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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    BrightLocal

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABrightLocal is a search engine optimization tool that tracks search rankings, builds citations, and monitors online reviews and stresses local search performance.

    $39

    per month

    Conductor

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AConductor is a Website Optimization and Intelligence platform. Conductor is designed to help brands increase visibility in AI and traditional search, generate high-performing content, and protect performance with 24/7, real-time website monitoring. With insights across AEO/SEO, content, and technical health, Conductor’s unified platform empowers cross-functional teams to turn their website into a growth engine.N/A
    Pricing
    BrightLocalConductor
    Editions & Modules
    Track Plan
    $39
    per month
    Manage Plan
    $49
    per month
    Grow Plan
    $59
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BrightLocalConductor
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsBrightLocal offers custom enterprise plans for businesses with more than 50 locations.—
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    Community Pulse
    BrightLocalConductor
    Considered Both Products
    BrightLocal
    No answer on this topic
    Conductor
    Chose Conductor
    Each product has it's own unique use.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
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    94%
    Would buy again
    46 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    38 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    49 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    41 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    37 Answers
    Features
    BrightLocalConductor
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of BrightLocal and Conductor
    Feature
    BrightLocal
    6.7
    12 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Conductor
    8.7
    261 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Keyword analysis7.08 Ratings9.7260 Ratings
    Backlink management4.05 Ratings8.394 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking7.711 Ratings9.0245 Ratings
    Page grader7.52 Ratings9.5115 Ratings
    Competitive analysis7.611 Ratings8.0258 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics9.98 Ratings9.9232 Ratings
    Site recommendations6.64 Ratings7.4246 Ratings
    Task management3.56 Ratings8.296 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of BrightLocal and Conductor
    Feature
    BrightLocal
    8.6
    13 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Conductor
    8.2
    234 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Local SEO8.613 Ratings9.1190 Ratings
    Social SEO7.96 Ratings5.530 Ratings
    Mobile SEO10.04 Ratings9.9210 Ratings
    Global SEO7.72 Ratings8.3195 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of BrightLocal and Conductor
    Feature
    BrightLocal
    9.2
    11 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Conductor
    9.8
    247 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Multi-domain support8.59 Ratings9.7218 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools9.910 Ratings9.8232 Ratings
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    BrightLocalConductor
    Small Businesses
    Nozzle
    Score10 out of 10
    Nozzle
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Advanced Web Ranking
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Advanced Web Ranking
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Search Console
    Score9 out of 10
    Google Search Console
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BrightLocalConductor
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (14 ratings)
    8.4
    (262 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (14 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (149 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (223 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.7
    (7 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.6
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BrightLocalConductor
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Conductor
    Conductor is a great tool to use when we're planning and optimizing content around specific trends. It also helps us track our on-going performance as well, which is great to help us improve. Conductor is less ideal for content that has a quick turnaround time or pieces where SEO isn't a priority, also if you're looking to manage content publishing directly. It's more useful when it comes to strategy and optimization for in-depth pieces.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Conductor
    • When I need to quickly determine what Google features our keywords are ranking for: Featured Snippets, Carousels, Rich Snippets, Sitelinks, PAA boxes, etc.
    • The ability to create highly customizable dashboards that provide a one-page view of insights for the specific web properties you are tracking.
    • A content guidance tool that is unmatched by any other product available in the market.
    Incentivized
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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
    Incentivized
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    Conductor
    • Backlink tracking/reporting (would like to see backlinks more easily and maybe backlink opportunities if possible)
    • Custom content briefs (right now I move the brief from the platform version into our own in-house Word doc template because it is more detailed. Would love to be able to customize the brief that is set up within Conductor so that we can do it all in one place.)
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    BrightLocal
    No answers on this topic
    Conductor
    Conductor enables high-value SEO activity. There are a lot of moving parts in SEO and I'm always open to products that fit our requirements, but Conductor has built a stronger argument for its value after we subscribed than it had when we subscribed -- that's rare.
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    Usability
    BrightLocal
    No answers on this topic
    Conductor
    I check features like the InsightStream every Monday to monitor any major losses or gains in performance. These are easily digested and save me tons of time searching for these insights manually. If there's anything "worth calling home about" I can easily add insights into a workspace and create a report to communicate these results. It's super easy to use Conductor with a team and across departments.
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    Reliability and Availability
    BrightLocal
    No answers on this topic
    Conductor
    Always works when I've needed it
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    BrightLocal
    No answers on this topic
    Conductor
    Sometimes reports can take some time to load
    Incentivized
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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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    Conductor
    The Conductor support team is excellent, especially our Customer Success manager. Our monthly calls to review our wins, losses, and key takeaways for the next steps are incredibly helpful, and Conductor's platform provides not only an organic search tool for our company but also a learning resource via our Customer Success calls.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    BrightLocal
    No answers on this topic
    Conductor
    Our in house SEO manager trained everyone. It was easy to learn and he was well versed with the product. Any questions we had he was able to answer or reach out to support to find the answer
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    Implementation Rating
    BrightLocal
    No answers on this topic
    Conductor
    I definitely recommend their professional services for getting started. It got our account 90% of the way to where we needed to be in order to gain value from it. In fact, I'd suggest that with few exceptions (such as, you have a staff that is already familiar with the platform and doesn't need any help), the quick start services over the first 30-90 days should be a standard part of onboarding with any new client. It definitely got us to the point of gaining ROI from the solution and, in turn, will make it easier to justify renewal and continued investment in it.
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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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    Conductor
    We didn't use another product previously, we used an agency that did everything for us, so bringing Organic SEO in-house was why we went with Conductor. I have used other products in other roles and at other companies and each has its strengths. Conductor is good for large enterprises
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    BrightLocal
    No answers on this topic
    Conductor
    Many features
    Incentivized
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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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    Conductor
    • Conductor helped us aim at low hanging fruits for quick wins, which increased our traffic
    • With Conductor's tool, it was easy to look at general keywords where we were already ranking, but not good enough, and then focus around what we could do to increase our positioning
    • All this extra traffic, gave us more leads, therefore more sales!
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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

