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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Semrush

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/ASemrush is a relatively popular search engine optimization tool set from the company of the same name based in Pennsylvania and founded in 2008. Largely the platforms relies on competitive intelligence, and features SEO staples like backlink checking, keyword analysis to refine SEO and PPC campaigning and locate low-cost / high-yield keywords, analysis of competitors who co-occupy desired ad and listing spaces, domain vs. domain analysis, as well as site audit and domain tracking. Semrush can…

    $139.95

    per month

    Cyfe

    Score4 out of 10
    N/ACyfe is all-in-one dashboard software for analyzing data from online services like Google Analytics, Salesforce, AdSense, MailChimp, Amazon, Facebook, etc, from Traject.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    SemrushCyfe
    Editions & Modules
    Pro
    $139.95
    per month
    Guru
    $249.95
    per month
    Business
    $499.95
    per month
    Starter
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $39
    per month
    Pro
    $65
    per month
    Premier
    $119
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SemrushCyfe
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details17% discount for annual pricing.—
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    SemrushCyfe
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    Semrush
    No answer on this topic
    Traject
    Chose Cyfe
    Klipfolio probably had a lot of cool features, but it was SO user-UNfriendly that we never got to use them. We had high enough turnover in our company that people always needed Klipfolio training, and it was rarely completed to the satisfaction of trainees or trainers. It was …
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
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    Happy with the feature set
    99%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    SemrushCyfe
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Semrush and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Semrush
    8.0
    154 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Cyfe, by Traject
    -
    Ratings
    Keyword analysis8.6154 Ratings00 Ratings
    Backlink management8.4147 Ratings00 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking8.4150 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page grader7.9129 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analysis8.5149 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics8.0150 Ratings00 Ratings
    Site recommendations7.7139 Ratings00 Ratings
    Task management6.491 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Semrush and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Semrush
    8.2
    140 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Cyfe, by Traject
    -
    Ratings
    Local SEO8.1128 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social SEO8.0106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile SEO8.5113 Ratings00 Ratings
    Global SEO8.1114 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Semrush and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Semrush
    8.4
    125 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Cyfe, by Traject
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-domain support8.1115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools8.7119 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Semrush and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Semrush
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    6.6
    28 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings6.817 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings4.028 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.120 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Semrush and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Semrush
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.2
    26 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.715 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings8.120 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings2.026 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Semrush and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Semrush
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    5.0
    23 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings4.015 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings4.021 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings6.89 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings1.017 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Semrush and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Semrush
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.2
    19 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings3.018 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings8.614 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings10.08 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Semrush and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Semrush
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.1
    22 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings10.020 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings6.314 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.416 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings1.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings9.76 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Semrush and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Semrush
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    9.3
    19 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings9.418 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings7.713 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Semrush and Cyfe, by Traject
    Feature
    Semrush
    -
    Ratings
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.0
    7 Ratings
    10% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings2.05 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings5.94 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings5.83 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    SemrushCyfe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (154 ratings)
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (10 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (17 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (27 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (27 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SemrushCyfe
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Semrush
    This is suited to plan for keywords in a single market, but it struggles when you need to consolidate several markets. It is well-suited to discover new keywords directly related to the ones being used currently to expand the content the company is creating to get better results.
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    Traject
    Cyfe might be for you if you are looking for a cost-effective way to display all of your marketing metrics in one place. If you are looking for a detailed, fine-tuned, niche, or extremely specific metrics, this might not be the best solution. Cyfe is good for a general health check-up of marketing, but not a finely tuned examination.
