Thryv alternative with published pricing: local SEO and ads from $297 a month, done for you, no annual contract (2026)

Ziwi publishes this page and lists its own prices first: local SEO at $297, $597 or $997 a month per location, ads management at $297, $497 or $797 a month by total ad spend, reviews and reputation at $197 a month per location, and a $0 website build with a hosting or Ziwi Care plan kept 12 months, with SEO, ads and reviews month to month. Thryv is software first: its pricing page prints a $99 Starter plan and a $399 Signature plan that your own team runs, and sells done-for-you add-ons it calls Boosts with no price on its pricing page. The two are not the same product, so this page sets Thryv's published prices and terms beside Ziwi's, line by line, says where Thryv is still the better buy, and works out what a switch costs. Every Thryv figure is labelled with its source and the month we checked it, October 2026.

What are cheaper alternatives to Thryv for a small local business?

Thryv's done-for-you marketing, the Boosts, is listed on the Custom plan with no price, and a separate Thryv Social Ads page prints $500, $750 and $1,000 a month on a six-month minimum subscription, on an offer dated October 2025, without saying whether ad spend is included (checked October 2026). Thryv's $99 plan costs less than Ziwi's $197 reviews line or its $297 SEO and ads lines, so the honest comparison is software you run at $99 to $399 against a service someone runs for you from $197 to $297 a month.

What does Thryv cost, and what is the contract?

Thryv's pricing page prints Starter at $99 a month for 1 user and Signature at $399 a month for 5 users, and marks its third plan, Custom, as tailored pricing by quote (thryv.com, checked October 2026). Both published plans list an AI website builder or custom website, 60 or more business listings and AI review management, and Signature adds social media management, with a $250 onboarding fee on Signature shown as waived when we checked.

Done-for-you marketing is sold as Boosts on the Custom plan with no price on the pricing page, while a Thryv Social Ads page prints Bronze at $500, Silver at $750 and Gold at $1,000 a month with a minimum six-month subscription period, on an offer dated October 2025, so confirm current rates with Thryv. Thryv's terms, effective September 18, 2026, set the term per order and renew it automatically unless you cancel at least 30 days before the period ends, so a Signature plan kept a year is $4,788 in software fees plus whatever a Boost is quoted at.

• Starter, $99 a month. 1 user, AI website builder, 60 or more listings, AI review management. Your team runs it.
• Signature, $399 a month. 5 users, SEO and AEO custom website, advanced listings, social media management.
• Custom, by quote. Where the Ads Boosts and other done-for-you work sit; no price on the pricing page.
• Fees and term. $250 onboarding fee on Signature, shown as waived; term per order with 30 days notice before renewal; Social Ads at $500 to $1,000 a month on a six-month minimum.

The Social Ads figures sit on a page whose offer is dated October 2025, and that page does not say whether the monthly price includes the ad spend, so it is not a like-for-like match with Ziwi's $297 management fee, which excludes spend paid to the platform. Before you compare, ask Thryv for the Boost price, whether ad spend is inside it, the term, and whether the $250 onboarding fee applies to your plan, all on one page.

What does Ziwi charge instead of Thryv?

Ziwi does: local SEO at $297, $597 or $997 a month per location, ads management at $297, $497 or $797 a month by total ad spend, one fee for Google, Facebook and Instagram, reviews and reputation at $197 a month per location, and Ziwi Engage lead answering at $99 or $299 a month, every price printed on the site before any call. SEO, ads, reviews and Engage run month to month with no notice period, and the website is a $0 build with a hosting or Ziwi Care plan kept 12 months, otherwise $1,000 for a designed template or $2,500 custom.

The business owns the website, the domain, the Google listing and the ad accounts from day one, with hosting access through the Ziwi portal.

• Website. A $0 build with a hosting or Ziwi Care plan kept 12 months, live in 3 days from kickoff, with no page cap; otherwise $1,000 for a designed template or $2,500 custom.
• Local SEO. Essentials at $297 a month per location covers the Google Business Profile, business listings, fixes to your own pages and two new pages or posts a month; $597 steps that up to two a week; $997 adds landing pages per service and area.
• Ads management. $297 a month on ad spend up to $1,500, $497 from $1,500 to $3,500 and $797 above that, one fee for Google, Facebook and Instagram, with the spend paid to the platform from your own account.
• Reviews. $197 a month per location: the same review request to everyone you invite, replies written, the profile kept clean.
• Hosting and care. $99 a month for hosting and maintenance, or $299 a month per location for Ziwi Care with a new post every week and unlimited small edits, first month free, changes done within 24 hours.

