Cheapest all-in-one with no promo needed
Pricing: Starter $39/mo billed yearly ($468/yr) or $49 monthly. 7-day trial, no card.
Best for: Solo site owners who want research-to-publish SEO with AI search tracking at a fixed, predictable price.
Key features
- 1 seat, 1 site, 10 articles, 50 audit pages and 25 AI generations a month
- AI Visibility: 20 prompts across ChatGPT and Google AI, monitored daily
- Content Guard watching 10 pages for Google decay
- Publishing to WordPress, Webflow, Sanity or Wix, or free hosting on FraseCMS (up to 100,000 views/mo)
- MCP server, CLI and 5,000 API requests a month
- 7-day trial with no card unlocking Professional features (capped)
Pros
- Standard pricing, with no promotion needed
- No-card trial
- Starter holds at its limit, so no surprise bills
Cons
- Only 10 articles a month
- Internal linking suggestions start at Professional ($103/mo yearly)
Best all-round for solo creators and small teams
Pricing: Starter $39/mo yearly ($49 monthly); Professional $103/$129; Scale $239/$299; Enterprise custom. 7-day trial, no card.
Best for: Solo creators, freelancers and small teams who want one tool from research to published post, including AI search tracking.
Key features
- SEO and GEO scores on every plan
- AI Visibility on every plan with daily monitoring: ChatGPT and Google AI on Starter, Perplexity on Professional, Claude and Gemini on Scale
- Content Guard watches 10, 75 or 300 pages for Google decay
- Publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Sanity or Wix, or FraseCMS (free up to 100,000 page views/mo)
- Internal linking suggestions and content calendar from Professional
- MCP server and CLI on every plan (5,000 to 50,000 API/MCP/CLI requests/mo)
- Starter holds at its monthly limits instead of billing overages
Pros
- Lowest entry price of the all-in-one tools here, with a 7-day trial and no card
- AI search tracking, CMS publishing and SEO/GEO scoring on the cheapest plan
- No surprise bills on Starter
Cons
- Only 10 articles a month on Starter
- Internal linking suggestions start at Professional
- Site says it writes "natively in 70+ languages"; per-plan language limits aren't stated
- No separate keyword research tool listed on the pricing page
Best all-round for in-house teams and small agencies
Pricing: Professional $103/mo yearly ($129 monthly), 3 seats, 5 sites; Scale $239/$299, 5 seats, 10 sites; Enterprise custom. Extra seats $29/mo.
Best for: In-house content teams and small agencies managing up to 10 sites.
Key features
- Owner, Admin, Editor and Viewer roles from Professional
- Content calendar, internal linking suggestions, AI crawler monitoring and omni-channel atomization from Professional
- Client-ready exportable reports on Scale; white-label, client portal, SSO/SAML and SLA on Enterprise
- Reporting history of 3 / 12 / 24 months (Professional / Scale / Enterprise)
- Optional pay-as-you-go: $5/$0.50/$0.25 per article/audit page/AI generation on Professional; $4/$0.40/$0.20 on Scale
- 20,000 or 50,000 API, MCP and CLI requests a month
Pros
- Clear roles and per-seat pricing
- Cost control: overages are optional and priced per unit
- AI search tracking across up to five engines on Scale
Cons
- White-label reporting is Enterprise only
- Fewer seats than Surfer's top plan (5 vs 10)
- Support levels for self-serve plans aren't described
Best overall Scalenut alternative
Pricing: Starter $39/mo yearly ($49 monthly); Professional $103/$129; Scale $239/$299. 7-day trial, no card.
Choose it if: You want daily AI search monitoring, broader publishing and API access without committing to a non-refundable year.
Pros
- Standard pricing, with no promo conditions
- 7-day trial with no card
- Starter holds at its limits, so no surprise bills
Cons
- No keyword clustering listed
- Seat limits for larger teams
Best all-in-one Surfer alternative
Pricing: Starter $39/mo yearly ($49 monthly); Professional $103/$129; Scale $239/$299. 7-day trial, no card.
Choose it if: You want one tool from research to published post, with AI search tracking from day one.
Pros
- Cheaper entry with more of the workflow included
- Starter holds at its limit; pay-as-you-go is optional on higher plans
- 7-day trial, no card
Cons
- Lower volume than Surfer
- Internal linking suggestions start at Professional
- No topical map or cannibalization report stated