Head to head
Birdeye vs Maeve Social
Last updated 3 August 2026
Birdeye is a reputation and customer-experience platform, reviews, listings, messaging, surveys, with social media management bolted on. It's priced per location, from around $299 a month, and aimed at multi-location brands rather than creators or small teams.
- From
- $299 per location / mo
- Free plan
A newer scheduler built around approvals and client review rather than the solo posting queue.
- From
- $20 /mo
- Free plan
Bottom line
Maeve Social is the pick for teams and agencies that approve posts before they go out, and it's the cheaper start, from $20 a month. Birdeye fits multi-location brands and franchises focused on reviews and reputation better, and it adds social listening that Maeve Social leaves out.
Maeve Social starts cheaper, $20 a month against $299 per location / mo for Birdeye. Birdeye adds social listening that Maeve Social leaves out.
Key differences
Where the two actually diverge, before the full tables.
- Maeve Social starts at $20 a month, Birdeye at $299 per location / mo.
- Only Birdeye reaches Google Business.
- Only Maeve Social reaches Threads.
- Birdeye has social listening; Maeve Social doesn't.
Features compared
| Feature | Birdeye | Maeve Social |
|---|---|---|
| AI captions | Yes | Yes |
| Basic analytics | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced reports | Yes | Partial |
| Bulk upload | Not assessed | No |
| Evergreen recycling | No | Partial |
| Team roles | Yes | Yes |
| Approvals | Yes | Yes |
| Link in bio | Not assessed | No |
Platforms compared
| Network | Birdeye | Maeve Social |
|---|---|---|
| Auto | Auto | |
| Auto | Auto | |
| X (Twitter) | Auto | Auto |
| Auto | Auto | |
| TikTok | Auto | Auto |
| Auto | Auto | |
| YouTube | Auto | Auto |
| Threads | No | Auto |
| Google Business | Auto | No |
Pricing
Headline prices are for a single unit. Here is the real monthly cost as each tool scales, costed on its own unit so the two stay honest.
No free plan.
- Cheapest paid plan
- $299/mo
Whole-plan price; it doesn't scale per unit.
No free plan; 3-day trial.
- Cheapest paid plan
- $20/mo
Whole-plan price; it doesn't scale per unit.
Birdeye
Starter
- About $299 per location/mo
- Core review management and reputation tools
- Basic social publishing
Growth
Popular- About $349 per location/mo
- Adds Social AI for publishing and replies
- Reviews, listings, messaging, and analytics
Dominate
- About $449 per location/mo
- Adds a dedicated chatbot AI
- Full reputation, social, and customer-experience suite
- Birdeye is priced per location, starting around $299 (Starter), $349 (Growth), and $449 (Dominate) a month per location. These are starting rates; multi-location and enterprise deals are custom-quoted, and many buyers negotiate.
- It's a reputation and customer-experience platform first, reviews, listings, webchat, surveys, and referrals, with social media management as one module. Social AI arrives on Growth.
- There's no free plan and no public self-serve checkout; you go through sales.
- Prices are USD from current listings; Birdeye doesn't publish a fixed price ladder, so treat these as approximate starting points.
Maeve Social
Basic
$20/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 1
- Accounts
- 20
- $25/mo, $20 on annual ($240/yr)
- 1 user, 2 workspaces, 20 social connections
- 800 AI credits a month, 20 GB media storage
Standard
Popular$79/mo billed annually
- Seats
- 5
- Accounts
- 50
- $99/mo, $79 on annual ($950/yr)
- 5 users, 5 workspaces, 50 social connections
- Adds approvals, client review links, shareable calendars, and PDF reports
- Public API, CLI, and MCP access; 1,500 AI credits a month
Premium
$158/mo billed annually
- Seats
- Unlimited
- Accounts
- Unlimited
- $199/mo, $158 on annual ($1,900/yr)
- Unlimited users, workspaces, and social connections
- Adds team insights and realtime co-editing
- 3,000 AI credits a month, 100 GB media storage
- Flat, quota-bundled tiers: each plan includes a fixed number of users, workspaces, and social connections, and you move up a plan rather than buying seats one at a time.
- No plan-level post cap. Publishing limits are per connected channel and follow each network's rules, for example 100 posts a month per X account.
- The trial is 3 days on every plan and takes a card up front; annual billing works out to roughly 20% off. AI credit top-ups are available at 50 credits per US dollar, $10 minimum.
Pros and cons
Birdeye
- Best-in-class review and reputation management
- Social publishing, inbox, and AI in the same platform
- Revenue-tied outcome dashboards and listening
- Built for multi-location scale
- Social is a secondary module, not a dedicated scheduler
- Expensive: per-location pricing from ~$299/mo, sales-led only
- No free plan or self-serve checkout
- Overkill if reputation isn't your priority
Maeve Social
- Approvals and client review links on Standard and up
- Direct publishing on all eight supported networks
- Media Room, grid planner, and content board on every plan
- Public API, CLI, and MCP server for automation
- No bulk CSV upload or link-in-bio
- Inbox covers Instagram, Facebook, and Threads only
- No X or LinkedIn analytics yet
- Three-day trial is short and takes a card
Birdeye vs Maeve Social: FAQ
- Is Birdeye or Maeve Social cheaper?
- Maeve Social is cheaper to start, from $20 against $299 for Birdeye. The unit each one charges by differs, so the real bill depends on how many channels or seats you run.
- Does Birdeye or Maeve Social have a free plan?
- Neither has a free plan. You get a free trial to test things, then you pay.
- Which is better, Birdeye or Maeve Social?
- Birdeye is the stronger pick for multi-location brands and franchises focused on reviews and reputation, while Maeve Social is the better fit for teams and agencies that approve posts before they go out. We don't score them; the right call comes down to how you post.