The fully-managed Yext alternative for multi-location brands.
Yext suits large enterprises that want a self-serve software platform and have an in-house team to run it. Social Places suits multi-location and franchise brands that want the same listings, reputation and social capabilities delivered as a fully-managed service, plus AI Visibility Pages built for AI search. Wherever you operate across 80+ countries, your accounts and data are owned by you.
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Social Places vs Yext, side by side.
An honest, like-for-like look across the capabilities multi-location brands actually buy. Where a competitor capability is vendor-stated rather than independently confirmed, we say so.
| Capability | Social Places | Yext |
|---|---|---|
| Listings management | Yes Managed sync across Google, Apple, Bing, Facebook, HERE, TomTom, Garmin and more, with data cleansing and rogue-page suppression. | Yes Direct-API publisher network (Yext markets 200+ integrations). |
| Reputation & reviews | Yes Unlimited review aggregation, AI-drafted responses in your brand tone, sentiment tagging and critical-case red-flag alerts. | Yes Review monitoring, responses, review-request campaigns and sentiment. |
| Social media management | Yes Bulk localised scheduling with dynamic tags across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Google and local pages, with approval workflows. | Yes Yext Social: local social scheduling with AI content generation. |
| Store locator & local pages | Yes Branded, SEO-optimised store locator and local landing pages synced directly from your listings data. | Yes SEO-optimised local landing pages, a long-standing Yext strength. |
| AI Visibility Pages (AEO) | Yes AI Visibility Pages auto-generate hyper-local product and location pages structured for Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. | We did not find an equivalent auto-generated local-page product built for AI search. |
| AI visibility tracking | Yes New: the Social Places AI Visibility tracker shows where ChatGPT and Gemini recommend your locations, with more assistants added as they emerge. | Yes Yext Scout, vendor-stated visibility and citation tracking across Google, AI Overviews and several AI assistants. |
| AI reporting across suites | Yes AI Reports and Insights: one live report for every stakeholder, from CEO to store, across listings, reputation and social, with AI root-cause analysis. | Customisable dashboards and reports. We did not find AI-generated report summaries publicly stated. |
| AI summaries & answers | Yes AI summaries on every report plus Ask AI, which answers plain-language questions about your data, and AI review responses in your brand tone. | Yes Yext AI: vendor-stated AI review responses and content agents. AI answers over your own analytics are not publicly stated. |
| Fully-managed service | Yes A dedicated team claims, verifies and optimises for you, with white-glove onboarding and an account manager. Managed review responses are available as an optional add-on. | Primarily self-serve software; paid Expert Services and a customer success manager are available. |
| Data ownership if you cancel | Yes Your accounts, listings and reviews are set up in your name with your own users, so your data is yours from day one. If you ever leave, everything stays yours, including every optimisation we have made; nothing is wiped, reverted or undone. | We did not find a public commitment covering what happens to listings and data after cancellation. Ask what stays yours when a contract ends. |
| Pricing model | Custom per-brand pricing, tiered by volume: the more locations you have, the lower your rate per location, with software and the managed team in one price. | Package tiers with most pricing provided on request; third-party review sites report per-location figures. |
| Global coverage & local depth | Yes Clients across 80+ countries, supported by international partners and teams with on-the-ground local expertise in both established and emerging markets. | Global, US-based platform with a broad publisher network. We did not find on-the-ground local delivery teams in Africa or other emerging markets. |
Yext hands you a powerful platform to run yourself; Social Places includes the team that runs it, as standard. And AI Visibility Pages auto-generate a page for every location-and-product combination, built for Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, a product we did not find an equivalent for on Yext.
Comparison based on publicly available information as of August 2026. Capabilities described as “markets” or “vendor-stated” are drawn from the vendor’s own materials and were not independently verified. Yext is a trademark of its respective owner; this comparison is for informational purposes and does not imply any affiliation or endorsement. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll review it.
Three things you get with Social Places that Yext doesn’t hand you.
A team that does the work
Yext gives you a platform to operate. Social Places gives you a platform and the team that runs it: claiming, verifying and optimising your listings and local presence, so the work actually gets done.
AI Visibility Pages for AI search
Auto-generated hyper-local pages for every location-and-product combination, structured for Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, so your locations get cited in AI answers, not just indexed.
Your accounts, your data
We set up accounts and users in your name from day one, so your listings, reviews and pages are owned by you, not rented from a platform. If you ever leave, your data and every optimisation we have made stay in place, across all 80+ countries we support.
Moving from Yext? We do the heavy lifting.
Every Social Places client gets free white-glove onboarding with a dedicated Onboarding Manager, so changing platforms does not mean adding work for your team.
We audit and import
We audit your current listings, reviews and local pages, then import your locations and data so nothing is lost in the move.
We claim and verify
Your Onboarding Manager claims and verifies every location in accounts set up in your name, configures your users and permissions, cleanses the data and deploys profile and cover photos across platforms.
We run it from day one
Your account manager and team take over day-to-day listings, reputation monitoring and social, so you switch without adding headcount.
Brands rely on Social Places to run their local presence.
Yext vs Social Places, answered.
Is Social Places a global alternative to Yext?
Yes. Social Places supports 665+ multi-location and franchise brands across 80+ countries, delivering listings, reputation, social and local pages as a fully-managed service through its own team and international partners. Founded in South Africa, it operates worldwide. Yext is available worldwide as self-serve software; Social Places pairs the same global coverage with a team that does the work for you.
What is the main difference between Yext and Social Places?
Yext is primarily a self-serve software platform that you and your team operate, with optional expert services. Social Places is fully managed: a dedicated team claims, verifies and optimises your listings and runs your local social, so the work gets done rather than just being possible, with managed review responses available as an optional add-on.
Do I keep my listings and data if I leave Social Places?
Yes. During onboarding we set up accounts and users in your name, so your Google Business Profiles, listings, reviews and location data are owned by you from day one. If you ever cancel, everything stays exactly where it is, including every optimisation we have made to your listings and pages: nothing is wiped, reverted or undone.
Does Social Places help with AI search visibility?
Yes, in two ways. Social Places AI Visibility Pages auto-generate hyper-local landing pages for every location-and-product combination, structured for Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini. The new Social Places AI Visibility tracker also shows where ChatGPT and Gemini recommend your locations. Yext offers Yext Scout for AI search visibility tracking; we did not find an equivalent auto-generated local-page product on Yext.
Who is Yext best suited to, and who is Social Places best for?
Yext suits large enterprises that want a self-serve software platform and have an in-house team to run it day to day. Social Places suits multi-location and franchise brands that want the same capabilities delivered as a fully-managed service, plus AI Visibility Pages built for AI search.
How much does Social Places cost compared to Yext?
Yext lists package tiers, with most pricing provided on request; third-party review sites report per-location figures. Social Places offers custom per-brand pricing based on your number of locations, the suites you use and the level of managed service you need. Pricing is tiered by volume, so enterprise brands with large location counts pay a much lower rate per location, and it typically makes Social Places more cost-effective than global enterprise platforms, because the software and the managed team come in one tailored price. Book a call or request a free local audit for a quote.
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Star ratings and review counts on third-party platforms change over time; figures referenced on this page were accurate as of August 2026. Links open on the respective review or vendor site so you can verify independently.
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