Built by business owners, for business owners.
Laudy exists because local businesses deserve the same reputation management tools that enterprise companies have — without the enterprise price tag.
Our Mission
Every great local business deserves a great reputation online.
There's a business in your town that does exceptional work. You'd recommend them to anyone. But when someone Googles the category, they find a competitor with a higher rating — because that competitor has a system for collecting reviews.
That's the problem Laudy solves. Not by gaming the system, not with fake reviews — but by making it simple and automatic for your happy customers to do what they were always willing to do: tell others how great you are.
The Story
Why we built Laudy
Alex Rivera ran a restaurant in Austin for 11 years. By any measure, it was good — great food, loyal regulars, word-of-mouth recommendations. But his Google rating sat at 3.8 stars with 23 reviews.
A new competitor opened across the street with mediocre food and an aggressive review strategy. Within 6 months, they had 180 reviews at 4.7 stars. New customers chose them every time.
"I knew my food was better," Alex says. "But I had no way to prove it to someone who didn't know me."
He partnered with Priya — who'd been watching the same dynamic play out with dozens of small business clients — and they built the tool they wished they'd had.
Values
What we believe
Small businesses first
Enterprise review tools are overbuilt and overpriced. We build specifically for the local business owner who doesn't have a marketing team.
Honest, always
We never generate fake reviews. We never mislead customers. Every review you get through Laudy is real — from a real customer you actually served.
Automation that frees you
Our automation exists to take work off your plate, not to replace genuine relationships with your customers.
Results over features
We don't build features for the sake of a checklist. Every feature we ship has to measurably help businesses get more reviews or respond faster.
Team
The people behind Laudy
Alex Rivera
Co-Founder & CEO
Former restaurant owner who got tired of watching competitors with worse food outrank him on Google.
Priya Sharma
Co-Founder & CTO
10 years building B2B SaaS. Left a big tech role to build the tool she kept recommending to friends with small businesses.
Marcus Thompson
Head of Customer Success
Spent 5 years in local SEO consulting. Knows exactly what local businesses need to grow.
Join us
Build a reputation your business deserves
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