A Merchynt alternative where every post and edit waits for your approval

Paige, from Merchynt, is built to do the work for you: it writes posts, replies to reviews and optimises Google Business Profiles on full autopilot or after you approve, at $99 a profile each month. SearchOps is built for teams that want to sign off every change and then measure what it did. Profile edits wait for a yes and can be undone, and the Pro plan connects up to 25 profiles for $99 a month.

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The short answer

SearchOps or Merchynt?

SearchOps fits if

  • You want a person on your team to publish every post and approve every profile edit before it reaches Google, with an undo if a change turns out wrong.
  • You want to measure the results yourself: Google Maps, the local pack, AI Overviews and AI Mode on the same grid points, and ChatGPT and Gemini checked by service with the businesses named instead of you.
  • You look after several profiles and want one plan price rather than a fee for each: Pro connects up to 25 for $99 a month.

Merchynt fits if

  • You want the work done for you: Paige writes and publishes posts, replies to reviews and updates profiles on full autopilot, or asks first if you prefer.
  • You want the same subscription to share posts to Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, publish videos to YouTube and TikTok, and build or tune the business's website.
  • You want review requests by SMS, email or WhatsApp, NFC review cards, or citation building at partner rates.

Using both

A team could keep Paige on the posting and social work for a few profiles and use SearchOps to measure the results on its own grids and in ChatGPT and Gemini answers.

Side by side

SearchOps and Merchynt, feature by feature

Plans compared: SearchOps Pro ($99 a month, up to 25 connected profiles) and Merchynt Paige for three Google Business Profiles ($297 a month at $99 each), both billed monthly. Merchynt facts come from its own public pages, checked on 25 October 2026, and each row names its source. Prices are as each company lists them. How we compared
Who does the work
PublishingSearchOpsPosts and profile edits go to Google only when someone on your team publishes or approves them. Review replies arrive as agent drafts.MerchyntFull autopilot, or approval first, set for each client. Approvals can go to your team or to the client by email.Source: Merchynt's white-label page for agencies
Profile editsSearchOpsYou choose the change: description, hours, services, attributes, categories, photos and more. It reaches Google once approved, can be reversed later, and is held back if that field changed on Google first.MerchyntPaige rewrites the description, services, service descriptions and attributes and adds social links. Merchynt says it never changes core business details without approval.Source: Merchynt's white-label page for agencies
Where posts goSearchOpsGoogle Business Profiles, published now or scheduled, to one profile or severalMerchyntGoogle every week, plus Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn posts and videos for YouTube and TikTokSource: Merchynt's Paige page
Measurement
What each grid point showsSearchOpsYour Google Maps position. Run the grid on Google Search for the local pack and AI Overviews, or on AI Mode to see whether you are named.MerchyntYour Google Maps position at each pointSource: Merchynt's Google Maps heatmap reports page
Grid sizeSearchOpsUp to 21×21 on Pro and Agency, 15×15 on StarterMerchynt13×13 in Paige client reportsSource: Merchynt's Google Maps heatmap reports page
Schedule and keywordsSearchOpsDaily, weekly, every two weeks or monthly, for as many keywords as your scan credits coverMerchyntA monthly heatmap report, for up to 10 keywords a profileSource: Merchynt's Paige page
Merchynt also runs one-off heatmap audits of up to 3 keywords: five a month for anyone, and more with Agency Partner Program credits.
AI assistantsSearchOpsChatGPT and Gemini by prompt, weekly, every two weeks or monthly: named or not named, who is named instead, share of voice and the sites cited. AI Overviews and AI Mode across the map grid.MerchyntA monthly report on whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok and Llama recommend the businessSource: Merchynt's Paige page
Reviews and listings
Review repliesSearchOpsAgent drafts you edit and send. An optional auto-reply covers 4★ and 5★ reviews on Pro and Agency; lower ratings always wait for a person.MerchyntPaige replies to every review in your voice, on autopilot or after approvalSource: Merchynt's Paige page
Review requestsSearchOpsNot offeredMerchyntBy SMS, email or WhatsApp, with a review link, a QR code and follow-upsSource: Merchynt's Paige page
CitationsSearchOpsChecks each branch's listings field by field. Doesn't create or submit listings.MerchyntAdd-on covering 62 directories and the main data aggregators: $40 a profile a month, or $20 for Agency Partner Program membersSource: Merchynt's white-label page for agencies
Agency and price
White-labelSearchOpsAgency plan: your logo, colours and report sub-domainMerchyntIncluded with Paige: your domain, logo and colours, your own name for Paige, and emails and reports from your inboxSource: Merchynt's white-label page for agencies
Merchynt's Agency Partner Program page lists sending Paige emails from your own inbox as a partner feature.
Team accessSearchOpsUnlimited team members on Agency. Starter and Pro are for one user.MerchyntUnlimited users with custom permissions, at no extra costSource: Merchynt's Paige page
Price for three profilesSearchOps$99 a month on Pro, which connects up to 25 profilesMerchynt$297 a month: $99 for each Business ProfileSource: Merchynt's pricing page
Monthly list prices. Merchynt's pricing page invites anyone with more than three profiles to get in touch, and its Paige page prices 10 or more on request. The Agency Partner Program is an optional $100 a month on top.
Trying it firstSearchOpsA live demo on a sample business, and trials for agencies on requestMerchyntA three-day trial of PaigeSource: Merchynt's Paige page

