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Grades.com vs Trustindex

Trustindex sells review widgets for websites: “Build trust with professional, customizable review widgets,” with review collection, badges and AI replies around them.¹ 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.

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Facts about Trustindex come from its own website, read on October 30, 2026. Each one links to its source below.

The short version

Pick Trustindex if

the job is showing reviews on your website: many widget layouts, 133 review platforms and a low yearly price, with a free package to start.

Where Trustindex goes further

36 review widget layouts and 25 pre-designed styles, plus social feed widgets for Instagram, TikTok and more¹
A review certificate, a Top Rated Service badge and a review image generator for social posts¹⁵
Automatic review collecting through integrations such as Shopify, WooCommerce, HubSpot, Zapier and Make¹
A free package and a low yearly price for one company¹

Pick Grades.com if

you want reviews from 54 sites handled in one inbox, reply drafts in your voice, what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude say about you, a public Grades.com Score and monthly billing with no contract.

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. Trustindex’s side is what its own pages say, with a source for each fact.

Feature	Grades.com	Trustindex
Published prices	YesYes. Starter $29 a month per location, Pro $149 and Premium $399 a month per business.	YesA free package, then Single $65, Pro $125 and Ultimate $349, each billed annually.¹
Billing and contract	YesMonthly, no contract. Yearly billing is optional and gives two months free.	Plans renew automatically after one year; you cancel before the renewal date. Full refund within 30 days of a first purchase, none for renewals.¹²
Free trial	Yes14 days of Pro, no card needed.	YesA 7-day trial of the paid features, no credit card needed, then the free package.¹
Review sites monitored	Yes54 sites. Google on Starter, all 54 on Pro and Premium.	Yes133 review platforms.¹
AI reply drafts	YesEvery plan. 10 a month on Starter, up to 50 per location on Pro. Unlimited AI drafts on Premium.	YesManual AI replies on 133 platforms, with a “Reply with ChatGPT” button.¹³
Replies posted for you	PartlyPremium, where a site allows it. Hard reviews wait for you.	PartlyAutomatic AI replies for Google, Facebook and Trustindex reviews, sold at 29 USD per source per year.¹²
Review generation	PartlyA review page and QR code that show every site, on every plan. Email campaigns on Premium (text messages coming soon).	YesEmail campaigns, QR codes and NFC cards. SMS is marked “in progress.”¹⁴
What AI assistants say about you	YesChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude. Monthly on Starter, weekly on Pro, daily with alerts on Premium.	Not foundNot found on the pages we read.
Competitor tracking	PartlyCompetitor Map on Premium. Who AI names next to you, ranked.	Not foundNot found on the pages we read.
Public grade, awards and badges	YesA Grades.com Score from A+ to F on reviews.grades.com, seasonal awards and badges for your website.	YesTrustindex verification badge, Top Rated Service badge, a review certificate and 36 widget layouts.¹⁵
API and MCP server	YesREST API and MCP server on every plan.	Not foundNo API or MCP server found on the pages we read.
Texting, web chat, phones or payments	NoNot offered.	Not foundNot found. SMS review collecting is marked “in progress” on its pricing page.¹
Listings management	NoNot offered.	Not foundNot found on the pages we read.
Customer surveys	NoNot offered.	Not foundNot found on the pages we read.

Not found means the Trustindex pages we read on October 30, 2026 did not describe it. It may still be offered: ask Trustindex. 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.

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Trustindex

Billed annually: Single $65 / year (1 company), Pro $125 / year (5 companies) and Ultimate $349 / year (no company limit), each with 133 review platforms. The free package is described as “free forever.”¹

Automatic AI replies cost “29 USD / source / year.” The Terms of Use give the AI Reply price as $29 USD (+ applicable VAT) per platform per year.¹²

The pricing FAQ offers a 7-day trial with no credit card and says plans “automatically renew after one year.” The Terms of Use give new customers a 30-day money-back guarantee on a first purchase and say refund requests for renewing subscriptions “will be automatically rejected.”¹²

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

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Trustindex

We found no feature on the Trustindex pages we read that reports what AI assistants say about a business.

Frequently asked questions

Is Grades.com an alternative to Trustindex?

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. Trustindex is built around review widgets for your website, with a free package and plans from $65 a year, so if showing reviews on your site is the whole job, it covers that.

How much does Trustindex cost?

Trustindex has a free package and three plans billed annually: $65 a year for Single, $125 for Pro and $349 for Ultimate (read on October 30, 2026). Automatic AI replies are 29 USD per source per year. Grades.com costs $29 a month per location on Starter, $149 a month on Pro and $399 a month on Premium.

Does Trustindex have a free tier?

Yes. Its pricing page says “You can use these features for free forever” and offers a 7-day trial of the paid features with no credit card. Grades.com has a 14-day free trial of Pro, no card needed.

Where do the facts about Trustindex come from?

From Trustindex’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

Trustindex prices www.trustindex.io/prices, read October 30, 2026
Trustindex Terms of Use www.trustindex.io/terms-of-use, read October 30, 2026
Trustindex AI review replies www.trustindex.io/review-management/respond-to-reviews-with-ai, read October 30, 2026
Trustindex email campaigns www.trustindex.io/collect-reviews/email-campaigns, read October 30, 2026
Trustindex Top Rated badges www.trustindex.io/top-rated-badges, read October 30, 2026

Grades.com facts come from our pricing page and the product as of October 30, 2026. Trustindex is a trademark of its owner. Grades.com is not affiliated with Trustindex. Compare Grades.com with other review tools.

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