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BrightLocal vs Runner

BrightLocal helps you “Keep your business information accurate and consistent everywhere customers search.”, with Active Sync for the key sites and Citation Builder for the rest. Runner keeps your hours right on Google, Naver, Kakao Map, Apple Maps and Facebook, with holiday hours set once.

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BrightLocal

The key sites synced from one place, and citations it builds on the directories you choose, yours to keep.

Runner

Your facts in one place, Google and Facebook checked every day, Kakao Map and Naver too in Korea, the exact values for the rest one press away, holidays set once, beside your reviews.

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How BrightLocal and Runner keep your listings right
Your question	BrightLocal	Runner
Which places does it cover?	Active Sync covers “Google (Search and Maps)”, Apple Maps, Facebook, Bing and “Yelp (Available for businesses in the USA & Canada)”.	Runner checks your Google listing and your connected Facebook Page, plus your Kakao Map and Naver listings for a location in Korea, every day. One press opens Google, Facebook, Kakao Map, Naver, Yelp, Apple Maps or Bing with each of your values ready to copy.
How do I know when a listing is wrong?	“If someone else tries to suggest an incorrect change to your listing on Google, Active Sync alerts you immediately so you can block it and keep your data accurate.”	Runner checks your Google listing and your connected Facebook Page, plus your Kakao Map and Naver listings for a location in Korea, against your facts every day, and tells you when one differs. When a listing differs you hear once: in the app, by email, and by push that respects your quiet hours. Check now, any time.
How does a fix get there?	“When you change your hours or description in BrightLocal, we push that info to all those platforms instantly.”	One press opens Google, Facebook, Kakao Map, Naver, Yelp, Apple Maps or Bing with each of your values ready to copy, and you paste them in.
I have more than one location.	For many locations: “We’ve built specialized bulk update workflows designed specifically to save agencies and large brands hours of busy work.”	Run many locations? Set holiday or opening hours for all of them, or just some, in one go.
What else comes with it?	On its Grow plan: “Monitor and respond to customer reviews across multiple sites”.	Reviews, in the same add-on: your reviews in one list, each with a reply ready in its own language and your voice, and you post it. And your AI growth team, which drafts the posts, ads and emails that bring the next customer in.
What does it cost?	For one location, Manage is “$485 USD billed annually ($40 / mo).”, and Grow, which adds reviews, “$584 USD billed annually ($49 / mo).”	$15 a month per location ($150 a year) for Reviews & Listings, on top of your Runner plan. Early access includes it.

Which places does it cover?: BrightLocal
Active Sync covers “Google (Search and Maps)”, Apple Maps, Facebook, Bing and “Yelp (Available for businesses in the USA & Canada)”.
Runner
Runner checks your Google listing and your connected Facebook Page, plus your Kakao Map and Naver listings for a location in Korea, every day. One press opens Google, Facebook, Kakao Map, Naver, Yelp, Apple Maps or Bing with each of your values ready to copy.
How do I know when a listing is wrong?: BrightLocal
“If someone else tries to suggest an incorrect change to your listing on Google, Active Sync alerts you immediately so you can block it and keep your data accurate.”
Runner
Runner checks your Google listing and your connected Facebook Page, plus your Kakao Map and Naver listings for a location in Korea, against your facts every day, and tells you when one differs. When a listing differs you hear once: in the app, by email, and by push that respects your quiet hours. Check now, any time.
How does a fix get there?: BrightLocal
“When you change your hours or description in BrightLocal, we push that info to all those platforms instantly.”
Runner
One press opens Google, Facebook, Kakao Map, Naver, Yelp, Apple Maps or Bing with each of your values ready to copy, and you paste them in.
I have more than one location.: BrightLocal
For many locations: “We’ve built specialized bulk update workflows designed specifically to save agencies and large brands hours of busy work.”
Runner
Run many locations? Set holiday or opening hours for all of them, or just some, in one go.
What else comes with it?: BrightLocal
On its Grow plan: “Monitor and respond to customer reviews across multiple sites”.
Runner
Reviews, in the same add-on: your reviews in one list, each with a reply ready in its own language and your voice, and you post it. And your AI growth team, which drafts the posts, ads and emails that bring the next customer in.
What does it cost?: BrightLocal
For one location, Manage is “$485 USD billed annually ($40 / mo).”, and Grow, which adds reviews, “$584 USD billed annually ($49 / mo).”
Runner
$15 a month per location ($150 a year) for Reviews & Listings, on top of your Runner plan. Early access includes it.

