# Local listings management for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Asked as "local listings management platform" and as "multi-location local SEO tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the November 2026 Edition. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/local-listings-management/2026-11/enterprise

**Standing:** Yext leads with 52% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 56 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| Rank | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Yext](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/yext/index.md) | 52% | 29% | 73 |
| 2 | [SOCi](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/soci/index.md) | 20% | 7% | 44 |
| 3 | [Uberall](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/uberall/index.md) | 14% | 12% | 69 |
| 4 | [Birdeye](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/birdeye/index.md) | 5% | 14% | 42 |
| 7 | [BrightLocal](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/brightlocal/index.md) | 2% | 64% | 28 |
| 8 | [Rio SEO](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/rio-seo/index.md) | 0% | 8% | 12 |
| 9 | [Semrush Local](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/semrush-local/index.md) | 0% | 24% | 25 |
| 10 | [Reputation](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/reputation/index.md) | 0% | 24% | 17 |
| 41 | [Synup](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/synup/index.md) | 0% | 57% | 14 |
| 43 | [Moz Local](https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/vendors/moz-local/index.md) | 0% | 71% | 24 |

Rank is by share of first choices among all 43 products named; products with the same share are tied, and the order among them carries no meaning. The table lists those with at least 10 labels.

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Yext; alternatives Birdeye, Uberall
- GPT-5.4 mini: Yext; alternatives Rio SEO, Uberall
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Yext; alternatives Rio SEO, Uberall
- Perplexity Sonar: Yext; alternatives Birdeye, SOCi, Semrush Local, Uberall
- Grok 4.20: Yext; alternatives Birdeye, Uberall
- Mistral Small: Yext; alternatives Birdeye, Moz Local, Uberall
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Yext; alternatives Birdeye, SOCi, Uberall
- Llama 4 Maverick: Birdeye, Uberall, Yext; alternatives GBPPromote, RightChoice.ai
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Uberall, Yext
- Kimi K2: Yext; alternatives Reputation, Uberall
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Uberall, Yext; alternatives Birdeye, LocalClarity, SOCi
- MiniMax M2.5: SOCi, Yext; alternatives Semrush Local, Uberall
- GPT-6 Luna: Yext; alternatives Uberall
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Yext; alternatives Birdeye, Uberall

## Sources the answers cite

76 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- g2.com: 48 answers, 92 citations
- gbppromote.com: 37 answers, 47 citations
- uberall.com: 30 answers, 66 citations
- guideflow.com: 23 answers, 30 citations
- birdeye.com: 23 answers, 28 citations
- brightlocal.com: 22 answers, 25 citations
- alchemer.com: 21 answers, 21 citations
- yext.com: 18 answers, 28 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://g2.com/categories/local-listing-management (23 answers)
- https://gbppromote.com/best-local-listing-management-software (22 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/local-listing-management/enterprise (20 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/local-listing-management-software-tools (18 answers)
- https://brightlocal.com/resources/listings-management-services-compared (15 answers)
- https://onfolio.com/reviewed/best-listing-management-software (13 answers)
- https://gane.ai/index/gtm/marketing/local-listings-management/enterprise (12 answers)
- https://yext.com/platform/listings (12 answers)
- https://alchemer.com/resources/e-guide/a-vendor-comparison-guide-for-multi-location-operations-teams (11 answers)
- https://socialpilot.co/reviews/alternatives/yext-alternatives (11 answers)

## Warned against

- Yext: 21 of 73 labels negative. "Platforms to Avoid or Use Cautiously - Yext: Key risks: High cost ... especially "listing lock-in" or data reversion." (Grok 4.20, negative prompt)
- Moz Local: 17 of 24 labels negative. "generally not recommended for large enterprises due to limited scalability, integration capabilities, and advanced features required at scale" (Mistral Small, negative prompt)
- BrightLocal: 18 of 28 labels negative. "SMB-First & Local Agency Tools (Avoid for Enterprise Scale)
*Examples: BrightLocal, Moz Local, Whitespark, Semrush Listing Management*" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Synup: 8 of 14 labels negative. "Synup: Pricing scales poorly with client volume; API access restricted to higher tiers" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, negative prompt)

## Movement since October 2026

Floor: 11 points of share, measured on the calibration repeat.
Same leader: Yext at 52%.

- SOCi: 2% to 20%, +18. Cleared the floor by 7 points · rank 5 → 2 of 43.
- Yext: 69% to 52%, −17. Cleared the floor by 6 points · rank 1 of 43, unchanged.
- Birdeye: 9% to 5%, −4. Inside the floor by 7 points · rank 3 → 4 of 43.
- BrightLocal: 0% to 2%, +2. Inside the floor by 9 points · rank 50 → 7 of 43.
- Uberall: 15% to 14%, −1. Inside the floor by 10 points · rank 2 → 3 of 43.
- Rio SEO: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 7 → 8 of 43.
- Semrush Local: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 9 of 43, unchanged.
- Reputation: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 11 → 10 of 43.
- Synup: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 15 → 41 of 43.
- Moz Local: 0% to 0%, ±0. Inside the floor by 11 points · rank 52 → 43 of 43.

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/gtm/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/gtm.