OneUp alternative for Google Business Profile posts
OneUp is a social media scheduler that posts to Google Business Profiles alongside other networks. Basic is $25 (verified 2026-10-25) a month for 5 social accounts, and a 2021 help article counts each Google location as one account. OpenGMB is $10 a month per account and focuses on Google Business Profiles.
Last updated 2026-10-25
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What does OneUp offer, and what does it cost?
OneUp prices by social account, not by location. Basic is $25 (verified 2026-10-25) a month ($180 (verified 2026-10-25) billed annually) for 5 accounts. Intermediate is $60 (verified 2026-10-25) a month ($576 (verified 2026-10-25) annually) for 15, Growth $120 (verified 2026-10-25) ($1,008 (verified 2026-10-25)) for 30, and Business $300 (verified 2026-10-25) ($2,880 (verified 2026-10-25)) for 80. Trial: 7-day free trial on every plan, $0.00 due today (verified 2026-10-25).
Who is OneUp for, and who is OpenGMB for?
OneUp fits you if
- You post to Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and LinkedIn as well as Google, and want one scheduler. OneUp posts to Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and Google Business Profiles, among others (verified 2026-10-25).
- You want Google posts to repeat on a schedule: Google posts can repeat automatically (verified 2026-10-25).
- You post to many locations at once and want the CTA link can be filled in per location (verified 2026-10-25).
OpenGMB fits you if
- You manage Google Business Profiles alone, and you want reviews, posts and profile edits in one place.
- You want rank grids, a profile health check and review requests next to posting.
- You want one flat price per account instead of one per social account.
How do OpenGMB and OneUp compare at a glance?
Facts checked 2026-10-25. Each figure below links to the page it came from.
| What you compare | OneUp | OpenGMB |
|---|---|---|
| Price for one location | Basic: $25 a month, or $180 a year ($15 a month). It covers 5 social accounts, and each Google location counts as one account. (verified 2026-10-25) | $10 a month per account. The $10 is usage credit for AI drafts and rank scans. |
| How price scales | Intermediate (15 accounts) $60 a month or $576 a year; Growth (30) $120 or $1,008; Business (80) $300 or $2,880. Extra accounts cost $5 a month on Basic, $1 on Business. Enterprise from $2,000 a month. (verified 2026-10-25) | One price per account, however many locations you connect. Google calls are free, with a fair-use limit. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial, $0.00 due today, with a refund if you cancel within a week of it ending. (verified 2026-10-25) | 14-day trial with $0.50 of credit, no card. After the trial the account is read-only until you subscribe. |
| Review monitoring | Google reviews per location with filters for unreplied reviews and rating. Google only. (verified 2026-10-25) | Google reviews only, synced every 2 hours. |
| Review replies | Reply from OneUp, with an AI-suggested reply you can edit before sending. No automatic replies are described. (verified 2026-10-25) | Drafts from you, from Claude over MCP or from built-in AI, with bulk drafting. Rules check each reply. A reply needs approval unless the owner turns on auto-approve for 4- or 5-star reviews. Auto-approve never covers 1 to 3 star replies. |
| Review requests | Not publicly listed (checked 2026-10-25) | Email campaigns with an optional reminder 1 to 14 days later, links, QR codes and a website widget. No SMS. |
| Geo-grid rank tracking | Not publicly listed (checked 2026-10-25) | 3x3 to 13x13, radius 100 m to 50 km. Until DataForSEO is connected, heatmaps are labeled sample data. |
| Citations | Not publicly listed (checked 2026-10-25) | None. OpenGMB does not build or track citations. |
| Audit | Not publicly listed (checked 2026-10-25) | 24 health checks per location, graded necessary, important or nice. |
| Scheduled posts | Scheduled What's New, Offer and Event posts to many locations at once, with repeating posts. OneUp also posts to other social networks. (verified 2026-10-25) | Post calendar and scheduling. A post needs approval before it goes out. |
| API and MCP | API and MCP server for scheduling posts, replying to comments and fetching analytics. (verified 2026-10-25) | Public MCP at https://opengmb.synectus.com/mcp, included on the $10 plan. A read only token cannot change anything. A read and write token acts with its owner's rights. |
| Approval workflow | Post approvals are on Intermediate, Growth, Business and Enterprise, not on Basic. Review replies are not described as needing approval. (verified 2026-10-25) | Approvals inbox, rules checked first, and an audit log of who approved. Posts and profile edits need approval. |
How much does OneUp cost?