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    Pros
    Semrush
    • Great visuals for keyword position tracking, love that you can see the page that is ranking
    • Enjoyed the auto-generated reporting feature (specifically in the context of keyword position tracking)
    • Shows many different and useful views for competitive research
    • Great templated keyword research tools for those who are not as hands-on with SEO
    • I LOVE the Keyword Magic Tool for honing in on longtail, high-opportunity keywords
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    Traject
    • Has preset metric groups that pull similar stats together in one "bucket" saving you the time of setting up each stat-line one by one
    • Allows you to easily adjust the timeframe for what stats you want to see, so you can find YOY stats or just last month's stats rather quickly
    • Colored visualizations of stats make it easy to notice when campaigns are taking off
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    Cons
    Semrush
    • Extra seats can be expensive, as [an] agency with multiple team members this can be frustrating
    • Backlink data is not great, misses out a lot of backlinks (better off using a specialist backlink tool like Link research tools LRT)
    • Tracking multiple keywords, across multiple clients can be costly
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    Traject
    • I'd love to see additional functionality to customize colors. The light/dark option is very nice, but a little more flexibility in the colors would go a long way, especially if it was possible at the dashboard level rather than just the account level. Along the same lines, being able to customize the charts a little more, for example being able to show an x-axis on single data type graphs, could make them easier to read in some cases.
    • Being able to choose to report on converted clicks or conversions in AdWords would be helpful.
    • Needs the ability to show the date range on the shared URL dashboards. Would be even better if the date range was adjustable on that view, too.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Semrush
    I [previously] used Semrush for many years and I cannot find any other tool being so complete and easy to use.
    Incentivized
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    Traject
    It has become a part of our internal tools so unless a competitor comes out with similar functionality as a similar price point it is unlikely that we would not renew. One area that would cause us not to renew would be if a competing service came out with more third-party integrations that match our needs. Price at this point is no longer an issue as it would allow us to automate a somewhat manual process that we have now connecting Cyfe widgets to Google Sheets.
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    Usability
    Semrush
    The interface is a little less intuitive than it could be. The data is often available but filtering and manipulating the data can be a little difficult at times. Expanded comparisons would be helpful since most of the time seeing more than a few competitors at a time allows for a better sense of how to forecast.
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    Traject
    I gave it a rating of 7 because it does a good job at what it does, but there are missing that are missing which I would have benefited from. For instance, if I was able to drill down more on the specific metrics I was able to see, that would have been helpful.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Semrush
    Semrush available when you need it!
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    Traject
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Semrush
    SemRush performs well with few errors!
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    Traject
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Semrush
    I'm in a FB group for Semrush paid users and it amazing! They are fast to respond, take suggestions and help with questions. I have not felt alone in using this product at all. Highly recommend their support team. When I had an issue I can jump into the group and they will help get me the right person to help or even tag their programmers to look at something that is going on. Love the group!
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    Traject
    Because I had a very minor question and I was able to speak directly to the founder through LinkedIn and through email. I know that as they grow this may not always be an option but the fact that he made himself available to answer my questions said a lot about his passion for the product.
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    Implementation Rating
    Semrush
    I did it by myself and do not have a comment!
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    Traject
    Cyfe is a 15 minutes implementation, then some time to get your data sources created. This is an easy one person job that will not result in down time or unnecessary wasted man hours.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Semrush
    We have used both Ahrefs and Semrush extensively at our agency and Semrush remains the tool of choice. We find that Semrush has the largest selection of tools & features to use, with the highest accuracy, and provides top-tier analysis recommendations. It's really is the ultimate all-in-one tool when comparing other performance measurement tools in the digital marketing space.
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    Traject
    The Salesforce dashboard is comparably flexible and intuitive, but designed more to its internal CRM focus. SumAll shares the social media dashboard capabilities, but lacks all others. Its interesting feature is side-by-side graph analysis for cross-channel performance. Cyfe might borrow from SumAll's default weekly email summary of performance from the dashboard, but implementation could be too complex. Nuvi dashboard is exclusively for social media marketing, but lacks Cyfe's flexibility for third party integration and window customization settings.
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    Scalability
    Semrush
    Semrush is flexible and scalable software which can be deployed across multiple departments and sites as needed.
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    Traject
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Semrush
    • Using Semrush on behalf of our clients, we have seen some impressive growth in organic visibility, traffic, conversion and revenue, across multiple industries.
    • The site checks available with Semrush have helped us to pitch and sell our services, securing new clients.
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    Traject
    • Cyfe allows us to provide real time data to our clients
    • Cyfe allows us to provide detailed analytics to our clients showing actual results
    • Cyfe reduced our need to provide monthly "reports" to our marketing clients
    • Cyfe allows us to have better situational awareness and know what is going on throughout our multiple organizations
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