Pick Localo if
Google Business Profile is your focus and you want rank tracking, weekly optimization tasks, posts and review replies in one tool, from $39 a month billed annually.
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Grades.com vs Localo
Localo sells Google Business Profile software: rank tracking, an AI agent, weekly tasks, review replies and posts, aimed at local businesses, freelancers and agencies. Its pitch is to “automate local SEO tasks.”2 Grades.com brings your reviews from 54 sites into one inbox, drafts every reply in your voice, gives you a public grade and checks what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude say about you.
Facts about Localo come from its own website, read on October 30, 2026. Each one links to its source below.
The short version
Pick Grades.com if
you need reviews from more than Google in one inbox, a public grade, and a view of what AI assistants say about you.
What Grades.com does not do
- No texting inbox, web chat, phones, missed-call text-back or payments
- No listings management or customer surveys
- Review request campaigns are on Premium only
Feature by feature
Grades.com’s side is the product today. Localo’s side is what its own pages say, with a source for each fact.
| Feature | Grades.com | Localo |
|---|---|---|
| Published prices | YesYes. Starter $29 a month per location, Pro $149 and Premium $399 a month per business. | YesSingle Business $49 a month ($39 a month billed annually); Pro $169 a month ($149 a month billed annually). Prices exclude VAT. Enterprise: “Let’s talk!”1 |
| Billing and contract | YesMonthly, no contract. Yearly billing is optional and gives two months free. | Pricing page: “You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your plan anytime,” and “Renewals happen automatically on your billing date without additional notifications.” It offers “a 30-day money-back guarantee on all plans.” Terms: “If a subscription is canceled after the aforementioned 30-day period, the customer is not entitled to a refund.”14 |
| Free trial | Yes14 days of Pro, no card needed. | Yes14 days free, “no card needed.”1 |
| Review sites monitored | Yes54 sites. Google on Starter, all 54 on Pro and Premium. | PartlyGoogle Business Profile reviews, including ones Google removed. No other review sites found.13 |
| AI reply drafts | YesEvery plan. 10 a month on Starter, up to 50 per location on Pro. Unlimited AI drafts on Premium. | YesAI replies in the business’s brand voice. You edit if needed, then reply.3 |
| Replies posted for you | PartlyPremium, where a site allows it. Hard reviews wait for you. | Not foundNot stated. Its page describes choosing a reply and clicking reply, after which it publishes to Google.3 |
| Review generation | PartlyA review page and QR code that show every site, on every plan. Email campaigns on Premium (text messages coming soon). | PartlyA poster with a QR code to encourage reviews. No email or SMS requests found.1 |
| What AI assistants say about you | YesChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude. Monthly on Starter, weekly on Pro, daily with alerts on Premium. | Not foundNo tracking of what AI assistants say found. Its pages describe publishing Google Business Profile content “to get cited in Ask Maps and other LLMs.”2 |
| Competitor tracking | PartlyCompetitor Map on Premium. Who AI names next to you, ranked. | YesTracks changes in competitors’ Google Business Profiles.1 |
| Public grade, awards and badges | YesA Grades.com Score from A+ to F on reviews.grades.com, seasonal awards and badges for your website. | Not foundNot found on the pages we read. |
| API and MCP server | YesREST API and MCP server on every plan. | PartlyAn MCP server for ChatGPT and Claude that reads and analyzes your data. It never writes to Google. No public API found.2 |
| Texting, web chat, phones or payments | NoNot offered. | Not foundNot found on the pages we read. |
| Listings management | NoNot offered. | YesA citations manager shows where you are already listed and tracks your listings in one place.1 |
| Customer surveys | NoNot offered. | Not foundNot found on the pages we read. |
Not found means the Localo pages we read on October 30, 2026 did not describe it. It may still be offered: ask Localo. Numbers point to the sources at the end of this page.
Pricing side by side
Prices as each company publishes them, on October 30, 2026.
Grades.com
- Starter$29 a month per location
- Pro$149 a month, first location included
- Premium$399 a month, first location included
Pro and Premium add a charge per extra location, lower from location 21 and 101. Monthly with no contract, or yearly with two months free. 14-day free trial of Pro, no card needed.
Compare Grades.com plans →Localo
The pricing page lists Single Business at $49 a month, or $39 a month billed annually, and Pro at $169 a month, or $149 a month billed annually. Prices are plus VAT. Enterprise says “Let’s talk!” Single Business covers 1 active Business Profile; Pro covers up to 60 active profiles, with up to 30 of them in optimization.1
The pricing page offers “a 30-day money-back guarantee on all plans” and a free start of 14 days, no card needed. Its FAQ says: “You can upgrade, downgrade, or cancel your plan anytime with zero hassle,” and “Renewals happen automatically on your billing date without additional notifications.” The terms let a customer cancel a first subscription “without giving any reason” within 30 days, and say: “If a subscription is canceled after the aforementioned 30-day period, the customer is not entitled to a refund.”14
AI answers
What AI says about you
More customers ask an AI assistant before they choose a business. Grades.com asks too, on every plan.
ChatGPT
Perplexity
Gemini
Claude
- Whether each one mentions you, and in what tone
- The ratings it quotes, checked against your real ones
- The review sites its answers lean on
- Monthly on Starter, weekly on Pro, daily with alerts on Premium
Localo
We found no feature on the Localo pages we read that reports what AI assistants say about a business.
Frequently asked questions
Is Grades.com an alternative to Localo?
For reviews, yes: reviews from 54 sites in one inbox, reply drafts in your voice, a public grade and what four AI assistants say about you. Localo covers Google Business Profile tasks such as rank tracking and weekly optimization tasks that Grades.com does not, so if those are your focus, Localo covers more.
How much does Localo cost?
Localo lists Single Business at $49 a month ($39 a month billed annually) and Pro at $169 a month ($149 a month billed annually), plus VAT (read on October 30, 2026). Grades.com costs $29 a month per location on Starter, $149 a month on Pro and $399 a month on Premium.
Does Localo reply to reviews for me?
Localo’s review page says its AI suggests replies in the business’s brand voice and that you pick one, edit it if needed and reply; it then publishes the reply on Google. Localo’s MCP page says its MCP server never writes to Google. Grades.com drafts replies in your voice on every plan and posts automatically on Premium where a site allows.
Where do the facts about Localo come from?
From Localo’s own website, read on October 30, 2026. Each fact links to its page in the sources below. Products and prices change, so check those pages before you decide.
What does Grades.com not do?
Grades.com does not offer a texting inbox, web chat, phones, missed-call text-back, payments, listings management or customer surveys.
Sources
- Localo pricing localo.com/pricing, read October 30, 2026
- Localo MCP localo.com/mcp, read October 30, 2026
- Localo review management localo.com/local-seo-tool/google-review-management-software, read October 30, 2026
- Localo terms and conditions localo.com/regulations, read October 30, 2026
Grades.com facts come from our pricing page and the product as of October 30, 2026. Localo is a trademark of its owner. Grades.com is not affiliated with Localo. Compare Grades.com with other review tools.
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