Grade.us vs ProvenExpert (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Grade.us and ProvenExpert share a 2.4 GPA, and only ProvenExpert has a free plan.
Checked Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 18, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Grade.us
White-label review management for agencies and local businesses
ProvenExpert
Review profiles, surveys and Google star ratings for businesses
Which one is for you
Pick Grade.us if
- Fits if you're an agency reselling review management under your own brand
- Works for chains that want one price per location, falling from $60 to $25 with volume
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want the option of a refund, as Grade.us gives none
- Pricey if you want your logo on the dashboard, at $440 a year below 100 seats
- Skip it if you're one shop, as the floor is $99 a month billed yearly, or $124 monthly
- Watch out: texting, the API and the white-label dashboard aren't in the trial unless sales turns them on
- Tight if you want agency pricing up front, as it's by quote, with a calculator from $400 a month for 10+ seats
Pick ProvenExpert if
- Fits if you run a service business that wants a public review page
- Works for businesses that collect reviews in several languages
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free: 10 reviews displayed and only 1 review a month
- Pricey if you go beyond Basic: $79.99 on Plus, $149.99 on Premium, on a one-year term
- Watch out: annual contracts run one year, with notice due two weeks before it ends
- Watch out: prices exclude sales tax, and the Enterprise Suite has no price listed
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAGrade.usFair | 2.4GPAProvenExpertFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CSmall Business is $99 a month billed yearly ($124 monthly) for one location. Set against its listed rivals, the local review tools, that's the middle. More locations get cheaper, from $60 each down to $25 at 101+, which suits agencies and chains more than one shop. | CBasic is $39.99 a month on a one-year term, or $49.99 monthly. The category's middle is $29 and the dearer quarter starts at $95. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial for 3 seats with no credit card. Texting, the API and the white-label dashboard aren't in it unless sales turns them on, and there are no refunds afterwards. | CFree displays 10 reviews and 5 active surveys, with 1 review a month. Extra reviews are billed per review. A 30-day Premium trial is also offered. |
| Features | BThe whole local review job: review landing pages for hundreds of sites, email, text and MMS requests with follow-ups, monitoring with alerts, replies to Google and Facebook, review streams with schema, social sharing and branded reports. Agencies get reseller tools on top. | BProfile, surveys, Google stars, platform integrations, fake-review protection and an API on Plus. Video and photo reviews are paid options. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. There's a fair bit to set up: campaigns, landing pages, integrations and reports, and the agency side adds client accounts and branding. Built for marketers more than shop owners. | CNo rating on record, and surveys and profiles take some setting up. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with Google Business Profile, Facebook, Salesforce, HubSpot, QuickBooks Online, Mailchimp, Constant Contact and Zapier, plus an API. No phone or desktop app is listed. | BWeb, with Google and Yelp connections and an API on Plus and above. |
| Best for | agencies reselling review management | a public review profile with star ratings in Google |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Grade.us and ProvenExpert. How we grade
Price against what you get
Grade.us starts at $99 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. ProvenExpert starts at $39.99 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and ProvenExpert starts $59.01 a month lower. Of the other customer review tools on the chart, none scores higher than Grade.us for less, and none scores higher than ProvenExpert for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Grade.us also covers reports.
- ProvenExpert also covers surveys and qR codes.
At a glance
| Grade.us | ProvenExpert | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $99 per month for 1 location, billed annually ($124 monthly) | $39.99 per month on a one-year term ($49.99 on a monthly plan) |
| Free plan | None | 10 ProvenExpert reviews displayed, 5 active surveys and 1 profile language. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial with 3 seats, no credit card required | 30-day trial of the Premium plan |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Grade Us, Inc. | Expert Systems AG |
| Price read from | grade.us | provenexpert.com |
| Checked | Oct 18, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Grade.us
- There is no free plan, and Grade.us says it does not give refunds; cancelling keeps access until the paid period ends.
- Text messaging, API access and the white-label dashboard are not in the free trial unless sales turns them on.
- Putting your own logo on the dashboard costs $440 a year, free at 100 seats.
- The free trial covers 3 seats; after it ends you choose a plan to keep using the account.
