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    BrightEdge

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ABrightEdge is an enterprise-level SEO (Search Engine Optimization) platform from the company of the same name in San Mateo, California. It includes customizable dashboards, reporting, forecasting, SEO recommendations, backlink management and competitive analysis. It covers local, global, mobile, social and content centric SEO. Presently BrightEdge's platform supports the marketing efforts of many well-brands, like Nike, Microsoft, and Netflix.

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    Ninja Outreach

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ANinja Outreach is a search engine optimization software solution offered by Ninja Outreach.N/A

    Semrush

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASemrush 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…

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    $139.95
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    Guru
    $249.95
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    Business
    $499.95
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details17% discount for annual pricing.
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    BrightEdgeNinja OutreachSemrush
    Considered Multiple Products
    BrightEdge
    Chose BrightEdge
    BrightEdge has better reports and customizable charts and is better for larger teams. Semrush, you have to pay per user, but it does give you access to a variety of tools. BrightEdge is more focused on SEO, but the tools they have are great, and some of them are the most …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    I see a lot of similarities with the other two products. Personally, I think a big aspect of using BrightEdge is familiarity with the platform. Just like any of these SEO tools, the value from these comes with how efficient users can be with the interface. BrightEdge has a …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    BrightEdge is a more robust program and offers better analytics in real time. It is worth the money if you are using it a lot. Semrush offers a lot of great information and functionality, but it cannot offer the depth of BrightEdge. Ubersuggest is better for beginners or …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    BrightEdge has been around longer and you can be trained/certified within the scope of work plus very large companies trust BrightEdge. SEMRush does a lot of the same tasks but has a little less content.
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    BrightEdge is much more advanced than Moz or SpyFu. The amount of tools is staggering and simply surpasses the others with their offering.
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    Overall the best tool I’ve used. Missing parts that I like from other tools like search intent category, content writing AI, etc. but as an experienced SEO I really love it.
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    While relatively expensive, Brightedge really does offer the best quality product but just as importantly (if not more so) the level of client/agency support. We have biweekly training with the entire team to continually stay up to date on Brightedge's offerings and strategies. …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    Multiple great experiences with the Client Success team. It always felt like they are an extension of the team that helps drive noticeable results.
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    I found BrightEdge to be more intuitive to use and that the onboard training offered matched my team's learning style. They are an innovative SEO leader that takes time, energy, and effort to learn your unique business and challenges. Purchasing an enterprise level SEO platform …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    All SEO tools offer something a little different but BrightEdge comes pretty close to having everything I need. I can track links, review technical issues, and assign them to my staff. Reporting is top-notch too. I chose them because of my familiarity with them on the …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    BrightEdge is easier to use compared to Conductor. seoClarity was my second option, but I only had a demo and haven't worked with it deeply. It seemed like a good tool. Botify looked like it was better for Technical SEO and looks more advanced for that feature, but it didn't …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    While they all do some of what BrightEdge does, they come nowhere near to everything BrightEdge can do. These tools are all very high level and simple, whereas BrightEdge gives SEO professionals a much more in-depth insight which enables us to take actions or make changes …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    BrightEdge stacks up against competitors because of the quality of the direction given to optimize content. It actually tell you which keyword/paragraph/h1/h3 add and where to match within a market opportunity or a competitor similar content, always considering the SERP and the …
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    I found the folks at Conductor to be very slimy and spent more time saying bad things about other platforms rather than good things about what they do. Very deceptive and their platform is underwhelming.
    Incentivized
    Chose BrightEdge
    BrightEdge is the best tool for overall needs. It has a clear interface and clients really enjoy looking at the data. It is not the most specialized or in depth tool, like SEMRush or Moz are, so certain capabilities are limited (link profiling is not as strong, recommendations …
    Ninja Outreach
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    Semrush
    Chose Semrush
    As I mentioned earlier, Semrush is my favorite tool for SEO strategy and optimization. I think it's the very best in this particular area. It doesn't have the other features (e.g., email marketing, user management, etc.) of a tool like HubSpot, but it's ideal for marketers like …
    Incentivized
    Chose Semrush
    Compared to Moz: SEMRush is more down to the nitty-gritty. Less fluff.
    Compared to SpyFu: SEMRush has more functionality and is easier to use.
    Compared to BrightEdge: in an ideal world I'd want both SEMRush and BrightEdge in my MarTech stack, but SEMRush is inexpensive, and Brig…
    Incentivized
    Chose Semrush
    Price is competitive against BrightEdge but doesn't offer a good keyword/content optimization per page like BrightEdge does.
    DeepCrawl and WordStream are more technical and not suitable for non-experts.
    Incentivized
    Chose Semrush
    SEMRush has more limited functionality than some of the full-suite options like BrightEdge and Searchmetrics, but the tool is more affordable and still performs to our expectations. We find it to be a good medium-use tool, and combined with some additional keyword-tracking …
    Incentivized
    Chose Semrush
    [Semrush] is a great tool for the price. Robust feature set compared to similarly priced tools[.]
    Incentivized
    Chose Semrush
    They're all really similar and perform a lot of the same functions. We use Semrush because we've had it for years and our grandfathered cost makes it more affordable than the other tools, plus we're all trained in it and ingrained in it. All of these tools are solid at older …
    Incentivized
    Chose Semrush
    Semrush was more comprehensive than the other tools and better maintained. Our key requirements for a product were that we could use the data and that it was cheap enough for us to use across the business. The competitors either weren't well maintained, had poor quality …
    Incentivized
    Chose Semrush
    In general SEMRush is a great value compared to most of these tools, particularly the very expensive "enterprise" tools.
    Incentivized
    Chose Semrush
    This tool was the perfect middle ground for what the old solution had to offer and doing everything manually. The price comparison to other similar tools shows just how much you get with this. The choice was clear, SEMRush did everything I could want it to do and much, much …
    Incentivized
    Chose Semrush
    SEMRush is simpler and easier to use compared to other platforms, yet is just as powerful.
    Incentivized
    Chose Semrush
    First - SEMRush doesn't spend very much of their money on sales. They don't have a big sales staff to support, so they invest that into top notch product managers and developers - who actually reach out to clients to ask them to give them feedback on alpha/beta versions.

