Surfer SEO vs Clearscope
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Surfer SEO
AI-powered on-page SEO and content optimization platform that reverse-...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 8.2 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Free tier | Free Keyword Surfer browser extension; no free core plan | None — no free plan and no free trial as of 2026 |
| Paid from | From $79/mo Essential (billed annually); $175/mo Scale; Enterprise from $999/mo | Essentials $129/mo; Business $399/mo; Enterprise custom (unlimited seats all tiers) |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ |
| Users | Surfer reports 45,000+ customers and 800,000+ registered users | Used by major brands including IBM, Adobe, Shopify, and Condé Nast |
| Founded | 2017 | 2016 |
| Maker | Positive Group | Mushi Labs LLC |
| Verdict | Surfer SEO is the market benchmark for data-driven on-page content optimization, and its SERP-reverse-engineering approach delivers measurable ranking improvements for teams willing to trust the data. The Content Editor'... |
Clearscope earns its reputation as the gold standard for enterprise content grading. The IBM Watson NLU backbone produces semantic keyword recommendations that are markedly more accurate than raw TF-IDF approaches, and t... |
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