Brownbook vs N49

Brownbook is a global business listing directory where people can add listings, update details, and review businesses. Owners can claim listings to verify information and take control, enrich profiles with text, photos, and videos, and receive alerts about reviews. Brownbook also offers BLINX, a mobile-optimised business bio page with a short URL and QR code. The free business listing costs nothing. For bulk listing work, the Publisher API supports searching, inserting, editing, and deleting listings; it costs $0.10 a month, billed per listing per month, and requires a signed API agreement and an authorized OAuth key or token. Commercial users may not submit more than five listings for gain unless using the authorized API under a commercial agreement. Brownbook says listings can support search visibility and attract customers. The service is available on the web and through an API, and offers help pages and an email contact form.

N49 is a web service for businesses seeking local customers through business listings. Its Free Listing plan creates a basic business listing, while Verified Listing adds verification, website links from N49 and an eligible portal when available, weekly-updated Google reviews, a dashboard, and phone and email support. Sponsored Listing includes those verified-listing elements plus featured placement at the top of a category and on an eligible portal, the Opio PRO review AI system, and full-service listing setup. Verified and Sponsored profiles display Google reviews and include a business dashboard. N49 supports both listing submission and claiming, and profiles can show reviews. The Free Listing plan costs nothing, billed forever, but excludes a website link, verification, and support. Verified Listing costs $10 a month. Sponsored Listing costs $100 a month. N49 says yearly billing provides 12 months for the price of 10, and prices exclude applicable taxes. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.