Commenze vs SEOmatic (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, SEOmatic grades higher than Commenze: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Commenze grades higher on value for money. SEOmatic grades higher on features and platforms. 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.
Commenze
No-code builder and host for programmatic SEO pages
SEOmatic
AI SEO agents and programmatic pages, with approvals and rollback
Which one is for you
Pick Commenze if
- Fits if you're a marketer launching location, comparison or integration pages without a developer
- Works for teams whose dataset already lives in Airtable or Google Sheets
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want pages live on the free tier, as publishing to your own domain needs Pro at $29 a month
- Skip it if you want the pages inside your own CMS, as Commenze hosts them and serves them on your domain
- Watch out: the pricing page states no trial terms or refund policy
- Watch out: Done With You is annual only, at $299, and sold in limited slots
Pick SEOmatic if
- Fits if you run SEO for client sites and want each change drafted, approved and undoable
- Works for local service businesses that need a page for every city they serve, from Scale up
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're on Launch, which covers one site, with page templates for programmatic pages from Scale at $249
- Pricey if you want white-label branding, the client portal or the REST API, which come only with Infrastructure at $699
- Watch out: work draws on monthly AI credits, top-ups start at $39 for 500K, and each extra client workspace is $39 a month
- Tight if you're staying free, with 5 SEO questions a month and a single AI visibility scan
How we grade them
| 2.0GPACommenzeFair | 2.2GPASEOmaticFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $29 a month for unlimited sites, pages, page views and custom domains, inside this category's ordinary range, from $20 for the cheaper quarter to $83 for the dearer. | DLaunch is $99 a month for one site, in this category's dearest tenth, which starts at $99; yearly billing makes it $990. Page templates need Scale at $249, and white-label, the client portal and the REST API need Infrastructure at $699. |
| Free plan and trial | CYou can build data sources, templates and pages for free, with no time limit on record. But publishing to your own domain needs Pro, so nothing earns traffic until you pay. | CA free account with 5 SEO questions a month and 1 AI visibility scan, which is a look, not a working plan. The 14-day trial costs $1, credited to your first payment. |
| Features | CData from Airtable, Sheets or an API, a no-code page designer, AI text, automatic schema, A/B tests, analytics and translations. It does programmatic pages fully, but that's a smaller job than the category's, with no keyword research or articles on record. | BAgents that plan work from Search Console, drafts of titles, meta descriptions, schema, links and articles, approvals with rollback, programmatic pages from datasets, proof reports and AI search tracking. It covers the whole job, with templates from Scale. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It's a web app where the work is building the thing: a dataset, a page template and a domain or subfolder to serve it on. | CNo rating on record. You connect Search Console and your CMS, pick an autonomy mode, protect pages and work through approvals before changes go live. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, reading data from Airtable, Google Sheets or your own API. Pages are served from Commenze's hosting on your domain, with no CMS connection or public API on record. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Ghost, Wix and Framer, reads Search Console, links to Zapier, Make and n8n from Scale, and has a REST API on Infrastructure. |
| Best for | hosted programmatic SEO pages without code | agent-drafted SEO changes you approve first |
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: Commenze and SEOmatic. How we grade
Price against what you get
Commenze starts at $29 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. SEOmatic starts at $99 a month and scores 2.7.
SEOmatic scores higher, and starts $70 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO content tools on the chart, 20 score higher than Commenze for less, and 1 scores higher than SEOmatic 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
- Commenze also covers no-code, web analytics, a/B testing and schema markup.
- SEOmatic also covers AI agents, long-form writing, AI search visibility, content optimization and internal linking.
At a glance
| Commenze | SEOmatic | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $29 per month | $99 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | Build data sources, templates and pages for free; publishing them to your own custom domain needs the Pro plan. | Free account with 5 SEO questions a month and 1 AI visibility scan. |
| Free trial | None listed | 14-day trial for $1, credited to the first payment, with 500,000 AI credits |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Commenze Ltd | SEOmatic |
| Price read from | app.commenze.com | seomatic.ai |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Commenze
- Publishing to your own domain needs Pro at $29 a month; the free tier is for building.