Price the job

Three Business Profiles, priced both ways

A business owner or small agency runs three Google Business Profiles. It tracks five keywords on each with a 13×13 Google Maps grid once a month, the grid Paige uses in its client reports, and it posts and replies to reviews. Change the numbers to price your own case.

Your job

The job also needs
The sum: 3 locations × 5 keywords × 169 points × 1 run a month = 2,535 Google Maps points a month.

SearchOps

$99a month

The Pro plan.

12,000 scan credits a month cover 2,535 points, leaving 9,465 for Google Search or AI Mode grids. Up to 50 locations.

Merchynt

$297a month

Paige, 3 × $99 a location, billed monthly.

Merchynt prices Paige at $99 for each Google Business Profile, so the price moves with the number of profiles, not with grids or keywords. From 10 profiles it prices on request, and it says partner pricing gets cheaper as you add clients.

  • The two prices pay for different things. Paige's includes the work itself: it writes and publishes the posts and replies, shares to social networks and builds a website. SearchOps' covers the measurement and the tools, and your team approves and publishes the work, with agent drafts for review replies.
  • SearchOps Pro includes 3,000 ChatGPT and Gemini checks a month, and its spare scan credits run Google Search and AI Mode grids. Paige includes a monthly report on whether six AI assistants recommend the business.
  • Both are monthly list prices as each company publishes them. Pro is for one user, so more than one team member or white-label reports means SearchOps Agency at $249. Merchynt's citation add-on ($40 a profile) and its optional $100 Agency Partner Program aren't included.
  • SearchOps' prices here are the US dollar prices on its pricing page (£29, £79 and £199 a month in pounds). Checkout shows the exact amount in your currency.

What's different

What SearchOps does differently

Approve, then publish

Every profile change waits for a yes, and can be taken back

In SearchOps you pick the change, whether that is new hours, a category, a service or a photo, and it reaches Google only once it is approved. If you change your mind, undo it. If someone edited that field on Google in the meantime, SearchOps holds your change back rather than overwrite theirs. Posts go out when you publish or schedule them, and review replies arrive as agent drafts for you to edit and send.

  • Approval before anything reaches Google
  • Undo any edit made from SearchOps
  • Auto-reply only for 4★ and 5★ reviews, and only if you switch it on
See the Business Profile toolsSee it in the live demo

A change waiting for approval

Saturday opening hours

9:00 to 13:009:00 to 15:00

Published changes keep an Undo.

Sample business: Larkfield Dental Clinic, Leeds

Measurement first

Choose the surface and the timing, from Google Maps to Gemini

Paige sends a Google Maps heatmap with its monthly report. SearchOps lets you choose what to check and how often: Google Maps positions, the local pack and AI Overviews on Google Search, or whether AI Mode names you, all on the same points and on a daily, weekly, fortnightly or monthly schedule. Alongside the grids, prompts grouped by service go to ChatGPT and Gemini, and each answer shows who was named instead and which sites it cited.

