Clearscope vs SEO.AI

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: Clearscope — $129/mo vs $149/mo for SEO.AI
Free plan: Neither — Clearscope has paid plans only, SEO.AI has paid plans only
Higher Trust score: SEO.AI — 93 vs 81 for Clearscope
Best fit: Clearscope: Content teams with several writers who need one shared grading standard · SEO.AI: Small businesses with no in-house SEO capacity at all
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.

SEO.AIAutonomous SEO agent that writes, publishes and builds links

Side by side

Fact	Clearscope	SEO.AI
Category	SEO Tools	SEO Tools
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starts at	$129/mo	$149/mo
Trust score	81 / 100	93 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web
Company	Mushi Labs LLC	SEO.AI
Launched	—	2022
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

SEO.AI

Built and priced for a business that wants SEO to simply happen without hiring anyone. If you already have an SEO specialist, you are paying $149/month for work they would rather do themselves with tools they control.

Pros

Closes the whole loop — topic, draft, publish, monitor — rather than stopping at a draft
Direct connectors for WordPress, Webflow, Wix and Shopify
Monthly plans have no lock-in and a 7-day trial precedes payment

Cons

$149/month buys exactly one site in one language
The automated link exchange is a network by another name and carries real ranking risk
No public API found and no free tier, only the trial

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 SEO.AI if you need

Small businesses with no in-house SEO capacity at all
Sites that need steady content in many languages
Owners who want autopilot publishing but with an approval gate switched on