# Local listings management for enterprise buyers: what AI models recommend, October 2026

GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition. Asked as "local listings management platform" and as "multi-location local SEO tool", six framings each, to fourteen models with search on, on behalf of an enterprise B2B company. Added to the October 2026 Edition on October 4, 2026; its answers are read by the distilled judge (ai-indexes-judge-qwen3-14b-run3), not the claude-opus-5 judge of the earlier categories. Page: https://gtm-ai-index.com/marketing/local-listings-management/enterprise/

**Standing:** Yext leads with 69% of first choices; verdict clear leader. 54 first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts.

## First-choice share

| # | Product | Share | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yext | 69% | 16% | 74 |
| 2 | Uberall | 15% | 6% | 62 |
| 3 | Birdeye | 9% | 17% | 46 |
| 4 | SOCi | 2% | 16% | 31 |
| 5 | Rio SEO | 0% | 9% | 11 |
| 6 | Semrush Local | 0% | 21% | 14 |
| 7 | Synup | 0% | 36% | 11 |
| 8 | BrightLocal | 0% | 48% | 33 |
| 9 | Moz Local | 0% | 56% | 25 |

## Each model's first choice on the direct prompt

- Claude Haiku 4.5: Yext; alternatives SingleInterface, Uberall
- GPT-5.4 mini: Yext; alternatives SOCi, Uberall
- Gemini 3.5 Flash: Yext; alternatives Alchemer Listings & Reputation, Uberall
- Perplexity Sonar: Yext; alternatives Reputation, Uberall
- Grok 4.1 Fast: Yext; alternatives Birdeye, BrightLocal, Moz Local, SOCi
- Mistral Small: Birdeye, Yext; alternatives Uberall
- DeepSeek V4 Flash: Yext; alternatives Birdeye, Rio SEO, Uberall
- Llama 4 Maverick: Yext; alternatives Alchemer Listings Management, Birdeye, LocalFX, Uberall
- Qwen 3.7 Flash: Yext; alternatives Birdeye, Uberall
- Kimi K2: Yext; alternatives Alchemer Listings Management, Uberall
- GLM 4.7 FlashX: Birdeye, Yext; alternatives Uberall
- MiniMax M2.5: Yext; alternatives Birdeye, Uberall
- GPT-6 Luna: Yext; alternatives SOCi, Uberall
- Muse Glimmer 30B: Uberall, Yext; alternatives Birdeye

## Sources the answers cite

79 of 84 answers came back with a source list, from 14 of 14 models. Sites named in the most answers:

- guideflow.com: 50 answers, 90 citations
- birdeye.com: 43 answers, 61 citations
- g2.com: 36 answers, 70 citations
- uberall.com: 34 answers, 54 citations
- yext.com: 27 answers, 33 citations
- gbppromote.com: 25 answers, 36 citations
- thestacc.com: 23 answers, 33 citations
- brightlocal.com: 22 answers, 32 citations

Pages named in the most answers:

- https://guideflow.com/blog/local-listing-management-software-tools (43 answers)
- https://guideflow.com/blog/business-listing-management-software (33 answers)
- https://birdeye.com/blog/local-listing-management-tools (30 answers)
- https://g2.com/categories/local-listing-management/enterprise (21 answers)
- https://webfx.com/local-seo/learn/local-listing-management (19 answers)
- https://ranktracker.com/blog/business-listing-management-tools (18 answers)
- https://thestacc.com/best/local-listing-management-tools (18 answers)
- https://brightlocal.com/resources/listings-management-services-compared (14 answers)
- https://uberall.com/en-us/products/listings (14 answers)
- https://us.fitgap.com/search/local-listing-management-software/enterprise (13 answers)

## Warned against

- BrightLocal: 16 of 33 labels negative. "Larger operators outgrow it: "Many multi-location brands and agencies outgrow its toolkit as operational, integration, and automation needs intensify."" (Muse Glimmer 30B, negative prompt)
- Yext: 12 of 74 labels negative. "Yext – Approach with Significant Caution ... When to Avoid: If you want data ownership, have budget constraints, or need flexibility to switch platforms." (Kimi K2, negative prompt)
- Moz Local: 14 of 25 labels negative. "SMB-Focused and Boutique Platforms (e.g., BrightLocal, Whitespark, Moz Local) * Status: Avoid for Enterprise Operations" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, negative prompt)
- Birdeye: 8 of 46 labels negative. "offer robust features but may not always provide the same level of enterprise scalability or transparent, predictable pricing" (Mistral Small, budget prompt)

## Record

- Method: https://gtm-ai-index.com/methodology/
- Raw judge labels and full responses: https://gtm-ai-index.com/data/
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as GTM AI Recommendation Index, October 2026 Edition, gtm-ai-index.com.
