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Google Reviews Engine vs Birdeye.
Two ways to ask your customers for Google reviews, compared on what each company publishes. Every Birdeye fact is dated and linked to the page it came from.
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What each one is.
Birdeye describes itself as AI coworkers for multi-location brands: AI agents that handle reviews, listings, social media and more across many locations1, 3. Our Google Reviews Engine is run for you from Manchester: when a job is finished, you send us the customer's first name and mobile, and they get one text from your own number with your Google review link.
| What | Build My Digital | Birdeye |
|---|---|---|
| The ask | When a job is finished, you send us the customer's first name and mobile (a text or WhatsApp to us is enough). They get one text from your own number, the number we set up for your missed-call text-back. The email version is coming. | Their review agent times each request to the customer and reaches out on the channel that gets the most responses.3, 4 |
| Who gets the link | Every customer is asked, in the same words, with your Google review link in the first message, no reward and no star rating. | Their reviews page says the agent "asks each customer at the moment they're most likely to respond". Requests can also be routed to different locations, providers or review sites, to match your review goals.3, 4 |
| Timing | Timed by job type: a call-out 2 hours after the job, an install 24 hours after, a salon 3 hours after, a clinic 4 hours after. Nothing goes before 08:00 or after 21:00 UK time, or on a bank holiday. | The request waits, using visit or service details, until the customer has had time to experience the outcome.4 |
| Reminders | One reminder three days later, only to customers who have not opened the link. A snag check 5 days after a call-out and 7 days after an install asks whether everything is still fine, with no review link. | Automatic follow-ups by email or text when there is no response.4 |
| Replies | Replies are read within minutes: a complaint, a question, a booking or a threat to post a bad review comes to us with a drafted answer, and we answer it or pass it to you. A reply is drafted for each Google review you or we paste in, for your approval before anything is posted, and a review of three stars or fewer is checked with you first. Posting is by hand. | Their reply agent drafts a response, then posts it on its own where supported or holds it for your approval, as you choose.3, 4 |
| Price, as published | £299 setup, then £49 a month. Message costs billed to you by your own provider. | No price on their pricing page, which asks for your email, company, number of locations, name and mobile to get pricing.2 |
| Contract | Cancel monthly, no exit fees. | Their terms renew an agreement for the same length as its first term unless you give written notice at least 90 days before renewal, and treat payments under an order form as non-cancellable and non-refundable, except where the terms say otherwise. Your order form can set different terms.5 |
| In the UK | Based in Manchester, working with UK businesses. | Their terms say that where your order form is with BirdEye UK Limited, the agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales, under the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.5 |
The Birdeye pages we read are listed under Sources, with the date. Ask Birdeye about anything they do not cover.
Five real differences.
- Who it is built for
- Birdeye describes itself as AI coworkers for multi-location brands, and its pricing form asks how many locations you have1, 2. Ours is for a local business: when a job is finished, you send us the customer's first name and mobile, and they get one text from your own number.
- Seeing the price
- Birdeye's pricing page shows no price: it asks for your email, company, number of locations, name and mobile to get pricing2. Ours is published: £299 setup, then £49 a month, with message costs billed to you by your own provider.
- How long you sign for
- Birdeye's terms renew an agreement for the same length as its first term unless you give written notice at least 90 days before renewal, and treat payments under an order form as non-cancellable and non-refundable, except where the terms say otherwise5. Ours: cancel monthly, no exit fees.
- Where each request goes
- Birdeye's agent can route requests across locations, providers and review sites to match your goals4. Ours asks every customer you send us for a Google review, with your Google review link in the first message.
- Posting replies
- Birdeye's reply agent can post replies on its own where supported, or hold them for your approval3, 4. With us, a reply is drafted for each Google review you or we paste in, for your approval before anything is posted, and a review of three stars or fewer is checked with you first. Posting is by hand.
When Birdeye is the better buy.
- You run many locations and want reviews managed across all of them from one place.1
- You want requests shared across several review sites, locations or named providers.4
- You want replies to post by themselves where the platform supports it.3, 4
- You want reminders by email as well as by text.4
- You want your listings and social media handled by the same company.1, 3
Read on Birdeye's own website.
Every Birdeye fact on this page was read on Birdeye's own website on 30 September 2026. Prices and features change, so please confirm the details with Birdeye before you decide.
- Birdeye home page, read 30 September 2026
- Birdeye pricing, read 30 September 2026
- Birdeye Reviews, read 30 September 2026
- Birdeye Review Generation Agent, read 30 September 2026
- Birdeye terms and conditions, effective 13 May 2026, read 30 September 2026
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Google Reviews Engine: £299 setup, then £49 a month. Message costs billed to you by your own provider. Cancel monthly, no exit fees. How the engine works.
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