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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

    Kapost

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AUpland Kapost helps you create and distribute meaningful content to support the buyer journey for B2B companies.

    $1

    per month

    MarketMuse

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AMarketMuse is a search engine marketing platform built around features such as site auditing, content quality grading, and content analysis.

    $0

    per month

    Pricing
    ClearscopeKapostMarketMuse
    Editions & Modules
    Essentials
    $129
    per month
    Business
    $399
    per month
    Enterprise
    Custom
    No answers on this topic
    Free
    $0.00
    per month
    Standard
    $149.00
    per month
    Premium
    $999.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ClearscopeKapostMarketMuse
    Free Trial
    NoNoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ClearscopeKapostMarketMuse
    Considered Multiple Products
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    No answer on this topic
    Upland Software
    No answer on this topic
    Siteimprove
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    83%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    ClearscopeKapostMarketMuse
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Clearscope and Kapost and MarketMuse
    Feature
    Clearscope
    6.4
    6 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Kapost
    -
    Ratings
    MarketMuse
    -
    Ratings
    Keyword analysis8.06 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analysis8.06 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site recommendations3.63 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task management5.93 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Clearscope and Kapost and MarketMuse
    Feature
    Clearscope
    6.0
    4 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Kapost
    -
    Ratings
    MarketMuse
    -
    Ratings
    Local SEO6.34 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile SEO5.84 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Clearscope and Kapost and MarketMuse
    Feature
    Clearscope
    7.9
    5 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Kapost
    -
    Ratings
    MarketMuse
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-domain support7.95 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Creation
    Comparison of Content Creation features of Clearscope and Kapost and MarketMuse
    Feature
    Clearscope
    -
    Ratings
    Kapost
    8.2
    9 Ratings
    5% above category average
    MarketMuse
    -
    Ratings
    Ideation00 Ratings8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Approval workflows00 Ratings8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content collaboration00 Ratings8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content calendar00 Ratings8.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Network for content licensing/production00 Ratings9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of Clearscope and Kapost and MarketMuse
    Feature
    Clearscope
    -
    Ratings
    Kapost
    8.0
    9 Ratings
    2% above category average
    MarketMuse
    -
    Ratings
    Content hub00 Ratings7.18 Ratings00 Ratings
    Forms / Gated content00 Ratings8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Embedded CTAs00 Ratings7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings8.34 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content automation00 Ratings8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of Clearscope and Kapost and MarketMuse
    Feature
    Clearscope
    -
    Ratings
    Kapost
    8.0
    7 Ratings
    8% above category average
    MarketMuse
    -
    Ratings
    Audience profiling and targeting00 Ratings8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings8.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings8.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Campaign optimization dashboard00 Ratings8.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analytics00 Ratings7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Yoast
    Score8.4 out of 10
    CoSchedule Marketing Suite
    Score10 out of 10
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    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
    PathFactory
    Score8.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ClearscopeKapostMarketMuse
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
    (12 ratings)
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ClearscopeKapostMarketMuse
    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.
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    Upland Software
    Kapost has potential to be a great asset in small and large orgs. If you're not producing a great deal of content, or coordinating across a large team, there's still tremendous value, but it scales as your org scales because it makes it easier to coordinate and manage large teams and large content archives.
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    Siteimprove
    As I am a content marketer, every day I have to fight to get top-ranked for my articles. So, SEO should be perfect. For my content side of SEO, MarketMuse is a lifesaver to me. It helps me to plan my content, get the score of my content, and the suggestion to optimize my articles. It saves my time and money too.
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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.
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    Upland Software
    • Filtering: If you make the most out of your custom details and custom fields, you can gain newfound access to materials that may have long been lost in the ether. It's really easy for us, for instance, to see all of our videos at once. Or everything targeting a certain buying stage. Or you can keyword search to see everything on one topic.
