Pick Yext if
listings across many publishers come first and you want reviews and AI search tracking in the same platform, bought by quote on annual billing. Its FAQ says Yext is “built for large multi-location enterprises.”
Where Yext goes further
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Grades.com vs Yext
Yext sells listings management and a reviews product whose agent “generates, responds to, and analyzes reviews across 80+ platforms.”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.
Facts about Yext come from its own website, read on October 30, 2026. Each one links to its source below.
The short version
Pick Grades.com if
reviews come first: 54 review sites, reply drafts, a public grade and what AI assistants say about you on every plan, billed monthly.
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. Yext’s side is what its own pages say, with a source for each fact.
| Feature | Grades.com | Yext |
|---|---|---|
| Published prices | YesYes. Starter $29 a month per location, Pro $149 and Premium $399 a month per business. | NoNot published. Its pricing FAQ: “Yext pricing is custom, so there’s no single published price, and that’s by design.” The reviews page sends you to sales.15 |
| Billing and contract | YesMonthly, no contract. Yearly billing is optional and gives two months free. | “Billing is annual, and committing to a multi-year term earns more advantageous pricing.” A one-year term instead carries “a modest uplift over the multi-year rate.”5 |
| Free trial | Yes14 days of Pro, no card needed. | No“There’s no free tier and no standard free trial.”5 |
| Review sites monitored | Yes54 sites. Google on Starter, all 54 on Pro and Premium. | Yes80+ 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. | YesReview Response: “AI drafts. You approve.”1 |
| Replies posted for you | PartlyPremium, where a site allows it. Hard reviews wait for you. | YesAuto-responses “when appropriate.”1 |
| Review generation | PartlyA review page and QR code that show every site, on every plan. Email campaigns on Premium (text messages coming soon). | YesBy email, text or QR code.1 |
| What AI assistants say about you | YesChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude. Monthly on Starter, weekly on Pro, daily with alerts on Premium. | YesScout: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity.3 |
| Competitor tracking | PartlyCompetitor Map on Premium. Who AI names next to you, ranked. | YesScout tracks win rates against your 20 closest competitors.3 |
| 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. | YesAn MCP server for Knowledge Graph, Reviews and Scout, with a subscription to each.4 |
| Texting, web chat, phones or payments | NoNot offered. | Not foundNot found on the pages we read. |
| Listings management | NoNot offered. | YesIts core product: the listings page says it pushes verified brand data “directly to 200+ publishers and LLMs.”2 |
| Customer surveys | NoNot offered. | Not foundNot found on the pages we read. |
Not found means the Yext pages we read on October 30, 2026 did not describe it. It may still be offered: ask Yext. 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 →Yext
The reviews product has no published price; its page sends you to sales. The pricing FAQ says “Yext pricing is custom, so there’s no single published price, and that’s by design,” and “There isn’t a fixed public menu of tiers.”15
The FAQ says “Billing is annual, and committing to a multi-year term earns more advantageous pricing,” that Yext “leads with multi-year proposals as the default,” and “There’s no free tier and no standard free trial.”5
On October 27 we quoted four listings plans and a 12-month term from yext.com/plans. That address now redirects to a page titled “Corvo Marketing AI,” and the FAQ calls PowerListings “Yext’s older self-serve listings product” that is “no longer a focus of the business.” We no longer quote those plans or prices.5
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
Yext
Yext tracks AI answers too: its Scout page covers Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity.3
Frequently asked questions
Is Grades.com an alternative to Yext?
For reviews and AI answers, yes. Yext’s core product is listings management across many publishers, which Grades.com does not do; some businesses use a listings tool and a review tool side by side.
How much does Yext cost?
Yext’s reviews product has no published price. Its pricing FAQ says “Yext pricing is custom, so there’s no single published price,” that billing is annual, and that there is “no free tier and no standard free trial” (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, billed monthly.
Do both have an MCP server?
Yes. Yext’s June 2026 release notes describe an MCP server for its Knowledge Graph, Reviews and Scout, with a subscription to each product. Grades.com includes its MCP server and REST API on every plan.
Where do the facts about Yext come from?
From Yext’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
- Yext reviews www.yext.com/platform/reviews, read October 30, 2026
- Yext listings www.yext.com/platform/listings, read October 30, 2026
- Yext Scout www.yext.com/platform/scout, read October 30, 2026
- Yext release notes, June 2026 www.yext.com/release/2026-june, read October 30, 2026
- Yext pricing FAQ www.yext.com/knowledge-center/yext-faq, read October 30, 2026
Grades.com facts come from our pricing page and the product as of October 30, 2026. Yext is a trademark of its owner. Grades.com is not affiliated with Yext. Compare Grades.com with other review tools.
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