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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    SE Ranking

    Score9 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    An SEO toolset for agency and in-house pros.

    $65

    per month

    Skyword

    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    The Skyword Platform supports content planning, creation, publishing, promotion, and measurement. Its tools include editorial workflows, a marketing calendar, Google Analytics integration, pitching and request-for-proposal capabilities, and configurable workflows. Skyword acquired TrackMaven in 2018, adding competitive and content analytics to its platform. TrackMaven’s capabilities included benchmarking content and campaigns against competitors and industry performance, monitoring…N/A
    Pricing
    SE RankingSkyword
    Editions & Modules
    Essential
    $65
    per month
    Pro
    $119
    per month
    Business
    $259
    per month
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SE RankingSkyword
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsSE Ranking’s subscription plans are available at a 20% discount for annual pricing.—
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    Community Pulse
    SE RankingSkyword
    Considered Both Products
    SE Ranking
    No answer on this topic
    Skyword, Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    SE RankingSkyword
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of SE Ranking and Skyword
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    7.9
    16 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Skyword
    -
    Ratings
    Keyword analysis7.99 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backlink management7.316 Ratings00 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking7.915 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page grader7.611 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analysis7.915 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics7.916 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site recommendations8.412 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task management7.910 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of SE Ranking and Skyword
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    8.1
    14 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Skyword
    -
    Ratings
    Local SEO8.111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile SEO8.112 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global SEO8.213 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of SE Ranking and Skyword
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    8.4
    14 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Skyword
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-domain support8.512 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools8.413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Publishing
    Comparison of Content Publishing features of SE Ranking and Skyword
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Skyword
    8.2
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Content hub00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Content distribution00 Ratings8.53 Ratings
    Content promotion00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
    Content Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Content Reporting & Analytics features of SE Ranking and Skyword
    Feature
    SE Ranking
    -
    Ratings
    Skyword
    8.5
    3 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Closed-loop tracking and reporting00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Content performance analytics00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    SE RankingSkyword
    Small Businesses
    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
    Contently
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Yoast
    Score8.2 out of 10
    SnapApp Interactive Content Marketing (discontinued)
    Score8.1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Contently
    Score9.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    SE RankingSkyword
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (16 ratings)
    8.7
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.7
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (6 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SE RankingSkyword
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SE Ranking
    SE Ranking is a fantastic tool if you are a marketing agency or freelancer looking for a single tool for the majority of your SEO work. It also includes B2B tools like their lead generation widget and white label reports that can help you generate new leads for your business. It would get 10 stars if their database was larger to accommodate research for small geographic areas, but they are always expanding their database so it may just be a matter of time. Research SE Ranking has pricing plans available for every budget.
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    Skyword, Inc
    If your brand is looking for understanding competitors and normalizing data across disparate follower counts/footprint size, Trackmaven is great. Users need to understand the power of Boolean logic. TrackMaven needs dedicated users and time spent in building reports in order to understand how to use it.
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    Pros
    SE Ranking
    • Rank racking. It’s really important for us that the ranks are tracked accurately.
    • Monitoring of changes made on the website. We’ve found this feature really useful.
    • Reports. This includes auto reports and manuals. We can easily and quickly create reports to check our SEO progress month by month.
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    Skyword, Inc
    • It provides a good structure re timelines ie it's really clear how long you have to work on any given assignment, once accepted. You also receive handy reminder emails that your deadline is approaching in xx hours for instance.
    • It's good for being able to access the brief and any ancillary notes/reports all in one location rather than have to deal with multiple emails and downloads from other sources. It's a bit like a one-stop shop for a journalist's brief/commissions.
    • The set up for uploading content is well organised and helps in the planning stage for articles. The various sections required help ensure you stick tightly to the given brief.
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    Cons
    SE Ranking
    • I really don't think SE Ranking has many flaws. They are also rolling out an app at the moment - SE Ranking Pro - need to test that one.
    • Some more video tutorials on the site on how to use some tools would be helpful.
    • More in-system popups would be more helpful too.
    Incentivized
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    Skyword, Inc
    • Content Feed - functionality rests with third party integration, would like to see this data updated more often
    • ROI Calculations - would love to be able to input metrics for ROI and see it calculated across KPI charts and Funnel Analysis
    • Software Integrations - would love to see a TrackMaven app integration with Hootsuite, our SMMS system, in order to create truly comprehensive and granular analytical reports on social media efforts across all verticals
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SE Ranking
    No answers on this topic
    Skyword, Inc
    More than likely, yes. This is a company with people I trust that offer an exceptional product.
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    Usability
    SE Ranking
    They had a huge update recently and the platform is now even better. Although not all the tools are yet in the new design.
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    Skyword, Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    SE Ranking
    The support is great but they don't have 24/7 support. And time zones can also be an issue sometimes. On the other hand there are plenty of guides and videos around to get yourself started. I never really needed support for "big" issues. And the help I got was good enough.
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    Skyword, Inc
    Very responsive to our requests. Always make themselves available. We also have a standing weekly status with their team, which keeps us on the same page.
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    Alternatives Considered
    SE Ranking
    SE Ranking is better than Serpstat or MOZ or Ahrefs when it comes to tracking keyword rankings, but it lacks in every other SEO category, such as onsite and offsite SEO metrics, content analysis, etc... It's a good choice for agencies that are interested in tracking keywords for their clients, but other than that it underperforms in every other SEO category.
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    Skyword, Inc
    SkyWord distinguishes itself by its efficiency and the capabilities it has with web design and management. It also has a strong variety of content production capabilities like video, social media, etc. Our procurement team has found SkyWord to be fair when it comes to prices, and this showed when we evaluated them against competitors.
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    Return on Investment
    SE Ranking
    • The website "health" report has allowed us to fix things that Google might find strange or cause us to lose rankings, which has been very helpful.
    • It's given us more visibility into what exactly our SEO management company is doing and how they are performing, and if things are changing or not. It's very easy to see right from the dashboard.
    • Being able to see how our competitors stack up against us has helped us know where to improve, what to focus on, and how to be even better.
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    Skyword, Inc
    • Paid Search & Social - TrackMaven has given us the ability to develop smarter social advertising and reach our audience with the right messages
    • Account Analytics - the account overview we receive in TrackMaven of our own social media accounts is duplicative of what we already get through other software
    • Funnel Analysis - If we can better see which efforts are paying off with leads, at a granular level, we can use our social spend budget more wisely
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    ScreenShots

    SE Ranking Screenshots

    Screenshot of SE Ranking main dashboardScreenshot of SE Ranking keyword researchScreenshot of SE Ranking website auditScreenshot of SERP CompetitorsScreenshot of Organic SERP HistoryScreenshot of Content tool

    Skyword Screenshots

    Screenshot of Review submitted articles in the queue. Articles can be pushed to the next manager for review, sent back to the content creator, or published directly to client's website.Screenshot of Each article must receive a passing score on the Scorecard before being submitted. The Scorecard can be customized for certain requirements including meeting SEO and other content standards.Screenshot of Search our network of vetted contributors and influencers by location, language, expertise, Klout score, and more.Screenshot of Robust content analytics are available within the Skyword Platform.Screenshot of Streamline your video review process with time-stamped comments.Screenshot of The Skyword Marketing Calendar is built to align your strategy with the rest of marketing, and provide other teams across your organization visibility into your content marketing game plan.