    • Workflows: It's really nice to lay out "who sees what when" in a digital way, because everyone involved on an asset can easily see what stage things are at. You can also set deadlines to tasks, which seems a bit more firm than a casual email, because you can visually see how meeting your deadline fits within the whole timeline.
    • Calendars: The calendar feature is nice for us because we have a blog, so we can see when everything is (supposed) to go live. It's easy to see when I, as a copy editor, should be expecting work, so I can align my day accordingly. Way better than the old-fashioned "mental note" system.
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    Siteimprove
    • Availability of content inventory on MarketMuse makes it easy to measure the quality of the content before uploading or updating it.
    • With AI-generated content, I am able to write and upload content like a pro that has high-ranking keywords.
    • Identifying key topics and subtopics while creating content to upload on the blog saves a lot of time.
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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).
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    Upland Software
    • Social media distribution needs improvement. Specifically a calendar for planned Tweets and a better way to schedule multiple shares of the same content.
    • System performance is somewhat slow.
    • Should be an easier way to make changes, like adding custom fields or publication destinations, to all content types, rather than one at a time.
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    Siteimprove
    • Would be nice if the connect feature was domain swappable
    • A better way to save and import queries would be nice
    • Having some writing tool integrations would be nice
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    No answers on this topic
    Upland Software
    We are using some other systems that might have replaced Kapost, but none of them had the workflow functionality we were looking for. So, we're sticking with Kapost for now.
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    Siteimprove
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    No answers on this topic
    Upland Software
    The calendar view is a great feature and so are the custom views. It is relatively easy to see a clear view of what content the user is responsible for and then the due dates associated to it. The ability to create and update workflows for the team is easy to navigate and keeps us on track.
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    Siteimprove
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    No answers on this topic
    Upland Software
    The reputation of the product matches up to its reputation as one of the leaders in the space. I love that you can share and access content at your fingertips from anywhere. The downside is that it does not have the prettiest interface but you can get over this with its functionality.
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    Siteimprove
    The support I have received from all MarketMuse staff at each step of the process has been excellent. They are very friendly, quick to assist, and also provide really good training to teach you how to use their product. Additionally, their own blog is a wealth of information regarding different aspects of content marketing, from articles to video interviews.
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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.
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    Upland Software
    Workfront has a lot of great features, but Kapost was the right tool for what we needed at the time. With a team of our size, we had to make sure we weren't biting off more than we could chew and the project never got off the ground. We had to be thoughtful with how we rolled it out.
    Incentivized
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    Siteimprove
    MarketMuse is more cost-effective than BrightEdge and does more for writers and editors that are strictly focused on content. It keeps people in one system after their first draft. Writers and editors do not need to go into multiple tools to look things up manually, saving valuable time. This enables them to produce more content more quickly.
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    Scalability
    Clearscope (Mushi Labs, LLC)
    No answers on this topic
    Upland Software
    It's easy to expand across an organization and the software is continuously being improved with new features rolled out to all users
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    Siteimprove
    No answers on this topic
    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.
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    Upland Software
    • It allows us all to compare other email campaigns to each other. We are also able to get almost instant results.
    • By having a working one system - we all can expect the same quality newsletters versus using an outside designer.
    Incentivized
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    Siteimprove
    • Competitor research and keyword research has enabled us to determine the best content to improve our SEO.
    • Improving the brand of our agency on search engines has enabled us to reach more buyers.
    • Creating high-ranking SEO content has improved digital marketing in the cloud that turns prospects into buyers.
    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

    MarketMuse Screenshots

    Screenshot of MarketMuse Research allows you to plug in topics you want to rank for and extracts powerful data points like volume, seasonality trends, CPC, topic variants, current distribution, and suggested distribution so you know exactly what you need to do to win in the SERP.Screenshot of MarketMuse Compete delivers a heat map of your competitors' coverage of any given topic so you can locate hidden opportunities and take advantage of their blind spots.Screenshot of MarketMuse Inventory (Topics View) gives you a bird's-eye view of your competitive advantage and tells you your personalized difficulty score, so you can action on your ripest opportunities and make progress with relative ease.