Clearscope vs Scalenut

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Cheaper: Scalenut — $59/mo vs $129/mo for Clearscope
Free plan: Neither — Clearscope has paid plans only, Scalenut has paid plans only
Higher Trust score: Scalenut — 94 vs 81 for Clearscope
Best fit: Clearscope: Content teams with several writers who need one shared grading standard · Scalenut: In-house content teams running a steady editorial calendar on one or two domains
Status: Both up at our last check (Sep 6, 2026)

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

ClearscopeGrades drafts against what already ranks, and now tracks whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude recommend you.

ScalenutSEO content workflow from keyword clusters to optimised drafts

Side by side

Fact	Clearscope	Scalenut
Category	SEO Tools	SEO Tools
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starts at	$129/mo	$59/mo
Trust score	81 / 100	94 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web
Company	Mushi Labs LLC	Scalenut Technologies Private Limited
Launched	—	2020
Last verified	Sep 6, 2026	Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

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

Scalenut

A reasonable single-tool replacement for a Surfer plus writer plus brief-builder stack if you publish 20-70 articles a month. Below that volume the entry plan's five-article cap makes the price per piece embarrassing.

Pros

Cluster research, brief, draft and optimiser share one data model, so briefs actually reflect the SERP data
Publishes straight to WordPress and Shopify, which removes the usual copy-paste step
Higher tiers include unlimited workspaces and seats rather than charging per user

Cons

The jump from Starter to Plus is $30/month for six times the quota, which makes Starter look like a trap tier
Constant sitewide discounting makes it hard to know what you will actually renew at
No API and a short integration list compared with Semrush or Ahrefs
AI-answer-visibility tracking is capped at 10 prompts a month on the entry plan, too few to be a real signal

Which one fits

Choose Clearscope if you need

Content teams with several writers who need one shared grading standard
Publishers that draft in Google Docs or WordPress and want the score in the editor
Marketing teams that now have to report on brand mentions in AI answers as well as rankings

Choose Scalenut if you need

In-house content teams running a steady editorial calendar on one or two domains
Agencies that want briefs, drafts and optimisation scores in one place instead of three subscriptions
Teams starting to track brand mentions inside AI answer engines alongside classic rankings