BrightEdge vs. Google Search Console

BrightEdge

152 Reviews and Ratings

Google Search Console

237 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
BrightEdge	Score6.8 out of 10	N/A	BrightEdge is an enterprise-level SEO (Search Engine Optimization) platform from the company of the same name in San Mateo, California. It includes customizable dashboards, reporting, forecasting, SEO recommendations, backlink management and competitive analysis. It covers local, global, mobile, social and content centric SEO. Presently BrightEdge's platform supports the marketing efforts of many well-brands, like Nike, Microsoft, and Netflix.	$0 per month
Google Search Console	Score9 out of 10	N/A	Google Search Console is a search engine optimization software solution offered by Google.	N/A

Pricing

BrightEdge

Google Search Console

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Pricing Offerings
BrightEdge	Google Search Console
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	BrightEdge	Google Search Console
Considered Both Products	BrightEdge Verified User Chose BrightEdge BrightEdge has better reports and customizable charts and is better for larger teams. Semrush, you have to pay per user, but it does give you access to a variety of tools. BrightEdge is more focused on SEO, but the tools they have are great, and some of them are the most … Incentivized Helpful? Neelav Patel SEO Analyst in Marketing at Invesco (Financial Services, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose BrightEdge I see a lot of similarities with the other two products. Personally, I think a big aspect of using BrightEdge is familiarity with the platform. Just like any of these SEO tools, the value from these comes with how efficient users can be with the interface. BrightEdge has a … Incentivized Helpful? Alissa Steingraber Search Marketing Manager - SEO in Marketing at Kohl's (Retail, 10,001+ employees) Chose BrightEdge seoClarity was one platform that we would have transitioned to if they would have been able to provide a solution like BrightEdge Instant. Out of all the platforms we have evaluated, the one thing that keeps us coming back to BrightEdge is the robust amount of relevant keywords … Incentivized Helpful? Cole Mauer VP, Director SEO at Tombras (Online Media, 201-500 employees) Chose BrightEdge While relatively expensive, Brightedge really does offer the best quality product but just as importantly (if not more so) the level of client/agency support. We have biweekly training with the entire team to continually stay up to date on Brightedge's offerings and strategies. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BrightEdge I haven't used any other products like BrightEdge, although my colleague has and he seems to think BrightEdge is the number 1 product for all things 'SEO'. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BrightEdge We initially selected BrightEdge, as we thought that it would be a simple way to optimize our web pages for search. A few months into it, we felt otherwise and within the first year, we decided to not renew our contract when it came up for renewal. Basically, the majority of … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose BrightEdge BrightEdge is able to do more in many ways - it's a more comprehensive tool for SEO keyword research (at least based on my personal experience) and also is able to present dashboards online, which was a major hurdle for us using the locally-installed version of AWR which could … Incentivized Helpful? Lara Ortiz Strategist / Sr. Interactive Producer in Marketing at Miles (Marketing and Advertising, 51-200 employees) Chose BrightEdge Both are good tools. The biggest difference comes in your needs. Like I said earlier, BrightEdge is an enterprise tools and has the features set to support that. Moz is a consumer product and it a great place to start, but the analytics integration, tracking, reporting … Incentivized Helpful?	Google Verified User Chose Google Search Console GSC does not give you as much information as a paid tool, but it does give you direct clicks to keywords which these other tools have no way of knowing. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Google Search Console To be honest, I have not spent much time in Bing Webmaster Tools as Bing is a much less significant search engine compared to Google. It's something we only really use for major changes to a website, and it is fine for those types of task. Google Search Console is my 'go-to' … Incentivized Helpful?
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	Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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Features

BrightEdge

Google Search Console

Comparison of SEO features of BrightEdge and Google Search Console
Feature	BrightEdge 7.4 47 Ratings	Google Search Console 6.2 53 Ratings
Keyword analysis	8.047 Ratings	8.346 Ratings
Backlink management	7.041 Ratings	4.941 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking	8.045 Ratings	7.143 Ratings
Page grader	5.040 Ratings	5.132 Ratings
Competitive analysis	10.047 Ratings	2.017 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics	7.044 Ratings	7.445 Ratings
Site recommendations	5.047 Ratings	6.243 Ratings
Task management	8.941 Ratings	8.518 Ratings

Comparison of SEO Channels features of BrightEdge and Google Search Console
Feature	BrightEdge 9.0 45 Ratings	Google Search Console 7.3 50 Ratings
Local SEO	9.036 Ratings	5.035 Ratings
Social SEO	9.031 Ratings	8.019 Ratings
Mobile SEO	9.042 Ratings	7.847 Ratings
Global SEO	9.035 Ratings	8.341 Ratings

Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of BrightEdge and Google Search Console
Feature	BrightEdge 9.0 45 Ratings	Google Search Console 8.2 50 Ratings
Multi-domain support	9.036 Ratings	8.644 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools	9.044 Ratings	7.947 Ratings

User Ratings
	BrightEdge	Google Search Console
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (79 ratings)	9.0 (53 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (35 ratings)	10.0 (1 ratings)
Usability	10.0 (11 ratings)	8.8 (5 ratings)
Support Rating	9.0 (14 ratings)	6.1 (8 ratings)
Implementation Rating	8.3 (2 ratings)	- (0 ratings)