- Pages are hosted by Commenze and served on your domain, so they sit outside your own CMS.
- The Done With You plan is annual only and sold in limited slots (nine left when read).
- The pricing page states no trial terms or refund policy.
SEOmatic
- Launch covers a single site; page templates for programmatic pages start at Scale, $249 a month.
- White-label branding, the client portal and the REST API come only with Infrastructure at $699 a month.
- Work draws on monthly AI credits; top-ups cost $39 for 500K, $99 for 1.5M or $299 for 5M, and an extra client workspace is $39 a month.
- The free account is limited to 5 SEO questions a month and a single AI visibility scan.
Key features
Commenze
- Bring your own data
- Connects to Airtable, Google Sheets or your own API so each row becomes a page, and updates to the data flow through to every page.
- No-code page designer
- Design branded templates in a visual editor and drop in fields from the data source, with control over headings, meta descriptions and schema.
- Subfolder or whole-site hosting
- Publish pages in a subfolder of an existing site, or build a full site with custom domains, landing pages, navigation and page hierarchy.
- AI content
- Generates page text with AI, either on its own or from other fields in the data source.
- Schema and A/B testing
- Adds schema data to every page automatically and tests variants, from a single headline to a full redesign.
- Analytics and translations
- Built-in, privacy-friendly analytics, and i18n support for launching translated versions of pages.
SEOmatic
- Agents working from Search Console
- Agents read your Search Console data, rank the work worth doing, draft each change and re-plan every Monday.
- Approvals and rollback
- Choose an autonomy mode per workspace, protect pages from changes, approve edits one by one, and undo any published change in one click.
- Bulk and programmatic pages
- Turns a CSV or dataset into hundreds of location, service, integration or comparison pages using templates and variables. Templates start at Scale.
- Articles and internal links
- Writes blog posts and landing pages from briefs with a brand voice, adds internal links automatically, and publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify and other CMSs.
- Proof reports
- Tracks rankings and reports which changes moved traffic; on Infrastructure the reports carry your own brand.
- AI search visibility
- Checks brand citations in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, with Claude, Grok, Kimi and Google AI Overviews also supported; weekly on Launch, daily from Scale.
Plans
Commenze
Free$0
Build and design programmatic pages; you pay only once you connect your own domain.
Pro$29
per month
Unlimited sites, pages, page views and bandwidth, a .commenze.app subdomain, unlimited custom domains, no Commenze branding.
Done With You$299
per year, in limited slots
Everything in Pro plus keyword research consulting, help building the dataset, a custom page template and direct Slack access.
SEOmatic
Free$0
5 SEO questions a month and 1 AI visibility scan, for trying the agents.
Launch$99
per month for 1 site, billed monthly
3 seats, up to 3M AI credits a month, SEO agents, CMS publishing, internal linking, proof reports and weekly AI visibility checks.
Scale$249
per month for up to 5 sites, billed monthly
5 seats, up to 8M AI credits, page templates, custom hosting, your own API keys, daily AI visibility and Zapier, Make and n8n triggers.
Infrastructure$699
per month for up to 20 sites, billed monthly
10 seats, up to 20M AI credits, white-label branding, a branded client portal and reports, the REST API and webhooks.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom workspace limits, up to 30M AI credits a month, SEO expert oversight and a dedicated account manager. Sold after a demo.
Ways to pay less
Commenze
No public discounts listed.
SEOmatic
- Annual discount
Two months off with yearly billing
SEOmatic's pricing page gives two months off for yearly billing: Launch is $990 a year instead of $99 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Commenze or SEOmatic?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Commenze is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $99 a month for SEOmatic. Commenze starts at $29 per month, and SEOmatic starts at $99 per month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Commenze or SEOmatic?
As of Oct 23, 2026, both Commenze and SEOmatic have a free plan.
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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.