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Compare Raven Tools and Surfer 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (75.2% of reviews)
Small-Business (93.5% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$79/ month
Starting at $79.00
Raven Tools
Star Rating
(154)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (75.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$79/ month
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 plansRaven Tools 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 Raven Tools.
- 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 Surfer over Raven Tools.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Raven Tools
Start
$79
/ month
This feature is for startups. SME’s (small and medium enterprise) and growing marketing agencies. With start plan you get all the Pro features plus: Branded reports, Historical Data, and Monthly Page Crawls and more.
- Campaigns/Domains: 20
- Users : 4
- Backlink Explorer (Majestic): 40 Reports (up to 2 Million URL results)
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
Raven Tools
Free Trial is available
Surfer
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.1
135
9.3
313
Ease of Use
8.3
135
9.3
319
Ease of Setup
8.4
103
9.4
149
Ease of Admin
8.7
102
9.4
123
Quality of Support
8.3
111
9.4
276
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
97
9.6
118
Product Direction (% positive)
7.8
135
9.3
274
Features by Category
SEO Auditing & Monitoring
Not enough data
7.6
164
Not enough data
9.2
195
Not enough data
8.0
162
Not enough data
8.1
166
Agentic AI - SEO Tools
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
SEO Content & Rankings
7.9
97
7.0
173
7.3
104
8.5
234
7.0
90
8.8
40
Not enough data
8.1
178
Not enough data
9.2
207
SEO Reporting
7.8
95
8.9
225
Not enough data
8.6
203
Not enough data
7.9
161
Not enough data
7.5
121
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.1
56
Not enough data
7.6
55
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Raven Tools and Surfer are categorized as SEO Tools
Unique Categories
Raven Tools has no unique categories
Surfer has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Raven Tools
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
59.7%
Internet
9.4%
Information Technology and Services
6.7%
Computer Software
2.7%
Consumer Goods
2.0%
Other
19.5%
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
What does Raven cost?
1 Comment
Official Response from Raven Tools
Now you can get a discounted Annual Plan - and the billing is still monthly! The Start annual package costs $99 a month. Grow annual package costs $169 a...Read more
How do I start a Free Trial?
1 Comment
Official Response from Raven Tools
All Raven accounts start with a free, limited trial. When you're ready to upgrade to Start or any of the other packages, simply enter your credit card...Read more
How do I pay?
1 Comment
Official Response from Raven Tools
With a credit card. That's the only form of payment we accept. We don't accept PayPal or payments by check.
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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,
Pro Cars Woking
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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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