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Reach by Locus Intelligence vs Yext: listings, reviews and AI visibility for multi-location brands
Two different ways to keep every location found. This page sets out what each says it does, using only what Yext states on its own public website, and who each may suit. No prices are quoted for either.
Reach · AttractAt a glance
One platform for multi-location brands across attract, engage and nurture: listings and reviews (Reach), AI visibility (Visibility), an AI receptionist (Desk) and location-based advertising (Ads). Runs per location, from one location to a network, with a free plan to start.
Built for brands with locations that want finding, answering and following up in one place.
Yext
Describes itself as "the enterprise agentic marketing platform" providing intelligence, verified data and distribution across AI and search. Its site navigation lists Listings, Reviews, Social, Pages, Search and Email, and it names Scout for competitive visibility insights.
Built for Global and enterprise brands, including multi-location businesses and franchises, according to its site.
How we compared
Every statement about Yext on this page comes from one page: its public home page at www.yext.com, read on 5 Nov 2026. We did not read its full documentation or pricing pages. Where that page does not mention a capability, the cell says so; that is not a claim that the capability does not exist. We do not quote Yext's prices beyond what the page shows, and we do not quote our own on this page; they have their own page.
Tell us through the contact page and we will correct the row. We would rather be accurate than flattering.
Feature by feature
The rows follow the three jobs a location has: be found, answer the customer, follow up. Our column describes Locus Intelligence; the other column describes only what the page above states.
| Capability | | Yext |
|---|---|---|
| Be found | ||
| Listings | Google Business Profile first, then Apple Maps, Bing, Facebook, Tripadvisor, Yelp and the other directories that matter for the category. Checked weekly per location; fixes drafted, you approve. | Listings is named in the site navigation. The page refers to a "publisher network" without giving a count. |
| Google Business Profile audit | Free audit with a score, Maps rank from nine points around the location, top three comparison and a fix list. Network mode for many locations. | Not named on the page we reviewed. |
| AI visibility | Visibility runs the real questions for your category, per location and per engine, every week, records which sources each answer used and who was named instead. | Scout is described as competitive insights showing where a brand wins or loses visibility and where competitors outrank it. |
| Location pages and search | Booking page per location on Reach plans; see the microsites page for location pages. | Pages and Search are named in the site navigation. |
| Location-based advertising | Ads runs per-location campaigns on Google (Performance Max, Maps local ads, Search, call-only) and Meta (lead forms, store visits with radius targeting). | Not named on the page we reviewed. |
| Answer the customer | ||
| Reviews | Monitoring across the major sites, replies drafted in your voice in 19 languages, approval before anything posts. | Reviews is named in the site navigation. |
| AI receptionist | Desk answers calls, WhatsApp, website chat, forms and email from each location's own information, books, and hands over to a person by your rule. Missed call text back included. | Not named on the page we reviewed. |
| Follow up and run it | ||
| Work from your own tools | Reach is available as an MCP server inside ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, so a team can ask for and approve changes where it already works. | The page mentions pre-built agents, MCP and API connections for internal AI, and a developer platform. |
| Scale | Runs from one location to a network. 10,000+ locations managed on the platform. | States it is trusted by global brands managing 9M+ locations worldwide. |
| Getting started | Self-serve. Free for one location, no card. Every Reach plan includes a monthly session with a Reach expert. | Offers "Get a demo", "Contact sales" and "Get started". |
| Pricing | Published on the pricing page. Not quoted here. | Not shown on the page we reviewed. |
Last checked against Yext's public home page on 5 Nov 2026. Yext does not show prices on the page we reviewed.
Who each is best for
Locus Intelligence is likely the better fit if
- You want the three jobs of a location, being found, answering and following up, in one platform rather than one tool per job.
- Being named by ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity per location matters to you, and you want to see who got named instead and why.
- Calls and messages go unanswered after hours and you want an AI receptionist on every channel.
- You want to start with one location free and add locations as you go.
- Your team already works in ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor and would rather ask for changes there.
Yext may be the better fit if
- You want a platform its site describes as built for global and enterprise brands.
- You want one content source feeding listings, pages, search and other surfaces, as its navigation suggests.
- Your organization prefers a sales-led process.
See where every location stands before you decideThe free Google Business Profile audit scores one location or your whole network, shows the Maps rank from nine points, and lists the fixes. No account, no card.
Switching to Locus Intelligence
Most brands run both for a few weeks. The order below keeps every listing live through the change.
- Export your location data
Export your locations from your current tool if it offers it: name, address, phone, hours, categories, attributes and photos per location. Keep a copy of your review history as well.
- Confirm who owns each Google Business Profile
Ownership should sit with your organization, not a vendor or an agency. Reach connects through Google sign-in to the profiles you choose and never needs a password.
- Import into Reach and run the network audit
Upload the CSV or connect the profiles. Every location gets a score, a Maps rank and a fix list, and any inconsistency between the export and the live listings is flagged.
- Time the handover
Check what happens to published listings when a subscription ends, in your current vendor's terms. Let Reach publish and verify the directories that matter before that date, so nothing reverts in between.
- Set the voice, the rules and the week
Choose the review reply voice per location, what runs on its own and what waits for approval, map users to regions, and start the weekly check.
Questions people ask
Is this comparison fair?
It is meant to be. Every statement about Yext comes from the page named above, as it stood on 5 Nov 2026. Where that page does not mention a capability, the row says so; it does not mean the capability does not exist.
Why are there no prices?
Yext does not show prices on the page we reviewed, and a guess about a competitor's price is not fair. Our own prices are on the pricing page.
Can I run both during the transition?
Yes. Connect your profiles to Reach, run the audit and let it draft fixes while your current tool is still publishing. Approve changes in one place at a time so the two do not overwrite each other.
Do I lose my review history?
Reviews live on Google, Tripadvisor and the other sites, not inside either product. Reach reads them from the source when you connect, including the replies already posted.
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Start with a free audit. See what each location is losing, and where.
Profile score, Maps rank against the top 3, and the fixes that matter most.
Or book a demo- Role-based access by region and brand
- Every action logged and reversible
- Nothing customer-facing goes live without approval