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    Features
    BrightEdgeNinja OutreachSemrush
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of BrightEdge and Ninja Outreach and Semrush
    Feature
    BrightEdge
    7.3
    48 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Ninja Outreach
    -
    Ratings
    Semrush
    8.0
    154 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Keyword analysis7.348 Ratings00 Ratings8.6154 Ratings
    Backlink management7.041 Ratings00 Ratings8.4147 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking8.045 Ratings00 Ratings8.4150 Ratings
    Page grader5.040 Ratings00 Ratings7.9129 Ratings
    Competitive analysis7.148 Ratings00 Ratings8.5149 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics8.445 Ratings00 Ratings8.0150 Ratings
    Site recommendations6.448 Ratings00 Ratings7.7139 Ratings
    Task management8.941 Ratings00 Ratings6.491 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of BrightEdge and Ninja Outreach and Semrush
    Feature
    BrightEdge
    9.0
    46 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Ninja Outreach
    -
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    Semrush
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Local SEO9.037 Ratings00 Ratings8.1128 Ratings
    Social SEO9.031 Ratings00 Ratings8.0106 Ratings
    Mobile SEO9.042 Ratings00 Ratings8.5113 Ratings
    Global SEO9.035 Ratings00 Ratings8.1114 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of BrightEdge and Ninja Outreach and Semrush
    Feature
    BrightEdge
    8.6
    46 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Ninja Outreach
    -
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    Semrush
    8.4
    125 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Multi-domain support9.036 Ratings00 Ratings8.1115 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools8.345 Ratings00 Ratings8.7119 Ratings
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    Small Businesses
    Serpstat
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    Serpstat
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Yoast
    Score8.5 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BrightEdgeNinja OutreachSemrush
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (80 ratings)
    7.7
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    8.2
    (154 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (35 ratings)
    -
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    9.1
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    Usability
    7.8
    (12 ratings)
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    8.2
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    Availability
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    9.1
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    Performance
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    7.3
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    Support Rating
    9.0
    (14 ratings)
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    9.9
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    Implementation Rating
    8.3
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    7.3
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    Product Scalability
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    User Testimonials
    BrightEdgeNinja OutreachSemrush
    Likelihood to Recommend
    BrightEdge
    BrightEdge is great for large companies and large SEO teams since it's pricey but worth it if you have a large team or organization using it. For small businesses, I would use a different tool like Semrush because of the price and the variety of tools it offers.
    Incentivized
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    Ninja Outreach
    If your organization is well-developed and you really cannot do everything manually, Ninja Outreach comes to save the day and gives you high-quality records you can use for your campaigns. I would say it is a must-have for blogger outreach on a bigger scale. It also helps with link building and roundup posting.
    Incentivized
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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
    BrightEdge
    • Instant - Keyword research tool is by far our team's favorite item on the platform
    • DataCube - We are able to uncover competitive gaps and hone in on specific sets of pages using filters containing our business product assortment attribute.
    • Professional services have been attentive when asking for changes
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    Ninja Outreach
    • It easily finds relevant sites and contact information, helping cut down on the time you spend looking for that information.
    • You can segment the contacts into lists very easily, this allows you to stay organized.
    • You can easily export the information via CSV, which is great, so your information doesn't stay siloed.