  • Grids up to 21×21, and AI Mode up to 9×9 in the US, UK and India
  • 3,000 ChatGPT and Gemini checks a month on Pro
  • Share of voice for AI answers, never a position
How geo-grid scans workSee it in the live demo

One point on a 7×7 grid

  • Google MapsPosition 3 of the top 20
  • Google SearchIn the local pack's top 3. AI Overview shown, cites the clinic.
  • AI ModeNamed in the answer
Sample business: Larkfield Dental Clinic, Leeds

Audits against rivals

Score a profile, and see where up to five rivals are ahead

The Business Profile audit runs about 30 checks, each with its points shown, then scores up to five competitors from the latest Google Maps scan out of 100, on the checks their public listings show, so a client can see where a rival's profile is ahead of theirs. It sits beside the grids, which helps when a client asks why a rival wins in one part of town.

  • About 30 checks, each with its points shown
  • Up to five rivals scored out of 100
  • A public link to share an audit with a client
Guide: optimising a Business Profile

Profile audit against rivals

  • Larkfield Dental Clinic82/100
  • Rival practice A74/100
  • Rival practice B69/100

About 30 checks for the business; rivals are scored on what their public listings show.

Sample business: Larkfield Dental Clinic, Leeds

Client reports

Reports that tell a real gain from normal run-to-run movement

Grid results shift a little from one run to the next even when nothing has changed. SearchOps marks a gain or a drop only when it is bigger than that shift, and turns a real gain into a verified before and after that the client can open and check. Reports come from eight templates or a layout of your own, and can be emailed on a schedule.

  • Eight report templates, or your own layout of up to 50 blocks
  • Report emails on a schedule
  • White-label reports and your own report address on Agency
See reports and verified resultsSee it in the live demo

Before and after, one keyword

Before

12 of 49

points in the Maps top 3

After

27 of 49

points in the Maps top 3

Real gainBigger than the normal run-to-run swing
Sample business: Larkfield Dental Clinic, Leeds

When Merchynt fits better

Where Merchynt is the better choice

Paige is designed to take the work off your hands, and it covers jobs SearchOps leaves out. If these matter most to you, Merchynt is the stronger fit.

Full autopilot

Paige can write and publish posts, reply to reviews, upload photos and update profiles without anyone approving each step, or ask first when you want it to. SearchOps always leaves posting and profile edits to a person.

Social posting from one place

Paige shares posts to Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn and publishes short videos to YouTube and TikTok. SearchOps posts to Google Business Profiles only.

Citations at partner rates

Paige's citation add-on lists a business on 62 directories and the main data aggregators for $40 a profile a month, or $20 for Agency Partner Program members. SearchOps checks listings but doesn't create them.

Collecting reviews

Paige asks customers for reviews by SMS, email or WhatsApp, with a review link, QR codes and follow-ups, and Merchynt also offers NFC review cards. SearchOps monitors reviews and drafts replies, but doesn't send requests.

Website work in the same agent

Paige builds and hosts a multi-page website for each business, or scans the existing site and lists what to fix. SearchOps doesn't build or audit websites.

Switching

Moving from Merchynt

Moving across is mostly setup, plus one decision: who now writes and publishes the posts that Paige has been doing for you.

  1. 01

    Write down what Paige tracks

    For each profile, list the keywords Paige tracks (up to 10 each) and the competitors its reports name, in a spreadsheet if you can. Keep the last monthly report as your baseline.

  2. 02

    Add locations in bulk

    Upload your locations to SearchOps as a CSV file, and each one is matched to its Google listing.

  3. 03

    Import keywords by service

    Paste the keywords or import them from Excel or CSV, grouped under the services each business sells.

  4. 04

    Connect the profiles you post to

    Sign in with Google to connect the Business Profiles you manage: up to 25 on Pro and 100 on Agency. Posting and replying need a connected profile; tracking a rival doesn't.

  5. 05

    Decide who does the posting

    Paige may have been posting every week and sharing to social networks. In SearchOps your team writes and schedules posts and approves review replies, so agree who owns that work before you switch Paige off.

