Clearscope vs Keyword Insights

Clearscope

Clearscope is the content-grading tool editorial teams tend to settle on when they want writers to see a score while they write and not fight a bloated interface, and the Google Docs and WordPress hooks are why. The AI-visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude is a real addition rather than a label, but at $129 a month for 50 tracked queries it is priced for teams with a content budget, not for a solo blogger optimising a few posts.

Pros

• +Term-coverage grading reads cleanly and updates live in Google Docs and WordPress
• +Unlimited users and projects on every plan, so the price does not scale with headcount
• +Tracks brand presence and competitor recommendations inside ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude
• +Monthly billing with no minimum contract and a 14-day trial

Cons

• −$129/month entry price with only 50 tracked queries and 20 drafts a month
• −Add-on pricing for pages and drafts is shown without stating which tier each price applies to
• −No public API found and no Chrome extension on the site today
• −The Google Docs add-on is private and installed through a direct marketplace link, which confuses first-time setup

Keyword Insights

Buy it for the clustering engine, which is genuinely better than doing SERP-overlap grouping yourself in a spreadsheet; treat the AI writer as a bonus rather than a reason. Agencies planning content hubs across many sites get the most out of it, solo bloggers publishing four posts a month will burn less money on Surfer or Frase.

Pros

• +SERP-overlap clustering is the core competency and it is fast at scale
• +Public API means clustering can be driven from your own scripts
• +Basic plan ships 10,000 credits, enough for a real clustering job not a demo
• +Discovery pulls from Reddit, Quora and PAA, not just a keyword database

Cons

• −No free tier - entry is a paid $1 trial that ends in pay-as-you-go
• −Basic is single-seat, so any team needs the $99 Professional plan
• −Full agent-written articles cost 1,200 credits, which drains an allowance quickly
• −Volume and difficulty data is thinner than Ahrefs or Semrush

Is Clearscope cheaper than Keyword Insights?

On published entry prices, Keyword Insights starts lower — $58/mo against $129/mo for Clearscope. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Which has a public API, Clearscope or Keyword Insights?

Keyword Insights ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Clearscope is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.