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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Clearscope

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AClearscope, from the company of the same name (also known as Mushi Labs) is an AI-powered SEO platform designed to make it easy to get more out of content.

    $129

    per month

    Jasper

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AConversion AI, LLC headquartered in Austin, offers an AI copywriting tool, called Jasper, primarily used to create content marketing with less work. The vendor states it uses AI to write copy that converts for ads, emails, websites, listings, and blogs.

    $29

    per month

    Surfer SEO

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ASurferSEO, from Polish company Surfer, is presented as a modern tool for SEOs and marketers for efficient and comprehensive on-page SEO optimization.

    $119

    per month

    Pricing
    ClearscopeJasperSurfer SEO
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $129
    per month
    Business
    $399
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Starter
    $29
    per month
    Boss Mode
    $59
    per month
    Standard
    $119
    per month
    Pro
    $219
    per month
    Peace of Mind
    $359
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ClearscopeJasperSurfer SEO
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—16% discount available for annual pricing.Discount available for annual billing.
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    ClearscopeJasperSurfer SEO
    Considered Multiple Products
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    Chose Clearscope
    They're all similar but different. We use Frase and MarketMuse during other parts of our content creation process. I have used Surfer when clients supply reports and think it's also a solid tool. But nothing beats Clearscope when it comes to content optimization as you finish …
    Incentivized
    Conversion AI, LLC (Jasper)
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    Surfer
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    80%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    89%
    Delivers good value for the price
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ClearscopeJasperSurfer SEO
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Clearscope and Jasper.ai and Surfer SEO
    Feature
    Clearscope
    6.4
    6 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Jasper.ai
    -
    Ratings
    Surfer SEO
    8.1
    3 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Keyword analysis8.06 Ratings00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Competitive analysis8.06 Ratings00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Site recommendations3.63 Ratings00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Task management5.93 Ratings00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Backlink management00 Ratings00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Page grader00 Ratings00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Clearscope and Jasper.ai and Surfer SEO
    Feature
    Clearscope
    6.0
    4 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Jasper.ai
    -
    Ratings
    Surfer SEO
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Local SEO6.34 Ratings00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Mobile SEO5.84 Ratings00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Global SEO00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Clearscope and Jasper.ai and Surfer SEO
    Feature
    Clearscope
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Jasper.ai
    -
    Ratings
    Surfer SEO
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Multi-domain support7.95 Ratings00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    ClearscopeJasperSurfer SEO
    Small Businesses
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Grammarly
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Yoast
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Grammarly
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Yoast
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
    ProWritingAid
    Score9 out of 10
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ClearscopeJasperSurfer SEO
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    8.3
    (10 ratings)
    9.6
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ClearscopeJasperSurfer SEO
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    Clearscope shines if you're using freelance writers or even just need a way to easily keyword optimize long-form content. While it can be used for marketing pages, I've found it does best with longer-form blog content in the hands of writers. So, if you have inexperienced writers or those less savvy/comfortable about SEO optimization, I'd recommend only using it for blogs. articles or other long-form content. Have some SEO experience under your belt? Use it for EVERYTHING that needs keyword optimization and is over 300 words. It'll help give you ideas and give you a better idea of how to work in that semantic SEO.
    Incentivized
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    Conversion AI, LLC (Jasper)
    1. To generate blog ideas - Jasper compiles good blogs from 500 to 2500 words. The blogs are very informative and drive good organic traffic. 2. For LinkedIn articles - Current trends and interesting write-ups for LinkedIn, Jasper can do well. 3. For social media ads, website content, and white papers - Jasper is very useful.
    Incentivized
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    Surfer
    Surfer is well suited for:
    • Creating (and resisting) articles and web pages to increase their SEO relevancy for a keyword.
    • To identify NLP terms and the frequency of terms to be added to the page
    • To find internal linking opportunities
    • To plan pillar pages/topic clusters
    Surfer is not a tool for
    • Technical SEO
    • Crawl Audits
    • Serp / Keyword Tracking
    • Project Management
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    • Helps produce relevant and engaging content.
    • Integration with WordPress through an easy to use plugin.
    • Deliver data-driven results.
    • The content rating system makes it easy to understand how your content is performing now based on your specific keywords.
    Incentivized
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    Conversion AI, LLC (Jasper)
    • Elevates existing marketing copy
    • Provides great templates to create new content
    • Allows you to change the style of the copy easily
    • Responds to editing requests
    Incentivized
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    Surfer
    • Analysis for on-page ranking factors
    • Competition analytics
    • NLP Analysis for webpage content
    • Content SEO scoring
    • Content editor with details about what to rank for
    • Plugin that helps with search data on Google
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    • Cost is a little prohibitive for small teams/businesses.
    • Running reports could be more intuitive. Some users have run them incorrectly, costing credits (which Clearscope has been kind enough to refund).
    Incentivized
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    Conversion AI, LLC (Jasper)
    • Give more of a variety of responses/outputs.
    • Create an option for Title Tags/Meta Descriptions on a contact page & about us.
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    Surfer
    • Can improve their algorithm to serve better for technical articles
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    Usability
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    No answers on this topic
    Conversion AI, LLC (Jasper)
    I give Jasper.ai 7 out of 10 because it delivers strong productivity gains and helps speed up content creation. However, the pricing, need for frequent editing, and limitations with fact-heavy or highly creative content prevent it from being a higher rating. It is certainly expensive for solo creators, which makes it difficult to afford the pro version.
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    Surfer
    Because, I've been using this tool since many years and I haven't looked for any other tool when it comes to content optimization
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    Alternatives Considered
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    They're all similar but different. We use Frase and MarketMuse during other parts of our content creation process. I have used Surfer when clients supply reports and think it's also a solid tool. But nothing beats Clearscope when it comes to content optimization as you finish drafting.
    Incentivized
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    Conversion AI, LLC (Jasper)
    It doesn't appear in your drop-down, but besides ChatGPT, I have also used Google Bard and You.com. All of them are AI that can create content. I have actually switched away from Jasper.ai to these other platforms because I can use them for free. Jasper.ai is definitely more robust in what it offers, but I am pretty good at creating prompts in the other free platforms, which has allowed me to get by with those.
    Incentivized
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    Surfer
    Semrush's content and page optimisation tool is quite poor; it's not in the same bracket as Surfer. Frase is a good alternative from a cost perspective (if not paying the AI writing functions), it's cheaper, and Frase's keyword/topic heatmaps are quite unique. Sufer has a better UI and a shorter learning curve. It has an advantage in that it offers internal linking recommendations, which Frase lacks. Surfer also has limited competitor analysis (backlinks and page speed), which Frase does not. Both tools allow you to choose the number of competitors on the SERPS
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    Return on Investment
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    • It's made it easier to create content that is ready to rank with little effort.
    • Articles updated with Clearscope have started ranking.
    • Articles created with Clearscope rank better out the gate than ones written without it.
    Incentivized
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    Conversion AI, LLC (Jasper)
    • It is AI-powered writing software that can write text for a variety of formats. I like to use it because I can produce blog posts, articles, social media posts very safely and efficiently.
    Incentivized
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    Surfer
    • SuferSEO has helped us rank in the top 10 for results that are over 1M in search volume
    • SurferSEO gives our team the ability to rank quicker than without the tool
    • SurferSEO helps us close prospects by showing them the depth of our analysis and knowledge.
    • SurferSEO makes our agency look and feel like a professional that knows what they are doing
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Clearscope Screenshots

    Screenshot of The Optimize text editor experienceScreenshot of Keyword Search for targetingScreenshot of Report History for content managementScreenshot of Google Doc Add-on integrationScreenshot of WordPress Plugin integration