Software review
Clearscope Review
Priced for agencies, calibrated for accuracy over speed.
Established content and agency teams who need a defensible, consistent scoring methodology across many writers.
Kept for client work where consistency across many writers matters more than any single extra feature — the grading has stayed predictable in a way that made it easier to set a house standard. It's the priciest of the three we use for this.
- From
- $129 / mo
- Free tier
- 14-day trial
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5
Overview
Clearscope grades content against live top-ranking competitors and generates briefs through its Topic Explorer, with a Google Docs integration that keeps writers in their normal workflow. It ships fewer adjacent features than Surfer or Frase — no built-in keyword research or rank tracking — and prices well above both, but the grading methodology has stayed more consistent release to release, which matters more once several writers are working from the same standard.
Best for
Established content and agency teams who need a defensible, consistent scoring methodology across many writers.
Not for
Solo bloggers or small budgets — it's priced well above Surfer and Frase for a comparable core job.
How it performs
Each row is either our editorial view, drawn from using the product and reading around it, or a capability listed in the vendor’s own documentation — tagged so you know which. None of it is a controlled benchmark.
Scoring methodology has stayed more stable release to release than competitors'
EEditor’s viewGoogle Docs integration means writers rarely leave their normal workflow
EEditor’s viewContent inventory view is genuinely useful for auditing an existing site, not just new drafts
EEditor’s viewContent grading against live top-ranking competitors
DDocsTopic Explorer for content brief generation
DDocsGoogle Docs integration for in-workflow grading
DDocsContent inventory and reporting across a whole site
DDocsPricing record
Captured from the vendor’s pricing page. Prices change — this is dated.
| Plan | Monthly | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $129 | 50 tracked prompts, 50 pages, 20 topic explorations/month |
| Business | $399 | 300 tracked prompts, 300 pages, dedicated account manager |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom credits, SSO and crawler whitelisting — contact sales |
Vendors change plans often — confirm before you buy.
Sources: pricing and feature information captured from www.clearscope.io on 16 Sept 2026. Editor comments are our own judgement, not vendor statements.