What are alternatives to YEXT?

Tools checked to the same depth in this category include AthenaHQ, ZipTie, Knowatoa, Cognizo.

YEXT — pricing, alternatives & what it does

Yext is an agentic marketing platform that monitors AI search visibility through Scout, structures brand data via Knowledge Graph, and distributes content to AI engines and publishers without aggregators. It manages local listings, reviews, and reputation while generating and publishing on-brand content across multiple channels.

Measures with a mix of browser sessions and provider APIs.

Tracks 5 engines

ChatGPT

Claude

Perplexity

Google AI Overviews

Microsoft Copilot

Who it's for

Best for

Teams that need monitors brand mentions, tracks citations, competitor benchmarking.

Skip if

You need prompt discovery — we confirmed those aren't offered.

Pricing

YEXT's pricing page ↗

Plan	Price	What you get
Emerging	$199/yearannual	Full notesHide notes Starter Package ("Emerging"). Listed on site as $4/week, billed $199 annually. 28% Optimization Rate. Adds listing to Merchant Circle, eLocal, Topix, YellowPageCity, LocalStack, EZLocal, ShowMeLocal, WhereTo?, YellowMoxie, CitySquares + 30 more sites.
Essential	$449/yearannual	Full notesHide notes Plus Package ("Essential"). Listed on site as $9/week (was $20/week), billed $449 annually. 56% Optimization Rate. Adds listing to Google, Yahoo, Yelp, MapQuest, Citysearch, Local.com, Foursquare + 4 more sites.
Complete	$499/yearannual	Full notesHide notes Standard Package ("Complete", marked Best Value). Listed on site as $10/week (was $22/week), billed $499 annually. 100% Optimization Rate. Full Essential + Full Emerging packages, plus PowerListings+ (publish products/services/calendars/staff bios) and Analytics (profile-view tracking by partner).
Premium	$999/yearannual	Full notesHide notes Advanced Package ("Premium"). Listed on site as $19/week (was $35/week), billed $999 annually. 100% Optimization Rate. Full Complete package, plus Review Monitoring ($300 value) and Website Widgets ($300 value).

Capabilities

12/20 answered

What it does

11 of 20

Monitors brand mentions

Yes

Tracks citations

Yes

Competitor benchmarking

Yes

Prompt discovery

Doesn't

Recommends fixes

Yes

Writes content

Yes

Publishes content

Yes

Builds off-site citations

Yes

Does outreach

Yes

Generates schema / llms.txt

Yes

Geo segmentation

Yes

Product catalogue optimisation

Yes

Sentiment analysis

Not published

Share of voice

Not published

+6 not published

Technical audit	Not published
AI crawler analytics	Not published
Traffic attribution	Not published
Revenue attribution	Not published
A/B testing	Not published
AI advertising	Not published

Where it runs

3 of 6

Web app

Yes

Public API

Yes

MCP server

Yes

Chrome extension

Not published

Slack app

Not published

+1 not published

Requires a script on your site

Not published

What you get out

1 of 11

Looker Studio

Yes

CSV export

Not published

JSON export

Not published

+8 not published

PDF reports	Not published
Google Sheets	Not published
White-label reports	Not published
Scheduled reports	Not published
Shareable dashboards	Not published
Email alerts	Not published
Slack alerts	Not published
Webhook alerts	Not published

Agencies & teams

1 of 3

Multiple brands	Yes
Client sub-accounts	Not published
Role permissions	Not published

Trust & compliance

1 of 5

GDPR

Yes

SOC 2

Not published

ISO 27001

Not published

+2 not published

SSO	Not published
Data residency	Not published

Not published is not a no.Yes means it is on their site. Doesn't means we read a page that would list it and it wasn't there. A blank in their docs is a gap in ours — not a claim about their product.