BrightLocal vs. SEO PowerSuite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BrightLocal
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
BrightLocal is a search engine optimization tool that tracks search rankings, builds citations, and monitors online reviews and stresses local search performance.
$39
per month
SEO PowerSuite
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
SEO PowerSuite is a SEO software tookit that includes 4 applications - Rank Tracker, WebSite Auditor, SEO SpyGlass, and LinkAssistant. Each application helps website owners and SEOs focus on a specific aspect of search engine optimization. With Rank Tracker, the user can set up rank monitoring, analyze competitors, look for new keyword ideas and organize them in relevant keyword groups. WebSite Auditor helps to run sitewide audits for technical issues, as well as get actionable recommendation…
$299
per year
Pricing
BrightLocalSEO PowerSuite
Editions & Modules
Track Plan
$39
per month
Manage Plan
$49
per month
Grow Plan
$59
per month
Free
$0
forever license
Professional
$299
per year license
Enterprise
$499
per year license
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BrightLocalSEO PowerSuite
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsBrightLocal offers custom enterprise plans for businesses with more than 50 locations.
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Features
BrightLocalSEO PowerSuite
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
BrightLocal
6.7
12 Ratings
15% below category average
SEO PowerSuite
8.4
14 Ratings
8% above category average
Keyword analysis7.08 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Backlink management4.05 Ratings8.013 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking7.711 Ratings8.014 Ratings
Page grader7.52 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Competitive analysis7.611 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics9.98 Ratings9.014 Ratings
Site recommendations6.64 Ratings8.012 Ratings
Task management3.46 Ratings7.37 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
BrightLocal
8.6
13 Ratings
12% above category average
SEO PowerSuite
8.3
14 Ratings
9% above category average
Local SEO8.613 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Social SEO7.96 Ratings8.011 Ratings
Mobile SEO10.04 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Global SEO7.72 Ratings9.013 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
BrightLocal
9.2
11 Ratings
9% above category average
SEO PowerSuite
8.3
14 Ratings
1% below category average
Multi-domain support8.59 Ratings8.511 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools9.910 Ratings8.013 Ratings
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
BrightLocalSEO PowerSuite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(14 ratings)
9.0
(16 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
7.5
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
BrightLocalSEO PowerSuite
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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LinkAssist.Com
After starting your online business, you have to use SEO PowerSuite to start up. You want to know where you have to go in terms of SEO journey, what keywords you need to use, who your competition is and which locations are the most important to you. Also, you need to know the power of your website, how well it performs now and how it can be improved. If you just want to start blogging for fun, about stuff that interests you and only you, you might find this program a bit over the top. It has way too many features to "just" see how many visitors you get on your website. A simple plugin will probably do the job.
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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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LinkAssist.Com
  • Finds keyword opportunities with the best chance to rank
  • Finds your most ominous competitors
  • Finds the opportunities for content changes that make a difference in ranking
  • Checks your site for technical issues and suggest fixes for them
  • Finds backlinks for your site and opportunities to go for
  • Helps you with all four areas of SEO: On-page, Off-Page, Technical and Experiential
  • Helps your organize project data and tasks in easy to use columns and filters
  • Helps you setup automatic checks on all aspects of your SEO campaigns to stay up to date
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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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LinkAssist.Com
  • The software is not strong with processing large amounts of data. So, it is really good for small and medium size businesses, but can be cumbersome for large projects.
  • Due to large number of settings it takes time to learn it.
  • Need to purchase proxies or captcha solution. I think those can be provides as part of the package already.
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Likelihood to Renew
BrightLocal
No answers on this topic
LinkAssist.Com
I gave SEO PowerSuite a two because our company did not renew our subscription. The pricing was too complicated and having multiple platforms made it more difficult to use. We dropped our subscription to SEO PowerSuite and implemented Moz. Moz gave us a full view of all of the metrics we were looking for on one web-based platform. Plus, the pricing model was simple so it was easier to get senior management to cosign on.
