For one or two locations, choose by the jobs you need help with: editing the profile, answering reviews, posting, tracking rank, or syncing other directories. Price per location runs from free (गुगल's own dashboard, रिच Free) to $65/month (BrightLocal Grow, one location, monthly). Birdeye quotes by sales call.
All prices below were checked on 8 Oct 2026 on each vendor's own pricing page. Use them to compare the tools against each other, and check the vendor's page before you buy because prices change.
What should गुगल बिजनेस प्रोफाइल software actually do for a small business?
गुगल's own dashboard, on business.google.com or directly in Search, already lets you edit your profile, reply to reviews and publish posts for free. Software is worth paying for only when it saves you a chore you repeat every week or across several locations.
Judge each tool on these points:
- It edits every profile field and tells you when गुगल rejects or changes an edit.
- It helps you reply to गुगल reviews.
- It schedules posts.
- It tracks where you rank on the map.
- It syncs your listing to other directories.
- It has a fair price per location for 1 to 5 locations.
- It handles reviews written in languages other than English.
How do the tools compare?
| Tool | Starting price (checked 8 Oct 2026) | What it manages | Best for |
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| गुगल बिजनेस प्रोफाइल | Starting price (checked 8 Oct 2026)Free | What it managesEdit the profile, reply to reviews, publish posts | Best forOne location and an owner with time |
| रिच by लोकस | Starting price (checked 8 Oct 2026)Free for 1 location; Starter $10/month (2 locations); Business $20/month (5 locations) | What it managesProfile editor with गुगल rule checks, एआई review drafts in your voice, posts, weekly 3x3 map scans, च्याटजिपिटी or क्लोड connection | Best forOwner-run businesses with 1 to 5 locations and non-English reviews |
| BrightLocal | Starting price (checked 8 Oct 2026)Track $41/month, Manage $54/month, Grow $65/month for 1 location (monthly); annual $31, $40 or $49 a month | What it managesTrack: rank tracking, Local Search Grid, citation monitoring, GBP audit. Manage adds listing sync and GBP Post Scheduler. Grow adds review monitoring and responses across platforms, plus review requests by email, text and in-store | Best forBusinesses that need directory sync, and agencies |
| Semrush Local | Starting price (checked 8 Oct 2026)Base $30/month per location, Pro $60/month per location (billed annually) | What it managesBase: GBP management with an एआई agent, एआई post writing and publishing, Map Rank Tracker with 375 credits. Pro adds listing management, review management with एआई replies, and 1,225 Map Rank Tracker credits | Best forTeams that already use Semrush, or need listings plus reviews |
| Localo | Starting price (checked 8 Oct 2026)Single Business $39/month billed annually ($49 list), plus tax, 1 profile; Pro $149/month billed annually for 2 to 120 profiles | What it managesAuto-generated posts, position map rank tracking, reviews in one place with reply templates, QR review poster | Best forSingle profiles that want automatic posts; agencies on Pro |
| Birdeye | Starting price (checked 8 Oct 2026)No public price; the pricing form asks for your number of locations | What it managesReviews, listings, social | Best forMulti-location brands that want one contract |
BrightLocal offers a 14-day trial with no card. Semrush Local offers a 7-day trial. Localo offers a 14-day trial and has no free plan.
Which one should a single-location owner pick?
Start from the job, not the brand:
- If you only need to edit the profile and reply to reviews, use गुगल's free dashboard or रिच Free.
- If many reviews arrive in Hindi, Tamil or another Indian language, रिच drafts replies in the language and script of each review.
- If your business is listed on other directories and the details drift, BrightLocal Manage or Semrush Local Pro keep listings in sync on the sites each one supports.
- An agency with 20 or more clients will find BrightLocal or Localo Pro priced for that volume.
- An enterprise brand that wants one contract for reviews, listings and social should ask Birdeye for a quote.
Where is रिच weaker?
रिच is the newest tool on this list. It also skips several jobs the others do:
- It does not sync your listing to other directories (citations). BrightLocal Manage and Semrush Local Pro do.
- It handles गुगल reviews only. It does not monitor other review sites.
- It does not send review requests by text or email. BrightLocal Grow does.
- Rank tracking is a weekly 3x3 map scan only. It has no daily scans and no larger grids.
- It handles a maximum of 5 locations per account.
- It has no white-label agency reports.
If any of these is a must-have for you, pick one of the other tools.
