# CheckLocalSEO review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Free local SEO scan, then AI fixes to your Google profile for $19 Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. CheckLocalSEO scans a local business's Google Business Profile, website, reviews and local competitors in about a minute and grades the result from A to F. Its paid Managed plan then rewrites the profile's description, services and categories with AI, applying each change only after the owner approves it, and keeps the profile active with monthly posts, review replies and weekly map rank tracking. It also offers a connector that lets Claude answer questions about the profile's rankings. - **Category:** Local SEO Tools - **Made by:** Hayz Pty Ltd - **Website:** https://checklocalseo.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you're an agency or chain, as there's one plan priced per profile and no multi-location rate. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, CheckLocalSEO has a free plan, and paid plans start at $19 per Google profile / month, billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free Local SEO Check: an A-F score, the top 3 critical issues and snapshots of the Google profile, on-page SEO and reviews. No signup or card. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial of the Managed plan. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free Local SEO Check | $0 | A 60-second scan with a local SEO grade, the top 3 issues and a competitor snapshot. Connecting the profile adds one free map rank scan. | | Managed | $19 per Google profile / month, billed monthly | AI fixes to the profile after your approval, 8 Google posts a month, AI review replies, weekly rank tracking with a map grid, a monthly report and a 90-day plan. | Read from https://checklocalseo.com/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CheckLocalSEO before buying. ## Key features - **Local SEO audit:** Checks profile completeness, website titles, headings and schema, Core Web Vitals and mobile speed, local pages, and reviews across Google, Facebook and 30+ sites. - **Competitor snapshot:** Compares the business's local SEO score with the top three competitors in its city or neighborhood. - **Approved AI fixes:** Rewrites the profile's description, services and categories and fixes the issues found; nothing goes live until the owner approves it. - **Posts and review replies:** Writes and schedules 8 Google posts a month and replies to new reviews with AI. - **Weekly map rank tracking:** Tracks where the business ranks on Google Maps each week, with a live rankings grid and a monthly report. - **Claude connector:** An MCP connector lets Claude report map rankings by area, the businesses ranking above you, search terms and reviews awaiting a reply. ## Good for - Owners of a single local business who want their Google profile fixed for them - Getting a free, quick read on what is holding a business back in Maps - Owners who want to approve every change before it goes live ## Worth knowing - There is one paid plan, priced per Google profile; the page lists no agency or multi-location pricing. - The free check shows only the top 3 critical issues; fixes and tracking need the Managed plan. - The Managed plan's fixes are made to the Google Business Profile; the page does not say it changes your website. - Rank tracking runs weekly, and posting is capped at 8 posts a month. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. CheckLocalSEO grades a business's Google profile, website and reviews from A to F in about a minute for free, then for $19 a month applies AI fixes you approve, writes 8 posts a month, replies to reviews and tracks map rankings weekly. Rank checks are weekly only, the fixes stop at the Google profile, and there's no agency or multi-location price. - **Value for money: C.** Managed is $19 a Google profile a month, billed monthly, a little above this category's cheaper quarter ($16) and under its middle ($31). There's one paid plan, with no yearly or multi-location rate listed. - **Free plan and trial: C.** The free check needs no signup or card, but shows only the top 3 critical issues, plus one map rank scan once you connect the profile. Managed has a 14-day trial. - **Features: C.** An audit of the profile, website and reviews, a competitor snapshot, approved AI fixes, 8 posts a month, AI review replies and weekly map tracking. The gaps are in the listing: the fixes touch only the Google profile, and ranks update weekly. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. The scan needs only a business name, but the paid plan means connecting Google and approving each change before it goes live. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with no desktop or phone app. It reads Google Business Profile and PageSpeed Insights, and an MCP connector lets Claude report your rankings and reviews awaiting a reply. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from CheckLocalSEO's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among local SEO tools - CheckLocalSEO's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 28 of the 61 other local SEO tools we grade, and level with 14. - It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 13 of 61) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $30.50 for the category: 13 of the 47 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/local-seo ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace CheckLocalSEO you would be making listings sent to dozens of directories and map apps, which takes an agreement with each. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $228 a year. - You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Listings sent to dozens of directories and map apps, which takes an agreement with each. - You could not: A crawler that checks every page of a site. - You could not: Daily checks of where your pages rank in search results. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Business Profile, Google PageSpeed Insights, Claude **Tags:** Local listings, Site audit, Rank tracking, Reports, AI features ## Alternatives - [Localo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/localo): Google Business Profile tool with rank maps, posts, reviews and tasks. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/checklocalseo-vs-localo) - [Merchynt](https://toolgpa.com/tools/merchynt): Paige, an AI agent that runs a Google Business Profile for you. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/brightlocal-vs-checklocalseo) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026: - https://checklocalseo.com/ - https://checklocalseo.com/about - https://checklocalseo.com/google-business-profile-mcp - https://checklocalseo.com/terms-of-service Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/checklocalseo Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).