What BrightLocal costs

Manage: $40 · a month, billed annually ($485) · 1 location · USD
Manage: $54 · a month, billed monthly · 1 location · USD
Grow: $49 · a month, billed annually ($584) · 1 location · USD
Grow: $65 · a month, billed monthly · 1 location · USD

Manage is the plan that says “Keep your business details synced and protected across key sites”; Grow adds “Monitor and respond to customer reviews across multiple sites”.

Read on its maker's page on 12 November 2026: BrightLocal pricing (opens in a new tab)

Who each is for

BrightLocal: A local business or agency that wants the key sites synced, citations built across many directories, and local rankings tracked beside them.
Runner: An owner who wants their hours right on the maps their customers use, holidays handled in one step, and their reviews and a growth team in the same place.

Already using BrightLocal?

Keep BrightLocal if you want citations built on directories you pick and your data sent to the aggregators: “Our expert submission services let you choose from 1,000+ sites.”, with “citations that you own forever”, and it can “Push your data to major aggregators like Data Axle and Foursquare”.

Add Runner for your hours checked on your Google listing and your connected Facebook Page, plus your Kakao Map and Naver listings for a location in Korea,, the exact values for the rest one press away, holiday hours set once, your reviews in the same place and a growth team beside it, at $15 a month per location.

What Runner adds

The places that matterGoogle, Naver, Kakao Map, Apple Maps and Facebook: where customers check your hours before they come.
Told when one differsRunner checks your Google listing and your Facebook Page every day, and tells you once, in the app, by email and by push.
Each fix, one press awayOne press opens Google, Facebook, Kakao Map, Naver, Yelp, Apple Maps or Bing with each of your values ready to copy.
Holiday hours, set onceSeollal, Chuseok, Christmas, Thanksgiving and more: set your hours once, and Runner reminds you three weeks ahead.
Your values, never a guessOnly you set your facts, and every change is kept with who made it and when.
Every location in one goHoliday or opening hours for all of your locations, or just some, in one go.
Your reviews in the same placeListings comes with Reviews: a reply ready for each review, in its own language and your voice.
A growth team beside itYour growth team drafts the holiday post, the Google post and an email to customers who opted in, each waiting for your approval.
One price per location$15 a month per location ($150 a year) for Reviews & Listings, on top of your Runner plan.

Questions about BrightLocal and Runner

Should I use BrightLocal or Runner?

BrightLocal suits a local business or agency that wants citations built across many directories and local rankings tracked. Runner suits an owner who wants their hours right on the maps their customers use, holiday hours set once, and their reviews and a growth team in the same place.

Which places does Runner check?

Runner checks your Google listing and your connected Facebook Page, plus your Kakao Map and Naver listings for a location in Korea, every day, and one press opens any other site with your values ready to copy.

Where do my hours come from?

From you. Runner never fills in your facts for you. Only you set them, and every change is kept with who made it and when.

How do I get Listings?

It comes with Reviews as Reviews & Listings: $15 a month per location, or $150 a year, on any paid Runner plan billed in dollars. Pick a plan, then turn it on for each location. Early access includes it.

Your hours, right where customers look.

Build my teamYou pay upfront when you start.

What this page says about BrightLocal was read from its maker's pages on 12 November 2026:

BrightLocal (opens in a new tab): “Keep your business information accurate and consistent everywhere customers search.”
BrightLocal Listings Management (opens in a new tab): “Google (Search and Maps)”, “Yelp (Available for businesses in the USA & Canada)”, “When you change your hours or description in BrightLocal, we push that info to all those platforms instantly.”, “If someone else tries to suggest an incorrect change to your listing on Google, Active Sync alerts you immediately so you can block it and keep your data accurate.”, “Our expert submission services let you choose from 1,000+ sites.”, “citations that you own forever”, “Push your data to major aggregators like Data Axle and Foursquare”, “We’ve built specialized bulk update workflows designed specifically to save agencies and large brands hours of busy work.”
BrightLocal pricing (opens in a new tab): “Keep your business details synced and protected across key sites”, “Monitor and respond to customer reviews across multiple sites”, “$485 USD billed annually ($40 / mo).”, “$584 USD billed annually ($49 / mo).”

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