Clearscope vs Content Raptor (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Clearscope grades higher than Content Raptor: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Clearscope grades higher on features and platforms. Content Raptor grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Clearscope
Content optimization with term guidance and AI answer tracking
Content Raptor
Picks pages to optimize from Search Console data and tests the result
Which one is for you
Pick Clearscope if
- Fits if you have several writers who all need access without paying per seat
- Works for teams whose editors live in Google Docs, Word or WordPress
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're one marketer, at $129 a month with no yearly discount
- Tight if you publish a lot on Essentials, which watches 50 pages and 50 queries; more cost extra
- Skip it if you want a free plan to keep using, as there's only a 14-day trial
- Watch out: the pricing page names ChatGPT and Gemini for query tracking, while the homepage also names Claude
- Not for you if you want to pay by invoice on a standard plan or need an API: invoices are for custom yearly plans, and no API is on record
Pick Content Raptor if
- Fits if you'd rather fix the pages you already have before writing new ones
- Makes sense if you want to check whether an on-page change actually moved rankings and clicks
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you run several sites, as Pro is priced per site, so 10 sites cost ten times as much, and over 20 is a custom plan
- Not for you if you don't use Google Search Console, as every recommendation comes from it
- Too light for wider rank tracking, as it's capped at 150 keywords per site
- Tight if you're staying free, as Hobby shows only the top 25 opportunities and adds 5 a week after the trial
- Skip it if you want new articles written, as it works only on pages already published
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAClearscopeFair | 2.0GPAContent RaptorFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DGraded against other content editors. Essentials is $129 a month with no yearly discount, against $49 for Surfer, $39 for Frase and $19 for NeuronWriter. Users are unlimited, so a team of five pays about $25.80 a head, but one marketer pays the lot. | CPro is $47 a month per site, or $470 a year, just above this category's middle of $45. It's priced per site, so 10 sites cost ten times as much, and more than 20 is a custom plan. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but there's a 14-day free trial, and the listing doesn't say whether it asks for a card. | CA 7-day Pro trial with no card, then the free Hobby plan shows the top 25 opportunities and adds 5 a week. Enough to see how it works, not to work through a site. |
| Features | BTerm and intent guidance with a live grade, AI drafts, query discovery, tracking of your brand in ChatGPT and Gemini, content monitoring with 404 and indexing alerts, and internal links while you write. The whole content job. | CPages ranked by traffic they could gain, an editor that shows missing keywords and entities with an AI rewrite, before-and-after tests and daily tracking of 150 keywords. It does page optimization fully, but that's a smaller job, with no new articles on record. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Clearscope includes live onboarding and training, but there are tracked queries, pages and drafts to manage within each month's limits. | CNo rating on record. Each site needs a Search Console property connected, and you work page by page in the editor before a test can report back. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, with add-ons for Google Docs, Microsoft Word and WordPress, and links to Google Analytics and Search Console. No API on record, and no desktop or phone app. | CWeb only, connected to Google Search Console, WordPress through its API and SerpRobot for old ranking data. No other CMS, app or public API on record. |
| Best for | content teams with lots of writers | fixing existing pages from Search Console data |
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: Clearscope and Content Raptor. How we grade
Where they differ
- Clearscope also covers long-form writing and keyword research.
- Content Raptor also covers rank tracking, a/B testing and content optimization.
At a glance
| Clearscope | Content Raptor | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $129 per month, billed monthly | $47 per site / month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | Hobby plan: starts with a 7-day Pro trial, then shows the top 25 optimization opportunities and adds 5 more each week. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial | 7-day free trial of Pro, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Mushi Labs | Content Raptor, LLC |
| Price read from | clearscope.io | contentraptor.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Clearscope
- There is no free plan, and the pricing page shows no discount for paying yearly.
- Essentials allows 50 tracked queries and 50 monitored pages; more pages and drafts are paid add-ons.
- The pricing page names ChatGPT and Gemini for query tracking, while the homepage also names Claude.
- Invoice payment is only for custom yearly plans; other plans are paid by card.
Content Raptor
- It needs a Google Search Console property for each site; recommendations come from that data.
- Pro is priced per site, so 10 sites cost ten times the single-site price; above 20 sites is a custom plan.
- Rank tracking is capped at 150 keywords per site.
- The free Hobby plan shows only a limited, weekly growing set of opportunities after the trial ends.
Key features
Clearscope
- Term and intent guidance
- Get suggested terms, questions and search intent for a target query, with a content grade that updates as you edit.
- AI drafting
- Generate and edit first drafts inside Clearscope; plans include 20 drafts a month, with more sold as add-ons.
- Query Discovery
- Enter a topic or a website to surface the queries that bring traffic and attention in Google and AI chat tools.
- AI query tracking
- Track chosen queries in ChatGPT and Gemini to see when your brand is mentioned and which competitors are recommended.
- Content monitoring
- Watch published pages with Google Analytics and Search Console data, and get alerts for 404s, indexing and crawl problems.
- Internal linking
- See internal link opportunities from your connected content while you write, tied to the recommended terms.
Content Raptor
- High-opportunity pages
- Reads every keyword each page ranks for in Search Console and sorts the site's pages by the traffic they could gain.
- Content editor with AI rewrite
- Shows the keywords and entities a page is missing, with a suggested coverage range, and can rewrite a highlighted section to work them in.
- Before-and-after tests
- After a change is published, compares rankings, clicks, impressions and click-through rate before and after. Unlimited on Pro.
- Daily rank tracker
- Tracks 150 keywords per site daily, on desktop or mobile, in 100+ languages and 300+ regions, with tags and 3 years of history.
- WordPress import and export
- Pulls content from a WordPress site and pushes optimized text back through the WordPress API, with no plugin needed.
- SerpRobot import
- Brings in historic ranking data from SerpRobot at no charge, and can import keywords from an XML sitemap.
Plans
Clearscope
Essentials$129
per month, billed monthly
Unlimited users and projects, 50 tracked queries, 50 pages, 20 topic explorations and 20 AI drafts a month.
Business$399
per month, billed monthly
Unlimited users, 300 tracked queries, 300 pages, 50 topic explorations and 20 drafts a month, and a dedicated account manager.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom credits and agreements, crawler whitelisting and single sign-on, through sales.
Content Raptor
Hobby$0
The top 25 optimization opportunities, with 5 more each week, after a 7-day Pro trial.
Pro$47
per site / month, billed monthly ($470 per site / year)
Unlimited optimizer use, A/B tests and AI rewrites, and 150 keywords tracked daily per site. The price rises with each site, up to 20.
EnterpriseCustom
A custom package for larger needs, such as more than 20 sites, arranged by email.
Ways to pay less
Clearscope
No public discounts listed.
Content Raptor
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Content Raptor's pricing page offers annual billing at $470 per site a year, which it describes as two months free against $47 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Clearscope or Content Raptor?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Content Raptor is cheaper to start with: $47 a month, against $129 a month for Clearscope. Clearscope starts at $129 per month, billed monthly, and Content Raptor starts at $47 per site / month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Clearscope or Content Raptor?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Content Raptor has a free plan. Clearscope does not, though it has a free trial.
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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.