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Compare MarketMuse and Surfer 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.0% of reviews)
Small-Business (93.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Starting at $79.00
MarketMuse
Star Rating
(216)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 4 pricing plansSurfer
Star Rating
(537)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (93.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $79.00
Browse all 3 pricing plansMarketMuse vs Surfer
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Surfer easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Surfer overall.
- Reviewers felt that Surfer meets the needs of their business better than MarketMuse.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Surfer is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of MarketMuse over Surfer.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
MarketMuse
Free
$0.00
Start generating better revenue with your content for no cost.
- No time limit
- 1 user
- 10 queries per month
Surfer
Essential
Starting at $79.00
For individuals and small teams starting to grow their organic visibility.
Create content that ranks on Google and in AI search, stays on-brand, and keeps your site up to date — no SEO expertise or additional tools required.
- Publish content that ranks on Google and earns AI search visibility
- Generate ready-to-rank articles in minutes
- Stay on-brand with built-in templates and custom voice
Free Trial
MarketMuse
Free Trial is available
Surfer
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.1
142
9.3
313
Ease of Use
8.7
141
9.3
319
Ease of Setup
8.6
53
9.4
149
Ease of Admin
8.8
52
9.4
123
Quality of Support
9.1
118
9.4
276
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
53
9.6
118
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
127
9.3
274
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Optimization
Not enough data
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Logistics
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
SEO Auditing & Monitoring
Feature Not Available
7.6
164
8.6
35
9.2
195
Feature Not Available
8.0
162
Feature Not Available
8.1
166
Agentic AI - SEO Tools
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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SEO Content & Rankings
6.9
44
7.0
173
9.1
82
8.5
234
8.4
52
8.8
40
Feature Not Available
8.1
178
8.8
40
9.2
207
SEO Reporting
8.9
73
8.9
225
8.4
43
8.6
203
7.7
29
7.9
161
Feature Not Available
7.5
121
Generative AI
8.7
5
8.1
56
Feature Not Available
7.6
55
Planning
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Publishing
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Social Media
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Planning
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.3
9
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
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Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
MarketMuse
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Surfer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
27.1%
Computer Software
9.0%
Information Technology and Services
6.7%
Financial Services
5.7%
Internet
4.3%
Other
47.1%
Marketing and Advertising
36.6%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
4.4%
Information Technology and Services
4.0%
Computer Software
4.0%
Writing and Editing
3.8%
Other
47.3%
Discussions
I already have Ahrefs/SEMRush/MOZ, why do I need MarketMuse?
2 Comments
Official Response from MarketMuse
These tools provide great insight into your content metrics and what keywords you should target, but they can't tell you how to write content that will rank...Read more
Is it possible to add more than One Domain?
2 Comments
VH
Yes. I currently have two. You'll need to talk to your account manager.Read more
Is MarketMuse a keyword tool?
1 Comment
Official Response from MarketMuse
No. Keyword tools typically use simple and scalable text mining techniques to find correlations between a search term and ranking content, generating a list...Read more
Can NLP be more clearly incorporated into the content editor?
2 Comments
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
TW
Surfer make it so easy to use and improves content 100%
Thanks Surfer,
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How to measure ROI?
1 Comment
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
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