A Birdeye alternative for people who want the price before the sales call
Birdeye is a reputation and customer experience platform sold through a quote. Its pricing page carries no figure at all, and asks for your business email, company name, number of locations and mobile number. If you run many locations and want one contract across them, Birdeye is built for that and this is not.
Prices checked on 1 Nov 2026 from each company's own pages
In Birdeye
Step 1 of 7Review requests and reply templates, as their pages describe it
- Fill in the pricing form
- 2Give your locations and mobile number
- 3Talk to sales
- 4Settle the features
- 5Sign the contract
- 6Set up your locations
- 7Log in to the platform
In your AI, with Loadout
1 requestReview Campaign, free to run
- Review Campaignworking
- Check reviews
- Scan website
- Find businesses
Starting price
Birdeye
Not published. The pricing page shows no figure. To get one you submit your business email, company name, number of locations and mobile number. The page says pricing is built around outcomes and that it is one platform on one contract, where you pay for what you deploy at your locations.
Loadout
Announced on 12 November
Best for
Birdeye
Multi location businesses and brands that want a single vendor and contract covering every location, and are happy to buy through a sales conversation.
Loadout
Agencies, freelancers and consultants who handle reviews for clients as one service among several, and want a published price and no sales call.
Published price
Birdeye
None. The pricing page carries no figure.
Loadout
Announced on 12 November
How you buy
Birdeye
A form asking for your email, company, number of locations and mobile number, then a sales conversation
Loadout
You sign up and connect it to your AI app
Commitment
Birdeye
One platform on one contract, priced to the locations you deploy
Loadout
Cancel anytime, and within 14 days of a payment you get it back minus the credits used
Reviews
Birdeye
Review and reputation management across your locations, as described on their own pages
Loadout
The review campaign power builds a request kit, a reply style guide, backlog replies and a monthly rhythm, at no credit cost and inside the platform rules
Comparing with rivals
Birdeye
Not described on the pricing page
Loadout
The reputation report sets a client against three rivals on three review sites, with complaint themes, a reply audit and a 90 day plan, for about 16 credits
Sending and replying
Birdeye
Not described on the pricing page
Loadout
Nothing is sent or posted without your yes. The reply desk power sorts replies and drafts the ones that need you, on the channels you already have.
Where it runs
Birdeye
A platform you log into
Loadout
Inside ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Muse, Claude Code or Codex, as a connector
Locations
Birdeye
Priced to the locations you deploy
Loadout
Locations are not a billing unit
Choosing
Birdeye or Loadout.
Stay with Birdeye if
- You run many locations and want one contract covering all of them. Birdeye's pricing page is built around exactly that, and asks for your location count before quoting.
- You want review requests sent at volume from inside one platform. Loadout drafts the requests and the replies, and you send them.
- You want a vendor who will quote against your own setup and support it as one account. That is what a sales led price buys.
Look at Loadout if
- You want the number before the call.
- Reviews are one part of what you sell.
- You want to show a client what reviews are costing them. The reputation report compares them with three rivals on three review sites for about 16 credits.
Other options
Other Birdeye alternatives people look at.
Starting prices from each company's own page, checked on 1 Nov 2026.
$65 a month for one location on the Grow plan, or $584 a year
Review monitoring, review requests by email and SMS, and a website widget, priced per location.
$79 a month per location
A review getting and review managing platform sold on its own, with no bundle around it.
$30 a month on Preferred, or $24 a month billed yearly
Review monitoring and responding alongside listings management.
Not published
Messaging and AI lead conversion for local businesses, also sold through a sales conversation.
In Loadout
The powers that do this work.
Each one is a proven method your AI follows step by step, with the live data each step needs, and a price shown before it runs.
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Questions
Before you run it.
What does Birdeye cost+
Birdeye does not publish a price. Checked on 1 Nov 2026, their pricing page carries no figure and asks for your business email, company name, number of locations and mobile number before anyone quotes. The page says pricing is built around outcomes and that it is one platform on one contract.
Does Loadout send review requests+
No. The review campaign power builds the request kit, the reply style guide, the backlog replies and the monthly rhythm, and you send them through the channels you already have. Nothing is sent or posted without your yes.
Can I show a client how they compare with rivals+
Yes. The reputation report power puts a client next to three rivals on three review sites, with complaint themes, a reply audit and a 90 day plan, for about 16 credits.
What does Loadout not have here+
No always on review inbox watching every site, no scheduled dashboards, no client portal and no team seats. It runs inside your own AI app and does the work when you ask.