eDirectory alternatives: five directory builders, priced

eDirectory alternatives at a glance

The five eDirectory alternatives worth pricing are Brilliant Directories, Directify, GeoDirectory, Directorist and Business Directory Plugin. eDirectory Professional is $99 a month, billed monthly, or $74.25 a month, billed yearly, as read on October 23, 2026, with unlimited listings and members. Brilliant Directories Essentials is $40 a month, billed monthly, or $20 a month, billed yearly ($240 a year), on its account pricing page. The yearly figure may change, and a discounted yearly plan may fall outside the terms' seven-day money-back guarantee, which covers new, full-price subscription plans only.

eDirectory's label, refund and renewal terms

Professional shows a "Powered by eDirectory" label, and the Enterprise options are unbranded. The terms allow a refund only when it is requested within 48 hours of the original purchase, and promotional purchases are not eligible. Plans renew for terms of the same length unless either side gives 30 days' written notice, and eDirectory may raise fees by giving notice before a renewal term. On the source license, version upgrades require a support package.

Hosted swaps: Brilliant Directories and Directify

Brilliant Directories puts white label on every plan, per its pricing FAQ, and lists public or hidden member profiles. Payments go into your own gateway account, and the vendor says $0 platform fees; your payment processor's fees still apply. Member capacity differs by page, so ask which figure applies. The trial is 7 days with no credit card.

For selling leads, Brilliant Directories' monetize page lists leads sold per lead, in credit packs or bundled in subscriptions, while eDirectory's ordering page lists payment processing and unlimited listings.

The Brilliant Directories vs eDirectory page compares the two plan by plan.

Directify's Free plan is $0 for 10 listings. Pro is $39 a month, billed monthly, with unlimited listings and payments that go to your own Stripe, Lemon Squeezy or Creem account, and every paid plan has a 7-day trial that needs a card. Pick Brilliant Directories for a hosted swap with member plans and Directify for a free start; see Directify alternatives.

WordPress swaps: GeoDirectory, Directorist and Business Directory Plugin

These run on WordPress hosting you buy separately, which no vendor page prices, and Business Directory Plugin's page says you own your listings and data.

• GeoDirectory: free core plugin; Pricing Manager for paid listings is $49 a year for one site, $69 for two to five sites or $99 for unlimited sites.
• Directorist: $129 a year for one site at list price, or $379 lifetime. A promotion was running on October 23, 2026.
• Business Directory Plugin: Basic is $99 for the first year, renewing at $149, for one site. Elite, for 25 sites and claim listings, is $249 for the first year, renewing at $349.

Pick GeoDirectory or Directorist to run the directory on WordPress. The GeoDirectory alternatives page compares the plugin routes further.

When eDirectory is still the right call

Keep eDirectory for unlimited listings and members on every option, or for the Enterprise source license, which gives you PHP code to host yourself. That license is $1,499 one time on the ordering page, while the source-license page prints $1497 and says technical support is not included; the ordering page lists 30 days. A very small part of the code stays protected, and there is no source code for the mobile apps.

Hosting for source-license owners starts at $29 a month for shared hosting, and setup services are $497 or $796, one time.