Grid My Business vs localseotool.io (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Grid My Business grades higher than localseotool.io: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Grid My Business grades higher on the free plan, features and platforms. localseotool.io grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Grid My Business
Geo-grid map rank tracker with AI search checks and GBP tools
localseotool.io
Google Maps grid rank tracker with AI analysis and a lead finder
Which one is for you
Pick Grid My Business if
- Fits if you want map rank grids, citations and review replies for a Google profile in one tool
- Works for solo agency owners tracking map rankings for up to 100 client profiles
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're staying free: 250 credits cover about 10 scans, with no movable pins and no word on renewal
- Tight if you work in a team, as Growth has one user and seats start at Scale ($58 a month yearly)
- Watch out: scan counts assume a 5x5 grid, so bigger grids use up your credits faster
- Watch out: refunds cover only your first payment within 30 days, and renewals aren't refunded
- Skip it if you need the API, which comes only with the custom-priced Enterprise plan
Pick localseotool.io if
- Fits if you're a freelancer reporting Google Maps rankings to two or three clients
- Works for agencies that want a prospect list from the same tool they report with
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try it without a card, as Starter's trial needs one and Pro and Agency have no trial
- Tight if you're on Starter, with 3 businesses, 25 keywords, 7x7 grids, 60 reports a month and 1 seat
- Pricey if you want clean client links: Starter's carry a watermark, and white-label waits on Agency at $79.99
- Skip it if you need Apple Maps, Bing or AI-answer tracking, as it names Google Maps only
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAGrid My BusinessFair | 2.0GPAlocalseotool.ioFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGrowth is $24 a month on yearly billing ($290 a year), $29 monthly, for 7,500 credits and 100 profiles, under this category's middle ($31). Team seats and daily updates need Scale at $58. | BStarter is $9.99 a month for 3 businesses and 25 keywords, or $99 a year, inside this category's cheaper quarter ($16). Pro is $29.99 for 15 businesses, and white-label needs Agency at $79.99. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free Starter plan: 250 scan credits, about 10 scans, 2 profiles, weekly updates and 30 days of history. You'll hit that fast, and the page doesn't say whether the credits renew. | DNo free plan. Starter has a 14-day trial, but it needs a card and charges $9.99 when it ends unless you cancel. Pro and Agency are paid from the first day. |
| Features | BGeogrids in 7 sizes, AI answer checks across the grid, profile edits with change alerts, citation checks and NAP distribution across 1,000+ directories, AI review replies, scheduled posts and photos, and white-label reports. It covers the whole job. | CGoogle Maps grids from 3x3 to 13x13 in five shapes, heatmaps, AI competitor analysis, scheduled scans and alerts, date comparisons, client share links and a lead finder. It's a smaller job, and the site names no Apple Maps, Bing or AI-answer tracking. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You connect profiles, set grid sizes and keywords and budget credits, where bigger grids cost more than the 5x5 the plan counts assume. | CNo rating on record. You add businesses, keywords and grid sizes and set scan schedules within each plan's monthly report and analysis allowances. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Google Business Profile and has an MCP server for Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and Antigravity; the API is Enterprise only. | CWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. The only connections on record are an MCP connector for ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants; no Google Business Profile link, API or reporting tools are listed. |
| Best for | map rank grids with profile tools on one seat | low-cost Google Maps grid tracking for freelancers |
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: Grid My Business and localseotool.io. How we grade
Price against what you get
Grid My Business starts at $24 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. localseotool.io starts at $9.99 a month and scores 2.0.
Grid My Business scores higher, and starts $14.01 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other local SEO tools on the chart, none scores higher than Grid My Business for less, and 6 score higher than localseotool.io 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
- Grid My Business also covers review collection, AI search visibility and local listings.
At a glance
| Grid My Business | localseotool.io | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $24 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly) | $9.99 per month for 3 businesses, billed monthly |
| Free plan | Starter plan: 250 scan credits (about 10 scans), 2 business profiles, 5 competitors, 20 citation checks, weekly rank updates and 30 days of scan history. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day free trial of Starter; a card is required and charged when the trial ends unless cancelled |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Plentisoft Sdn Bhd | localseotool.io |
| Price read from | gridmybusiness.com | localseotool.io |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Grid My Business
- The free plan lacks movable pins and service-area support, and the page does not say whether its 250 credits renew.
- Growth has one user and one workspace; team seats and extra workspaces start with Scale at $58 a month billed annually.
- Scans spend credits and bigger grids cost more: the plan scan counts assume a 5x5 grid.
