AlsoAsked vs Answer Socrates (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AlsoAsked grades higher than Answer Socrates: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
AlsoAsked grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AlsoAsked
Live People Also Ask questions from Google, mapped as a tree
Answer Socrates
Question and keyword ideas with clustering and AI brand tracking
Which one is for you
Pick AlsoAsked if
- Fits if you write FAQ sections and briefs around the questions Google shows today
- Works for teams that need to compare questions across countries or cities
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your topics rarely show a People Also Ask box, as there's then nothing to map
- Tight if you're on Basic, with 100 searches, 24 hours of history and no CSV export
- Pricey if you want the API, MCP or bulk searches, which are Pro only at $47 a month on yearly billing
- Watch out: the free allowance isn't published, there's no trial of paid plans, and tax is added at checkout
Pick Answer Socrates if
- Fits if you want question keywords and only need a few searches a day
- Works for writers turning a topic into clusters for pillar pages
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need numbers for free, as the free plan shows no volume or CPC
- Tight if you track lots of AI answers, as each engine query uses a brand tracker credit
- Pricey if you need the API, which starts at $39 a month or $32.50 on yearly billing
- Not for you if a team needs logins, as seats start at Aurelius ($69 a month) with 2
- Watch out: there's no trial, only a 7-day money-back guarantee, and allowances reset each cycle
How we grade them
| 2.6GPAAlsoAskedGood | 2.4GPAAnswer SocratesFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BBasic is $12 a month on yearly billing, $15 monthly, plus tax, which is inside this category's cheapest quarter. That's 100 searches a month for unlimited users. CSV export needs Lite at $23, and the API waits on Pro at $47. | CLite is $15.83 a month on yearly billing, $19 monthly, which is mid-table for this category. That's 1,200 searches, 60 AI articles and 600 brand tracker credits a year. API and MCP access start at Seneca, $32.50 a month yearly. |
| Free plan and trial | CYou get a few searches a month without signing up, though AlsoAsked doesn't say how many. There's no trial of the paid plans, so that small allowance is all you can try. | CA free plan with 3 searches a day, 500 cluster credits a month and 1 CSV download, no card needed. You'll hit those caps, and it shows no volume or CPC at all. Paid plans have a 7-day money-back guarantee, not a trial. |
| Features | CLive People Also Ask questions as a tree, by country, city and language, with deep searches about 100 questions down, bulk runs and exports. It does that one job fully, but it's a smaller job, and it returns nothing when Google shows no PAA box. | CQuestions and long-tail phrases from Google, Bing, YouTube and AI models, clustering, volume and CPC, trending topics and an LLM brand tracker. There's no difficulty score or competitor lookup on record. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record, but there's nothing to set up: you don't even need to sign in. Type a question and the tree draws itself. | BNo rating on record, but nothing to set up: type a seed or two and the questions come back, already grouped into clusters if you want them. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. Pro adds an API with webhooks and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code, and it works with Screaming Frog. | BWeb plus a browser extension, with no desktop or phone app. From Seneca there's a REST API and an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and others. |
| Best for | mapping Google's People Also Ask questions | free question research with clustering on top |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: AlsoAsked and Answer Socrates. How we grade
Price against what you get
AlsoAsked starts at $12 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Answer Socrates starts at $15.83 a month and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and AlsoAsked starts $3.83 a month lower. Of the other keyword research tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than AlsoAsked for less, and 1 scores higher than Answer Socrates for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Answer Socrates also covers long-form writing and AI search visibility.
At a glance
| AlsoAsked | Answer Socrates | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $12 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly), plus tax | $15.83 per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | A small monthly allowance of searches without signing up; the vendor does not publish the exact number. | 3 keyword searches and 1 recursive search a day, 500 cluster credits a month and 1 CSV download a month. No search metrics, brand tracking, projects or API. No card needed. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Candour | Toast Media FZCO |
| Price read from | alsoasked.com | answersocrates.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AlsoAsked
- It only returns results when Google shows a People Also Ask box for the search.
- Bulk searches, the API and the MCP server are only on the Pro plan.
- Basic keeps search history for just 24 hours and has no CSV export.
- Prices are shown before tax, which is added at checkout.
Answer Socrates
- The free plan shows no search volume, CPC or competition and has no projects, brand tracking or API.
- API and MCP access start at Seneca, $39 a month; team seats only come with Aurelius (2) and Senate (5).
