Clearscope
Clearscope is a content optimization platform: it grades a draft against the terms top-ranking pages use, scores topic coverage live as you write, and tracks how often your brand is cited in ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude answers.
Pricing
Paid
Platforms
Web, Google Docs, Microsoft Word...
Developer
Mushi Labs
Rating
4.5 / 5.0
Last Updated
September 21, 2026
Overview
Clearscope is one of the original content optimization platforms, and in 2026 it has repositioned around a bigger promise: get discovered on Google, ChatGPT, and whatever comes next.
The product is organized into seven modules - Discover for query research, Write for AI-assisted drafting, Optimize for the live content grade, Protect for monitoring published pages, Expand for brand authority inside AI chatbots, Localize for locale-specific recommendations, and Linking for internal link suggestions.
Everything hangs off one workflow: research the query, grade the draft against what already ranks, publish, then keep watching the page for decay.
Pricing as published on 21 September 2026 is itemized rather than quote-only.
Essentials is $129 per month with 50 tracked queries, 50 pages, 20 monthly topic explorations and 20 monthly drafts; Business is $399 per month with 300 tracked queries, 300 pages, 50 monthly topic explorations, the same 20 drafts a month and a dedicated account manager; Enterprise is quoted and adds custom credits, custom agreements, crawler whitelisting and single sign-on.
Users and projects are unlimited on every tier, there is a 14 day free trial rather than a free plan, and add-on packs cover extra capacity when the bundled allowances run out - from $25 per month for 100 additional pages and $50 for 10 additional drafts.
Where Clearscope now separates itself from classic optimization tools is the AI-search layer included on every plan.
Prompt Tracking follows specific prompts across ChatGPT and Gemini to show when your brand is mentioned and when a competitor gets recommended instead, brand visibility tracking covers how you appear across search engines and AI systems rather than where you rank, and query fan-out awareness exposes the follow-up searches AI platforms run to construct an answer - practical input when you are deciding what a page must cover.
On the content side, the Optimize editor grades topic coverage in real time, recommends terms drawn from the pages currently ranking, and surfaces citations plus the questions competitors answer, while Query Discovery attaches intent volume together with Google Ads competition and cost-per-click data so content and paid teams work from the same demand picture.
It also plugs into where writers already work - Google Docs, Microsoft Word and WordPress - instead of forcing everyone into a new editor.
The honest trade-off is scope.
Clearscope optimizes and monitors content, but it is not an all-in-one SEO suite: there is no backlink index, no rank tracker and no technical site audit, so most teams run it alongside Ahrefs or Semrush rather than instead of them.
At $129 per month the entry tier is also a real commitment next to Surfer SEO and Frase, both of which start lower, and because both published tiers cap drafts at 20 per month, high-volume publishers will be buying add-on packs.
It fits best where a limited number of commercially important pages carry the traffic - not where you need a thousand posts a year.
Use Cases
Grading a draft against the terms top-ranking pages use before publishing
Finding high-value queries with intent volume, CPC and competitor coverage gaps
Tracking brand mentions and competitor recommendations inside ChatGPT and Gemini answers
Monitoring published pages for content decay and lost topical coverage
Recommending internal links from your own content with suggested anchor text
Who Is This For
Content teams whose organic traffic depends on a small set of commercial pages
SEO and content agencies running briefing and review cycles with stakeholders
B2B content marketers who need full topic coverage rather than a word count
Marketing teams already tracking AI-search visibility and needing content-side input
Publishers with an existing SEO platform who want a dedicated content optimization layer
Key Features
Live Content Grade and Term Recommendations
Optimize grades your draft against the terms used by the pages currently ranking and updates the score as you write, so coverage gaps appear before you publish.
Query Discovery with Intent and CPC Data
Surfaces high-value queries with intent volume plus Google Ads competition and cost-per-click, and shows which topic areas competitors dominate.
Prompt Tracking Across ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude
Follows specific prompts to show when and how your brand is mentioned, where a competitor is recommended instead, and how the answers change over time.
Protect: Published Content Monitoring
Tracks whole sites or individual pages with pre-built and custom content views, so decay and lost coverage show up before the traffic chart does.
Internal Linking and Localize
Linking recommends internal link opportunities from your own connected content with anchor text, and Localize returns geo-targeted recommendations for the markets you target.
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Pros & Cons
Pros
- A grading workflow writers actually adopt, because it runs inside Google Docs, Microsoft Word and WordPress rather than a separate editor
- Prompt tracking, brand visibility and query fan-out awareness ship on every plan, so AI-answer measurement is not gated behind a custom quote
- Published, itemized pricing: Essentials $129/mo and Business $399/mo, with named allowances for tracked queries, pages, topic explorations and drafts
- Unlimited users, projects, sharing and exporting on all tiers, which suits agency and multi-stakeholder review cycles
- 14 day free trial with no contracts and flexible plan changes
Cons
- $129 per month with no free plan sits above Surfer SEO and Frase at entry level, and 14 days is a short window to judge a seasonal content programme
- Not a full SEO suite: no backlink index, rank tracking or technical audit, so budget for Ahrefs or Semrush alongside it
- Both published tiers cap drafts at 20 per month, and extra drafts are a paid add-on ($50 for 10), which raises the real cost for high-volume teams
- The AI-search reporting layer is young and limited to tracked prompts in ChatGPT and Gemini, and the industry has not settled on how that visibility should be measured
Pricing Plans
Essentials
Core optimization for small content teams, with no contract or hidden costs.
- 50 tracked queries
- 50 pages
- 20 monthly topic explorations
- 20 monthly drafts
- Unlimited users and projects
- Prompt tracking across ChatGPT and Gemini
- Google Docs, Word and WordPress integrations
Business
Advanced functionality for teams producing content regularly.
- 300 tracked queries
- 300 pages
- 50 monthly topic explorations
- 20 monthly drafts
- Dedicated account manager
- Everything in Essentials
Enterprise
Custom solutions for businesses that produce content at scale.
- Everything in Business
- Custom credits
- Custom agreements
- Crawler whitelisting
- Single sign-on (SSO)
Add-ons
Top up pages and drafts once the bundled allowances run out.
- Additional pages from $25/mo for 100, lower rates at higher volumes
- Additional drafts $50 for 10, lower rates at higher volumes
Frequently Asked Questions
Editorial Review
Editorial Team
September 21, 2026
We read clearscope.io/pricing on 21 September 2026: Essentials $129/month (50 tracked queries, 50 pages, 20 topic explorations and 20 drafts a month), Business $399/month (300 tracked queries, 300 pages, 50 topic explorations, 20 drafts, plus a dedicated account manager), Enterprise quoted, a 14 day free trial, and add-on packs from $25/month for 100 extra pages and $50 for 10 extra drafts. The AI-search layer - prompt tracking, brand visibility and query fan-out awareness - is included on every plan rather than sold separately.
Editorial Team
September 21, 2026
Our editorial view: Clearscope earns its price on the optimize-and-monitor loop for teams whose organic traffic depends on a handful of commercial pages, and it is one of the few content tools that treats ChatGPT and Gemini visibility as a first-class metric rather than an add-on. The reservations are scope and volume - it is not an all-in-one SEO suite, and both published tiers cap drafts at 20 a month, so high-volume publishers should price the add-on packs before committing.
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