Upgrades available for automated lead nurture solutions.Screenshot of LocaliQ’s search ad technology includes expertise from account setup and keyword creation to data analysis and reporting across multiple search engines.Screenshot of Social ads, based on a business's unique goals and budget.Screenshot of LocaliQ listings solutions to get a business accurately listed, with lower cost or premium options.Screenshot of the AI-powered Dash SMS Agent that qualifies leads and convert customers. AI responses are generated using website content to provide a customer experience as good or better than a human interaction.

    Moz Local Screenshots

    Screenshot of GeoRank, which offers a precise view of how a business and competitors rank in Google’s local search results across different neighborhoods. Because search results change based on a person’s location, traditional rank tracking doesn’t show the full picture. With GeoRank, you can set grids around your service area, track keyword rankings at multiple points, and visualize performance on interactive maps. See where you’re winning, where competitors outrank you, and how your visibility changes over time. GeoRank helps uncover opportunities to strengthen local SEO and expand a brand's reach.Screenshot of Insights in Moz Local, which connect directly with a Google Business Profile to show how customers are finding and engaging with a business. Track key actions like website clicks, direction requests, and phone calls to understand how listing drives leads over time. See which search keywords bring people to a profile, spot trends, and uncover opportunities to improve visibility. Insights offer a deeper look at customer behavior.Screenshot of Listings AI, which helps to keep a business's listings optimized as markets, competitors, and customer behaviors change. By analyzing reviews, engagement signals, keywords, and competitor data, it generates tailored recommendations that follow SEO best practices and align with local search trends. You’ll see suggestions for categories, services, and attributes—each with clear impact metrics—so you know which updates will boost visibility. It is available with Elite plans (or as an add-on for Lite and Preferred).Screenshot of Locations in Moz Local, where users manage and update business details to keep listings accurate and consistent across the web. From one dashboard, you can edit core information like name, address, hours, services, categories, and attributes, as well as upload images and add custom fields. Auto-sync ensures changes are pushed to directories automatically, saving you time and preventing errors. You can also view edit history, set warnings to avoid duplicate content, and group locations for easier management.Screenshot of Networks in Moz Local. which offers a centralized view of all the directories, social platforms, and review sites a business can connect to. From here, you can see which locations are linked, ready to link, or need updates, and quickly manage connections across platforms like Google, Facebook, and Yelp. The Networks table shows linking status and highlights any missing data or issues.Screenshot of Reviews Sentiment in Moz Local, which helps understand how customers feel about a business by analyzing the language used in their reviews. Track sentiment trends over time, see top keywords driving positive or negative feedback, and explore interactive word clouds to quickly spot themes. With color-coded insights and keyword-level detail, you can identify what customers love, uncover areas for improvement, and take action to strengthen your reputation. Sentiment reports can be filtered, shared, or exported, so marketing teams stay aligned on customer feedback and business impact.