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BrightLocal

BrightLocal is a local SEO platform offering a REST API for managing local business listings, tracking Google rankings, monitoring reviews, auditing citations, and generating local search reports. Used by 15,000+ agencies and businesses to rank higher in local search.

BrightLocal publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Local SEO, Business Listings, Rank Tracking, Reviews, and Citations.

The BrightLocal catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context.

BrightLocal’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 9 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub
26.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessPaidFree trial
1 APIs
Local SEOBusiness ListingsRank TrackingReviewsCitations

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 26.2/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 4.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

BrightLocal API

RESTful API providing programmatic access to BrightLocal local SEO tools including local rank tracking, listings management, citation building, reputation management, and AI-pow...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Brightlocal Plans Pricing

6 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Brightlocal Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Brightlocal Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Brightlocal Context

21 classes · 24 properties

JSON-LD

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Brightlocal Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg
GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Blog
Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

X
X

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: brightlocal
name: BrightLocal
description: BrightLocal is a local SEO platform offering a REST API for managing local business listings, tracking Google
  rankings, monitoring reviews, auditing citations, and generating local search reports. Used by 15,000+ agencies and businesses
  to rank higher in local search.
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: true
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid (free trial)
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/brightlocal.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brightlocal/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Local SEO
- Business Listings
- Rank Tracking
- Reviews
- Citations
apis:
- aid: brightlocal:brightlocal-api
  name: BrightLocal API
  description: RESTful API providing programmatic access to BrightLocal local SEO tools including local rank tracking, listings
    management, citation building, reputation management, and AI-powered insights. Uses API key authentication and returns
    JSON responses.
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://tools.brightlocal.com/seo-tools/api
  humanURL: https://apidocs.brightlocal.com/
  overlays: []
  tags:
  - Local SEO
  - Rank Tracking
  - Listings
  - Citations
  - Reviews
  - Reputation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://apidocs.brightlocal.com/
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.brightlocal.com/platform/api-solutions/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/brightlocal-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.brightlocal.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://apidocs.brightlocal.com/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/BrightLocal
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bright-local-seo/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.brightlocal.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.brightlocal.com/pricing/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.brightlocal.com/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/brightlocal
- type: Plans
  url: plans/brightlocal-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/brightlocal-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/brightlocal-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com