Keywordly vs Scalenut (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Scalenut grades higher than Keywordly: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Scalenut grades higher on the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Keywordly
Keyword research, clustering and AI articles in one content workflow
Scalenut
AI article writing and optimization with AI answer tracking
Which one is for you
Pick Keywordly if
- Fits if you want keyword research, topical maps, outlines and drafts in one place before you write
- Works for small content teams publishing to WordPress or Ghost
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're on Solo, which has no keyword clustering, brand voice or auto-blogging, and covers 20 countries and languages
- Pricey if you want content optimization or AI visibility tracking, which start at Business for $149 a month
- Watch out: cancelling means emailing support at least 15 days before the term ends, your data is deleted, and partial months aren't refunded
- Watch out: prompt tracking, API access and extra projects are still listed as coming soon
- Tight if you want to test it, as the trial lasts 3 days and there's no free plan
Pick Scalenut if
- Fits if you publish a steady stream of blog articles with AI help
- Makes sense if you want article writing and AI answer tracking in one account
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're on Starter, at 5 new articles, 5 optimizations and 5 clusters a month
- Watch out: there are no refunds once the 7-day trial is over
- Skip it if you need daily AI answer checks, as prompts are checked weekly and Perplexity needs Professional at $199
- Pricey if you want internal links, audits or auto-publishing, which start at Plus for $89 a month
- Watch out: yearly prices only show as a time-limited Black Friday deal, with no regular yearly price
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAKeywordlyFair | 2.4GPAScalenutFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CSolo is $49 a month, billed monthly with no yearly option on record, a little above this category's middle of $45. Clustering and auto-blogging need Team at $99, and content optimization and AI visibility need Business at $149. | CStarter is $59 a month billed monthly, between this category's middle ($45) and its dearer quarter ($83), for 5 articles, 5 optimizations and 5 clusters. Yearly plans are only shown at a time-limited Black Friday price, with no regular yearly price. |
| Free plan and trial | DNo free plan. Every plan has a 3-day trial, shorter than a week, so there's little time to see a month of output. | CNo free plan, but monthly plans start with a 7-day trial, and the listing doesn't say it asks for a card. Once the trial is over there are no refunds. |
| Features | BKeyword research from search features, competitors and PPC data, clustering, topical maps, outlines, an AI writer with an SEO score, auto-blogging, rewrites of existing pages and AI visibility tracking. It covers the whole job, spread across four plans. | BKeyword clusters, an article writer working from SERP research, an optimizer with NLP terms and a score, page audits, internal linking and weekly AI answer tracking. The whole job, though audits and internal links start at Plus. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You set up a project, work through research, clusters and outlines, and connect WordPress or Ghost before anything is published. | CNo rating on record. There's a domain to set up, prompts to pick and monthly allowances for articles, optimizations and clusters to keep track of. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, publishing to WordPress and Ghost, plus YouTube for its engagement tools. API access is still listed as coming soon, so there's not much to connect it to. | BWeb only, publishing to WordPress and Shopify, with Semrush and Copyscape linked in. No API on record, and no desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | keyword research through to drafts in one app | AI articles with weekly AI answer checks |
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: Keywordly and Scalenut. How we grade
Price against what you get
Keywordly starts at $49 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Scalenut starts at $59 a month and scores 2.7.
Scalenut scores higher, and starts $10 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO content tools on the chart, 17 score higher than Keywordly for less, and 1 scores higher than Scalenut 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
- Scalenut also covers internal linking.
At a glance
| Keywordly | Scalenut | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $49 per month, billed monthly | $59 per month, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 3-day free trial on every plan | 7-day free trial on monthly plans; no refunds after the trial ends |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Keywordly | Scalenut Inc. |
| Price read from | keywordly.ai | scalenut.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Keywordly
- AI visibility tracking, content optimization and analytics start at Business, $149 a month.
- Solo has no keyword clustering, brand voice or auto-blogging, and covers 20 countries and languages.
