# Map Ranks review (2026): is it worth $250 a month? > Done-for-you Google Business Profile and Maps ranking service Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Map Ranks is a San Diego company that manages a business's Google Business Profile for it, rather than selling software to run yourself. Its team researches keywords, completes the profile, posts weekly, answers reviews and sends weekly reports. Packages are billed monthly with no contract, and a free listing scan shows where a business ranks on Google Maps. - **Category:** Local SEO Tools - **Made by:** Map Ranks - **Website:** https://www.mapranks.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you are a one-site shop, as the cheapest package is $250 a month. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Map Ranks is a paid product, starting at $250 per month, no contract. - **Pricing model:** Paid - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Starter Package | $250 per month, no contract | Managed Google Business Profile: keyword research, profile completion, weekly posts and photos, review replies, QR code flyer and review tap cards, and weekly reports. | | Pro Package | $500 per month, no contract | Everything in Starter, plus a name, address and phone consistency check and 100+ manually created citations, including Apple Maps, Bing, Yahoo and Yellow Pages. | | Super Package | $1,000 per month, no contract | Everything in Pro, plus Google Ads setup and management, competitor research, budget optimization, conversion tracking and weekly campaign reviews. | Read from https://www.mapranks.com/how-it-works/ on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Map Ranks before buying. ## Key features - **Google Business Profile setup and upkeep:** The team researches keywords and locations, brings the profile to a 100% completion score, lists products and services, and keeps it updated each week. - **Weekly posts and photos:** Each week it publishes a keyword-targeted post with an image and uploads photos with date stamps and EXIF keywords. - **Review replies and collection:** It replies to reviews by hand with keywords, flags negative ones, and supplies a QR code flyer and review tap cards for collecting new reviews. - **Geo-grid ranking reports:** On-demand geo-grid reports show where a listing ranks on Google Maps across an area, and a free listing scan checks a business's local ranking. - **Weekly performance reports:** Weekly emails report keyword rankings, phone calls, website clicks and direction requests, with monthly progress reports. - **Citations and suspension help:** Pro and Super add 100+ manually created directory listings. All packages include suspension and dispute resolution for the profile. ## Good for - Single-location businesses that want someone else to run their Google Business Profile - Franchises and multi-location brands that need bulk listing management - Owners who want a month-to-month service with no contract ## Worth knowing - It is a managed service, not self-serve software: the team works inside your Google Business Profile, and you keep ownership of the listing. - The 100+ directory citations and the name, address and phone consistency check are in Pro and Super only; Starter does not list them. - Google Ads management is only in the $1,000 Super package, and the vendor's pages do not say whether ad spend is extra. - The pricing section lists three packages; multi-location and franchise pricing is not published. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. MapRanks is a done-for-you service that runs your Google Business Profile, from $250 a month with no contract. Citations sit in the $500 package, Google Ads management in the $1,000 one, and it is not software you run. - **Value for money: D.** $250 a month for Starter is well above the $16 to $59 the category's subscriptions cost, though this is a managed service and the work is done by people. - **Free plan and trial: F.** The listing shows no free plan and no trial, so you pay before you can try it. - **Features: C.** Profile upkeep, weekly posts, review replies, geo-grid ranking and weekly reports. Citations and the NAP check are only in Pro and Super. - **Ease of use: B.** No store rating on record. It is done for you, so there is little to set up beyond giving access. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with six listed integrations and reports. No apps. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Map Ranks's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among local SEO tools - Map Ranks's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 4 of the 63 other local SEO tools we grade, and level with 11. - It stands best on ease of use (B, above 61 of 63) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $250 a month, against a middle price of $30.50 for the category: 48 of the 49 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/local-seo ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Map Ranks 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. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 48 of the 63 other local SEO tools grade higher. It costs $3,000 a year. - You could make: Review collection and reports: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Listings sent to dozens of directories and map apps, which takes an agreement with each. - You could not: Daily checks of where your pages rank in search results. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Google Business Profile, Google Ads and Apple Maps among them. 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 Ads, Apple Maps, Bing, Yahoo, Yellow Pages **Tags:** Local listings, Rank tracking, Review collection, Reports ## Alternatives - [Whitespark](https://toolgpa.com/tools/whitespark): Local SEO tools sold one by one: rank grids, citations and GBP control. 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[Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/local-falcon-vs-mapranks) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.mapranks.com/ - https://www.mapranks.com/how-it-works/ - https://www.mapranks.com/about-us/ - https://www.mapranks.com/free-listing-scan/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/mapranks Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).