# Clearscope > Content optimization with term guidance and AI answer tracking Clearscope is a web-based content optimization tool for content teams. It researches the queries around a topic, suggests the terms and questions an article should cover, drafts with an AI assistant and grades content as it is edited. It also monitors published pages and tracks whether AI chat tools mention your brand. Every plan has unlimited users. - **Category:** SEO Tools - **Made by:** Mushi Labs - **Website:** https://www.clearscope.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Facts last checked:** Oct 17, 2026 ## Pricing Clearscope is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $129 per month, billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 14-day free trial. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | 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. | | Enterprise | Custom | Custom credits and agreements, crawler whitelisting and single sign-on, through sales. | Read from https://www.clearscope.io/pricing on Oct 17, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Clearscope before buying. ## Key features - **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. ## Good for - Content teams with many writers who all need access - Editors who work in Google Docs, Word or WordPress - Brands refreshing older articles that are losing traffic ## Worth knowing - 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 17, 2026. Clearscope tells writers which terms and questions an article should cover, grades the draft as they edit, and watches published pages for decay and AI mentions. It works in Google Docs, Word and WordPress, and every plan has unlimited users. But Essentials is $129 a month with no yearly discount, the dearest content editor here. - **Value for money: D.** Graded 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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** No free plan, but there's a 14-day free trial, and the listing doesn't say whether it asks for a card. - **Features: B.** Term 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. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. Clearscope includes live onboarding and training, but there are tracked queries, pages and drafts to manage within each month's limits. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, 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. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Clearscope's own pages on 17 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SEO tools - Clearscope's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 6 of the 21 other SEO tools we grade, and level with 5. - It stands best on features (B, above 14 of 21) and worst on value for money (D, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $129 a month, against a middle price of $34.45 for the category: 21 of the 21 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Clearscope you would be making search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 10 of the 21 other SEO tools grade higher. It costs $1,548 a year. - You could make: Long-form writing: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Google Docs, Microsoft Word and WordPress among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Google Docs, Microsoft Word, WordPress, Google Analytics, Google Search Console **Tags:** Long-form writing, Keyword research, AI features ## Alternatives - [Surfer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/surfer): Content editor that scores articles for search and AI citations. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clearscope-vs-surfer) - [Frase](https://toolgpa.com/tools/frase): AI content agent that drafts, publishes and refreshes articles. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clearscope-vs-frase) - [NeuronWriter](https://toolgpa.com/tools/neuronwriter): Content editor that scores drafts against the pages already ranking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clearscope-vs-neuronwriter) - [Semrush](https://toolgpa.com/tools/semrush): SEO suite for keyword research, rank tracking and AI search visibility. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clearscope-vs-semrush) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 17, 2026: - https://www.clearscope.io/pricing - https://www.clearscope.io/ - https://www.clearscope.io/product/optimize - https://www.clearscope.io/product/protect - https://www.clearscope.io/product/internal-linking Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/clearscope Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).