Link Research Tools vs. SurferSEO

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Link Research Tools
Score 8.0 out of 10
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SurferSEO
Score 8.8 out of 10
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SurferSEO, from Polish company Surfer, is presented as a modern tool for SEOs and marketers for efficient and comprehensive on-page SEO optimization.N/A
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Top Pros
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Features
Link Research ToolsSurferSEO
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
Link Research Tools
7.8
8 Ratings
0% above category average
SurferSEO
7.7
2 Ratings
1% below category average
Keyword analysis7.96 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Backlink management8.38 Ratings00 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking5.94 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Page grader7.27 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Competitive analysis8.98 Ratings7.02 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics8.96 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Site recommendations8.67 Ratings00 Ratings
Task management6.44 Ratings3.01 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
Link Research Tools
8.5
7 Ratings
11% above category average
SurferSEO
7.0
1 Ratings
8% below category average
Local SEO8.95 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Social SEO8.24 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile SEO8.25 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Global SEO8.87 Ratings8.01 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
Link Research Tools
8.7
6 Ratings
3% above category average
SurferSEO
7.0
1 Ratings
19% below category average
Multi-domain support8.64 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools8.76 Ratings00 Ratings
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Link Research ToolsSurferSEO
Small Businesses
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Google PageSpeed Insights
Score 9.9 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.3 out of 10
Advanced Web Ranking
Advanced Web Ranking
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Dupli Checker (DupliChecker.com)
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Link Research ToolsSurferSEO
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
(8 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Link Research ToolsSurferSEO
Likelihood to Recommend
LinkResearchTools
If you have any problems with your rankings or a decrease in ranking position within google it is very good to make an Link Audit with the Link Research Tools. Then you Screen all Links manually and setup your disavow-file easily. With the Link Detox Boost you gain Rankings back so fast. The last time we used it for a client, we got back the rankings within a week to 170 Positions within the Top Ten, even Position 1.
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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
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Pros
LinkResearchTools
  • fast Google penalty recovery
  • keeps a healthy backlink profile
  • calculates the opportunity or risk of potential links that are not built yet, so you can go only after the good ones
  • gives you fresh data from 26 link sources and lets you analyze the full backlink profile. Google search console gives you only a sample of your backlink profile.
  • powerful link prospecting made easy
  • possibility to connect with Pitchbox (professional outreach tool for link removal and link building campaigns), SEMRUSH, Ahrefs, GSC
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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
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Cons
LinkResearchTools
  • Not for newcomers to SEO simply because its vast array of features may hinder them.
  • Is quite pricey too; so for small businesses etc., it's probably not a viable option.
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Surfer
  • AI Writing: This is a new feature, and in comparison to alternatives it's poor both from a pricing and result perspective
  • Monthly Pricing: Surfer used to a clear value for money solution, it's somewhat pricing out solo-operators with the current pricing model
  • Backlinks: Surfer does have a backlink crawler, but it's quite limited
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Alternatives Considered
LinkResearchTools
LinkResearchTools is much more advanced in analyzing links. Period. All the other mentioned tools have many useful features for SEO but LRT is definitely the way to go for backlink analysis, link building, and competition analysis. They also offer very nice and quality courses for improving SEO knowledge. I already attended one of them and I am very satisfied with the knowledge I gained.
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Surfer
Frase gives a lot of content to use, but it doesn't give you the factors you need to rank. This is ultimately why we use SurferSEO over any other editor tool that is out there. The analytics are number one to the entire space.
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Return on Investment
LinkResearchTools
  • Building strong links results in better rankings which results in a higher ROI
  • The Link Research Tools community also had a big impact on my networking
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Surfer
  • Surfer has been a key tool in the past to help us rank many clients
  • We've been able to help clients reduce word count on pages that were stuffed or vice versa using Surfer
  • The results from using surfer on an article were easily seen within 3 months on average.
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