Call tracking is included with Ziwi ads management. The SEO rungs are explained in what local SEO costs, the ads fee in Google Ads management pricing, and the reviews line in what reputation management costs.

When is Thryv still the better buy?

Thryv is still the better buy for a business that wants one piece of software for its listings, reviews, messages, invoices and scheduling, has a person on the team to run it, and is happy at $99 or $399 a month for the seats (thryv.com, checked October 2026). Thryv sells its plans through a Business Advisor, and some owners prefer a software subscription they control over a service they delegate.

Ziwi's plans suit an owner who does not want to run software at all: a marketer posts, replies, builds and reports, and the price of that is printed from $197 a month.

• You want to run it yourself. Thryv's $99 and $399 plans are tools; Ziwi's $197 and $297 lines are a person doing the work.
• Invoicing and scheduling in one place. Thryv bundles invoicing, scheduling and a CRM; Ziwi is not a billing or booking system.
• Several staff need seats. Signature's 5 users fit a front desk; Ziwi Engage answers leads for you instead.

What does switching from Thryv to Ziwi cost?

The first switching cost from Thryv is the content of the software, because your contacts, messages and website pages live inside it and Thryv's terms say its SMS numbers cannot be transferred to you, so export the contact list and copy the website text before the plan ends (checked October 2026). Thryv's terms renew the plan automatically unless you cancel at least 30 days before the period ends, and a Social Ads Boost carries a six-month minimum, so check both dates before you give notice.

At Ziwi the new website is a $0 build with a hosting or Ziwi Care plan kept 12 months, live in 3 days from kickoff, with no setup fee on SEO, ads, reviews or Engage, and the first month of the hosting or Ziwi Care plan is free. Reviews at $197 and local SEO from $297 a month start the same week, month to month, so the only overlap you pay for is the Thryv months you still owe.

1. 01

   Export what is yours. Download the contact list and message history and copy the website pages; Thryv releases your site URL only if the domain was yours originally, and its SMS numbers do not transfer.

2. 02

   Check the dates. Find the end of the current period and diary the day 30 days before it, plus the end of any six-month Boost.

3. 03

   Build before you cancel. Ziwi's site goes live in 3 days from kickoff, so the new site, listing access and tracking are ready before the Thryv plan ends.

4. 04

   Move the accounts into your name. Google Business Profile, Google Ads and Meta accounts are opened or transferred to your business, where they stay.

How do I compare a Thryv quote with Ziwi's published prices?

Put a Thryv quote and Ziwi's price list side by side on 5 lines: the monthly fee by line, the ad spend kept separate, any setup or onboarding fee, the length of the initial term and how it renews, and who owns the website, the domain and the accounts. With Thryv, separate the software seat from the Boost, ask whether ad spend is inside the Boost price, and confirm whether the $250 onboarding fee applies. Ziwi's answers to all five are printed on the pricing page, and SEO, ads, reviews and Engage stop at the end of any month you cancel, with no notice period.

• One bundled number. A single monthly price with no lines hides what each part costs and what you would keep if you left.
• Ad spend inside the fee. You cannot tell how much reached Google or Meta, so ask for the spend as its own line, paid from your own account.
• A term you only learn about in the agreement. A 6-month or 12-month initial term, or an auto-renewal, belongs on the price page, not in the fine print.
• A promised ranking or lead count. No company controls Google's results or who calls, and no Ziwi plan claims to.

Thryv prints software prices and quotes the done-for-you work; Ziwi prints the done-for-you price and runs SEO, ads and reviews month to month. For what Thryv itself publishes, read Thryv pricing: plans and costs; for agencies with printed prices beside Thryv and Scorpion, read alternatives to Scorpion and Thryv; and for the same side-by-side against other vendors, start at Ziwi compared with ten marketing vendors, including the Scorpion alternative.