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Grid My Business Alternative

The geo-grid heatmap, plus what to fix

Grid My Business shows you where you rank across a grid. HopHQ shows you the same heatmap, then reads your Google Business Profile and the competitors beating you and tells you, in plain English, exactly what is holding you back.

Grid My Business is a solid geo-grid rank checker - it draws the heatmap of where you land in the map pack across your area. But it stops at the picture. HopHQ runs the same kind of scan and then does the part that actually moves rankings: diagnosing why you are invisible where you are, and handing you the specific fixes for your profile and your site.

Feature
HopHQ
Grid My Business
Geo-grid map-pack heatmap
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First scan free
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Limited
Reads your Google Business Profile
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Plain-English AI diagnosis
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Specific fixes for profile + website
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Competitors ranked by share of local voice
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Partial
Full website SEO audit suite included
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AI visibility / readiness check
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Flat monthly price
$79/mo
Credit-based

What Grid My Business does well

It is a focused, easy geo-grid checker. You pick a keyword and a grid, it scans, and you get a clean heatmap of where you rank. For a quick look at your map-pack coverage, it does the job and the interface is simple.

Where HopHQ goes further

HopHQ does not stop at the heatmap. Every scan reads your real Google Business Profile - primary category, reviews, photos, claimed status - alongside the competitors outranking you, and produces a diagnosis: the one thing actually holding you back, plus specific fixes for your profile and your website. It is a rank check and a local SEO audit in one, and the map-pack scan is bundled with a full website audit suite at one flat price.

Who should pick which

Pick Grid My Business if all you want is the heatmap and nothing more. Pick HopHQ if you want the heatmap and a clear answer to "so what do I fix?" - the profile gaps, the review gap against the specific competitor beating you, and the website changes that extend your radius.

Grid My Business alternative questions

Is HopHQ free like Grid My Business?
Your first map-pack scan is free on any account, no credit card. After that the free plan includes one scan per month; paid plans add more scans plus the full website SEO audit suite at a flat $79/mo, not a per-scan credit balance.
What do I get besides the heatmap?
Every scan reads your Google Business Profile and the competitors outranking you, then gives you a plain-English diagnosis of the single biggest reason you are not ranking across your area, plus specific fixes for your profile and your website.
Does HopHQ use the same geo-grid method?
Yes. HopHQ lays a grid of points around your business and checks your Google map-pack rank at each one, then draws it as a color heatmap - the same geo-grid method the specialized trackers use.

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