What does BrightLocal use?

As of October 2026, runsonwhat has found 43 tools at BrightLocal (brightlocal.com) in public records. Edge & Hosting: Cloudflare and Kinsta. Application: Tailwind CSS, Anthropic and Lottie. Data & Observability: Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity. Go-to-market: WordPress, Google Ads and Meta Pixel. Company Ops: Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Apple Business. Last checked October 20, 2026.

BrightLocal uses Kinsta for hosting and cloud infrastructure, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Kinsta through Kinsta code on brightlocal.com. Kinsta is used by 13,045 companies runsonwhat tracks.

BrightLocal uses HubSpot for its CRM, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found HubSpot through HubSpot code on brightlocal.com. HubSpot is used by 95,247 companies runsonwhat tracks.

BrightLocal uses Microsoft 365 for email and office software, alongside Google Workspace and Apple Business, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Microsoft 365 through a DNS verification record for Microsoft 365. Microsoft 365 is used by 715,482 companies runsonwhat tracks.

BrightLocal uses Zendesk for customer support and documentation, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found Zendesk through a subdomain that points at Zendesk and email records, and BrightLocal has used it since at least April 2018. Zendesk is used by 42,371 companies runsonwhat tracks.

BrightLocal uses ProfitWell for payments and billing, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). runsonwhat found ProfitWell through ProfitWell code on brightlocal.com. ProfitWell is used by 427 companies runsonwhat tracks.

BrightLocal has used Zendesk since at least April 2018, going by the first public certificate of the brightlocal.com subdomain that points at Zendesk. Other long-running tools at BrightLocal include UptimeRobot (since May 2021), Mailgun (since March 2024) and HubSpot CMS (since June 2024).

Yes. runsonwhat found Cloudflare at BrightLocal through DNS records that point at Cloudflare and code on brightlocal.com. Cloudflare is a CDN & Edge tool used by 712,212 companies runsonwhat tracks.

Yes. runsonwhat has found Anthropic and OpenAI at BrightLocal; Anthropic, for example, through a DNS verification record for Anthropic. AI services called only from servers leave no public trace, so BrightLocal may use more AI tools than these.

The companies with the stacks most like BrightLocal's are MasterClass, Calendly, Opusclip and Sagemailer, according to runsonwhat (October 2026). Each shares 9 to 25 tools with BrightLocal, and rare tools count for more than common ones like Google Workspace, so the match reflects real stack choices.

runsonwhat reads public records only. Of the 43 tools at BrightLocal, 17 were found through code on brightlocal.com, 16 through DNS records, 5 through subdomains that point at the vendor, 4 through email records and 1 through website configuration files. A tool is listed only when a direct record backs it up; DNS is rechecked weekly and brightlocal.com about monthly.