    Conductor Screenshots

    Screenshot of Keyword Rank Tracking:
Conductor's keyword reporting features provide an overview of important keywords, and access to the latest rank and MSV data. Viewers can track rankings over time and filter across multiple dimensions like location, device, search engine, result type, traffic and rank trends to gain actionable insights to address opportunities and stabilize performance.Screenshot of Performance Reporting:
Conductor provides a holistic view of content performance with integrated analytics (e.g., GA4, Adobe, custom), keyword visibility, Google Search Console data, and technical insights to identify the opportunities driving traffic and to measure organic marketing ROI. These analytics will connect team effort to impact with automated change detection, including content and metadata changes, custom events, and industry updates that may have affected performance.Screenshot of AI Content Workflow:
From researching high-converting topics with Conductor's keyword index to surfacing AI-powered content recommendations while writing, Conductor enables teams to create and optimize content faster and easier. The feature includes SEO guidance across everything from keyword insights and content attributes to page health, and offers AI-generated suggestions personalized to specific objectives, audience, and journey stage.Screenshot of Website Health Dashboard:
Conductor Website Monitoring helps protect and maximize performance at scale with 24/7 monitoring and real-time alerts with up-to-date site health and performance data across all websites in one command center. Automatic prioritization of issues by impact and unlimited customization across page segments, alerts, and issues make it easy to focus on the most relevant data needed for any specific growth goals.Screenshot of SEO Competitor Tracking: 
This produces a head-to-head comparison of any competitor's organic channel performance to survey top traffic-driving pages, identify what keywords they rank for, and see recent gains and losses. Viewers can search market share by category, result type, rank position, location, and device type to discover where a brand can win against its both direct and indirect competitors.Screenshot of Issues Management:
Customizable, real-time alerting used to catch and fix issues before traffic and revenue are impacted, including the ability to track any custom page element across a website to manage not only technical health but also content, product pages, brand standards, and legal compliance. It is used to support decisions, track progress, and check implementation with a full changelog of every website.