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    BuzzSumo

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/ABuzzSumo is an influencer marketing platform focused on influencer location, author reports, content analysis for locating trends, and domain comparisons, useful for competitor analysis. The analysis engine is intentioned to track and optimize content marketing efforts. BuzzSumo was acquired by Brandwatch, which is now a Cision company (acquired February 2021).

    $159

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    Yoast

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AYoast offers a set of tools developed by Joost de Valk and team, founder of yoast.com and Wordpress enthusiast. These tools are designed to help content rank higher and are subsumed under the Yoast Complete pack, which includes Video SEO for rank climbing with embedded videos in a Wordpress site, WooCommerce SEO for the WP ecommerce plugin, News SEO for rank climbing in Google news, Local SEO for (as the name implies) climbing in local listings with more complete information so can be located…

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    Pricing
    BuzzSumoYoast
    Editions & Modules
    Content Creation
    $199
    per month
    PR & Comms
    $299
    per month
    Suite
    $499
    per month
    Enterprise
    $999
    per month
    Premium
    $118.80
    per year
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BuzzSumoYoast
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    BuzzSumoYoast
    Considered Both Products
    Cision
    Chose BuzzSumo
    Buzzsumo is much better than SocialBro at identifying industry influencers on social media.
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    yoast.com
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    94%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    29 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    31 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    30 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    18 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    30 Answers
    Features
    BuzzSumoYoast
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of BuzzSumo and Yoast
    Feature
    BuzzSumo
    -
    Ratings
    Yoast
    7.4
    60 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Keyword analysis00 Ratings10.050 Ratings
    Backlink management00 Ratings9.033 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings6.019 Ratings
    Page grader00 Ratings10.054 Ratings
    Competitive analysis00 Ratings4.024 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings8.041 Ratings
    Site recommendations00 Ratings10.043 Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings2.022 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of BuzzSumo and Yoast
    Feature
    BuzzSumo
    -
    Ratings
    Yoast
    5.0
    51 Ratings
    41% below category average
    Local SEO00 Ratings1.940 Ratings
    Social SEO00 Ratings6.041 Ratings
    Mobile SEO00 Ratings6.041 Ratings
    Global SEO00 Ratings6.034 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of BuzzSumo and Yoast
    Feature
    BuzzSumo
    -
    Ratings
    Yoast
    8.7
    47 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Multi-domain support00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings7.343 Ratings
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    BuzzSumoYoast
    Small Businesses
    Help a Reporter Out (HARO)
    Score5 out of 10
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Cision Communications Cloud
    Score8 out of 10
    Advanced Web Ranking
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Meltwater
    Score7.6 out of 10
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    BuzzSumoYoast
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (34 ratings)
    10.0
    (60 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (7 ratings)
    7.7
    (19 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    BuzzSumoYoast
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cision
    Pros
    • The real-time data unmatched and Buzzsumo is continually improving their tools and dashboards every year (we've noticed that their team listens to suggestions and often implements new features based on how our industry is evolving).
    Cons
    • The price is a little steep for us. We are a small advertising agency and have a lot of tools to consider to improve our efficiency. We just wish it was a little less expensive.
    Incentivized
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    yoast.com
    Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugins is really great for any application - home pages, blogs, etc. It saves a lot of time researching keywords, but it is time-consuming crafting content, which I think is a necessary evil. I wasn't really seeing the immediate results I had hoped for, but there could be a variety of reasons for that (cookies, caches, etc.). Overall, if you have the time to dedicate and utilize the tool, it's awesome!
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    Pros
    Cision
    • Monitors for client PR placements and notifies via email and Slack alerts
    • Helps us research potential journalists writing about the topics relevant to our clients
    • Displays trending web and social content clearly with relevant metrics
    • Allows us to view what's working for our clients' competitors in the media
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    yoast.com
    • Evaluate the SEO score of any given page's content.
    • Makes it simple to manage the title and description for a page (what shows up on Google search results).
    • Boils down complicated topics such as canonical URLs for non-technical users.
    • Easy explanations for any and all options, including why to use or not use an option.
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    Cons
    Cision
    • Although I think it's hard, I'd like to see it being used for other mediums as well such as Twitch, etc.
    • It could have better backlink data to include more backlinks that each content piece has.
    • One or two more pricing tiers might work.
    Incentivized
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    yoast.com
    • Density: Because even the free, basic Yoast SEO tool has SO MANY FEATURES, if you're brand new to SEO as a concept/practice, you might feel a little overwhelmed at first. Just go watch the training videos!
    • Bulk Title Editing: I'm sure this tool can be useful, but I've never found it to be particularly intuitive or helpful.
    • Limitations: I'm grasping at straws here, but it would be nice if some of the premium (paid) features- specifically the social media previews- were available in the free version. Like I said, grasping.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cision
    No answers on this topic
    yoast.com
    I see no reason to discontinue using Yoast as it has been very beneficial for my website and my business.
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    Usability
    Cision
    The interface is a little clunky for me, especially on mobile. However, the directions are clear and it didn't take long for me to figure out how to use it. I just wish that things were a little more streamlined.
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    yoast.com
    It's super easy to use. Really, it requires little-to-know tutorials or walkthroughs at all — it explains everything you need to know in the description and tooltips built straight into the tool. I've never had to google a how-to or tutorial to use Yoast — it just works, and it works well
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    Support Rating
    Cision
    The support we have received over the years has been wonderful. They have definitely demonstrated excellent customer service. We find the chat support to be the quickest and most useful for the day-to-day questions. A rep always responds very timely, answers our questions, and sends a follow-up to ensure we're maintaining success
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    yoast.com
    There are plenty of amazing articles published on their site, however, I don't rate their actual support team as being particularly helpful. I made multiple points of contact regarding the internal link counter not working and even though they began troubleshooting I think when it became too hard it was just forgotten about and so is still unresolved.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cision
    Buffer is a tool that can be very useful for certain uses of Twitter, but in reality, it is very limited when you want to demand a little more. The pros actually weigh a lot, but the serious limitations in several regards do not allow us to give it a higher mark.
    I consider that Buffer is a very useful tool that allows you to have an active presence on social networks without having to be glued to them all day. There are others, among which Hootsuite stands out.
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    yoast.com
    This is my go-to plugin for SEO. It is easy, and I trust Yoast will give me solid results. In a short time period, our website has seen measurable results in organic search traffic. Our previous website didn't use page level SEO tools to this extent. We are systematically updating each page using the Yoast WordPress SEO Plugin. We are pleased with the results
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    Return on Investment
    Cision
    • It has had a positive return as it has allowed us to create better content and gain popularity online.
    • Though the cost is relatively high in my opinion, it has allowed us to make better organic content than we would have paid this cost on ads.
    • Helps us find influencers for campaigns.
    Incentivized
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    yoast.com
    • Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugin along with other SEO investments we have made with our new website has extremely paid off on new business opportunity creation. Since August 2018 we have added over $100K of new business opps solely sourced from SEO searches on pages and posts that Yoast has helped us optimize.
    • Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugin saves our marketing team a lot of time. Since the plugin lives in WordPress and provides live tips we can make to the page or post, our team doesn't have to guess on what keyword, or meta-tag, or how many internal and external links a page or post should have using an additional platform. It is just conveniently there for us to use regularly.
    • Yoast Wordpress SEO Plugin cannot be the only piece of software your website relies on to obtain SEO optimization with search engines. It is a piece of the puzzle, and you can only maximize its' value by making sure your website is scam free, the code under the hood is healthy, and the load time and page weight is light.
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