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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Topic

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ATopic, from Topic or Chia Labs, Inc, aims to make it easier for writers to create comprehensive content. Its AI analyzes the top results in Google, extracts key topics to cover, and provides an interactive editor to allow writers to grade their work. The system gives actionable suggestions to enable writers to create content in order to drive results.

    $99

    per month

    WhiteSmoke

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AWhiteSmoke Software offers English writing technologies, with a focus on products that enhance and correct grammar, spelling, and writing style. WhiteSmoke products are based on natural language processing (NLP) technology, featuring artificial intelligence algorithms for text analysis.N/A
    Pricing
    TopicWhiteSmoke
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $99
    per month ($10 per brief)
    Plus
    $199
    per month ($8 per brief)
    Premium
    $299
    per month ($6 per brief)
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    TopicWhiteSmoke
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details20% discount for annual payment.—
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    Community Pulse
    TopicWhiteSmoke
    Considered Both Products
    Topic (Chia Labs, Inc)
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    WhiteSmoke Software
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    TopicWhiteSmoke
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Topic and WhiteSmoke
    Feature
    Topic
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    WhiteSmoke
    -
    Ratings
    Keyword analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page grader8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Competitive analysis9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Topic and WhiteSmoke
    Feature
    Topic
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    27% above category average
    WhiteSmoke
    -
    Ratings
    Local SEO10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile SEO10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Topic and WhiteSmoke
    Feature
    Topic
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    WhiteSmoke
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-domain support10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    TopicWhiteSmoke
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    Serpstat
    Score10 out of 10
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    Yoast
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Ginger Business
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Google Trends
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Ginger Business
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    TopicWhiteSmoke
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.5
    (8 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    TopicWhiteSmoke
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Topic (Chia Labs, Inc)
    Great at providing content briefs as well as for seeing the types of topics that rank well competitively. It's also good with finding content that needs to be refreshed which is a super easy way to drive near term SEO results.
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    WhiteSmoke Software
    WhiteSmoke provides a plagiarism checker to aid in data processing with other online databases that may have similar content. WhiteSmoke supports the use of a style checker that includes grammar, punctuation, and other aspects that work together to create a grammar checker.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Topic (Chia Labs, Inc)
    • Content Brief
    • Competitive SERP ranking analysis
    • Grouping content topics together to see related keywords/ content clusters easily
    • Analyzing Google Search Console data for content refresh opportunities
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    WhiteSmoke Software
    • Detection and correction of the misspelled word, as well as the correct word but with an incorrect context.
    • Its grammar checker will make your writing free of awkward grammar mistakes.
    • Your copyeditor will improve the quality and impression of your writing, which will be widely accepted by your writing.
    • It also serves as a plagiarism checker.
    • It can translate up to 50 languages, etc.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Topic (Chia Labs, Inc)
    • Using the GSC data to find new, adjacent content opportunities.
    • They are using GPT-3 for title generation and would love to see it used to provide more content suggestions beyond the titles/descriptions
    • Sometimes it doesn't surface 'questions' that people are asking related to lower volume terms but not sure of a way to solve that
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    WhiteSmoke Software
    • The WhiteSmoke Windows application is limited to 10,000 characters at a time. That is not 10,000 words. It's 10,000 characters, which means each letter, punctuation mark, and space. However, this problem does not apply to your web-based application.
    • No free version.
    • Slow customer service.
    • The lowest price level only works within the browser.
    • Provides some false positives.
    • You need internet access to work.
    • The translator function uses Google Translate.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Topic (Chia Labs, Inc)
    Topic was way less costly than MarketMuse with similar functionality. It was agnostic to CMS (WordLift is designed for Wordpress only). So it was priced well with all the functionality we needed.
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    WhiteSmoke Software
    I highly appreciate the software for its awesome features for writing perfection. Here one can easily find the writing accurately in a short time. [The] translator function of [the] software is just awesome to use. And the features of the software [are] perfect to find grammatical mistakes, [the] pronunciation of the writing. Overall the software is just cool to me[.]
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Topic (Chia Labs, Inc)
    • It has greatly reduced the number of hours our SEO team has to review content
    • Has sped up our content briefs by hours per brief
    • Great for helping us to see what content is performing well / needs help via the Google Search Console integration
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    WhiteSmoke Software
    • This software offers excellent functionalities, including a spell and grammar checker and a translator. With the ability to correct and translate each word between 55 different languages.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Outline BuilderScreenshot of Writing Grading