Compare Stratus against other review management platforms

Aug 11

Sometimes big isn’t helpful

At Stratus, we believe that managing online reviews and local listing information shouldn’t take a significant portion of your day. And we definitely don’t think you should spend hours learning our system and reading support documents (though we have them available). Other platforms out there offer similar features and tools, but are not as simple to learn, understand or use.

Here’s what our feature set looks like compared to other platforms:

 
 Stratus
 Birdeye
 Podium
 Chatmeter®


 Centralized Review Management
x
x
x
x

 Review Generation (email & SMS)
x
x
x
x

 Review Notifications
x
x
x
x

 Custom Review Response Templates 
x
x
x
x

 Review Sentiment Analysis
x
x
x
x

 Location Listing Insights
x
x
x
x

 Aggregated Google My Business Reporting
x
x
n/a
x

 Local Listing Management
x
x
x
x

 Bulk Local Listing Edits 
x
x
n/a
x

 Integration with Google My Business
x
x
n/a
x

 Integration with Facebook Pages
x
x
n/a
x

 Surveys
 
x
x
x

 Competitor Analysis
 
x
n/a
x

Stratus has the right features

As a team coming from a digital marketing agency, we’ve worked with dozens of businesses for over a decade and understand what's important and impactful when it comes to managing reviews and improving local search. And because of this, we built Stratus to perform. Here are two of our favorite time-saving features.

Manage holiday hours

Making sure that your business hours are always up-to-date is critical. This can be an easy task for one location, but if you have multiple locations, the room for errors rises. Stratus lets you update Holiday hours once and push them to all locations (or the ones you select) across both GMB and Facebook.

Respond quickly and consistently

Responding to reviews is important, but it can be time-consuming. With Stratus, you can create personalized Review Reply templates that make replying to reviews a snap. Plus, it’s even easier to ensure your replies strike the right tone for your brand.

Straightforward and transparent pricing

We built Stratus with local businesses in mind, creating a platform that makes an impact, saves you time, and cuts out unnecessary features. Below is a comparison of features and pricing -- why pay more for bells and whistles you won’t use.

 
 Stratus
 Birdeye
 Podium
 Chatmeter®


 Free Trial
 30-Day Free Trial
 Schedule Demo
 Schedule Demo
 Request Brand Audit

 Standard Plan
 $29/location/month
 $299/location/month
 $399/location/month
 Custom

 Professional Plan
 Custom
 $399/location/month
 $499/location/month
 Custom

 Contract
 None
 Required
 Required
 n/a

 Setup Fee
 $0
n/a
 $449 one-time
 n/a