# GrowthBar review (2026): is it worth $20.30 a month, billed yearly? > AI blog writer with keyword research and rank tracking, by SEOptimer Checked Oct 23, 2026 ยท graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA. GrowthBar is a web-based AI writing tool for SEO content. It builds an outline from the Google results for a keyword, writes the post, and audits existing posts, alongside keyword research, competitor data and rank tracking. SEOptimer acquired it and is merging it into its own platform, but for now GrowthBar is still sold on its own plans. - **Category:** SEO Content Optimizers - **Made by:** SEOptimer - **Website:** https://www.seoptimer.com/growthbar - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Watch out: SEOptimer is merging GrowthBar into its own platform, so these plans may change. - **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026 ## Pricing As of Oct 23, 2026, GrowthBar is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $20.30 per month, billed annually ($36 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** 7-day free trial. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Standard | $20.30 per month, billed annually ($36 billed monthly) | 2 users, 25 AI articles or audits and 500 paragraph generations a month, 25 tracked keywords on 1 site, and unlimited keyword research. | | Pro | $55.30 per month, billed annually ($74.25 billed monthly) | 5 users, 100 AI articles or audits a month, 1,000 tracked keywords across 3 sites, 5 keyword roadmaps and draft sharing with writers. | | Agency | $90.30 per month, billed annually ($149.25 billed monthly) | 10 users, 300 AI articles or audits a month, 5,000 tracked keywords across 25 sites and 25 keyword roadmaps. | GrowthBar's own pricing page could not be read; these figures come from https://web.archive.org/web/20260924155941/https://www.seoptimer.com/growthbar/ on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with GrowthBar before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Lower monthly price with annual billing** (Annual discount): The archived pricing table shows Standard at $20.30 a month billed annually ($243.60 a year) against $36 billed monthly. Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20260924155941/https://www.seoptimer.com/growthbar/ ## Key features - **Outlines from the search results:** Scans the Google results for a keyword and builds an outline with suggested headings, keywords, word count and internal links. - **AI blog writer and post audits:** Writes a full post from the outline and audits posts you have already published. Plans allow 25 to 300 articles or audits a month. - **Keyword and competitor research:** Keyword suggestions with difficulty scores, plus a competitor's keywords, Google Ads and backlinks, with a per-query cap that rises by plan. - **Rank tracking with Search Console:** Tracks 25 to 5,000 keywords across 1 to 25 sites depending on the plan, with a Google Search Console connection for each site. - **Custom AI models:** Upload your best content and GrowthBar builds a model that writes in your brand's style and voice. - **Other AI writing tools:** Chat, product descriptions, press releases, meta descriptions, blog ideas and conversion of a post to audio or video. It works in about 20 languages. ## Good for - Bloggers who want outlines, drafts and keyword research in one tool - Small content teams sharing drafts with freelance writers - Agencies writing posts for several client sites ## Worth knowing - SEOptimer bought GrowthBar and is merging it into its platform, so the standalone plans may change. - Standard tracks only 25 keywords on one site; tracking more sites or keywords needs Pro or Agency. - The plans include a Chrome extension, but its Chrome Web Store listing showed no extension when checked. - Refunds are offered in full if requested within 7 days after the free trial ends. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. GrowthBar builds an outline from Google's results for a keyword, writes the post and audits old ones, with keyword research and rank tracking in the same plan. But SEOptimer bought it and is folding it into its own platform, so the plans may change, and Standard tracks just 25 keywords on one site. - **Value for money: C.** Standard is $20.30 a month on yearly billing ($36 monthly) for 2 users and 25 articles or audits, just above this category's cheaper quarter ($19.99). Tracking more keywords or sites needs Pro at $55.30. - **Free plan and trial: C.** No free plan. There's a 7-day free trial, the page doesn't say whether it needs a card, and a full refund is offered if you ask within 7 days after it ends. - **Features: B.** Outlines from the ranking pages, a blog writer, audits of old posts, keyword and competitor research, rank tracking with Search Console and custom voice models. It covers the whole job, though Standard tracks only 25 keywords. - **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. There's Search Console to connect for each site, outlines to steer and allowances for articles, audits and tracked keywords to watch. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with Search Console and WordPress the only connections on record. The plans include a Chrome extension, but its Chrome Web Store listing showed no extension when checked. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read on 23 October 2026 from SEOptimer's GrowthBar page as archived on 24 September 2026, because the live page turned automated readers away. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among SEO content tools - GrowthBar's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 35 of the 87 other SEO content tools we grade, and level with 23. - It stands best on features (B, above 42 of 87) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $20.30 a month, against a middle price of $45 for the category: 22 of the 80 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 7 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo-content ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace GrowthBar 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. It costs $243.60 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: An index of the links between billions of web pages. - You could not: Daily checks of where your pages rank in search results. - You could not: A score built from what the top results for each keyword cover. - 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. 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