Key highlights
- Whitespark sells each product separately, priced per location, per keyword, or per campaign
- Profile protection and rank tracking for 10 clients is about $45 a month
- Reputation Builder is $79 per location, which is where the total climbs fast
- Geo-grid tracking is a separate product, Local Ranking Grids, from $10 a month
Whitespark doesn't have one price. It sells four main software products, plus a separate geo-grid tool and a few one-time services, and each one is priced its own way. Some charge per location, some by keyword volume, some by number of campaigns.
That's the main complaint you'll hear about Whitespark's pricing. Not that it's expensive, but that it's hard to add up. So here's every product, what it costs, and what a freelancer with ten clients would actually pay. All prices are in US dollars, from Whitespark's own site in October 2026.
The quick version
- Local Platform: $1 per location per month, billed annually
- Local Rank Tracker: $14 to $200 a month, by keyword volume
- Local Ranking Grids: from $10 a month
- Local Citation Finder: $33 to $149 a month, with a free plan
- Reputation Builder: $79 per location per month
- Listings Service: one-time packages from $20 to $999
Local Platform: $1 per location
This is Whitespark's Google Business Profile tool. It alerts you when something on a profile changes, lets you reject unwanted Google edits in one click, keeps a history of every change, and lets you bulk edit hours, categories, services, and phone numbers across profiles.
It's $1 per location per month, billed annually. For ten clients, that's $120 a year.
What it doesn't do: publish posts or reply to reviews. It's a tool for protecting and editing profiles, not for creating content.
Local Rank Tracker: priced by keywords
The rank tracker is priced by how many "location keywords" you track. One keyword tracked in one city counts as one. Whitespark's own example: a business in three cities tracking ten keywords in each needs 30.
Every plan includes unlimited domains and unlimited locations. You choose weekly or daily tracking.
| Plan | Location keywords | Weekly, monthly billing | Daily, monthly billing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business | 100 | $17 | $25 |
| Specialist | 250 | $35 | $50 |
| Agency | 1,000 | $70 | $100 |
| Enterprise | 2,500 | $140 | $200 |
On annual billing, the same plans are $14, $30, $60, and $117 a month for weekly tracking. There's a 14-day free trial.
For most freelancers, weekly tracking is enough. Ten clients tracking 20 keywords each is 200 location keywords, which fits the Specialist plan.
Local Ranking Grids: geo-grid is separate
The rank tracker shows positions for specific keywords and locations. If you want the map-style grid view, that's a separate product, Local Ranking Grids, with plans from $10 a month.
Local Citation Finder: priced by campaigns
The Citation Finder shows where competitors are listed and where your client is missing.
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing (per month) | Campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business | $39 | $33 | 5 |
| Specialist | $49 | $41 | 10 |
| Agency | $59 | $49 | 20 |
| Enterprise | $149 | $124 | 100 |
There's also a free plan with one campaign and limited results, which is enough to try it on a single client. White-label exports start on the Agency plan.
Reputation Builder: $79 per location
This is Whitespark's review product. It sends review requests by email and text, monitors reviews across sites, and lets you respond to Google reviews and Facebook recommendations from one place.
It's $79 per location per month. Pricing for multiple locations is quoted rather than listed, so if you're adding it for several clients, ask for a quote before doing the math at full price. There's a 14-day free trial for up to ten locations.
One-time services
- Listings Service: citation building and cleanup, packages from $20 to $999, paid once
- Yext Replacement Service: $399 per location, paid once
- SEO Services: managed local SEO, from $499 to $1,999 a month
The one-time listings work suits project-based citation cleanup, since you aren't committing to a subscription.
What ten clients actually costs
Here's what a freelancer with ten client locations would pay on monthly billing, depending on what's in scope:
| What you need | Products | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|
| Profile protection and rank tracking | Local Platform + Rank Tracker (Specialist) | About $45 |
| Plus citation research | Add Citation Finder (Specialist) | About $94 |
| Plus review management | Add Reputation Builder for 10 locations | About $884 at list price |
The first two rows are where Whitespark is excellent value. The third is where the model gets expensive for most freelancers. The review product is priced per location, so it quickly costs far more than everything else combined. A multi-location quote would bring that down, but it's worth knowing the starting point.
Is the modular model good or bad?
It depends on what you sell.
It works well if your service is narrow: rankings, citations, profile accuracy. You pay only for what you use, and Whitespark's citation and rank tracking tools are among the best available.
It works badly if your service includes review work across many clients, or if you'd rather have one bill. Several separate subscriptions means several renewal dates, several plan decisions, and a total you have to work out yourself.
How it compares
- BrightLocal bundles tracking, citations, and reviews into one plan. Ten locations on its Grow plan, which includes review management, is $131 a month. See BrightLocal pricing or BrightLocal vs Whitespark.
- Semrush Local charges $30 or $60 per location and focuses on automated posting and review replies. See Semrush Local pricing or Whitespark vs Semrush Local.
Where Surfa fits
Surfa covers the recurring work Whitespark mostly leaves out: AI review replies in each client's voice that you approve before they post, GBP posts across your roster, rank tracking, and client reports, all in one dashboard.
Pro is $249 a month for ten locations, with 1,000 tracked keywords and unlimited AI replies. Starter is $29 for one location and Growth is $99 for three. It's monthly with no contract. See Surfa pricing.
Surfa doesn't do citation research or building. If that's part of your service, Whitespark's Citation Finder is worth having alongside it.
Frequently asked
How much does Whitespark cost? It depends on which products you use. Local Platform is $1 per location per month, the Rank Tracker is $14 to $200 a month, the Citation Finder is $33 to $149 a month, and Reputation Builder is $79 per location per month.
Does Whitespark have a free trial? The Rank Tracker and Reputation Builder have 14-day free trials. The Citation Finder has a free plan with limited results.
Does Whitespark include geo-grid tracking? Not in the rank tracker. Geo-grid tracking is a separate product, Local Ranking Grids, from $10 a month.
Can Whitespark reply to Google reviews? Yes, through Reputation Builder, which is $79 per location per month. Local Platform, the $1 profile tool, doesn't include review replies.
What is a location keyword? One keyword tracked in one location. Tracking ten keywords in three cities uses 30 location keywords.
The weekly work, in one dashboard.
Surfa's Pro plan covers ten client profiles for $249 a month, with unlimited AI review replies you approve before they post.
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