Surfer SEO vs Frase

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-... Visit Frase Rank on Google. Get cited by AI. Frase combines SERP research, brief g... Visit
RECATOOLS Score 8.2 / 10 7.8 / 10
Capability 9 8.5
Value for money 7 7.5
Ease of use 8.5 8.5
ASEAN readiness 6 6.5
API quality 7.5 7.5
Pricing Freemium Freemium
Free tier Free Keyword Surfer browser extension; no free core plan 7-day full-access trial (no credit card required; 5 articles included)
Paid from From $79/mo Essential (billed annually); $175/mo Scale; Enterprise from $999/mo From $49/mo (Starter, monthly; lower annually) — 1 seat, limited articles/mo
Has API
Open source
Free to use
Users Surfer reports 45,000+ customers and 800,000+ registered users Trusted by thousands of content & marketing teams
Founded 2017 2016
Maker Positive Group Copyrytr (formerly Copysmith)
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'...

Frase earns its reputation as the best-value research-to-brief workflow tool on the market. Its SERP analysis is genuinely best-in-class at this price point — generating a competitive brief in under 30 seconds from live...

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