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HighlySpoken vs Courtyard: checking AI answers vs feeding AI your info
Courtyard and HighlySpoken both help local businesses with AI assistants, from opposite ends. Courtyard feeds AI accurate information about you through a hosted knowledge base. HighlySpoken checks what ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini actually tell your customers — whether you’re recommended, who is instead, and what they get wrong — and fixes the listings those answers come from. They can work together.
Disclosure: we make HighlySpoken. Courtyard details come from Courtyard’s pricing page, its homepage and its WordPress plugin listing, checked September 27, 2026.
Side by side
| HighlySpoken | Courtyard | |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Local business owners | Local service businesses (restaurants, dental, med spas, gyms, hotels and more) |
| Main job | Show whether AI recommends you, who it picks instead, and what to fix | Publish an AI-readable knowledge base about your business |
| How it works | Asks ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini the questions your customers ask, in your city | Hosts your services, hours, pricing and availability on a subdomain of your site (ai.yourdomain.com), reviewed by you before it publishes |
| Competitors | Shows which businesses AI recommends instead of you | Not advertised |
| Fact checking | Hours, phone and address compared with your Google listing | Keeps its own copy of your facts current from your tools and documents |
| Listings (Google, Yelp, Bing, Apple) | Step-by-step fixes; optional $199 done-for-you Fix | Not advertised; focuses on your own site and knowledge base |
| AI access | Reads what assistants already say | MCP access for ChatGPT and Claude; WordPress plugin syncs LocalBusiness schema and llms.txt |
| Analytics | Weekly re-check with an email when an answer changes | Which assistants visit and cite your knowledge base |
| Price | Free check; $49/month Watch; $199 one-time Fix | $20/month or $240/year, first 30 days free |
Pricing, as of September 2026
As of September 2026, Courtyard has one plan: $20 a month, or $240 billed yearly, with the first 30 days free. HighlySpoken’s check is free with no card, Watch is $49 a month, and the Fix is $199 once. See pricing. Courtyard is the cheaper subscription; the difference is in what you get for it.
The real difference
Courtyard answers “does AI have accurate information about me?” by publishing that information in formats assistants read. HighlySpoken answers “when customers ask AI for a business like mine, am I the one it recommends?” An assistant can have your correct hours and still recommend a competitor with more Yelp reviews or a clearer Google profile. That’s what HighlySpoken shows you, along with the listings to fix.
Choose Courtyard if…
- You want the lowest monthly price for AI-readable business information.
- Your details change often — menus, schedules, availability — and you want them pushed out from your tools.
- Your website is on WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow or Shopify and you’re happy adding an AI subdomain.
Choose HighlySpoken if…
- You want to know whether ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini recommend you today, and who they pick instead.
- You want the questions picked for you, the way customers in your city ask.
- You’d like your Google, Yelp, Bing and Apple listings fixed, or fixed for you.
- You want an email when an answer changes, not another dashboard.
Can I use both?
Yes, and they don’t overlap much. Courtyard offers a 30-day free trial, and HighlySpoken’s free check needs only your business name and an email — a good way to see where you stand before and after. For the wider field, see the best AI visibility tools for small businesses.