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Same job.
Wildly different bills.

Every listings tool your customers might name, priced honestly. Their 5-year math, their target buyer, and when they are actually the right pick over LocalBasics.

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Which one are you really comparing us to?

Pick the option you were about to pick if LocalBasics did not exist. That is the fair comparison.

Do nothingI just have my Google Business Profile.See the breakdown Do it myselfI will set up 50 listings by hand.See the breakdown Hire someoneA marketing agency will handle it for me.See the breakdown Use a toolYext, Semrush, Moz, or one of the big names.See the breakdown
The tools

Eight tools you might have heard of.
One that ends after one payment.

Podium

Messaging platform. Listings on the side.

5-year cost$23,940
Their price$399 to $599 per month
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Birdeye

Reviews platform with listings as a tab.

5-year cost$17,940
Their price$299 to $449 per month, per location
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Uberall

Enterprise chains with 50 to 500 stores.

5-year cost$7,500
Their priceContact sales for all three tiers.
See the breakdown
Whitespark

Local SEO agency in a toolbox.

5-year cost$4,740
Their priceRank Tracker $29/mo, Citation Finder $79/mo, Listings Service one-time per site
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Semrush Local

The listings add-on to an SEO suite.

5-year cost$3,600
Their price$60/mo per location (Pro), $30/mo (Base without full sync)
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BrightLocal

Local SEO swiss army knife.

5-year cost$2,940
Their pricePlatform pricing on request. Citations $2 to $3.20 per site.
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Yext

The one big enterprises pay for.

5-year cost$2,495
Their price$199 to $999 per year, per location
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Moz Local

The cheapest per-month option.

5-year cost$1,495
Their price$199 to $399 per year, per location
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Five years, side by side.

What each option actually costs a single-location business over five years.

  1. LocalBasicsOne payment, none$499
  2. Local marketing agencyMonthly, sometimes with 6- or 12-month minimums$30,000
  3. PodiumAnnual$23,940
  4. BirdeyeAnnual$17,940
  5. UberallAnnual$7,500
  6. WhitesparkMonthly, cancel anytime$4,740
  7. Semrush LocalMonthly or annual$3,600
  8. BrightLocalMonthly or annual, cancel anytime$2,940
  9. YextAnnual, per location$2,495
  10. Moz LocalAnnual, per location$1,495
  11. Google Business Profile onlyNone$0
  12. Doing it yourselfYou are the contract$0

DIY and GBP only look free. DIY costs ~400 hours. GBP only covers one of the 50+ places customers actually check.

FAQs

Isn't $499 expensive for one payment?

A cheap-looking $30/mo tool costs $1,800 over 5 years. And most SMBs stay open longer than 5 years. Every subscription tool wins on year 1 sticker. LocalBasics wins on year 2 and every year after.

Why should I trust you over a name I have heard of?

LocalBasics runs on Synup's publisher network. Synup has protected 1.7 million businesses across the same 50+ platforms Yext and Uberall use. The pipes are the same. The pricing is not.

What if you shut down?

Your business record is exportable. Your GBP is yours. Nothing we sync is proprietary. If we go dark tomorrow, you keep everything you had before, minus the monitoring.

What if I want to switch tools later?

You can. There is no contract, no data lock-in, no automated cancel-and-lose-your-listings clause. You already paid once. Whatever comes next is your call.

Do I have to be technical?

You need to know your business name, phone, address, and hours. That is it. Anything past that, we or the publisher network handle for you.

Will the price go up later?

Not for anyone who already paid. That is the whole point of a one-time payment. Future customers may pay more. You will not.

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