Whitespark

7/10

Solid pick

One-time citation building you keep. Plan on four to six weeks, and only about 30 percent will be live when they send the report.

$399 · Published · Updated

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Pros

  • Listings Service is one-time USD; report includes logins; you keep the listings
  • Public a-la-carte software: Citation Finder from $33/mo annual, Rank Tracker from $14, Local Platform $1/location billed annually
  • Not Yext. Not a 12-month auto-renew print bundle. Edmonton, still Darren Shaw

Cons

  • 4-6 week queue; about 30 percent live at report; no live-listing guarantee; some directories take a year
  • SaaS auto-renews; terms say no refunds and no pro-rata. Reputation Builder is $79/location/mo
  • G2 live HTML was blocked; 4.6 from 21 is a tiny agency pile. No plumber-owner reviews retrieved

How we checked this

We opened whitespark.ca/pricing, the listings service page, Local Citation Finder, and Local Rank Tracker on October 20, 2026. Listings Premium is still $399 once. Citation Finder Small Business is still $33 a month billed annually, or $39 on the monthly toggle. Rank Tracker Small Business weekly tracking is $14 a month only on annual billing. The monthly toggle for that plan is $17.

What it actually does

Whitespark Inc., Edmonton. Still live. Darren Shaw is still president. The site is whitespark.ca. whitespark.com returned 500 on August 25, 2026. Public pages are USD.

It is not one platform. Software is sold a la carte. Local Citation Finder finds directories; it does not submit them. Listings Service is humans: audit, cleanup, new citations. You get usernames and passwords. You keep the listings. That is the opposite of Moz Local and Yext. Rank Tracker and Ranking Grids are separate. Local Platform is a GBP editor at $1 per location per month, billed annually. Reputation Builder is a real review-request SKU at $79 per location per month. Link Prospector is a 404. There is no phone, no missed-call text-back, no chatbot. No Jobber, Housecall Pro, Dentrix, Mindbody, or Clio.

Who should buy it

Buy it

Buy Listings Service Premium at $399 once (USD, per location) if your NAP is a mess and you will wait. Comprehensive is $599. Ultimate is $999. Custom starts at $20-plus. Data Aggregator is $99, US only. Yext Replacement is $399, US only, then $139 a location if you need updates. Listings Service updates are $2 a listing. Volume discounts start at 5 percent over $1,000.

Buy Citation Finder Small Business at $33 a month on annual ($39 on the monthly toggle) if you will submit yourself. The free starter is 1 campaign and 3 searches a day. Rank Tracker Small Business weekly tracking is $14 a month on annual billing, and $17 on the monthly toggle. Daily tracking on that same plan is $20 a month on annual billing, or $25 on the monthly toggle. Grids start at $10. Do not stack all of them because the pricing page told you they unbundle.

Skip it

Do not buy it as a monthly listings hose. That is Moz Local at $20. Do not buy Reputation Builder if you only needed Google asks. That is NiceJob at $75. Do not buy SEO Services ($499 or $1,999 a month, waitlisted) if you are an agency. They refuse agencies on that SKU.

The catch

The reason not to buy is the clock, and they print it. Listings FAQ, live October 20, 2026: four to six weeks, first weeks are queue with no work done, about 30 percent of submissions live when the report goes out, no live-listing guarantee, some directories take more than a year. Darren’s own tests, still cited in this industry, showed adding a pile of citations on an already-complete profile did not move Google. Local Search Forum and G2 (Wayback 2021; live HTML DataDome 403) are agencies: LCF sometimes says not listed when you are. Terms: software auto-renews, no refunds, no pro-rata. BBB A+, not accredited, zero reviews, zero complaints (live curl). Trustpilot live HTML was WAF 403; jina read 4.0 from three, two from November 2025. Capterra has no product page. Reddit: none retrieved.

Who installs this

These listings declare the same aisle Whitespark sits on, or they name the software itself. It is not a vendor partner badge. Buying the subscription is the easy part. Getting it configured is the work.

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FAQ

What does Whitespark cost?

Whitespark starts at $399.

Who should buy Whitespark?

Whitespark is best for A US business with dirty NAP that will wait, or an agency that wants the citation finder. Not a monthly listings hose.

When should you skip Whitespark?

Whitespark catch: 4-6 week queue; about 30 percent live at report; no live-listing guarantee; some directories take a year.