Akamai mPulse vs. Semrush

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Akamai mPulse
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
mPulse, from Akamai, is a real-time end-user digital experience monitoring solution (or RUM, for real user monitoring) that enables the user to capture user experience data, optimize website performance, and measure ROI.N/A
Semrush
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Semrush is a relatively popular search engine optimization tool set from the company of the same name based in Pennsylvania and founded in 2008. Largely the platforms relies on competitive intelligence, and features SEO staples like backlink checking, keyword analysis to refine SEO and PPC campaigning and locate low-cost / high-yield keywords, analysis of competitors who co-occupy desired ad and listing spaces, domain vs. domain analysis, as well as site audit and domain tracking. Semrush can…
$139.95
per month
Pricing
Akamai mPulseSemrush
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Pro
$139.95
per month
Guru
$249.95
per month
Business
$499.95
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Akamai mPulseSemrush
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details17% discount for annual pricing.
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Features
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SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
Akamai mPulse
-
Ratings
Semrush
7.9
154 Ratings
2% above category average
Keyword analysis00 Ratings8.7154 Ratings
Backlink management00 Ratings8.2147 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings8.2150 Ratings
Page grader00 Ratings7.5129 Ratings
Competitive analysis00 Ratings8.5149 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings8.0150 Ratings
Site recommendations00 Ratings7.5139 Ratings
Task management00 Ratings6.691 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
Akamai mPulse
-
Ratings
Semrush
8.1
140 Ratings
6% above category average
Local SEO00 Ratings8.1128 Ratings
Social SEO00 Ratings8.0106 Ratings
Mobile SEO00 Ratings8.3113 Ratings
Global SEO00 Ratings8.2114 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
Akamai mPulse
-
Ratings
Semrush
8.5
125 Ratings
1% above category average
Multi-domain support00 Ratings8.2115 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings8.8119 Ratings
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User Ratings
Akamai mPulseSemrush
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.3
(154 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(10 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.9
(17 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Akamai mPulseSemrush
Likelihood to Recommend
Akamai
In general, if you manage a website, you must have a real user monitoring tool. mPulse is one of the leaders in the market, so if you use this product, you can count on the reliability of the product itself. Personally, I think that if you need to collect technical KPIs, mPulse is a good choice. If on top of technical metrics, you want to collect also business KPIs, potentially there are other products doing this better.
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Semrush
This is suited to plan for keywords in a single market, but it struggles when you need to consolidate several markets. It is well-suited to discover new keywords directly related to the ones being used currently to expand the content the company is creating to get better results.
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Pros
Akamai
  • Real time data: you can know in real time how your website is performing.
  • "What if" functionality to choose, from a business point of view, the right web pages to improve
  • Understanding what are the slow pages and seeing the impact on the global performance from a technical and a business point of view.
  • Waterfall functionality - possibility to go in details to a specific session.
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Semrush
  • Great visuals for keyword position tracking, love that you can see the page that is ranking
  • Enjoyed the auto-generated reporting feature (specifically in the context of keyword position tracking)
  • Shows many different and useful views for competitive research
  • Great templated keyword research tools for those who are not as hands-on with SEO
  • I LOVE the Keyword Magic Tool for honing in on longtail, high-opportunity keywords
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Cons
Akamai
  • The creation of a specific dashboard is not easy. You can leverage the available dashboards but if you need something else is not so easy to achieve.
  • Old UI - the look and feel of the product should be improved. It seems very old.
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Semrush
  • Extra seats can be expensive, as [an] agency with multiple team members this can be frustrating
  • Backlink data is not great, misses out a lot of backlinks (better off using a specialist backlink tool like Link research tools LRT)
  • Tracking multiple keywords, across multiple clients can be costly
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Likelihood to Renew
Akamai
No answers on this topic
Semrush
I [previously] used Semrush for many years and I cannot find any other tool being so complete and easy to use.
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Usability
Akamai
No answers on this topic
Semrush
The interface is a little less intuitive than it could be. The data is often available but filtering and manipulating the data can be a little difficult at times. Expanded comparisons would be helpful since most of the time seeing more than a few competitors at a time allows for a better sense of how to forecast.
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Reliability and Availability
Akamai
No answers on this topic
Semrush
Semrush available when you need it!
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Performance
Akamai
No answers on this topic
Semrush
SemRush performs well with few errors!
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Support Rating
Akamai
No answers on this topic
Semrush
I'm in a FB group for Semrush paid users and it amazing! They are fast to respond, take suggestions and help with questions. I have not felt alone in using this product at all. Highly recommend their support team. When I had an issue I can jump into the group and they will help get me the right person to help or even tag their programmers to look at something that is going on. Love the group!
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Implementation Rating
Akamai
No answers on this topic
Semrush
I did it by myself and do not have a comment!
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Alternatives Considered
Akamai
Generally speaking, both products allow you to not be blind on your website. Easily, you can see how your website is performing. At the moment, Blue Triangle is better than Akamai for the business part (there are more business metrics collected and many more available dashboards for consuming this kind of data). Moreover, the look and feel and the usability of the Blue Triangle portal is better than Akamai one.
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Semrush
We have used both Ahrefs and Semrush extensively at our agency and Semrush remains the tool of choice. We find that Semrush has the largest selection of tools & features to use, with the highest accuracy, and provides top-tier analysis recommendations. It's really is the ultimate all-in-one tool when comparing other performance measurement tools in the digital marketing space.
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Scalability
Akamai
No answers on this topic
Semrush
Semrush is flexible and scalable software which can be deployed across multiple departments and sites as needed.
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Return on Investment
Akamai
  • Choose the right pages to optimize.
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Semrush
  • Using Semrush on behalf of our clients, we have seen some impressive growth in organic visibility, traffic, conversion and revenue, across multiple industries.
  • The site checks available with Semrush have helped us to pitch and sell our services, securing new clients.
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