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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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LinkAssist.Com
I have had several interactions with support at SEO PowerSuite. Each time I have been quite pleased with the response. I have interacted with billing and tools support and have found them to both be on top of things. they follow up well and they get the issue resolved in a timely manner. I have no complaints here.
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Online Training
BrightLocal
No answers on this topic
LinkAssist.Com
SEO Powersuite has a lot of training videos online, combined with some live streaming tutorials. Also, they have a guide that comes with their software to outline the basics of your SEO workflow. This will get you on the right track right from the start. Their guides and tutorials are easy to follow and detail every possible option you have when doing work with SEO Powersuite. Even if you want to switch to different software, the courses are easy to implement in all other tools too! Very recommended if you want to get started in the SEO world, or want to expand your knowledge.
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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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LinkAssist.Com
It works in combination with all of them, the closest would be a combination of Ahrefs, Majestic, and Screaming Frog. However, where this tool steps up its game, is when you integrate it with Google Search Console and then tie them both into Google Data Studio. When you get this right, you can show your client how much money they would need to spend on PPC to get the same 'value' of traffic. This changes the way they look at optimization, now the cost of a term in PPC is also used as a reason to optimize the customer journey.
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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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LinkAssist.Com
  • SEO PowerSuite is a one-time payment SEO software which shortens the time it takes for you to optimize websites in terms of SEO, content, visibility and conversions which can improve your ROI if used wisely.
  • Can be used on multiple platforms and scales nicely. An Enterprise license allows multiple people to run the software, and it's easy to set up. It's updated regularly which means zero maintenance.
  • BuzzBundle and LinkAssistant can increase your brands reach, potentially increasing the number of prospects and leads.
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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

SEO PowerSuite Screenshots

Screenshot of Rank Tracker is the most customizable rank checker tool you'll come across. Whether you need to check positions globally or in local search, in Google SERPs or any of the tool's 400+ search engines — Rank Tracker's got you covered. Whether you need to scan the top 50 or 1,000 search results, track keyword rankings once a week or daily, monitor Universal and Map listings, and track competitor keyword ranks — you can do that even with the software's free trial. Monitor your site average position and visibility score. Observe how your ranking position changes, notice when your keyword enters the top position or gets a featured snippet on Google SERPs. The best part is, everything is unlimited in this keyword position checker — including websites, search engines, and keywords to track.Screenshot of WebSite Auditor does more than analyzing your content. It lets you optimize pages in-app with step-by-step SEO advice as you type. In a separate tab, you can create and edit your pages' title and meta description tags, and preview your Google snippet right below. Done optimizing? A single click will save the SEO-perfect HTML to your hard drive, ready for upload.Screenshot of All your favorite keyword research tools are integrated right into the Rank Tracker keyword rank tool: Google Ads Keyword Planner; Competition research; Domain Research; Related Searches; Autocomplete tools; Related Questions; Google Analytics and Search Console for terms you already rank for. Used together, these sources will give you thousands of keywords you wouldn't have found elsewhere on the web. As you find keyword ideas, the tool will automatically group them by topic, so you can analyze and target entire keyword groups instead of going through bulks of terms one by one.Screenshot of WebSite Auditor will run an SEO audit and quickly reveal every issue on your site that can affect search engine indexation, rankings, and user experience. The audit tool looks for tech SEO issues such as broken links and images, duplicate content, crawling errors, poor mobile usability, site speed, redirect chains, internal linking problems, heavy pages and scripts, W3C validation errors, thin content, and more.Screenshot of Check the exact backlinks your site has — or spy on your competitor's backlinks with SEO SpyGlass. In a matter of minutes, this smart tool will calculate the total number of backlinks the site has and show the exact URL of each and every backlink. Since today's search engines place a huge value on links, this is the number one factor for ranking well.Screenshot of Acquiring that new backlink is often a numbers game — you need link building tools that will provide tons of link suggestions that will serve as a foundation for your link building campaigns. And LinkAssistant is simply the best tool for sheer volume. With 7.1 billion pages crawled on a daily basis, the software will give you backlink opportunities in hundreds and even thousands.