Clearscope vs Surfer SEO (Positive Surfer)
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
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Surfer SEO (Positive Surfer)
Content scoring for Google, plus tracking of brand mentions in AI answ...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 8.2 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Subscription | Subscription |
| Free tier | 14-day free trial; no lasting free plan | 7-day trial advertised by Positive; no free plan. Free Keyword Surfer extension and AI detector tools |
| Paid from | $129/month (Essentials, billed monthly, no contract) | $49/month (Discovery, billed yearly; $59 billed monthly) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | Used by major brands including IBM, Adobe, Shopify, and Condé Nast | Surfer reports 45,000+ customers and 800,000+ registered users |
| Founded | 2016 | 2017 |
| Maker | Mushi Labs LLC | Positive Group |
| Verdict | Clearscope remains one of the clearest on-page content graders: a single letter grade against the pages that actually rank, delivered where writers already work, with unlimited users on every plan. The newer AI-visibilit... |
Surfer remains one of the most usable on-page optimisation tools: the Content Editor turns SERP research into concrete guidance a non-specialist writer can follow, and the AI Tracker extends the same idea to how AI assis... |
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