Clearscope vs Rankability (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Clearscope and Rankability share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Rankability starts cheaper, at $97 a month against $129 a month.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Clearscope grades higher on the free plan. Rankability grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
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
Rankability
AI search visibility and content platform for SEO agencies
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 Rankability if
- Fits if you run an agency delivering content and AI search work to many clients
- Works for agencies sending clients branded reports on AI visibility
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: the trial needs a card and becomes the $97 plan after 7 days unless you cancel
- Skip it if you need daily Google rankings, as they update weekly
- Tight if you run many clients on Starter, since its 20 content projects a month are shared across all of them
- Pricey if you outgrow Starter, as the next plan, Agency, is $297 a month
- Watch out: each site audit stops at 1,000 pages, and bigger crawls need extra capacity
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAClearscopeFair | 2.2GPARankabilityFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | CStarter is $97 a month for 20 content projects and 100 tracked AI queries, in this category's dearer quarter and just under its dearest tenth ($99). Clients and team members are unlimited, but one person still pays the full $97. |
| 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. | DNo free plan. The 7-day trial needs a card, limits what you can use, and becomes the $97 plan unless you cancel. Yearly plans have no trial. |
| 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. | BKeyword research, content projects with a brief, outline, AI draft and score, AI tracking on 11 platforms, Google and local rank tracking, audits, backlinks, client reports, an API and an MCP server. The whole job, though Google rankings are weekly. |
| 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. It's built for agencies, with clients, shared monthly allowances and reports to set up before it pays off. |
| 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, linked to Search Console, Analytics 4, Business Profile, Bing Webmaster Tools, WordPress, Asana, ClickUp and Slack, with an API and an MCP server. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | content teams with lots of writers | agencies doing content and AI search for clients |
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 Rankability. How we grade
Where they differ
- Clearscope also covers long-form writing.
- Rankability also covers rank tracking, site audit, backlink analysis, AI search visibility and content optimization.
At a glance
| Clearscope | Rankability | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $129 per month, billed monthly | $97 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial | 7-day free trial of monthly plans; card required and trial usage is limited |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Mushi Labs | Rankability Inc. |
| Price read from | clearscope.io | rankability.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.
Rankability
- Plans are sold by monthly capacity, such as content projects, tracked queries and audits, shared across all clients.
- Google rankings update weekly, not daily; AI answers are checked daily.
- The free trial needs a card and turns into the monthly plan after 7 days unless canceled; annual plans have no trial.
- Each site audit covers up to 1,000 pages; larger crawls need extra capacity.
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.
Rankability
- AI search tracking
- Checks tracked questions daily for mentions and citations in ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Grok, Copilot, Brave, DeepSeek and Meta AI.
- Content projects
- Each project covers research, a brief, an outline, an AI-assisted draft with two revisions, a content score and export, drawing on client knowledge and brand voice.
- Google and local rank tracking
- Weekly Google rankings up to the top 30 results, and Local Pack scans on a grid of up to 9 by 9 points around a business location.
- Audits
- Page audit reports, technical site audits of up to 1,000 pages each, and Google Business Profile and brand-consistency audits.
- Backlinks and prospecting
- Review backlink profiles, referring domains and anchor text, and find promotion prospects, on every plan.
- Client reporting, API and MCP
- Branded reports with Search Console and Analytics data, client keyword approvals, and an API and MCP server that share the plan's allowances.
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.
Rankability
Starter$97
per month, billed monthly
20 content projects, 100 AI queries tracked daily, 50 Google keywords, 10 local scans and 2 site audits a month, for unlimited clients.
Agency$297
per month, billed monthly
80 content projects, 300 AI queries, 150 Google keywords, 30 local scans and 10 site audits a month, priority support and onboarding.
Agency Pro$497
per month, billed monthly
160 content projects, 500 AI queries, 250 Google keywords, 50 local scans and 25 site audits a month; annual billing adds coaching.
Ways to pay less
Clearscope
No public discounts listed.
Rankability
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Annual billing is $970 for Starter, $2,970 for Agency and $4,970 for Agency Pro, the same as ten monthly payments.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Clearscope or Rankability?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Rankability is cheaper to start with: $97 a month, against $129 a month for Clearscope. Clearscope starts at $129 per month, billed monthly, and Rankability starts at $97 per month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Clearscope or Rankability?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Clearscope nor Rankability 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.