Frequently asked questions

AIFLB (AI For Local Businesses) is a Chrome extension plus a web dashboard for local SEO work. The extension shows Google Business Profile data such as categories, services and profile details while you browse Google Maps. The dashboard stores your captured businesses and runs full audits, competitor comparisons, rank scans, website checks and AI recommendations.

Local SEO agencies, freelancers, GBP consultants, web designers who manage local clients, and local business owners who want to understand what nearby competitors are doing.

Yes. You can install the extension with a free account and use it for category research and basic business information directly inside Google Maps. Paid features open in the dashboard.

One user, lifetime access to the core AIFLB platform: the Chrome extension, the web dashboard, saved businesses, full GBP audits, website audits, review and post audits, competitor research, rank grid scans and the AI tools with a fair usage allowance. It also includes future maintenance and bug fixes for the core product.

No. AI requests use the monthly token allowance included with each plan: 10,000 tokens on Free, 100,000 on Freelancer, 250,000 on Small Agency and 500,000 on Enterprise. You can connect your own Gemini API key so generation runs on your own quota without deducting from your AIFLB balance.

AI tokens are used when AIFLB sends a request to the AI model. This includes Basic AI Audit website comparisons, Review Analysis, Post Analysis, AI-generated GBP posts, review replies, business and service descriptions, action plans, other AI content tools and the optional AI analysis of a completed rank grid.

Collecting profile data, non-AI audit checks and the grid scan itself do not use AI tokens.

A Basic AI Audit, Review Analysis or Post Analysis typically uses about 3,000–4,000 AI tokens. Content-generation tools such as GBP posts, review replies and descriptions typically use about 500–3,000 tokens per generated item. Actual usage varies with the amount of source material and the length of the generated result.

No. AIFLB reads publicly visible profile information and gives you recommendations. Any change to a profile is made by you, in your own Google account.

No. The extension does not ask for Google account permissions. It reads what is publicly visible on the Google Maps pages you open, and it talks only to your AIFLB account.

Yes. Open any competitor on Google Maps and capture the same data you would for a client: categories, services, reviews, posting activity and profile completeness. Then compare profiles side by side in the dashboard.

Yes. That is the main use case. Capture the client profile, run the audits, review the findings and turn them into a prioritized action list you can share.

Yes. AIFLB works on any public Google Business Profile you can open in Google Maps. Category data and search volume references are strongest for English-language markets.

Rank grid scans are included with a per-scan allowance. Each scan checks live Google Maps rankings across a 5 by 5 grid around the business location. Scans are not unlimited because each one queries live ranking data.

Yes. The Founders license comes with a refund policy; see the refund policy for the current terms.

The Founders license covers the core AIFLB platform, including maintenance and improvements to it. High-volume agency features such as team seats or bulk operations may later be offered as separate add-ons. Founders will always keep what their license includes today.

No. AIFLB is an independent software product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google.

Display is step one. AIFLB also compares profiles against competitors, scores websites, checks map rankings across a grid, and turns all of it into a prioritized action plan. The action plan is the difference.

Not yet. If that changes it will be announced in the changelog.

Please do. Use the contact form and pick "Feature request". The roadmap shows what is already planned.

Captured business data and account details are stored in your AIFLB account. You can request full deletion at any time; the data deletion page explains how.