Cocolyze vs Semrush (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Cocolyze grades higher than Semrush: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Cocolyze grades higher on value for money. Semrush grades higher on platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Cocolyze
SEO platform for daily rank tracking, site scans and backlink checks
Semrush
SEO suite for keyword research, rank tracking and AI search visibility
Which one is for you
Pick Cocolyze if
- Fits if you have one site and want rankings, audits and backlinks in one tool
- Works for agencies with dozens of client projects that need white-label exports
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're on Single Website, with 1 project, 50 tracked keywords and 1 user
- Watch out: the 14-day trial has limited features and is allowed once per user and company
- Watch out: the pricing page promises 30 days' money back, but the terms describe a 48-hour refund window after a renewal
- Watch out: monthly prices are shown cut from higher crossed-out figures with no end date, such as $69.99 from $99.99
- Pricey if you want more than 2 years of ranking history, as 5 years starts on Business at $199.99 a month
Pick Semrush if
- Fits if you want research, rank tracking and audits in one account and can pay $117.33 a month or more
- Works for agencies that need keyword data for many countries and compare client sites with competitors
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're one person with one site, at $117.33 a month even yearly, and the trial checks your card with a small charge
- Tight if your team is more than just you, since every extra user is from $45 a month
- Skip it if AI answer tracking is the point, as the SEO plan leaves it out and Starter is $165.17 a month
- Watch out: the API and share of voice need the custom-priced Advanced plan, and scheduled PDF reports are $10 to $20 a month extra
- Watch out: local, content, social and ad tools are separate toolkits with their own prices, and the free plan allows 10 reports a day
How we grade them
| 2.4GPACocolyzeFair | 2.2GPASemrushFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BSingle Website is $19.99 a month billed every 6 months ($119.99), inside this category's cheaper quarter, for 1 site, 50 keywords and 1 user. It's shown as a sale from $29.99 with no end date. Freelance is $49.99 a month yearly. | DThe SEO plan, the one Semrush aims at freelancers and small businesses, is $117.33 a month billed yearly ($139 monthly). That's in this category's dearest tenth, for one user. AI search tracking needs Starter at $165.17, and each extra person is from $45 a month. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial with no credit card. Its features are limited, and it's allowed once per user and company. | CA free account with no card: 1 project, 10 reports a day and 10 tracked keywords. Fine for a look around, but you'll hit the wall in an afternoon. The 7-day trial of the paid plans checks your card with a small charge that's refunded at once. |
| Features | BDaily rank tracking in 45,000 locations, a JavaScript crawler, daily backlink checks with toxicity scores, competitor tracking, an AI writing assistant and alerts. It covers the whole job, though ranking history is 1 year on Freelance and 2 on Ecommerce. | BKeyword research from a database it puts at 29 billion keywords across 142 countries, competitor and backlink analysis, daily rank tracking and Site Audit. It covers the whole job, though the SEO plan only gets the basic research tools and no AI visibility. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Every plan has the full set of tools, but there are projects, keywords and competitors to set up before it tells you much. | CNo rating on record. It's a big suite with a lot of reports, and there are projects to set up and plenty to learn before it all makes sense. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with Looker Studio as the one integration on record and no API. Exports are PDF and CSV, and there's no desktop or phone app. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Google Analytics, Search Console, Wix, Yoast, AIOSEO, Supermetrics and Monday.com, has MCP from Starter, and the API comes with the custom-priced Advanced plan. |
| Best for | daily rank tracking with site scans and backlinks | all-in-one SEO research for teams with a budget |
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: Cocolyze and Semrush. How we grade
Price against what you get
Cocolyze starts at $19.99 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Semrush starts at $117.33 a month and scores 2.7.
Semrush scores higher, and starts $97.34 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO tools on the chart, 4 score higher than Cocolyze for less, and none scores higher than Semrush 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
- Cocolyze also covers content optimization.
At a glance
| Cocolyze | Semrush | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $19.99 per month for 1 site, billed every 6 months ($119.99) | $117.33 per month, billed annually ($139 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free account: 1 project, 10 analytics reports a day across the main tools and 10 keywords in Position Tracking. No credit card needed. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial with limited features, no credit card or commitment | 7-day free trial of paid plans; a card is checked with a small charge that is refunded at once |
| Web | ||
| Made by | VSI innovation | Semrush Holdings |
| Price read from | cocolyze.com | semrush.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Cocolyze
- There is no free plan; the 14-day trial has limited features and is allowed once per user and company.
- The pricing page promises a 30-day money-back guarantee, while the terms of service describe a 48-hour refund window after a renewal.
- The comparison table shows monthly prices cut from higher crossed-out figures, such as $69.99 from $99.99 on Freelance, with no end date given.
- Ranking history is kept for 1 year on Freelance and 2 years on Ecommerce; 5 years starts with Business.
Semrush
- Each plan includes one user; extra users start at $45 a month each, priced by plan level.