- Cancelling means emailing support at least 15 days before the term ends; account data is then deleted and partial months are not refunded.
- Prompt tracking, API access and extra projects on Team and above are listed as coming soon.
Scalenut
- Annual plans are sold only at a time-limited Black Friday price at present; the regular annual price is not shown.
- There is no free plan, and the refund policy rules out refunds once the 7-day trial is over.
- AI answers are checked weekly, not daily; Starter and Plus cover only ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews.
- Internal linking, content audits, auto-publishing, Social UpReach and the backlinks marketplace start at Plus.
Key features
Keywordly
- Keyword research
- Finds terms from People Also Ask, related searches and autocomplete, from competitors' pages, and from PPC data, with historical figures and CSV exports.
- Clustering and topical maps
- Groups keywords by shared search results and lays a topic out as a map with outlines for each article. Clustering starts at Team.
- AI article writer
- Writes articles instantly or section by section, with internal and external links, images, YouTube embeds and an SEO score in the editor.
- Auto-blogging
- From Team up, picks keywords and publishes scheduled articles to 1, 3 or 5 websites, up to 30, 90 or 150 a month within the plan's article limit.
- AI visibility tracking
- Business and Agency check brand mentions and prompts in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Mode, with an AI readiness audit.
- Forum and YouTube engagement
- Business and Agency include tools for building a presence in Reddit and Quora threads and on YouTube.
Scalenut
- AI Visibility
- Tracks a set of prompts weekly in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, plus Perplexity on Professional, with insights on AI bot traffic.
- GEO article writer
- Cruise Mode drafts articles from keyword and SERP research, with tone of voice settings and AI images included in each plan's monthly allowance.
- Content optimizer
- Scores existing articles against the ranking pages with NLP terms and a content score, and suggests the changes to make.
- Keyword planner
- Groups keywords into topic clusters; Professional adds an advanced planner and cannibalization analysis.
- Content audit and internal linking
- From Plus, audits a set number of pages a month for topic gaps and suggests internal links between them.
- Social UpReach and backlinks
- From Plus, Social UpReach follows Reddit threads by keyword and subreddit, and a marketplace sells backlinks.
Plans
Keywordly
Solo$49
per month, billed monthly
1 user, 1 project and 15 AI articles a month, with keyword research, topical maps, outlines and exports, in 20 countries and languages.
Team$99
per month, billed monthly
3 users and 50 articles a month, adding keyword clustering, brand voice, repurposing and auto-blogging for 1 website.
Business$149
per month, billed monthly
5 users and 100 articles, adding content optimization, analytics, AI visibility tracking and auto-blogging for 3 websites.
Agency$249
per month, billed monthly
10 users and 300 articles, auto-blogging for 5 websites, white-label reports, custom onboarding and a dedicated manager.
Scalenut
Starter$59
per month, billed monthly
1 domain, 10 prompts checked weekly in ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, and 5 new articles, 5 optimizations and 5 keyword clusters a month.
Plus$89
per month, billed monthly
2 domains, 4 team members, 25 prompts, 30 articles and 30 optimizations a month, a 200-page audit, internal linking and auto-publishing.
Professional$199
per month, billed monthly
Unlimited domains and members, 100 prompts with Perplexity added, 75 articles a month, 1,000-page audits, cannibalization checks and a CSM.
VIP ServiceCustom
Done-for-you work by a dedicated strategist, writers, editors and AI agents, with backlinks and weekly reports. Sold after a strategy call.
Ways to pay less
Keywordly
No public discounts listed.
Scalenut
- Other savings
Black Friday early access: 65% off annual plans
For a limited time, annual Starter is $21, Plus $31 and Professional $70 a month, with 3x usage limits. No end date is given and the deal is non-refundable.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Keywordly or Scalenut?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Keywordly is cheaper to start with: $49 a month, against $59 a month for Scalenut. Keywordly starts at $49 per month, billed monthly, and Scalenut starts at $59 per month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Keywordly or Scalenut?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Keywordly nor Scalenut 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.