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AEOCheck vs. Localo

Localo works on your Google Business Profile. AEOCheck measures what AI engines say when your customers ask who to hire. Those are different jobs, and this page says which one you have.

By Tyson McKay · Published 2026-09-04 · Verified 2026-09-04 · 7 min read · How we review

One-time AI visibility report, $25

AEOCheck

Runs eight real buyer-intent searches for your trade and city across ChatGPT/OpenAI, Perplexity, Google Gemini and Google organic
Tells you whether you were named, who was named instead, and where you rank
Five prioritised fixes per lens, an on-page audit, and copy-paste starter files
No subscription. Done-for-you work is a separate, scoped engagement if you want it

Google Business Profile growth tool

Localo

Profile optimisation, local rank tracking and GBP management
An "AI Agent" for business and market insights, and a "Brand voice" profile built from your online presence
Single Business $49/mo, or $39/mo billed annually; Pro $169/mo, or $149/mo annually; Enterprise custom
14-day free trial, no card required

Disclosure: AEOCheck sells a competing product. We write these pages under a published method, we say what the other tool does better than us, and every claim about them is read from their own material and dated.

The honest difference

Localo is a Google Business Profile tool, and it is priced like one: $49 a month for a single business, $39 on an annual plan, with a 14-day trial that does not ask for a card. Its pricing page describes profile optimisation, rank tracking, an AI Agent that answers questions about your business and market, and a Brand voice feature that builds a communication profile from your online presence. It also lists an MCP product for working with GBP data inside ChatGPT or Claude. Those are useful things if your Google profile is where you compete.

What the pricing page does not describe — as of 4 September 2026 — is any measurement of what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or Google's AI features say about your business when a customer asks for a recommendation. Using AI to manage your profile is not the same as measuring your visibility in AI answers, and it is easy to read "AI Agent" on a pricing page and assume the second when the product offers the first. We mark AI visibility measurement unknown for Localo rather than absent, because their page is silent rather than explicit.

AEOCheck does the second thing. You pay once, we run the real buyer searches for your trade and your town across ChatGPT/OpenAI, Perplexity, Google Gemini and Google organic, and the report says whether you were named, who was named instead, and the five fixes that matter most — including whether your website is blocking the crawler ChatGPT search uses, which a GBP tool has no reason to check.

The relationship between the two is straightforward. Your Google Business Profile is one of the sources AI engines read when deciding who to recommend, so a well-run profile helps AI visibility. But it is one source among several — your website, the directories, review sites — and AI engines do not reconcile discrepancies between them. Localo works on one of those sources. AEOCheck tells you how the whole picture reads to the engines today.

If your Google profile needs ongoing attention and you want a tool built for that, Localo's trial is a low-risk way to find out whether it earns its $39 to $49 a month. If you want to know whether AI recommends you for real buyer searches in your city, and what to fix, that is the $25 report.

What each one measures

	AEOCheck	Localo
AI answer engines measured	✓ ChatGPT/OpenAI, Perplexity, Google Gemini — plus Google organic	? Not described on their pricing page (an "AI Agent" for insights is not a visibility measurement)
Local buyer-intent prompts ("best plumber in Tulsa")	✓ Eight per report, keyed to your trade and city	? Not described on their pricing page
Names who gets recommended instead of you	✓ In every report, per engine	? Not described on their pricing page
AI crawler access check (GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot)	✓ Fetched and reported in the on-page audit	? Not stated on their site
Schema / structured data	✓ Audited in the report; a FAQPage starter is included; implemented in an engagement	? Not stated on their pricing page
Google Business Profile management	– Reviewed in the report; optimisation is an engagement add-on	✓ Core product — optimisation, rank tracking, management
Google organic ranking	✓ Per buyer query, with who ranks above you	✓ Local rank tracking
Use GBP data inside ChatGPT / Claude	× Not offered	✓ MCP product listed in their navigation
Prioritised fix list	✓ Five fixes per lens, ordered by impact	– Profile optimisation suggestions; AI Agent insights
Trend over time	× One-time snapshot; re-run when you want a new one	✓ Subscription platform with ongoing rank tracking
Many locations	× One business per report	✓ Pro and Enterprise plans
Free option	✓ Free headline check by email — one finding, no card	✓ 14-day trial, no card
Pricing	✓ $25 one-time per report	✓ Single Business $49/mo or $39/mo annual (plus VAT); Pro $169/mo or $149/mo annual; Enterprise custom