- Refunds cover only the first payment, within 30 days and once per user; renewal payments are not refunded.
localseotool.io
- There is no free plan. Only Starter has a trial, it needs a card, and Pro and Agency are paid from the first day.
- Starter is limited to 3 businesses, 25 keywords, 7x7 grids, 60 reports a month and 1 seat.
- Share links carry a watermark on Starter; white-label branding comes only with Agency at $79.99 a month.
- The rank tracking the site describes covers Google Maps; it names no Apple Maps, Bing or AI-answer tracking.
Key features
Grid My Business
- Geo-grid rank checks and tracking
- Checks Google Maps rankings at each pin of a grid, with 7 grid sizes and a custom scan distance; tracked keywords update weekly, every 3 days or daily by plan.
- AI search visibility
- Asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews your customers' questions across the grid, with a score out of 100, rival businesses and the sites cited.
- Google Business Profile tools
- Edit profile details from one screen, get alerts when someone changes the profile, and see a profile score with suggested fixes.
- Citations and NAP distribution
- Checks name, address and phone listings across 1,000+ directories and sends the details out to more of them, with a citation report.
- AI review replies and posts
- A review inbox with an AI agent that replies, a review link and QR code maker, and AI-written posts, scheduled posts and scheduled photos for the profile.
- White-label reports and MCP server
- Branded ranking, competitor, citation and profile reports with password-protected share links, plus an MCP server for Claude, Codex and Cursor.
localseotool.io
- Grid rank tracking
- Checks Google Maps rankings for a keyword on grids from 3x3 to 13x13 points, in five grid shapes, and shows the result as a color-coded heatmap.
- AI competitor analysis
- Reads a scan and lists the ranking gaps, the competitors winning each keyword and suggested next steps, within a monthly allowance set by the plan.
- Lead finder
- Searches a keyword and city for local businesses, scores each one hot to cold on more than 30 SEO signals, and exports the list to CSV.
- Scheduled reports and history
- Runs scans daily, weekly or monthly, emails rank-change alerts, and compares two dates side by side with point-by-point rank changes.
- Client share links
- Every report has a live link a client can open without logging in. Pro removes the watermark and Agency adds white-label branding.
- ChatGPT and Claude connector
- An MCP connector lets ChatGPT, Claude and other MCP assistants pull rankings, queue scans and run analysis, counted against the plan's limits.
Plans
Grid My Business
Starter$0
250 scan credits, 2 business profiles, weekly updates and 30 days of history; no movable pins or service-area support.
Growth$24
per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)
1 user, 7,500 credits a month (about 300 scans on a 5x5 grid), 100 profiles, 200 competitors, updates every 3 days.
Scale$58
per month, billed annually ($69 billed monthly)
20,000 credits a month (about 800 scans), 300 profiles, daily updates, 20 workspaces with 3 seats each and the lead gen widget.
Dominate$74
per month, billed annually ($89 billed monthly)
30,000 credits a month (about 1,200 scans), unlimited profiles, 1,000 competitors, 45 workspaces with 7 seats each, lifetime history.
EnterpriseCustom
Built around the number of locations, with dedicated scan capacity, API and MCP access, a pilot on your own locations and named support.
localseotool.io
Starter$9.99
per month for 3 businesses, billed monthly
25 keywords, grids up to 7x7, 60 reports and 40 AI competitor analyses a month, 5 lead searches, scheduled reports and 1 seat. $99 a year billed annually.
Pro$29.99
per month for 15 businesses, billed monthly
50 keywords per business, grids up to 9x9, 400 reports and 250 AI analyses a month, share links without a watermark and 3 seats. $299 a year billed annually.
Agency$79.99
per month for unlimited businesses, billed monthly
Unlimited keywords, reports and lead searches, grids up to 13x13, 1,200 AI analyses a month, white-label branding and 10 seats. $799 a year billed annually.
Ways to pay less
Grid My Business
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
The pricing section gives two months free on annual plans: Growth is $290 a year instead of $29 a month, Scale $690 and Dominate $890.
localseotool.io
- Annual discount
About two months free with annual billing
The pricing page says annual billing gives about two months free: Starter $99 a year, Pro $299 instead of $360, Agency $799 instead of $960.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Grid My Business or localseotool.io?
As of Oct 23, 2026, localseotool.io is cheaper to start with: $9.99 a month, against $24 a month for Grid My Business. Grid My Business starts at $24 per month, billed annually ($29 billed monthly), and localseotool.io starts at $9.99 per month for 3 businesses, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Grid My Business or localseotool.io?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Grid My Business has a free plan. localseotool.io 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.