The local rank tracker that shows agencies and business owners where they rank on every street, who beats them there, and why.
Real Google Maps results: 1 keyword, 25 points within 2.5 km. Not affiliated with Google.
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250 free credits every month. One credit is one point searched for one keyword.
Illustration with made-up names. A real scan lists the full top 20 at every point.
Why a grid
Not a suite of twelve tools. A rank tracker that answers where you are visible, who beats you and what changed. Agency and Studio add prospect audits and AI checks, which ask an AI assistant a question and keep its answer.
Google Maps ranks you differently on every street. A scan runs the search from up to 90 points around you, for up to 10 keywords at once, and shows the real picture.
The share of your area where you are in the top 3, the map pack a searcher sees before scrolling. Average rank and top-10 coverage sit next to it.
Every business that appeared is aggregated. Click one to see their grid on your map, and how often they beat you.
For every point where you are not top 3: who holds #1 and the most likely reason. Closer to the searcher, better rated, or more reviews.
Scan again later, by hand or on a paid plan as a repeat scan. Then open Compare with two scans to see which points moved up, which moved down, and by how much.
Every scan is labelled with its source. Demo data is marked as demo and never presented as a ranking.
How it works
Search by name and city. The exact location becomes the centre of the grid.
15 to 90 points, 0.5 to 25 km, up to 10 keywords. You see the credits a scan needs before you run it.
Stars are top 3. Choose any point for the full top 20 from there. Switch keywords, competitors or a previous scan of the same business.
1Pick the business
2Set keyword, grid and radius
3Read the map
Illustration of the three steps, not a scan.Top 3Top 1011 to 20Not found
How the numbers are made. Each grid point is a separate Google Maps search biased to that spot. Your rank is your position in that list; 20+ means you did not appear. Average rank counts 20+ as 21 so invisibility is not rewarded. Share of local voice is the share of points where you are in the top 3. Read the full method
For agencies
Agency tracks 15 locations. Studio has no limit on locations.
On Agency and Studio, the report link you share shows your agency's name, and you can hide AnswerGround's name and sign-up button. This works while your paid plan is active.
Scan a business that is not a client yet: 25 points, 1 keyword, 2.5 km. You get a report link and an email draft to copy. AnswerGround sends nothing; you send it yourself. An audit uses credits like any scan. 100 a month on Agency, 300 on Studio.
Ask ChatGPT or Perplexity a question a customer might ask about one of your businesses. You get the answer, the businesses it names and the pages it cites. One answer from one model at one moment, so no score. Only you can see it. 100 a month on Agency, 300 on Studio.
Daily or weekly, per business, at a time you set.
Free includes 1 location and 250 credits a month. Report branding, prospect audits and AI checks come with Agency and Studio.
What you will not find here
There is no ground truth for “43 out of 100”. You get counts, a map, and the evidence behind each.
Nobody controls what Google shows. We measure how often you are in the pack and say how that changed.
This measures. It does not submit you to directories or write your posts, and it does not claim those move the map.
Pricing
Start free with 250 credits a month. One credit is one point for one keyword, so 40 points for 3 keywords uses 120.
Paid plans billed annually. Save up to 21%.
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Prices in euro. No VAT is charged under the Dutch small business scheme (KOR), so the price shown is what you pay.
Questions
Each grid point is a separate Google Maps search from that exact spot. The Google Maps results are collected for us by a third-party data provider, DataForSEO. Your rank is your position in that list. Test Mode scans use generated sample data, cost no credits and are labelled as sample data.
Google Maps ranks by distance first. The searcher one street over sees a different list. A single rank checked from one spot tells you about that spot only. A grid tells you about your area.
The percentage of grid points where you are in the top 3, which is the map pack a searcher sees before scrolling. Average rank and top-10 coverage sit next to it, so you see all three.
For every point where you are not in the top 3 we compare the #1 business with you on three things we can measure: distance to that point, rating, and review count. We name the biggest gap. It is a likely reason, not a proof.
More locations, automatic rescans, report links with your agency's name (AnswerGround's name and sign-up button can be hidden), prospect audits with an email draft you send yourself, and AI checks. Free is enough to try it on one client.
The rank tracker does not: it searches Google Maps and counts. Only the AI checks on Agency and Studio ask an AI assistant a question and keep the answer, the businesses it names and the pages it cites. Asking again can give a different answer, so there is no score. Only you can see your checks.
The database is in Ireland, in the EU. If you put in details about your clients, we process them on your behalf; a data processing agreement is available on request at info@answerground.nl. We do not sell personal data. When you ask us to close your account, your account data is deleted within 30 days.
No. This product measures. It tells you where you stand and what changed. The rest of local SEO stays yours to do, and we will not pretend a directory listing moves the map.
No. AnswerGround is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Google. It reports what Google Maps showed at each point when the scan ran.
Yes, on monthly and yearly plans. Open Plans in the app and choose Manage subscription; the billing portal cancels at the end of the period you already paid for. After that the account stays on the free plan and your scans stay in it.
One scan shows you the map your customers see, street by street.
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