Localo's features and pricing as published on their own site, checked 2026-09-04. Their product changes without telling us — verify anything you are deciding on.

What the numbers say

Across the 212 businesses AEOCheck has scanned so far, 192 — 91% — failed their AI visibility check. Most had the same three problems: AI crawlers blocked, no structured data, and no content for engines to cite. None of those are fixed by automating a Google Business Profile.

That number is read live from our own scan corpus when this page loads, counting the most recent scan per business — not a figure typed in once and left.

Choose Localo if

Localo is the better purchase when:

Your Google Business Profile is where you win or lose customers, and you want a tool built specifically to manage and grow it
You want local rank tracking on an ongoing basis at a modest monthly price
You want to work with your GBP data inside ChatGPT or Claude through their MCP product
You want to try before you decide — 14 days, no card

At $39 a month on the annual plan for a single business, it is a reasonably priced way to keep a Google profile actively managed.

Choose AEOCheck if

The $25 report is the better purchase when:

You want to know what ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini actually say when someone in your city asks who to hire
You want the names of the competitors being recommended instead of you
You want your website checked for the crawler blocks and missing schema that keep AI from naming you — things a GBP tool does not look at
You want a one-time diagnosis and a fix list rather than a subscription
You want a fixed price and a defined deliverable, with a scoped engagement available if you want the work done

The question to ask first

Before choosing either, ask one question: when someone in your city asks ChatGPT or Perplexity who to hire for what you do, does your business get named? A well-run Google profile helps — but it is one source among several, and the only way to know how the whole picture reads is to run the searches.

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FAQ

Does Localo measure AI visibility?

Their pricing page, read on 2026-09-04, describes an AI Agent for business and market insights, a Brand voice feature, and an MCP product for using Google Business Profile data inside ChatGPT or Claude. It does not describe measuring whether ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini recommend your business. We mark that unknown rather than absent — ask them directly if it matters to your decision.

How much does Localo cost?

From their pricing page on 2026-09-04: Single Business at $49 per month, or $39 per month billed annually (plus VAT); Pro at $169 per month, or $149 per month billed annually; Enterprise on custom pricing. Both standard plans offer a 14-day free trial with no card required.

Is a Google Business Profile tool enough for AI visibility?

It helps, because your Google profile is one of the sources AI engines read. It is not enough on its own: engines also read your website, directories and review sites, and they do not reconcile discrepancies between them. A site that blocks AI crawlers or declares the wrong business type in its schema will underperform however well the profile is run. The AEOCheck report checks the whole picture.

Localo vs AEOCheck: which should I buy?

Buy Localo if you want an ongoing tool to manage and grow your Google Business Profile. Buy the AEOCheck report if you want to know, once, whether AI engines recommend you for the buyer searches in your city, who they recommend instead, and what to fix. They answer different questions and many businesses would sensibly use both.

Can I use both AEOCheck and Localo?

Yes. The AEOCheck report finds the website-side problems — crawler access, schema, quotable content — and names the competitors AI prefers; Localo keeps your Google profile actively managed. There is no conflict between them.

Is the AEOCheck check free?

The headline check is free: we run the same buyer searches and email you the single most important finding, no card. The full report is $25 and delivers to your inbox, usually within the hour.

Where this came from

Localo pricing (read 2026-09-04) — https://localo.com/pricing

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