Reputant vs Semrush Local
Most marketers already know Semrush, and its Local toolkit sells Google Business Profile tools per location on top of it. Reputant is built for the owner who wants reviews and rankings handled without learning an SEO suite. This page says where each one is ahead.
Facts checked on 2026-10-21. Tell us if something changed.
Local Base
per month per location; AI agent for the profile and 375 map rank credits
$30
Local Pro
per month per location; adds listings, review management and generation, 1,225 map rank credits
$60
Local Business
for 20+ locations, through sales
custom
Pro Report add-on
per month; branded, white-label reports
$20
Reputant
7-day free trial, then $29 per location a month
Feature by feature
A check means Reputant ships it today. Everything else carries the same status it has on our own roadmap, not marketing language.
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| What you get | Reputant | Semrush Local |
|---|---|---|
| Review requests and what triggers them | Live Text and email requests fired by a paid QuickBooks invoice, a closed Clio matter or a CSV upload. | SMS and email review campaigns on Local Pro. No accounting or practice-management triggers listed. |
| AI replies to reviews | Live A drafted reply for every Google review that you approve or edit before it posts. | Auto-replies to every new Google review on Local Base; drafts or auto-replies by review category on Local Pro. |
| Review sites monitored | Live Google Business Profile and Facebook today. Yelp reading is planned. | Reviews from supported review sites in one place, with hourly Google updates and negative review emails, on Local Pro. |
| Local rank grid | Live Map Pack rank at every point of a 3x3 or 5x5 grid over the service area, with the competitor holding each spot, run on demand. | Map Rank Tracker with a heatmap and competitor view, paid in credits: 375 on Base, 1,225 on Pro. |
| Google Business Profile audit | Live Profile checklist plus a keyword-by-keyword table of who ranks above you, and profile performance. | A profile audit with an optimization plan, and an AI-written business description. |
| Google Business Profile posting | Planned Planned. The app reads the profile today but does not publish posts. | An AI agent writes, schedules and publishes posts and photos on Local Base. |
| Listings sync | Planned Not offered yet. Reputant can check that your listing details match on Yelp, TripAdvisor and OpenTable. | One-click sync to 70+ directories with duplicate suppression on Local Pro, plus US healthcare directories. |
| AI recommendations | Live Reads rankings, reviews, the profile and competitors, then names the next action, ranked by urgency. | An optimization plan from the profile audit. Not listed as a cross-signal next-action feed. |
| AI visibility (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) | Live Checks whether the three assistants recommend the business for its category and area. | Not part of the Local plans. AI prompt tracking comes with Semrush's SEO + AI Search plans, from $199 a month. |
| White-label reports | In development In development for agencies. Not available yet. | Branded, white-label reports through the $20 a month Pro Report add-on. |
| Website builder | Live An AI-built one-page site for a business that has none, hosted by Reputant. | Not offered in the Local plans. |
| Entry price | Reputant is priced per location, from $29 a month, after a 7-day free trial. Current numbers are on the pricing page. | $30 per month per location on Local Base. Review campaigns and listings start at $60 per month per location on Local Pro. |
Who should pick which
Pick Reputant if
- Your review requests should fire from QuickBooks or Clio instead of a manual send or a scheduled blast.
- You want to see whether ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini recommend you without buying an SEO suite plan.
- You run the business, not an SEO team, and want reviews and rankings in one plain dashboard.
Pick Semrush Local if
- You need listings pushed to 70+ directories, or healthcare directories in the US.
- You want an AI agent to post to your Google Business Profile every week, today.
- Your team already lives in Semrush for SEO and wants local data in the same account.
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