| Plan | What you get | Billed monthly | Billed annually |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | 5 social accounts (a Google location is one account) | $25 (verified 2026-10-25) | $180 (verified 2026-10-25) |
| Intermediate | 15 social accounts | $60 (verified 2026-10-25) | $576 (verified 2026-10-25) |
| Growth | 30 social accounts | $120 (verified 2026-10-25) | $1,008 (verified 2026-10-25) |
| Business | 80 social accounts | $300 (verified 2026-10-25) | $2,880 (verified 2026-10-25) |
- Each Google location is one account. A help article last updated in 2021 says: each Google location counts as one social account (verified 2026-10-25).
- Post approvals and team access start higher up: Included on Intermediate, Growth, Business and Enterprise; not on Basic (verified 2026-10-25). Team members and clients: Intermediate plan and higher (verified 2026-10-25).
- Extra accounts cost more: 5 social accounts, extra accounts $5 a month each (verified 2026-10-25), and 80 social accounts, extra accounts $1 a month each (verified 2026-10-25). For more than 100 accounts, Enterprise from $2,000 a month for more than 100 social accounts (verified 2026-10-25).
- Refunds: 100% refund if you cancel within a week of the trial ending (verified 2026-10-25).
How much does OpenGMB cost, with two examples?
OpenGMB is $10 a month per account, and the $10 is usage credit. Google calls are free, with a fair-use limit. AI drafts and rank scans use the credit, both at our cost plus 28%. If the credit runs out, only AI drafts and rank scans pause. A typical reply draft is about $0.0004. That is an estimate, not a price: each draft is charged at its metered cost plus 28%. The usage numbers below are our own assumptions, not averages.
Owner, 1 location
A month with no AI drafts and no rank scans costs the flat $10. A typical month adds 30 AI drafts and 4 rank scans on a 5x5 grid. That uses about $0.09 of the $10, so the bill is $10.
OneUp Basic is $25 (verified 2026-10-25) a month, or $180 (verified 2026-10-25) billed annually, for up to 5 social accounts. One Google profile uses one of them.
Agency, 10 locations
A month with no AI drafts and no rank scans costs the flat $10. A typical month adds 150 AI drafts and 20 rank scans on a 7x7 grid. That uses about $0.81 of the $10, so the bill is $10.
Ten Google locations count as ten social accounts, so they fit OneUp Intermediate at $60 (verified 2026-10-25) a month, or $576 (verified 2026-10-25) billed annually. That price also covers posting to other networks, which OpenGMB does not do.
Why do people look for a OneUp alternative?
We only list reasons that OneUp's own pages support.
- Locations are billed as accounts. OneUp's help article says each Google location counts as one social account (verified 2026-10-25), and on Basic 5 social accounts, extra accounts $5 a month each (verified 2026-10-25).
- Rank grids are not listed. Geo-grid tracking: Not publicly listed (checked 2026-10-25).
- No profile audit or review requests are listed. Audit: Not publicly listed (checked 2026-10-25). Review requests: Not publicly listed (checked 2026-10-25).
- Reviews cover Google alone. OneUp's reviews: Google reviews only; replying to Facebook reviews is listed as coming soon (verified 2026-10-25).
What is different about OpenGMB?
Approval first
Posts and profile edits need approval, and so do replies unless the owner turns on auto-approve for 4- or 5-star reviews. Rules such as U7.url and PR.description-length check the text first, and the audit log records who approved.
MCP
Connect Claude or any MCP client to https://opengmb.synectus.com/mcp. It is included on the $10 plan. A read only token cannot change anything. A read and write token acts with its owner's rights inside OpenGMB, but a person approves anything that reaches Google, in the app.
One price per account
$10 a month, and the $10 is usage credit for AI drafts and rank scans, both at real cost plus 28%. Ten locations do not cost ten times as much. Google calls are free, with a fair-use limit.
Open-source core
Read the code of the community edition, or self-host it with one owner login and your own keys. The hosted plan adds teams, a client portal and billing. Licence: MIT. Repo: https://github.com/synectus/OpenGMB.
See how approvals work on the guardrails page or read about the Google Business Profile MCP.
How does OneUp's MCP server compare with OpenGMB's?
OneUp MCP
OneUp lists an MCP server (and an API) for scheduling posts, replying to comments and fetching analytics, connected to Claude (verified 2026-10-25). The pricing page shows API & MCP access shows a check icon on all four plan cards (Basic, Intermediate, Growth, Business) (verified 2026-10-25).
