Clearscope vs Dashword (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Clearscope and Dashword share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Dashword starts cheaper, at $99 a month against $129 a month.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
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
Dashword
Content briefs and draft scoring, with an API and MCP server
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 Dashword if
- Fits if your team hands briefs to writers and checks drafts before publishing
- Works for teams writing with AI agents that want a scoring step through MCP
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you work alone, as $99 a month is the same for one person as for five
- Tight if you write more than 30 new pieces a month, since each keyword report uses a credit and Business starts at $349
- Watch out: there's no ongoing free plan, only one free report
- Watch out: after cancelling you keep your data but can't make new reports
- Watch out: the 20% yearly discount isn't offered at checkout, so you have to contact them
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAClearscopeFair | 2.2GPADashwordFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | DStartup is $99 a month for 30 reports and 5 seats, the very start of this category's dearest tenth. Shared by a team of five that's about $19.80 a head, but one writer pays the lot. The 20% yearly discount means contacting the company. |
| 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. | CNo ongoing free plan, but a new account gets its first report free with no card, and scoring drafts stays free and unlimited. The API and MCP server work on free accounts too. |
| 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. | BBriefs from competitors' outlines, keywords and questions, live scoring, an AI writer with 100,000 words, ranking and traffic monitoring, and an API and MCP server for AI agents. The whole job, metered at 30 reports a month. |
| 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. A brief and a score are quick to read, but there's a site crawl to set up for monitoring and report credits to manage. |
| 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. | BWeb, with a Google Docs add-on, an API and an MCP server for Claude, Cursor, Codex and OpenCode. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | content teams with lots of writers | content briefs and draft scores for small teams |
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 Dashword. How we grade
Where they differ
- Clearscope also covers keyword research.
- Dashword also covers rank tracking and content optimization.
At a glance
| Clearscope | Dashword | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $129 per month, billed monthly | $99 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial | First content report free, no credit card required |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Mushi Labs | Issoudun Pte. Ltd. |
| Price read from | clearscope.io | dashword.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.
Dashword
- Plans run on report credits: 30 a month on Startup and 100 on Business; each new keyword report uses one.
- There is no ongoing free plan; a new account gets one free report, though scoring drafts stays free.
- The 20% annual discount is set up by contacting the company rather than chosen at checkout.
- After cancelling you keep access to your data but cannot create new keyword reports.
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.
Dashword
- Content brief builder
- Collects competitors' outlines, keywords and questions for a keyphrase into a brief you can edit and share with writers in one click.
- Content scoring
- Scores a draft in real time against the report's terms, questions and target length. Scoring is free and unlimited; only new reports use credits.
- AI Writer
- Drafts content from a report; the Startup plan includes 100,000 words.
- Content monitoring
- Crawls your site to import pages, tracks their rankings, refreshes keyword reports weekly and alerts you when a page loses traffic.
- API and MCP server
- Every account, free ones included, can create reports and score drafts from Claude, Cursor or its own code through the REST API or MCP.
- Google Docs add-on
- An add-on in the Google Workspace Marketplace brings Dashword's optimization into Google Docs.
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.
Dashword
Startup$99
per month, billed monthly
30 content reports a month, 5 user seats, content briefs, AI Writer with 100,000 words, and the API and MCP server.
Business$349
per month and up
100 content reports a month, 10 user seats, AI Writer, bulk report creation and single sign-on.
Ways to pay less
Clearscope
No public discounts listed.
Dashword
- Annual discount
20% off with annual billing
Dashword's pricing FAQ offers a 20% discount for annual billing, arranged by contacting the company.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Clearscope or Dashword?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Dashword is cheaper to start with: $99 a month, against $129 a month for Clearscope. Clearscope starts at $129 per month, billed monthly, and Dashword starts at $99 per month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Clearscope or Dashword?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Clearscope nor Dashword has a free plan. Both have 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.