Advanced Classifieds & Directory Pro vs Courtyard

Advanced Classifieds & Directory Pro is a WordPress plugin for building directory sites, including classifieds, vehicle dealer listings, real estate portals, travel and restaurant guides, catalogs, and yellow pages. It supports unlimited listings, categories, locations, and custom fields, with grid, list, and map displays. Visitors can search by keywords, location, category, price, and custom fields. Site owners can accept public submissions, charge by ad duration or category, sell featured listings, and create subscription plans with limits for ads, paid categories, and promotions. Offline, PayPal, and Stripe gateways are listed, along with WooCommerce integration. Listings can include YouTube or Vimeo videos, and administrators control image-upload limits. CSV import and export handles listings, categories, locations, and custom-field values. Gutenberg blocks, a shortcode builder, widgets, and email templates support WordPress work. WPML and Polylang compatibility supports multilingual sites. A free Starter plan is available; Professional costs $95.88 a year.

Courtyard is a private online directory for churches, schools, homeschool groups, and other member communities. It organizes people by family and gives administrators tools to manage access, oversee edits, and add other administrators with editing or settings permissions. Members can update their own entries, while the dashboard highlights recent changes, upcoming birthdays, and member locations on an interactive map. The service can produce PDF photo, directory, and monthly birthday printouts, with custom fields available for print and export. Existing directories can be imported from Excel, CSV, Word, or text files, including CSV exports from membership databases. Courtyard says subscriber imports are free; the usual target is 24 hours, with some taking up to a week. Android, iOS, and web are listed platforms; the iPhone app also supports offline directory access. Plans start at $9/month for 1–29 families, and a 30-day trial is available. There is no free plan. Every plan includes email and phone support.