Vimub vs Grade.us.
Review-only, no real CRM, agency-focused.
Vimub wins
6
of 10 criteria
Even / use-case dependent
2
tied
Grade.us wins
2
where they’re stronger
Grade.us (by TrafficJam) is a reviews-first tool aimed at agencies reselling to SMBs. Review funnel, monitoring, multi-location dashboard.
Their real strength: Reasonably priced for agencies reselling. Clean review-funnel UX. Multi-location support at mid-tier.
Best for: Small digital agencies managing 10–200 SMB clients' reviews. · $25–$250/mo depending on client count and tier. · Month-to-month available.
No dormant CRM, no booking widget, no rank grid, no unified messaging. Purely review monitoring and requests. Everything else you have to stitch together.
Our honest take: If you’re in small digital agencies managing 10–200 smb clients' reviews., Grade.us may still be the right choice. If you’re a shop owner running 1–30 staff and you want reviews, rankings, bookings, and a CRM in one place, that’s where we come in.
Vimub vs Grade.us — 10 criteria.
| Criterion | Vimub | Grade.us |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | $49/mo | $25/mo |
| Review monitoring + requests | Yes | Yes, flagship |
| AI reply drafting | Yes, voice-trained | Basic templates |
| Booking widget | Included | Not available |
| Local rank grid | 5×5 nightly | Not available |
| Dormant-customer CRM | Built-in | Not available |
| Unified inbox (SMS/email/GMB) | Yes | Reviews only |
| Competitor tracking | Up to 25 shops | Not available |
| White-label / agency | Agency tier | Core strength |
| Best for | Shop owner or agency | Agency reselling reviews-only |
Early access
We’re onboarding our first shops switching from Grade.us now.
A real switch story lands here the moment we have one signed off.
Step 1
Export your review history
Most review tools (Grade.us included) let you export a CSV of past reviews and responses. Download it before you cancel.
Step 2
OAuth Google Business to Vimub
Ten-second OAuth. We pull the last 12 months of reviews directly from Google — your old tool's CSV is a nice-to-have, not required.
Step 3
Paste five past replies to prime the voice model
We read the cadence, tone, and phrasing. Every future AI draft sounds like you, not a template.
Step 4
Cancel Grade.us
Check your contract notice period. If you're mid-term, keep them running silently until renewal — Vimub does not need you to migrate on day one.
Ninety days. Real numbers.
Median results — not best-case cherry-picks. If you don’t hit the median, we credit next month.
Rating delta
+0.7★
Target lift in the first 90 days of active use
Review volume
6×
From post-job SMS vs organic baseline
Response time
< 1 hr
Median, 24/7, across every time zone
Dormant recovery
12%
Of 6-month lapsed customers, in 90 days
Rank climb
+4
Positions in map pack for money keywords
Bookings
+41%
Via the widget embedded on Google profile
Twelve tools. One subscription. One login.
Buy the twelve tools below from separate vendors and you’d write $4,050 / month in cheques. (Don’t take our word for it — check the sticker prices.) You get the lot on our Growth tier for a single subscription.
Your price · United States
$149/mo
Growth tier. Most-chosen. Starter from $49/mo, Enterprise at $349/mo. Yearly billing is 20% off on top.
Sales tax applied per state where required. Invoices include itemised tax line.
- $390
AI Visibility Score — 5 engines tracked weekly
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews. LLMrefs charges $299 for this alone.
- $280
AEO answer capsules (AI-citeable content)
8-40 per month. 87%-cited structure. Deployed via our schema CDN, no site edit.
- $240
Schema auto-deploy (JSON-LD + CDN)
LocalBusiness + Service + FAQ + Review. One-line script on your site. Auto-updates.
- $320
AI-ready review capture
Post-job SMS 90 min after invoice. 6× the review volume, AI-parseable profiles.
- $240
Competitor radar + AI leaderboard
Who ChatGPT recommends instead of you, updated daily.
- $240
5×5 local rank grid (Google)
Your traditional Local SEO — ten keywords × twenty-five geo points weekly.
- $260
Citation audit across 40+ AI-cited sources
Weekly scan of Yelp, Trustpilot, Reddit, Quora, vertical-specific.
- $280
Booking widget + atomic slots
Embed in Google listing. Zero per-booking fees. Zero double-bookings.
- $260
Dormant-customer campaigns
12% reactivation rate. Worth three months of marketing.
- $220
Unified inbox (reviews, SMS, email, GMB, chat)
Every conversation. One place. Never missed.
- $420
Agency white-label (Agency tier)
Custom domain, logo, billing. Resell the AI Visibility engine under your brand.
- $900
24/7 human support + monthly strategy call
Dedicated success manager on Growth+. 4hr SLA on Dominator.
Retail total
$4,050/mo
6 things people ask before switching.
- Why is Vimub more expensive than Grade.us?
- Grade.us is reviews-only. Vimub includes booking, rank grid, dormant CRM, webchat, and citation push. If you use all of those, Vimub replaces 4–5 separate subscriptions — net saving vs paying Grade.us + 4 other tools.
- Can agencies still resell Vimub like Grade.us?
- Yes, on the Agency tier. Custom domain, logo, billing, and Stripe Connect sub-billing for your clients. Same model as Grade.us, broader product.
- Does Vimub have the multi-client agency dashboard Grade.us has?
- Yes. Agency tier shows one dashboard with all client orgs, roll-up reporting, white-label PDF generation, and per-client billing.
- What about the Grade.us review-widget for our website?
- We ship an equivalent widget. Embed code one line. Supports star filtering, source filtering, and approval-only display for control-freaks.
- Will the AI drafts respect our voice?
- Yes. Voice-trained on your last 50 replies per location. Grade.us templates don't adapt to your cadence — this is a real difference in the output over 6+ weeks of use.
- Can I export all my Grade.us data at once?
- Yes. Grade.us offers a CSV export per client. Bulk-import into Vimub via our /api/import endpoint. Typical 200-client agency migration takes 2–3 hours.
Objections, handled. In order.
The model reads your last 50 replies and learns your specific phrases. Most owners approve the drafts by day three. If you don't, keep editing or cancel — no contract.
We stake our side of the table first.
Guarantees work when they’re specific, measurable, and paid out without drama. The six below are written into our SLA — not marketing copy.
- G1
14-day free trial
No credit card. Full Growth-tier access. Cancel in one click. Keep everything you built if you stay.
- G2
You own the data
Every review, customer, invoice, booking — exports to JSON and CSV in one click. Your customer list is yours. Forever.
- G3
Honest caps, honest overages
Generous included allowances at every tier. Go over? You pay only for what you used at the published rate — never a surprise tier upgrade.
- G4
99.9% uptime SLA
Miss the target, we credit your next month automatically. Credits stack if we miss for multiple months.
- G5
+30 AI Visibility points in 90 days
If your AI Visibility Score hasn't moved 30 points in 90 days on the DOMINATE bundle, we keep working free until it has. Score re-scored weekly across 5 engines.
- G6
GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, Privacy Act
UK GDPR, EU GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, PIPEDA, and Privacy Act 1988/2020 compliant. DPA available at /legal/dpa. Sub-processor list at /legal/subprocessors.
Two weeks free. No credit card. Migrate from Grade.us in one afternoon.