- Scheduled PDF reports are an add-on at $10 a month, or $20 with white-labeling; Advanced includes reporting.
- API access and share of voice come only with the custom-priced Advanced plan.
- Local, content, social, advertising, AI PR and traffic tools are separate toolkits with their own prices.
Key features
Cocolyze
- Daily rank tracking
- Rankings on mobile and desktop are updated daily in 45,000 locations and more than 65 languages, checking the top 50 results, with full ranking history.
- Site scan and page analysis
- A JavaScript-capable crawler scans 10,000 to 100,000 pages per site by plan, checking sitemaps, duplicate content, internal PageRank and on-page issues.
- Backlink monitoring
- Backlinks are checked daily for new and lost links, scored for toxicity so bad ones can be disavowed, with link suggestions drawn from competitors.
- Competitor analysis
- Follow 5 to 20 competitors per project, with their keywords, backlinks and page optimization, and a view of the top 100 results for each keyword.
- SEO Writing Assistant
- An AI editor that checks new or pasted text against a target keyword and gives recommendations based on the competing pages.
- Reports and alerts
- PDF and CSV exports, weekly email reports, daily or weekly ranking alerts and a history of SEO changes on your pages and competitors' pages.
Semrush
- Keyword research
- Look up search volume, difficulty and intent from a database Semrush puts at 29 billion keywords across 142 country databases.
- Competitor and backlink analysis
- See which keywords and pages bring a rival site its traffic, and inspect any domain's backlink profile.
- Position Tracking
- Track daily rankings for 500 to 5,000+ keywords depending on the plan; Pro+ adds tracking by location and device.
- Site Audit
- Crawl your sites for technical SEO problems. From the Starter plan the audit also checks how ready a site is for AI search.
- AI visibility tracking
- Starter and above track daily whether set prompts in AI chat tools mention your brand, with sentiment monitoring. The SEO plan has none of this.
- MCP and API access
- Starter and above can query Semrush data from AI assistants through MCP; the API itself comes with the Advanced plan.
Plans
Cocolyze
Single Website$19.99
per month, billed every 6 months ($119.99)
1 project, 50 tracked keywords, up to 10,000 pages and 1 user. Shown on sale from a crossed-out $29.99 a month.
Freelance$49.99
per month, billed annually ($69.99 billed monthly)
5 projects, 500 keywords checked daily, 20,000 pages per site, 5 competitors per project, 2 users and 1 year of ranking history.
Ecommerce$99.99
per month, billed annually ($119.99 billed monthly)
25 projects, 1,000 keywords, 40,000 pages per site, 15 competitors per project, 3 users and 2 years of history. Sold to agencies as Agency 25.
Business$199.99
per month, billed annually ($249.99 billed monthly)
50 projects, 2,000 keywords, 100,000 pages per site, 20 competitors per project, 30 users and 5 years of history. Sold to agencies as Agency 50.
Agency 75$249.99
per month, billed annually ($349.99 billed monthly)
75 projects, 3,000 keywords, 30 users and white-label exports. Agency 100 adds 25 projects and 1,000 keywords for $299.99 ($419.99 monthly).
Agency 125$349.99
per month, billed annually ($489.99 billed monthly)
125 projects, 5,000 tracked keywords, 100,000 pages per site, 30 users, 5 years of history and white-label exports.
Semrush
Free$0
1 project, 10 analytics reports a day and 10 tracked keywords, for trying the tools.
SEO$117.33
per month, billed annually ($139 billed monthly)
1 user, 5 websites, 500 keywords tracked daily, basic keyword and competitor research, and Site Audit. No AI search tracking.
Starter$165.17
per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)
5 websites and 500 keywords, full keyword research tools, MCP access, 50 AI prompts tracked daily and 300 AI visibility reports a day.
Pro+$248.17
per month, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)
15 websites, 1,500 keywords, historical data, content optimization, cannibalization checks, multi-location tracking and 100 AI prompts.
AdvancedCustom
40+ websites, 5,000+ keywords, share of voice, API access, team users, reporting and unlimited AI prompts. Sold after a demo.
Ways to pay less
Cocolyze
- Annual discount
Yearly billing labeled "Save 17%"
Cocolyze's pricing page labels yearly billing "Save 17%"; Freelance is $49.99 a month billed annually against $69.99 billed monthly.
Semrush
- Annual discount
Save up to 17% with annual billing
Semrush's pricing page lists annual billing at up to 17% less: Starter is $165.17 a month billed annually instead of $199 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Cocolyze or Semrush?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Cocolyze is cheaper to start with: $19.99 a month, against $117.33 a month for Semrush. Cocolyze starts at $19.99 per month for 1 site, billed every 6 months ($119.99), and Semrush starts at $117.33 per month, billed annually ($139 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Cocolyze or Semrush?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Semrush has a free plan. Cocolyze 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.