  6. 06

    Plan for the website and citations

    If a business uses the website Paige built and hosts, decide where it will live before you cancel. Merchynt's listings page says the citations it creates stay yours when you move on.

  7. 07

    Run both for a month, then cancel

    Run a SearchOps grid on the same keywords alongside Paige's next monthly heatmap and compare the trend, not single points: the two tools place points and run at different times. Merchynt's terms say a subscription renews each billing period until you cancel, in the app or by email.

FAQ

SearchOps and Merchynt. Questions we get

On list price, usually. Three profiles on Paige cost $297 a month, $99 each, and SearchOps Pro is $99 a month for up to 25 connected profiles. One profile is $99 on Paige and $39 on SearchOps Starter. Pro and Starter are for one user, though. If you need white-label reports or more than one team member, SearchOps Agency is $249, and for one or two profiles Paige costs less. The prices also buy different things: Paige's includes the writing and publishing, while SearchOps gives your team the measurement and tools and leaves the publishing to you. Prices checked on 25 October 2026.

No, by design. SearchOps doesn't publish posts or change a profile by itself. Its agent drafts review replies and a weekly task plan suggests what to work on, but a person publishes the posts and approves each profile edit, and edits can be undone. The one thing you can automate is replying to 4★ and 5★ reviews on Pro and Agency; anything lower always waits for a person. Paige can run on full autopilot or ask for approval first, set for each client.

No. SearchOps publishes standard posts to Google Business Profiles only, now or on a schedule, to one profile or several. Paige shares posts to Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn and publishes videos to YouTube and TikTok, so if social posting is part of the job, Paige covers it and SearchOps doesn't.

Paige sends a monthly report on whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok and Llama recommend the business. SearchOps checks two assistants, ChatGPT and Gemini, by prompt every week, two weeks or month, and shows whether the business is named, who is named instead, share of voice and the sites each answer cites. It also checks Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode point by point across the map grid.

Yes. Upload your locations as a CSV file and import keywords from Excel, CSV or a paste, grouped by service. SearchOps starts its own grid history from your first scan, so keep Paige's last monthly report as a baseline to compare against.

Yes, on the Agency plan: your logo, colours and a report sub-domain, with unlimited team members, for $249 a month. Merchynt includes white-label with Paige at $99 a profile: your domain, logo and colours, your own name for Paige, and emails from your inbox. For one or two profiles, that is the lower price.

Merchynt offers a three-day trial of Paige and says you won't be charged if you cancel before the end of day 3. SearchOps has no open trial. The live demo runs the real product on a sample business, and we set up trials for agencies on request: email info@searchops.co.

Yes. Google Maps and Google Search grids work wherever Google Maps operates, AI Mode grids run in the US, UK and India, and prices are shown in 7 currencies, including pounds. Merchynt prices in US dollars, and its listings page says the citation service is available in the USA and Canada.

Method

How we compared

We read Merchynt's own public pages on 25 October 2026 and took its facts from them, naming the page beside each one. Its prices are the monthly list prices it publishes, in the currency it publishes them in. Plans compared: SearchOps Pro ($99 a month, up to 25 connected profiles) and Merchynt Paige for three Google Business Profiles ($297 a month at $99 each), both billed monthly.

  • Merchynt's pricing page, checked 25 October 2026
  • Merchynt's home page, checked 25 October 2026
  • Merchynt's Paige page, checked 25 October 2026
  • Merchynt's white-label page for agencies, checked 25 October 2026
  • Merchynt's Agency Partner Program page, checked 25 October 2026
  • Merchynt's Google Maps heatmap reports page, checked 25 October 2026
  • Merchynt's listings management page, checked 25 October 2026
  • Merchynt's terms of use, checked 25 October 2026

SearchOps facts come from our pricing page and Help Centre, with prices in the currency shown there. Checkout shows the exact amount in your currency.

Features and prices change. Spotted something out of date? Email info@searchops.co and we'll check it and correct this page within five working days.

Changes to this page

  • 25 October 2026: Published.

Merchynt and Paige are trademarks of their owner. SearchOps is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Merchynt.

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