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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (85.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$139.94 Per Month
$129.99 per month
Semrush
Star Rating
(3,059)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (65.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$139.94 Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 5 pricing planscognitiveSEO
Star Rating
(74)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (85.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$129.99 per month
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Semrush excels in SEO Auditing with a score of 9.2, while cognitiveSEO falls slightly behind at 7.8. Reviewers mention that Semrush's comprehensive SEO alerting and change tracking features provide a more robust experience for monitoring website performance.
- Reviewers mention that cognitiveSEO shines in Engagement Metrics, scoring 9.0 compared to Semrush's 8.3. Users on G2 appreciate cognitiveSEO's detailed insights into user engagement, which help in refining content strategies.
- G2 users highlight Semrush's superior Keyword Research capabilities, scoring 9.1, while cognitiveSEO scores 8.2. Users say that Semrush's extensive database and user-friendly interface make it easier to identify high-potential keywords.
- Users report that cognitiveSEO offers better Content Curation tools, scoring 8.1 compared to Semrush's 8.0. Reviewers mention that cognitiveSEO's features allow for more effective content discovery and organization, which is crucial for content marketing strategies.
- Reviewers mention that Semrush's Custom Reports feature is highly customizable with a score of 8.7, while cognitiveSEO's is rated lower at 7.5. Users say that the ability to tailor reports in Semrush helps in presenting data in a more meaningful way to stakeholders.
- Users on G2 report that Semrush's Social Media Analytics tools are more comprehensive, scoring 8.8, while cognitiveSEO's tools are rated at 7.5. Reviewers mention that Semrush provides deeper insights into social media performance, which is essential for integrated marketing campaigns.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Semrush
Pro
$139.94
Per Month
For freelancers, startups and in-house marketers with limited budget. Run your SEO, PPC, SMM and content projects with 40+ advanced tools and know your competitors’ traffic sources, rankings, social media results & more.
- 10,000 results per report
- 3,000 reports per day
- Display advertising research
cognitiveSEO
Starter
$129.99
per month
For freelancers, startups and in-house marketers with a limited budget
- Campaigns: 3
- OnPage Audit: 50,000
- Inbound Link Analysis: 200,00
Free Trial
Semrush
Free Trial is available
cognitiveSEO
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
2,470
8.7
62
Ease of Use
8.3
2,495
8.1
62
Ease of Setup
8.6
1,702
8.7
42
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,275
8.6
40
Quality of Support
8.6
2,166
8.9
58
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
1,255
8.9
38
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
2,380
8.9
62
Features by Category
Metrics
8.4
433
Not enough data
8.3
427
Not enough data
7.9
409
Not enough data
7.7
383
Not enough data
7.4
372
Not enough data
7.5
366
Not enough data
7.4
369
Not enough data
7.5
379
Not enough data
7.1
364
Not enough data
Reporting
8.0
420
Not enough data
8.2
410
Not enough data
7.8
395
Not enough data
7.7
395
Not enough data
7.9
390
Not enough data
7.6
370
Not enough data
8.0
404
Not enough data
Other
7.7
382
Not enough data
8.1
395
Not enough data
7.7
384
Not enough data
8.0
386
Not enough data
7.4
351
Not enough data
7.0
331
Not enough data
7.6
350
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Analytics
6.6
44
Not enough data
7.3
44
Not enough data
6.9
44
Not enough data
7.0
42
Not enough data
Administration
7.7
361
Not enough data
7.4
348
Not enough data
8.5
401
Not enough data
8.3
392
Not enough data
Social Analytics
8.9(won by default)
289
Not enough data
8.5(won by default)
270
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
276
Not enough data
8.2(won by default)
243
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1(won by default)
213
Not enough data
8.1(won by default)
209
Not enough data
Reports & Dashboards
8.4(won by default)
273
Not enough data
8.8(won by default)
281
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
267
Not enough data
7.9(won by default)
206
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Analytics
7.3(won by default)
20
Not enough data
7.2(won by default)
20
Not enough data
7.8(won by default)
20
Not enough data
8.1(won by default)
20
Not enough data
7.9(won by default)
20
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
Listing Management
8.6
238
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
235
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
238
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
250
|
Verified
Not enough data
Performance
8.3
257
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
263
|
Verified
Not enough data
Local Search Optimization
8.9
586
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
541
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
513
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
526
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
510
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
572
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.5
556
Not enough data
8.6
566
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Competitive Intelligence
7.0
69
Not enough data
Platform Data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
522
Not enough data
Platform Content
7.3
461
Not enough data
Platform Reporting
8.0
536
Not enough data
8.3
543
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.5
103
Not enough data
8.2
100
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
92
Not enough data
8.4
103
Not enough data
Content Planning
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
96
Not enough data
8.7
106
Not enough data
Marketing Campaign Performance
8.4
79
Not enough data
8.7
80
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Calendar
7.0
10
Not enough data
7.0
10
Not enough data
6.2
10
Not enough data
6.5
10
Not enough data
Other Features
8.4
104
Not enough data
8.9
90
Not enough data
SEO Auditing & Monitoring
8.7
1009
7.8
6
9.0
893
Not enough data
8.8
846
Not enough data
8.8
862
Not enough data
Agentic AI - SEO Tools
6.5
170
Not enough data
6.7
171
Not enough data
6.7
171
Not enough data
6.6
168
Not enough data
6.5
169
