Google Search Appliance (discontinued) vs. Yext

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)
Score 9.4 out of 10
N/A
The Google Search Appliance provided document indexing. The product was discontinued in favor of Google's cloud-based options.N/A
Yext
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Yext is a digital experience software provider headquartered in New York, New York.N/A
Pricing
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)Yext
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)Yext
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsThe cost of Yext varies depending on a number of factors such as package type, business size, entity count, and more. To create a solution that fits your business goals, please contact us or request a demo.
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Community Pulse
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)Yext
Features
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)Yext
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)
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Ratings
Yext
10.0
3 Ratings
21% above category average
Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Platform & Infrastructure
Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Product A and Product B
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)
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Ratings
Yext
9.8
3 Ratings
19% above category average
API00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
Internationalization / multi-language00 Ratings9.73 Ratings
Web Content Creation
Comparison of Web Content Creation features of Product A and Product B
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)
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Ratings
Yext
9.0
1 Ratings
22% above category average
Admin section00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Web Content Management
Comparison of Web Content Management features of Product A and Product B
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)
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Ratings
Yext
8.0
2 Ratings
17% above category average
SEO support00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
Bulk management00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Availability / breadth of extensions00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Results and Analysis
Comparison of Results and Analysis features of Product A and Product B
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)
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Ratings
Yext
10.0
1 Ratings
22% above category average
Conversion tracking00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Digital Experience Platform
Comparison of Digital Experience Platform features of Product A and Product B
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)
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Ratings
Yext
8.9
3 Ratings
3% above category average
Cloud enablement00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Content aggregation00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Content classification00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
DXP Third-Party Integrations00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Multi-website management00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Digital asset management00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
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User Ratings
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)Yext
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(2 ratings)
9.0
(25 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
5.0
(1 ratings)
6.3
(12 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Search Appliance (discontinued)Yext
Likelihood to Recommend
Discontinued Products
The Google Search Appliance is well suited to most site search needs and it is possible to customize the front end seen by website visitors to produce a satisfactory basic interface with basic branding applied to it. However, in some situations it may be necessary to instead make API calls from a web page to retrieve search results and the format in which those results are returned might be a little more difficult to work with.
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Yext
We have multiple branch locations throughout our market area. It's very challenging to manage the web listings for each location, with a large volume of listings across numerous platforms for each of those locations. Yext significantly reduces the workload by allowing me to make a single update and Yext automatically pushes the notifications across the other platforms
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Pros
Discontinued Products
  • Homes in on key searches.
  • Immediate response.
  • Simple UI, very user-friendly.
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Yext
  • Yext is very, very user-friendly and easy to use.
  • Yext provides information within the portal on how you can enhance your listings as well as how you can fix any issues with your listings that may exist.
  • Yext's dedicated account managers can help you with any issues that may arise. For example our location pin on Apple Maps was wrong on one of our clinic listings and our Yext account manager reached out directly to Apple support and fixed the issue.
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Cons
Discontinued Products
  • It's my understanding that Google is ending support for the appliance soon. This is obviously an important consideration.
  • The administrator interface is far from easy to use.
  • There is a significant learning curve for new users.
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Yext
  • Cost. This platform offers a lot of powerful features, but it has an expensive barrier to entry.
  • Annual contracts limit flexibility for smaller companies
  • The biggest drawback is that you need to keep your subscription active or listings/citation data will revert back to what it was pre-Yext implementation
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Usability
Discontinued Products
No answers on this topic
Yext
Yext is pretty easy and straightforward to utilize out of the box. While I work for a digital marketing agency, and this is second nature to me at this point, I do believe the average SMB owner with zero digital marketing experience could be a proficient Yext user within 1 hour or so of usage. It's easy
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Support Rating
Discontinued Products
Neutral rating because I've never needed support.
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Yext
Have been very impressed with the support we receive from Yext. I always feel I am listened to and if I have any problems or concerns they are quickly addressed. I have multiple ways to obtain support, either technical or strategic support, and they are responsive. I couldn't ask for more.
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Alternatives Considered
Discontinued Products
Google search has always been superior. No other search engine application can even come close.
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Yext
We initially chose Yext because it provided the greatest control for our multiple listings. Plus, it had access to the most publishers. However, when evaluating Synup we were very impressed. You would not go wrong to choose either!
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Return on Investment
Discontinued Products
  • The GSA was not cheap. At all.
  • There has also been a cost associated with our need to switch to another site search solution in the near future, due to Google ending support for the sppliance.
  • That said, we have so much support content that we owed it to our customers to offer a comprehensive search tool to help them find the most relevant content - and of course Google are the masters of this. However, it's worth noting that the alogorithms used on the GSA are far older than those used on google.com.
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Yext
  • Consistency in business listing management - without Yext, we would surely have more inconsistencies with our business address across the web. This can lead to poor communication to our customers, and potentially lost business if we lose trust as a reputable business.
  • Yext saves me hours of legwork to manage numerous web listing platforms individually.
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ScreenShots

Yext Screenshots

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