Birdeye’s free checker is a one-shot ChatGPT snapshot attached to an enterprise sales funnel with no published prices. AIMention puts its whole price on the page: free score, $30 report.
Birdeye is an enterprise reputation platform for multi-location brands; its free AI Visibility Checker gives one snapshot of one location on ChatGPT, and everything beyond that — Gemini, Perplexity, ongoing tracking — requires a sales conversation, because Birdeye publishes no pricing at all. AIMention is the opposite posture: a free score with no phone number required, then a $30 one-time report with the full diagnosis.
If you run twenty locations, Birdeye deserves a serious look — it’s built for exactly that. If you run one, you’d be buying an enterprise platform to answer a $30 question.
| AIMention | Birdeye | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One-time purchase | Quote-based (sales call required) |
| Entry price | $30 one-time | Not published — quote only |
| Cost over 12 months | $30 a report — typically $30–$60 a year (initial report, plus an optional $30 re-check after fixes) | Not published; third-party analyses report roughly $299–$449 per location a month, billed annually |
| Free option | Free score, letter grade, and gap count — no credit card, no trial clock | Free AI Visibility Checker — one location, one snapshot, ChatGPT only: visibility score, share of voice vs local competitors, citations, sentiment |
| AI platforms | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude | ChatGPT (free checker), ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity (paid Search AI) The free checker covers ChatGPT only; other platforms require the paid product |
| Ongoing monitoring | No | Yes |
| Website fix list | Prioritized Action Checklist plus a 60-day roadmap, in plain English | Paid Search AI includes AI agents that act on findings (listings updates, review requests) — software actions, not an owner-readable fix list |
| Built for | Local business owners | Multi-location brands (Birdeye’s own positioning) |
Here is everything Birdeye publishes about its pricing in 2026: nothing. The pricing page is a quote configurator that asks for your location count and mobile number; Capterra lists every tier as “custom quote available.” Third-party analyses report roughly $299 to $449 per location a month, billed annually, plus setup fees — we cite those as reported figures, not official ones, because Birdeye states none of this publicly. Capterra reviews also carry a consistent theme of contract and cancellation friction, including buyers held to full-year terms.
The free checker is a fine smoke alarm: score, share of voice, citations, sentiment — for one location, one moment, on ChatGPT only. But its job is to start a sales conversation. AIMention’s free score leads to a $30 report, and the price was on this page before you gave anyone your name. Your score is free — no credit card. The full report with every fix, prioritized, is a one-time $30.
| Birdeye plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Starter / Growth / Dominate | Not published — custom quote, priced per location | Reputation management platform: reviews, listings, messaging, surveys |
| Search AI | Not published — demo required | Multi-platform AI tracking, multi-location reports, citations intelligence, AI agents that act on findings |
Birdeye is the stronger choice for multi-location operations — that’s not a concession, it’s the product’s design. Per-location AI visibility rolled into one dashboard, citations intelligence at scale, systematic review generation, and AI agents that act on findings automatically are capabilities a one-time audit doesn’t have and shouldn’t pretend to. If reputation management across many storefronts is your daily problem, Birdeye is built for your daily problem.
AIMention wins on every axis that matters to a single-location business: a real price on a public page, no demo, no contract, no per-location math. It checks four AI platforms — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude — where Birdeye’s free tool checks one. And it audits your website itself, which no reputation platform does: whether AI can read your services, verify your address, and connect you to the towns you serve. If the report finds nothing worth fixing, the $30 comes back — a guarantee that costs less than a Birdeye demo takes in time.
Every price, platform, and feature claim on this page was verified against the official pages listed in Sources on July 19, 2026. Where a vendor doesn’t publish a number, we say “not published” instead of guessing, and third-party estimates are labeled as such. Review themes come from the cited G2 and Capterra pages, not our opinion of a competitor.
Birdeye doesn’t publish pricing — every tier on its site and on Capterra is “custom quote.” Third-party analyses in 2026 report roughly $299 to $449 per location a month billed annually, plus setup fees, but Birdeye itself states none of this publicly.
One snapshot of one location, evaluated on ChatGPT only: a visibility score, share of voice against local competitors, citations, and sentiment. Coverage of Gemini and Perplexity requires the paid Search AI product — which requires a sales conversation.
Birdeye’s own positioning says Search AI is “purpose-built for brands with many locations.” A single-location business would be paying enterprise-platform prices for reviews, listings, messaging, and surveys it may not need. If you just want to know why AI isn’t recommending you, a $30 audit answers that without a demo.
Birdeye is an ongoing platform that monitors AI visibility per location and acts on findings with AI agents — at contract prices. AIMention is a one-time diagnosis: six scored dimensions, a prioritized fix list, and a 48-answer scan across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude, for $30 with a money-back guarantee.
Free score in about a minute: overall AI Visibility Score, letter grade, and how many fixable gaps we found.
Check Your ScoreYour score is free — no credit card. The full report with every fix, prioritized, is a one-time $30.