Local listings management · October 2026 Edition
Synup vs Birdeye
Four of fourteen models named Synup first on the direct prompt; one named Birdeye. Synup was named by twelve of the fourteen models and Birdeye by fourteen and Synup carries 37 labels and Birdeye 34, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in two categories this edition.
Named in eight categories this edition.
First-choice share10%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate5%12%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#3#8A position in a field of 10; printed, not drawn.
Labels3734A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Synup reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.BrightLocal was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. BrightLocal vs Synup · BrightLocal vs Birdeye · Moz Local vs Synup
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the local listings management page.
By framing
How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
SynupFirst choices, of fourteen modelsBirdeye
Direct41
Paraphrase00
Comparative00
Budget-constrained101 against Synup
Scale-constrained00
Negative001 against Synup · 4 against Birdeye
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.
Every model, every framing
The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Synup and Birdeye stood in it.
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | | | ||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | |||||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | |||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | |||
| Mistral Small | | | | |||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | ||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | |||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | | |||
| GPT-6 Luna | ||||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Synup Birdeye first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Synup on the left and Birdeye on the right.The direct prompt
The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Synup and Birdeye stood in it.
Synup first, Birdeye an alternative
4 of 14 modelsBirdeye was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Perplexity SonarSynup alternatives: BrightLocal, Semrush Listing Management, Uberall, Yext
Llama 4 MaverickBrightLocal Track, Synup alternatives: Birdeye, Moz Local, Yext
Qwen 3.7 FlashSynup alternatives: BrightLocal, Uberall
Muse Glimmer 30BBrightLocal, Synup alternatives: Semrush Listing Management
Birdeye first, Synup an alternative
1 of 14 modelsSynup was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Mistral SmallBirdeye, Yext alternatives: Moz Local, Synup
Neither was the first choice, one was named
6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Claude Haiku 4.5Yext alternatives: Birdeye, BrightLocal, SOCi, Synup
Gemini 3.5 FlashSemrush Local alternatives: BrightLocal, Synup, Whitespark
Grok 4.1 FastBrightLocal alternatives: Moz Local, Synup, Yext
DeepSeek V4 FlashBrightLocal alternatives: Semrush Local, Synup, Uberall
Kimi K2BrightLocal alternatives: SOCi, Semrush Listing Management, Synup
MiniMax M2.5BrightLocal alternatives: Synup, Yext
Neither was named
3 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.GPT-5.4 miniYext alternatives: Uberall
GLM 4.7 FlashXBrightLocal alternatives: LocaliQ, Semrush Local, Yext
GPT-6 LunaBrightLocal alternatives: Yext
Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
Mid-marketThe figures above
Enterprise
The order flips: Birdeye leads at enterprise.
Birdeye9%#3 of 9Synup0%#7 of 9What the models said about Synup
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Pricing shown is agency‑oriented; may be higher than very small‑business budgets.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · budget prompt · soft negative
“described as powerful, but with a significant learning curve” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“the strongest default choice is usually Synup if you need scalable multi-location control and centralized updates” Perplexity Sonar · direct prompt · first choice
“If you want a dedicated, cost-effective listings + reputation stack with agency/white-label options: Synup” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · first choice
“Moz Local and Synup are both highly recommended as affordable local listings management platforms” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
What the models said about Birdeye
No label in this category carried a quote.
Also compared
BrightLocal vs SynupBrightLocal vs BirdeyeMoz Local vs SynupMoz Local vs BirdeyeSynup vs YextSynup vs Semrush LocalSynup vs WhitesparkSynup vs UberallYext vs BirdeyeSemrush Local vs BirdeyeWhitespark vs BirdeyeUberall vs BirdeyeAll twenty-eight head-to-head pages and the full local listings standing
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.