Yext vs Whitespark
Three of fourteen models named Yext first on the direct prompt; zero named Whitespark. Yext was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Whitespark by nine and Yext carries 62 labels and Whitespark 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.
New York City, United States, founded 2006. Named in five categories this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
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
YextFirst choices, of fourteen modelsWhitespark
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Yext and Whitespark were named in the same answer thirty-eight times, of the 270 answers naming Yext and the 42 naming Whitespark. In those answers Whitespark took the first choice five times and Yext six.
Every model, every framing
| 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 | | | | |
Yext Whitespark first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Yext on the left and Whitespark on the right.The direct prompt
Yext first, Whitespark not the choice
3 of 14 modelsWhitespark was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
4 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.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
Yext10%#4 of 10Whitespark4%#6 of 10What the models said about Yext
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Five of six in this category shown.
“Why You Should Likely Avoid Yext (For Now) ... it is usually not recommended for a mid-sized B2B company.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · paraphrase prompt · hard negative
“High Caution: Yext ... Expensive pricing ... "Rented" listing model ... Trustpilot rating: Only 1.6/5 ("Bad")” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · hard negative
“One of the most established platforms, offering extensive directory coverage and real-time updates... Yext and Uberall are preferred for multi-location or enterprise businesses” Mistral Small · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you have hundreds of locations and need real-time data control: Choose Yext (or Uberall, its primary enterprise competitor).” Gemini 3.5 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
“Yext: The enterprise gold standard. Highly powerful, robust API, excellent local pages product, but usually the most expensive.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
What the models said about Whitespark
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of seven in this category shown.
“"BrightLocal and Whitespark are okay, but they toss you into a lot of really low quality, trashy directories."” Muse Glimmer 30B · negative prompt · soft negative
“limited features beyond ranking/reporting, so it may not be enough if you need full listings governance” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“Not a full listings management platform — more of a specialized citation tool.” DeepSeek V4 Flash · comparative prompt · soft negative
“The Best "One-Time Fee" Option: Whitespark ... It is the most cost-effective way to get a clean, highly authoritative listing footprint without a recurring software bill.” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · first choice
“Whitespark stands out as one of the most affordable local listings management platforms, with entry-level pricing as low as $1/month” Grok 4.1 Fast · budget prompt · first choice
“Select tools like Whitespark or BrightLocal build listings manually and give you full ownership of the accounts” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · alternative
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.