Both help you manage your reviews. The difference is who they're built for — and what you'll pay. Here's an honest side-by-side.
| Kudobird | Birdeye | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19/mo | $349/mo |
| Contract | None | Annual contract |
| Built for | Your one location | Multi-location chains |
| Reputation score | Yes — a single 0–100 number | Dashboards, not one score |
| Hides bad reviews? | Never (FTC-compliant) | — |
| Setup | ~10 minutes, self-serve | Often a sales call |
Powerful but enterprise-priced, with annual lock-in and a 3.8 Trustpilot rating driven by contract complaints. If you run multi-location chains and need that depth, Birdeye is a serious tool.
Kudobird is for the single-location owner — a plumber, restaurant, salon, or dental office — who wants to know where their reputation stands and exactly how to improve it, without an enterprise price tag or a 30-feature dashboard. You get one simple score and a short to-do list, for $19/month with no contract.
Yes, for a single-location business. Kudobird does the core review job — see all your reviews, reply in one place, and get more — for $19/month with no contract, versus Birdeye at $349/mo. Birdeye is better suited to multi-location chains.
Kudobird is $19/month. Birdeye is $349/mo on an annual contract. For a single location, Kudobird covers the essentials at a fraction of the cost.
No. Screening unhappy customers away from Google violates FTC rules and Google's policies. Kudobird helps you reply to negative reviews well instead, which is what actually improves your ranking.
See your reputation score free — in about 30 seconds.
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