- Each LLM Brand Tracker credit covers one AI engine query, so a keyword checked in three engines uses three credits.
- Plan allowances reset each billing cycle; paid plans have a 7-day money-back guarantee rather than a trial.
Key features
AlsoAsked
- Live People Also Ask data
- Each search pulls the questions Google shows right now and lays them out as a tree, so new questions can appear within hours of a news event.
- Location and language targeting
- Search any country, down to city level, in any language Google supports, to see how questions differ by market.
- Deep search
- On Lite and Pro, a deep search goes three levels into the questions, about 100 on average, and costs 4 credits instead of 1.
- Exports
- Every paid plan exports results as PNG images for writers or clients; CSV export starts at Lite.
- Bulk search and API
- Pro adds bulk searches from a CSV upload, an API with webhooks, and pay-as-you-go credits on top of the monthly allowance.
- MCP server
- Pro accounts can connect AlsoAsked to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Code and run searches from a chat.
Answer Socrates
- Question and long-tail ideas
- Turns one or two seed keywords into hundreds of questions, comparisons and long-tail phrases gathered from Google, Bing, YouTube and AI models, in any country and language.
- Keyword clustering
- Groups a keyword list by meaning and intent into topic clusters, each with its total search volume and average CPC and competition. Uses cluster credits.
- Search volume, CPC and competition
- Paid plans show volume, cost per click and competition for every keyword and sort question keywords by volume. The free plan has no metrics.
- LLM Brand Tracker
- Runs keywords through ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok and DeepSeek, and scores your brand's mentions and share of voice over time. One credit covers one engine query.
- Trending Topics and AI articles
- Shows topics spiking in any country and language, and paid plans include AI-written SEO articles of up to 2,500 words each.
- MCP server and REST API
- From the Seneca plan, a hosted MCP server lets assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor pull keywords, trends and clusters into your projects.
Plans
AlsoAsked
Free$0
A limited number of standard searches each month for visitors who are not signed in.
Basic$12
per month for 100 credits, billed annually ($15 billed monthly)
Unlimited users, all regions and languages, PNG export and 24 hours of search history. One credit is one standard search.
Lite$23
per month for 300 credits, billed annually ($29 billed monthly)
Adds deep search, CSV export and one month of search history.
Pro$47
per month for 1,000 credits, billed annually ($59 billed monthly)
Adds bulk searches, API access, the MCP server, pay-as-you-go credits and one year of search history.
Answer Socrates
Free$0
3 searches a day, 500 cluster credits a month and 1 CSV download a month, without search volume or CPC data.
Socrates Lite$15.83
per month, billed yearly at $190 ($19 billed monthly)
1,200 searches, 60 AI articles and 600 LLM Brand Tracker credits a year, search metrics, unlimited CSVs and 2 projects. No API.
Seneca$32.50
per month, billed yearly at $390 ($39 billed monthly)
6,000 searches, 300 AI articles and 2,400 brand tracker credits a year, API and MCP access with 6,000 API credits, and 5 projects.
Aurelius$57.50
per month, billed yearly at $690 ($69 billed monthly)
Unlimited searches, 720 AI articles and 6,000 brand tracker credits a year, 30,000 API credits, 10 projects and 2 team seats.
Senate$249.17
per month, billed yearly at $2,990 ($299 billed monthly)
For agencies: 1,800 AI articles and 36,000 brand tracker credits a year, 300,000 API credits, 100 projects and 5 team seats.
Ways to pay less
AlsoAsked
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
AlsoAsked's pricing page says paying yearly saves 20%: Pro is $564 a year ($47 a month) instead of $59 a month.
Answer Socrates
- Annual discount
Save 17% with yearly billing
Answer Socrates's pricing page says yearly plans are billed once at a 17% discount, two months free: Lite is $190 a year against $19 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AlsoAsked or Answer Socrates?
As of Oct 23, 2026, AlsoAsked is cheaper to start with: $12 a month, against $15.83 a month for Answer Socrates. AlsoAsked starts at $12 per month, billed annually ($15 billed monthly), plus tax, and Answer Socrates starts at $15.83 per month, billed yearly ($19 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, AlsoAsked or Answer Socrates?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both AlsoAsked and Answer Socrates have a free plan.
Which platforms do AlsoAsked and Answer Socrates run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Answer Socrates lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.