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| गुगल बिजनेस प्रोफाइल | Cost for one year$0 |
| रिच फ्री | Cost for one yearSemrush Local |
| रिच स्टार्टर | Cost for one yearBirdeye |
| Free | Cost for one year$0 |
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| Birdeye | Cost for one yearBy quote |
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सनराइज डेन्टल केयर
सनराइज डेन्टल केयरको पुणेमा एउटा स्थान र १४० गुगल समीक्षाहरू छन्। लगभग आधा समीक्षा हिन्दी वा मराठीमा छन्। मालिकले आइतबार समीक्षाहरूको जवाफ दिन्छन्।
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- यसको म्याप्स र्याङ्क क्लिनिक वरिपरि 'डेन्टिस्ट नियर मी' को लागि।
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रिच फ्रीले यो समेट्छ। फ्री योजनाका 50 एआई क्रेडिटले महिनामा 25 जवाफको मस्यौदा दिन्छ, र यसमा 2 ट्र्याक गरिएका खोजहरू पर्छन्। मालिकलाई 20 ट्र्याक गरिएका खोज र निर्धारित पोस्ट चाहिएमा, स्टार्टर महिनाको $10 हो।
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Questions owners ask
- Is गुगल बिजनेस प्रोफाइल management free?
- हो। सम्पादन, जवाफ र पोस्ट गर्नका लागि गुगलका आफ्नै उपकरणहरू निःशुल्क छन्। तपाईंले बचाएको समयको लागि भुक्तान गर्ने भनेर सशुल्क सफ्टवेयरले शुल्क लिन्छ।
- Do any tools improve my ranking directly?
- होइन। गुगलले भन्छ: "गुगलमा राम्रो स्थानीय रैंकिङको लागि अनुरोध गर्ने वा भुक्तान गर्ने कुनै उपाय छैन।" (गुगल बिजनेस प्रोफाइल सहायता) सफ्टवेयरले प्रोफाइल पूरा र सक्रिय राख्न मद्दत गर्न सक्छ। यसले तपाईंलाई स्थान किन्न सक्दैन।
- Do I need listing sync?
- तपाईंलाई यो तब मात्र चाहिन्छ जब तपाईंको नाम, ठेगाना वा फोन नम्बर अन्य डाइरेक्टरीहरूमा गलत देखिन्छ। सिंकको लागि तिर्नुअघि तपाईंले स्थान स्थिरता जाँचकर्ता बाट यो निःशुल्क जाँच गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ।
- Can software auto-reply to reviews?
- Some tools offer एआई replies. रिच drafts two replies and the owner edits and posts one. Nothing posts automatically.
- Which tool suits an agency?
- BrightLocal and Localo Pro are priced for many locations. Localo Pro covers 2 to 120 profiles for $149/month billed annually.
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साप्ताहिक समीक्षा राउन्ड एउटा काम हो जुन रिचले आफ्नो जिम्मा लिन्छ। प्रत्येक गुगल समीक्षा एउटा सूचीमा बस्छ जुन तपाईंले अनुत्तरितमा फिल्टर गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ। प्रत्येक समीक्षाको लागि, रिचले दुईवटा जवाफ ड्राफ्ट गर्छ जुन तपाईंको हालैका जवाफहरूको लम्बाइ, न्यानोपन र हस्ताक्षरसँग मेल खान्छ, समीक्षकले प्रयोग गरेको भाषा र लिपिमा। तपाईं एउटा ड्राफ्ट सम्पादन गर्नुहुन्छ र पोस्ट थिच्नुहुन्छ। ड्राफ्टको सेटको मूल्य २ क्रेडिट हुन्छ, त्यसैले फ्री योजनाको ५० क्रेडिटले महिनामा २५ वटा कभर गर्छ।
नाम, घण्टा, विशेष घण्टा, सेवा र फोटोहरूको लागि प्रोफाइल सम्पादन सबै एउटै पृष्ठमा हुन्छ। रिचले केही पनि सेभ गर्नु अघि गुगलको नियमहरू जाँच गर्छ। जब गुगलले तपाईंको प्रोफाइलमा परिवर्तन सुझाव दिन्छ, रिचले यसलाई तपाईंको आफ्नै मानको छेउमा देखाउँछ ताकि तपाईं स्वीकार वा अस्वीकार गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ। प्रत्येक ट्र्याक गरिएको खोजले साप्ताहिक ३x३ म्याप स्क्यान पाउँछ, र तपाईं प्रत्येक योजनामा नतिजा PDF को रूपमा निर्यात गर्न सक्नुहुन्छ। रिचले अन्य डाइरेक्टरीहरू सिङ्क गर्दैन वा गुगल बाहिरका समीक्षाहरू ट्र्याक गर्दैन।