# Textmetrics review (2026): is it worth it?

> Content governance editor for SEO, readability and brand guidelines

Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Textmetrics is a content governance platform from the Dutch company Textmetrics BV. Its editor gives writers suggestions as they type on SEO and GEO, readability, inclusive language, accessibility and the organization's own tone of voice, and its dashboard monitors published content against the same rules. It is sold to larger organizations on a quote, with the rules set up during onboarding.

- **Category:** SEO Content Optimizers
- **Made by:** Textmetrics BV
- **Website:** https://textmetrics.com
- **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension
- **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want to see a price first, as quotes come only through sales.
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 23, 2026

## Pricing

Textmetrics's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site.


## Key features

- **Real-time editor:** Suggestions while writing on keywords in titles, headings and metadata, reading level, inclusive language, sentiment and tone of voice.
- **GEO guidelines:** Advice on matching text to specific questions and structuring it so AI assistants such as Copilot and Gemini can draw answers from it.
- **Content dashboard:** Monitors a website's published content weekly for SEO, readability, inclusion, accessibility and branding, broken down by team or writer.
- **Custom rule sets:** Rules are configured from your own writing guide and policies, with separate rule sets for teams that follow different style guides.
- **Accessibility checks:** Checks text against WCAG guidelines and a target reading level such as B1, including heading structure and semantic layout.
- **Plugins where people write:** Add-ins for Word, Outlook and Google Docs, Chrome and Edge extensions, and plugins for CMSs and applicant tracking systems.

## Good for

- Large organizations holding many writers to one writing guide
- Recruitment teams writing inclusive job ads inside their ATS
- Public bodies aiming for plain, accessible language

## Worth knowing

- Prices are not published; the vendor quotes by usage and organization size, and a trial account is arranged only after a demo.
- Language checks cover twelve languages, Russian only in part; the SEO suggestions work in more than 60.
- API access, trainable custom functions and single sign-on are listed under the Advanced features.
- Changes such as adding domains or users to the dashboard go through a Customer Success Manager.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Oct 23, 2026. Textmetrics checks text as people write for SEO and GEO, readability, inclusive language, accessibility and your own tone of voice, and monitors published pages against the same rules. No price is published, and a trial account only comes after a demo. Rules are set up in onboarding, and changes go through a customer success manager.

- **Value for money: C.** No price is published. Textmetrics quotes by usage and organization size, so the price is only given on a sales call.
- **Free plan and trial: D.** No free plan and no trial you can start yourself. A trial account is arranged only after a demo.
- **Features: C.** A real-time editor for SEO, GEO, readability, inclusive language and tone, a content dashboard, custom rule sets and WCAG checks. It polices writing rather than planning it: no keyword research or briefs on record, and language checks cover twelve languages.
- **Ease of use: C.** No rating on record. Rules are set up from your writing guide during onboarding, and adding domains or users goes through a customer success manager.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, Chrome and Edge extensions, and add-ins for Word, Outlook and Google Docs, plus WordPress, Drupal, Adobe Experience Manager, Optimizely and SmartRecruiters. The API sits under the Advanced features. No app of its own.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Textmetrics's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among SEO content tools

- Textmetrics's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 14 of the 87 other SEO content tools we grade, and level with 20.
- It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 24 of 87) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 16).

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/seo-content

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** The plain part of Textmetrics you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 3 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 53 of the 87 other SEO content tools grade higher.

- You could make: Reports: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: A score built from what the top results for each keyword cover.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook and Google Docs among them, and has an API.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Microsoft Word, Microsoft Outlook, Google Docs, WordPress, Drupal, Adobe Experience Manager, Optimizely, SmartRecruiters

**Tags:** Content optimization, Reports, AI features, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Semji](https://toolgpa.com/tools/semji): GEO and SEO content platform that tracks AI answers and publishes. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/semji-vs-textmetrics)
- [MarketMuse](https://toolgpa.com/tools/marketmuse): Content planning and optimization built on a site-wide topic inventory. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/marketmuse-vs-textmetrics)
- [Clearscope](https://toolgpa.com/tools/clearscope): Content optimization with term guidance and AI answer tracking. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/clearscope-vs-textmetrics)
- [Contadu](https://toolgpa.com/tools/contadu): Content planning and NLP-based SEO editor for teams and agencies. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/contadu-vs-textmetrics)
- [Surfer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/surfer): Content editor that scores articles for search and AI citations. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/surfer-vs-textmetrics)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026:

- https://textmetrics.com/pricing/
- https://textmetrics.com/
- https://textmetrics.com/faq/
- https://textmetrics.com/seo-geo/
- https://textmetrics.com/integrations/
- https://textmetrics.com/our-story/
- https://textmetrics.com/privacy-policy/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/textmetrics
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