4 categories · RankedBrightLocal
BrightLocal is a local marketing platform for agencies and businesses, used for local SEO and reputation management · brightlocal.com ↗
Gane, the publisher, sells software in SEO, where this product is measured. It is measured there by the same method as every other product. How the conflict is handled.
Leads at mid-market. Ranked 7 of 43 for enterprise buyers.
The standing depends on who is buying. Every model is asked the same questions for each company size.
Ranked first. Next is Moz Local at 29%.
Ranked first. Next is Moz Local at 21%. 8 of 14 models made it the first choice when asked directly.
Yext is first at 52%.
Why models recommend it
“BrightLocal is the top recommendation due to its comprehensive features, strong reputation, and value for multi-location management.”Mistral Small · Paraphrase question · first choice
“BrightLocal is the best fit for agencies and local brands needing recurring multi-location listing audits with audit-ready reporting.”Muse Glimmer 30B · Comparative question · first choice
“BrightLocal: Strong for agencies/SMBs scaling up. Excellent listings sync, reporting, and review tools. Affordable entry point”Grok 4.20 · Scale-constrained question · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, BrightLocal offers the optimal balance of affordability, features, and scalability”Kimi K2 · Direct question · first choice
What gives them pause
“Who should avoid: Larger operators or agencies managing dozens of listings.”Grok 4.20 · Negative question · warning
“BrightLocal is often recommended, but buyers note persistent issues: "eight persistent issues, including performance bottlenecks, a dated user experience, unpredictable costs"”Muse Glimmer 30B · Negative question · warning
“Other platforms like BrightLocal and Moz Local have also received some negative feedback, but they also offer useful features”Llama 4 Maverick · Negative question · warning
“recent customer complaints about unreliable posting/scheduling and other workflow issues, so I'd test it carefully”GPT-5.4 mini · Negative question · warning
Also on the shortlist
The products named in the same answers as BrightLocal, over the 222 answers that named it, and how often each was the first choice instead.
| Product | Named together | Picked instead | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 157 | 25 | Compare → | |
| 123 | 23 | Compare → | |
| 113 | 6 | Compare → | |
| 110 | 0 | Compare → | |
| 95 | 4 | Compare → | |
| 53 | 5 | Compare → | |
| 52 | 1 | View → | |
| 39 | 1 | Compare → | |
| 36 | 12 | View → | |
| 34 | 9 | View → |
What the models named instead of BrightLocal →
A side-by-side page exists where both products are among a category's top eight.
At a glance
Stated on BrightLocal's own site, not checked by Gane.
- For
- agencies and businesses
- Price stated
- from $31/mo
- Starting price
- 31
- Free plan or trial
- Try for FREE
- Integrations
- 4
- Hosting
- USA, UK, Canada, Australia
- Customers named
- Faithworks, West Coast Self-Storage, Voyage Media Works, PestCo Holdings, Staylisted, Anthem Self Storage, Luca Tagliaferro Consultancy, Hallam Internet
How this is measured
Fourteen AI models from 12 labs are asked the same buying questions six ways, for three company sizes. Standings refresh every edition.
Gane sells AI visibility software. No company can pay to change a result.
Read the method →Sources returned with these answers
Fourteen of the fourteen models returned a source list in this edition: five return the pages they cited and nine the search results they consulted. These counts come from 202 of the 222 answers that named BrightLocal and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
395 of the 509 domain citations in answers naming BrightLocal came from a third party's page. Twenty-nine were to the publisher's own pages (the Gane Index), which the models cite like any other source; they are not counted as a third party.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
By model
| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Grok 4.20 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Mistral Small | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Kimi K2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
What it publishes
| Kind | Pages | Last 90 days | 2025-10 to 2026-09 | Latest | Categories named |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog | 394 | undated | SEO | ||
| Glossary or explainer | 297 | undated | SEO | ||
| Report or ebook | 134 | undated | SEO | ||
| Webinar or virtual event | 56 | undated | SEO | ||
| Case study | 33 | undated | SEO | ||
| Podcast or video | 32 | undated | SEO | ||
| Comparison | 10 | undated | SEO | ||
| Template or tool | 1 | undated | SEO | ||
| News or press | 1 | undated |
How it is countedHide how it is counted
Every page brightlocal.com exposes, subdomains included. Kind is read from the address and title. The last 90 days, the latest date and the twelve months count pages by when they were published, from the site's feeds, a date in the address, or the page's own publication date, read from up to a hundred of its most recently changed pages; a page that says only when it last changed is counted in its kind but not in when, so the recent counts are a floor, and a kind none of whose pages gives a publication date reads undated. An event counts as online when its address or title says so (webinar, on demand, virtual or online summit); a conference, summit, trade show, expo or roadshow that does not say so is counted as a conference or event, which on a vendor's site is mostly in person. Read September 29, 2026.