ContentKing vs Searchmetrics

Likelihood to Recommend

The times when [ContentKing] is most useful is when working with migrations, or changing dynamic websites that you want to continuously monitor fix and rapidly resolve issues. Because you can share URLs to key issues and create segments out of them it is very easy to highlight issues. Because it isn't charged a per user level this does mean you can give access to clients and their development teams.

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Gerry White

SEO Director

Rise at SevenMarketing & Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Searchmetrics does a great job when doing optimization of your content and keywords. It is less appropriate when doing off page optimization like backlinks.

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Christiaan Bollen

SEO Expert & Founder

BoljoroMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Page grader

Competitive analysis

Site audit / diagnostics

Site recommendations

Keyword analysis

Backlink management

SERP ranking tracking

Task management

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Local SEO

Global SEO

Social SEO

Mobile SEO

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Multi-domain support

Integration with web analytics tools

Pros

Proactive monitoring of the website on a broad spectrum of on-page and technical issues.
Insights for page-specific action points based on different data streams.
Identifying technical and on-page website issues.

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Jarik Oosting

Sr. SEO consultant & Owner

SmartRankingMarketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Large database of companies and search terms to compare with our site.
In the research section, we are able to do research on an unlimited number of sites/keywords
Paid and Organic search research all in one place to make research and performance comparisons a lot easier

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Hospitality Company, 201-500 employees

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Cons

It is a single host only, which means that if your website spans mulitple subdomains it falls down
It isn't as easy to control as desktop crawlers, the continuous nature means you can't just give it a set of URLs to monitor.
Some of the issues it highlights aren't always issues, and so you need an expert user

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Gerry White

SEO Director

Rise at SevenMarketing & Advertising, 51-200 employees

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Social media visibility
Facebook
Twitter

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Guido Marchal

SEO Specialist

Buro N11Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Searchmetrics 3.0

Based on 1 answer

We are currently using an agency and do not need Searchmetrics services at this time. If we do need research metrics in the future, we will probably go with them. The only deterrent is that we got suckered into an additional year with them because we were a few days late on opting out of the auto-renew. Although I was very upset about getting stuck an extra year paying for services I do not need, that is probably the only issue I have with the company, so if you can avoid that, it's a pretty good product.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Hospitality Company, 201-500 employees

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Usability

ContentKing 8.5

Based on 5 answers

Really like the walkthrough onboarding of the app to get your bearings when you sign up. You can quickly glance at the interface and understand where everything is located and what each feature is used for. The dashboard is incredibly useful to understand the health of your site and address any persistent issues on your site quickly.

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Eduardo "Eddie" Casado

Senior Growth Marketing Manager

MouseflowComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Support Rating

ContentKing 9.1

Based on 5 answers

They respond very quickly and have deep technical knowledge so they will always find a solution to your problem. They are based in Europe but are planning to open offices soon in the USA that will help with time-difference issues. If you are based in Europe, you will get an answer in 15 minutes.

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Juliette Tholey

Senior Technical SEO Analyst

HomefieldMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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No score

No answers yet

No answers on this topic

Alternatives Considered

Content King provides a much more immersive dashboard. Additionally, the reports offered by Content king give us much more granular data allowing management to see the results country site by country site. The other tool would have required us to hire an external developer to create a custom dashboard to provide reporting. This to, us made the decision easy.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Health, Wellness and Fitness Company, 1001-5000 employees

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We originally selected Searchmetrics because we got more bang for our buck. On the research end, we could do unlimited searches without the cost of the service going up. As for the historical data, we could store more trending data and do deeper research than we could with the competitor. The monthly fee was almost half (if i remember correctly, but it's been a few years) of what what we were paying before with a competitor.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Hospitality Company, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

My website health score went from 700 tot 986/1,00 in three years time.
The authority of my website went from 1,9 to 2,6 in three years time.
The visitors to my website climbed from 10/day to 60/day in three years time.

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Christine Bonheure

Copywriter

C'bonPublic Relations & Communications, 1-10 employees

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It had a positive impact on the ROI. As the websites rank better the revenue raised.
Searchmetrics Suite is an expensive product, it is too expensive for small websites.

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Christiaan Bollen

SEO Expert & Founder

BoljoroMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

ContentKing Editions & Modules

Edition

Basic	$139.00¹
Standard	$219.00¹
Pro	$319.00¹

Per Month

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Searchmetrics Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Rating Summary

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Likelihood to Recommend

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Feature Rating Comparison

Page grader

Competitive analysis

Site audit / diagnostics

Site recommendations

Keyword analysis

Backlink management

SERP ranking tracking

Task management

Local SEO

Global SEO

Social SEO

Mobile SEO

Multi-domain support

Integration with web analytics tools

Pros

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Cons

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Likelihood to Renew

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Usability

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Support Rating

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Alternatives Considered

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Return on Investment

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Screenshots

ContentKing

Searchmetrics

Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

ContentKing Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Searchmetrics Editions & Modules

Additional Pricing Details

Rating Summary

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