OpenGMB MCP
Connect Claude or any MCP client to https://opengmb.synectus.com/mcp, with tools such as reviews_list_unreplied and reviewReplies_createDraft. It is included on the $10 plan. A read only token cannot change anything. A read and write token acts with its owner's rights inside OpenGMB, but a person approves anything that reaches Google, in the app.
Where is OneUp stronger?
Honestly, in several places. If any of these matter to you, OneUp is the better pick.
- Many networks in one tool. OneUp posts to Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and Google Business Profiles, among others (verified 2026-10-25). OpenGMB posts to Google Business Profile.
- Google post types and repeats. OneUp schedules What's New, Offer and Event posts (verified 2026-10-25), and Google posts can repeat automatically (verified 2026-10-25).
- Location links. When one post goes to many locations, OneUp offers the CTA link can be filled in per location (verified 2026-10-25).
- Google posts and review replies on every plan. OneUp lists Google Business Profile posts and review replies on every plan, Basic included (verified 2026-10-25).
- Review replies with AI help. OneUp offers AI-suggested review replies, editable before sending (verified 2026-10-25), and reply suggestions in the review's language (verified 2026-10-25).
- Trial and refund. OneUp offers 7-day free trial on every plan, $0.00 due today (verified 2026-10-25), and its refund terms are 100% refund if you cancel within a week of the trial ending (verified 2026-10-25).
Keep OneUp if
Staying put is the right call in these cases.
- Google is one channel among several. OneUp posts to Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and Google Business Profiles, among others (verified 2026-10-25), and OpenGMB does not post outside Google.
- You rely on repeating Google posts: Google posts can repeat automatically (verified 2026-10-25).
- You send posts to team members or clients for sign-off in a general scheduler: posts can be sent to team members, clients or managers for approval (verified 2026-10-25), on Intermediate and up.
How do you switch from OneUp to OpenGMB?
- List what you use in OneUp. If it is posting to other networks, keep OneUp for that and move just the Google work.
- Start with the $0.50 of free credit. No card needed.
- Connect Google with the official Business Profile API and import your locations. The 24 health checks run on each one.
- Connect Claude over MCP, or use the built-in AI drafts. Start on a read only token and approve the first replies by hand.
- Cancel the Google accounts in OneUp after OpenGMB covers the posting you still need. That also lowers the account count you pay for.
OpenGMB's core is open source (MIT). If the hosted version stopped being worth $10 a month, you could run the community edition yourself. See how the community edition works.
Questions about OneUp alternatives
Which OneUp alternative should I choose?
It depends on the channels. If you schedule posts to Instagram, TikTok and other networks, OneUp is the better fit. If your work is Google Business Profiles, OpenGMB costs $10 a month per account and covers reviews, posts, rank scans and profile edits with approval.
How much does OneUp cost for Google Business Profiles?
OneUp prices per social account. Basic is $25 (verified 2026-10-25) a month for 5 accounts and Intermediate is $60 (verified 2026-10-25) for 15. A 2021 help article counts each Google location as one account. As of 2026-10-25.
Does OneUp have post approvals?
Yes, above the entry plan. OneUp lists them: posts can be sent to team members, clients or managers for approval (verified 2026-10-25). By plan: Included on Intermediate, Growth, Business and Enterprise; not on Basic (verified 2026-10-25). Review replies are not described as needing approval. OpenGMB needs approval on posts, profile edits and replies by default.
Does OneUp have MCP?
Yes. OneUp lists an MCP server (and an API) for scheduling posts, replying to comments and fetching analytics, connected to Claude (verified 2026-10-25). OpenGMB has a public MCP server at https://opengmb.synectus.com/mcp, included on the $10 plan.
Is there a free trial?
OpenGMB gives a 14-day trial with $0.50 of credit and no card. After it ends the account is read-only until you subscribe. OneUp offers 7-day free trial on every plan, $0.00 due today (verified 2026-10-25).
Can OpenGMB reply to reviews without my approval?
Only if you turn it on. Replies need approval by default. An optional rule auto-approves replies to 4- or 5-star reviews, and the owner has to turn it on. Auto-approve never covers replies to 1 to 3 star reviews.
Try it on one profile first.
$0.50 free credit, no card. Posts and profile edits go through approval before they go live.