ProvenExpert
- Prices exclude sales tax. Annual contracts run a one-year minimum term, with notice due two weeks before it ends.
- The free plan displays 10 reviews and includes 1 review a month; extra reviews cost $2, $1 or $0.50 each by volume.
- Video and photo reviews and AI review insights are paid options on Basic and Plus, priced in euros.
- The page also names an Enterprise Suite, which has no price listed on it.
Key features
Grade.us
- Review funnel landing pages
- Sends customers to a mobile review page with instructions for hundreds of review sites, plus widgets, buttons, QR codes and an on-site kiosk mode.
- Email and text campaigns
- Customizable email, SMS and MMS review request sequences with automatic follow-ups, de-duplication and bulk uploads of recipients.
- Review monitoring
- Watches major, local and industry review sites, sends alerts and lets you reply to Google and Facebook reviews from one dashboard.
- Review marketing
- Streams reviews to your website with schema markup, a floating carousel and a WordPress plugin, and auto-shares good reviews to social media.
- White-label reports
- Branded, scheduled review performance reports by web, PDF or CSV, with campaign open, click and conversion tracking.
- Reseller tools
- Agencies get prospect reports, a local client finder, pitch decks and custom domains, and can add their logo to the dashboard.
ProvenExpert
- Public review profile
- Each account gets a ProvenExpert profile that collects its reviews, can be indexed by Google and shows a rating seal.
- Surveys and invitations
- Surveys can be sent by email, personal link, access code, invitation card, QR code or an NFC and QR review stand.
- Google star ratings
- A Google stars code for the website, and stars on the ProvenExpert profile, are listed in the feature table.
- Review platform integrations
- Reviews from other platforms, such as Yelp, can be bundled into the one profile; the number allowed rises with the plan.
- Video and photo reviews, AI insights
- Included on Premium and offered as paid options on Basic and Plus, at 199.99 and 299.99 euros a year.
- Fake-review protection and API
- The feature table lists protection against fake reviews and a ProvenExpert API.
Plans
Grade.us
Small Business$99
per month for 1 location, billed annually ($124 monthly)
One location with review request campaigns, review monitoring, review widgets and reports.
Multi Location$60
per location / month, billed annually ($75 monthly)
For 2 to 10 locations; the rate falls with volume, to $25 per location at 101+ on annual billing. Sold through a demo.
AgencyCustom
White-label review management to resell to clients, by quote; the page's calculator lists it from $400 a month for 10+ seats.
ProvenExpert
Free$0
10 reviews displayed, 5 active surveys, 1 profile language and 1 review a month; extra reviews are billed per review.
Basic$39.99
per month on a 1-year term ($49.99 on a monthly plan)
50 reviews displayed, 25 surveys, 2 languages and 3 review-platform integrations. $359.88 if paid a year ahead.
Plus$79.99
per month on a 1-year term ($99.99 on a monthly plan)
250 reviews displayed, 50 surveys, 3 languages, 5 platform integrations and the API. $599.88 if paid a year ahead.
Premium$149.99
per month on a 1-year term ($199.99 on a monthly plan)
Unlimited reviews, surveys, languages and integrations, with video and photo reviews and AI review insights. $1,199.88 if paid a year ahead.
Ways to pay less
Grade.us
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
Grade.us's plans page offers 20% off on annual billing: Small Business is $99 a month billed annually against $124 billed monthly.
ProvenExpert
- Annual discount
Save up to 50% when paying a year ahead
Paying a year in advance costs $359.88 for Basic, $599.88 for Plus and $1,199.88 for Premium, against the monthly-plan rate over twelve months.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Grade.us or ProvenExpert?
As of Nov 13, 2026, ProvenExpert is cheaper to start with: $39.99 a month, against $99 a month for Grade.us. Grade.us starts at $99 per month for 1 location, billed annually ($124 monthly), and ProvenExpert starts at $39.99 per month on a one-year term ($49.99 on a monthly plan).
Which has a free plan, Grade.us or ProvenExpert?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only ProvenExpert has a free plan. Grade.us does not, though it has a free trial.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.