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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
    BrightEdge
    • The storybuilder feature isn't anything outstanding. I feel like I can get the same type of data and format from Google Data Studio.
    • I feel like the Hyperlocal feature is still very junior compared to other features. It provides you good insights, but you have to set all the data fields before you can get a picture as well as it doesn't really give you an idea of how you can improve.
    • The mobile SEO solution is a good concept, but it needs some tweaks to be better, especially when building out a mobile story builder. Some of the data isn't simple to read and the mobile keywords functions don't also account for voice searches.
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    Ninja Outreach
    • Onboarding -- mainly because there are so many features that you can feel overwhelmed.
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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
    BrightEdge
    I would renew, as I don't feel there is a product out there that would have the impact on our SEO efforts as effectively as BrightEdge. It provides the information I need and integrates with other tools like Google Webmaster Tools, to truly have the depth of information that makes their suggestions for SEO changes so valued.
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    Ninja Outreach
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    BrightEdge
    Because it depends on the feature, it's either easier or not to use. Some of them, not being particularly friendly, I no longer use, and I focus on the ones where insights are easy to understand and data seems well-elaborated.
    Incentivized
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    Ninja Outreach
    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
    BrightEdge
    No answers on this topic
    Ninja Outreach
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    Semrush available when you need it!
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    Performance
    BrightEdge
    No answers on this topic
    Ninja Outreach
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    SemRush performs well with few errors!
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    Support Rating
    BrightEdge
    This is a area where the BrightEdge team really shines. Their commitment to training and product support is unmatched not only for SEO platforms, but life in general. I often find myself wishing my internet provide and similar would go to BrightEdge for training on support and attitude. I would rank them an 11 if I could.
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    Ninja Outreach
    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
    BrightEdge
    For the most part it was seamless. The load time of clients was a little long, but otherwise was quite easy.
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    Ninja Outreach
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    I did it by myself and do not have a comment!
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    Alternatives Considered
    BrightEdge
    While relatively expensive, Brightedge really does offer the best quality product but just as importantly (if not more so) the level of client/agency support. We have biweekly training with the entire team to continually stay up to date on Brightedge's offerings and strategies. They also offer the ability to do ad hoc reporting using some of their tools that can help us win new business and recommend Brightedge to additional clients, expanding our business as well.
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    Ninja Outreach
    No answers on this topic
    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
    BrightEdge
    No answers on this topic
    Ninja Outreach
    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
    BrightEdge
    • We have only started with BE a few months ago and so I don't have any hard numbers from an ROI perspective, but i can say that what we spent on BE is a fraction of what we were spending with agencies and we are actually getting results by doing this ourselves. From that perspective we have seen a cost savings.
    • With focused SEO campaigns and projects we have been able to move the needle on our SEO rankings for specific products and services. This is going to have a great impact for us in 2019 as we have some specific product goals and campaigns for 2019 that we have been working to build up over the last couple months of 2018.
    Incentivized
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    Ninja Outreach
    • There's been no negative ROI. The major positive ROI is the time I've gotten back not having to spend a lot of time searching for the right prospects.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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