BrightLocal vs. Silktide

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BrightLocal
Score 7.7 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
Silktide
Score 9.8 out of 10
N/A
Silktide in Derby aims to give users everything they need to make their websites better, with automated accessibility testing, content optimization, and SEO-oriented digital marketing in one platform.N/A
Pricing
BrightLocalSilktide
Editions & Modules
Track Plan
$39
per month
Manage Plan
$49
per month
Grow Plan
$59
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BrightLocalSilktide
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
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
BrightLocalSilktide
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
BrightLocal
6.7
12 Ratings
15% below category average
Silktide
-
Ratings
Keyword analysis7.08 Ratings00 Ratings
Backlink management4.05 Ratings00 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking7.711 Ratings00 Ratings
Page grader7.52 Ratings00 Ratings
Competitive analysis7.611 Ratings00 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics9.98 Ratings00 Ratings
Site recommendations6.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Task management3.56 Ratings00 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
BrightLocal
8.6
13 Ratings
12% above category average
Silktide
-
Ratings
Local SEO8.613 Ratings00 Ratings
Social SEO7.96 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile SEO10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Global SEO7.72 Ratings00 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
Silktide
-
Ratings
Multi-domain support8.59 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools9.910 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
BrightLocalSilktide
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(14 ratings)
10.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
7.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
BrightLocalSilktide
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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Silktide
It is an outstanding resource for creating accessible websites or else to improve on accessibility for websites your organization already has. Although the price is a bit high, it is worth the investment. The user interface of this software has a good design, is not complicated to adopt, and has resources that help to understand the importance of accessibility in websites.
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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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Silktide
  • Ease of use
  • Easy to understand
  • Great training
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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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Silktide
  • The ability to buy more page ranges on larger sites would be great
  • The speed test would benefit from integration to Google's Lighthouse testing
  • SEO rank checking could be broader
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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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Silktide
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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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Silktide
It is essential to meet all accessibility standards on every website to make them suitable for all types of users that browse them. This is something that Silktide has proven to be instrumental in.
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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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Silktide
  • Continuing our commitment towards Accessibility
  • Clients can easily understand changes
  • As a manager, playing "bad cop" is no longer needed because Silktide does it for us
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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