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At a Glance
Surfer
Surfer
Star Rating
(531)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (93.2% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $79.00
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cognitiveSEO
cognitiveSEO
Star Rating
(74)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (85.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
$129.99 per month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
  • Users report that cognitiveSEO excels in SEO Auditing with a score of 9.1, highlighting its comprehensive SEO Auditing & Monitoring tools, while Surfer, with a score of 7.6 in SEO Alerting, is seen as less robust in this area.
  • Reviewers mention that Surfer shines in Ease of Use and Setup, scoring 9.3 and 9.4 respectively, making it more user-friendly for beginners compared to cognitiveSEO, which scored 8.1 and 8.7 in these categories.
  • G2 users note that cognitiveSEO's Content Creation Tools received a score of 7.9, which some find lacking compared to Surfer's more advanced content optimization features, particularly in keyword research where Surfer scored 8.5.
  • Users on G2 highlight that cognitiveSEO's Link Building feature scored 8.7, making it a strong choice for users focused on building backlinks, whereas Surfer's Link Building scored only 7.0, indicating a gap in functionality.
  • Reviewers say that Surfer's audience targeting capabilities are impressive, with a score of 8.9, while cognitiveSEO's audience insights scored lower at 8.3, suggesting Surfer provides better tools for reaching specific demographics.
  • Users report that cognitiveSEO's Quality of Support is rated at 8.9, which is commendable, but Surfer outperforms with a score of 9.4, indicating a more responsive and helpful support system for users needing assistance.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Surfer
Essential
Starting at $79.00
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cognitiveSEO
Starter
$129.99
per month
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Free Trial
Surfer
No trial information available
cognitiveSEO
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.3
307
8.7
62
Ease of Use
9.3
313
8.1
62
Ease of Setup
9.4
140
8.7
42
Ease of Admin
9.4
120
8.6
40
Quality of Support
9.4
270
8.9
58
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.6
115
8.9
38
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
267
8.9
62
Features by Category
Not enough data
Not enough data
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Logistics
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.2
2,193
8.1
224
SEO Auditing & Monitoring
7.6
156
7.8
6
9.2
187
Not enough data
8.1
154
Not enough data
8.2
158
Not enough data
SEO Content & Rankings
7.0
165
8.7
52
8.5
227
8.2
52
Feature Not Available
7.9
47
8.1
170
8.0
5
9.2
200
Not enough data
SEO Reporting
8.9
218
8.7
49
8.6
197
7.9
7
8.0
153
7.5
6
7.5
113
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.2
48
Feature Not Available
7.6
47
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
65
Tools
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.3
8
Not enough data
7.2
6
Metrics
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
8.8
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.3
6
Not enough data
8.6
7
Not enough data
9.0
8
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Surfer
Surfer
cognitiveSEO
cognitiveSEO
Surfer and cognitiveSEO are categorized as SEO Tools
Unique Categories
Surfer
Surfer has no unique categories
cognitiveSEO
cognitiveSEO is categorized as Content Analytics
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Surfer
Surfer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
93.2%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
6.2%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
0.6%
cognitiveSEO
cognitiveSEO
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
85.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
10.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
4.3%
Reviewers' Industry
Surfer
Surfer
Marketing and Advertising
36.9%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
4.4%
Computer Software
4.2%
Writing and Editing
3.8%
Online Media
3.8%
Other
46.9%
cognitiveSEO
cognitiveSEO
Marketing and Advertising
32.9%
Internet
14.3%
Information Technology and Services
7.1%
Education Management
5.7%
Financial Services
4.3%
Other
35.7%
Most Helpful Reviews
Surfer
Surfer
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Vinay k.
VK
Vinay k.
Verified User in Computer Software

Its content editor is what I have been looking for a so long. All of the content planning I was doing manually. It has saved me lots of time.

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Human Resources
GH
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Surfer AI has gotten worse to the point that the tool is unusable. Think: the lamest, most generic phrases of GPT-4 strung together. Readers will instantly detect an article written by Surfer AI. It's not worth pasting research into the 'additional content'...

cognitiveSEO
cognitiveSEO
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Lukasz R.
LR
Lukasz R.
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Integration and analysis of the data from other sources - key selling point in CognitiveSEO for me is how visual is the data and how you can go from diagrams/trees/charts to raw data. Disavow generator is really nice, competition comparison too. Also...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Narendra A.
NA
Narendra A.
Verified User in Education Management

Tool promises do run audit for JavaScript based websites but the audit report is full of wrong results. Their team acknowledges the errors but then they don’t even fix the same. Tool design is not user friendly and intact they don’t even allow you...

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Discussions
Surfer
Surfer Discussions
Can NLP be more clearly incorporated into the content editor?
2 comments
Tomasz N.
TN
Hello Nikolai! Great question :-) Traditional audit is based on the frequency and commonness of keywords among competitors. With NLP we pass the content to...Read more
how to write content
2 comments
Taxi W.
TW
Surfer make it so easy to use and improves content 100% Thanks Surfer, Pro Cars Woking www.procarswoking.comRead more
How to measure ROI?
1 comment
Brian S.
BS
1. Track visitor click-through rates: The first step in measuring ROI on SurferSEO is to track the number of visitors that click through to your website from...Read more
cognitiveSEO
cognitiveSEO Discussions
how do i Get Analysis of Backlink quality ?
1 comment
NM
Create a campaign and once it has finished crawling all of your internal & external links, click the "inBound Link Analysis" tab to get a full report on a...Read more
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