Not enough data
6.5
164
Not enough data
6.7
166
Not enough data
SEO Content & Rankings
8.2
1482
8.7
52
9.1
1611
8.2
52
8.8
1523
7.9
47
8.2
913
8.0
5
8.4
844
Not enough data
SEO Reporting
8.9
1579
8.7
49
8.6
998
7.9
7
8.2
958
7.5
6
7.8
828
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.7
396
Not enough data
6.7
388
Not enough data
Content & Collaboration
8.8
191
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
179
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
162
Not enough data
Social Management
8.7
234
Not enough data
8.8
228
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
226
Not enough data
7.9
201
Not enough data
8.0
176
Not enough data
7.8
147
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Management
7.8
13
Not enough data
8.1
13
Not enough data
7.7
13
Not enough data
7.6
13
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
7.7
13
Not enough data
7.9
13
Not enough data
Media Channels
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.5
117
Not enough data
Geographic Coverage
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
103
Not enough data
8.1
95
Not enough data
Reporting
9.0
134
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.9
122
Not enough data
9.0
132
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Media Monitoring
7.2
15
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
7.2
15
Not enough data
7.2
15
Not enough data
7.2
15
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.1
23
Not enough data
8.1
24
Not enough data
Platform Interoperability
8.4
77
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Social Media Advertising
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
Social Functionality
8.8
95
Not enough data
Campaign Management
9.0
93
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.6
85
Not enough data
8.6
86
Not enough data
8.5
87
Not enough data
8.5
84
Not enough data
8.4
86
Not enough data
8.3
85
Not enough data
8.6
89
Not enough data
8.5
85
Not enough data
8.0
83
Not enough data
8.3
85
Not enough data
Targeting
8.6
87
Not enough data
8.5
83
Not enough data
8.4
82
Not enough data
8.7
82
Not enough data
Platform
8.5
85
Not enough data
8.7
92
Not enough data
8.9
91
Not enough data
8.9
92
Not enough data
8.7
88
Not enough data
8.6
87
Not enough data
8.4
81
Not enough data
8.6
84
Not enough data
8.5
86
Not enough data
Grammar Tools
8.4
23
Not enough data
9.0
26
Not enough data
8.2
22
Not enough data
Writing Support
7.7
24
Not enough data
8.3
23
Not enough data
7.4
24
Not enough data
7.8
24
Not enough data
Software Availability
8.4
24
Not enough data
8.3
23
Not enough data
7.2
24
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
6.4
6
Not enough data
Data collection
7.7
193
Not enough data
8.1
220
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
209
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.5
192
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
210
Not enough data
Segment Trending
8.6
242
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
229
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
235
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
197
Not enough data
Analysis
8.3
229
Not enough data
8.6
250
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
211
|
Verified
Not enough data
Platform
8.7
256
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
234
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
209
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
231
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
206
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
203
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Market Intelligence
6.9
30
Not enough data
6.8
30
Not enough data
Platform Basics
8.5
140
Not enough data
7.7
124
Not enough data
8.4
144
Not enough data
Platform Data
8.2
130
Not enough data
8.4
135
Not enough data
8.6
147
Not enough data
8.3
131
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Operational Risk Management
7.2
16
Not enough data
Planning
7.7
226
Not enough data
Publishing
7.7
228
Not enough data
Social Media
7.6
228
Not enough data
Planning
7.9
352
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.4
138
Not enough data
7.2
134
Not enough data
7.2
134
Not enough data
6.6
132
Not enough data
6.4
128
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Content Creation
7.1
42
Not enough data
6.9
42
Not enough data
7.1
42
Not enough data
7.0
42
Not enough data
7.1
43
Not enough data
7.2
42
Not enough data
7.1
42
Not enough data
AI Visibility & Tracking
7.8
62
Not enough data
7.7
68
Not enough data
Sentiment & Brand Analysis
7.7
59
Not enough data
6.3
51
Not enough data
Competitive Benchmarking
7.1
53
Not enough data
7.5
59
Not enough data
AI Content Optimization
7.5
55
Not enough data
7.5
55
Not enough data
Reporting & Alerts
6.6
51
Not enough data
7.4
59
Not enough data
Tools
Feature Not Available
8.3
7
8.2
660
8.3
8
Feature Not Available
7.2
6
Metrics
Feature Not Available
8.3
7
8.2
650
8.8
8
8.2
636
9.0
8
8.0
578
8.3
6
7.7
575
8.6
7
8.9
710
9.0
8
Agentic AI - Content Analytics
7.4
56
Not enough data
7.6
56
Not enough data
7.7
57
Not enough data
7.7
57
Not enough data
7.6
58
Not enough data
Marketing Operations
7.7
385
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
408
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
396
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
374
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Campaign Activity
8.2
388
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
426
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.7
358
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
372
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
399
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
350
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Marketing Analytics
7.1
56
Not enough data
7.4
56
Not enough data
7.0
55
Not enough data
Platform
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
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Semrush and cognitiveSEO are categorized as SEO Tools and Content Analytics
Unique Categories
Semrush is categorized as Paid Search Intelligence, Competitive Intelligence, Local SEO, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Social Media Suites, Social Media Management, Digital Analytics, Proofreading, Marketing Calendar, Content Creation, Local Listing Management, Marketing Analytics, Market Intelligence, Media Monitoring, Social Media Advertising, and Social Media Analytics
cognitiveSEO has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Semrush
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
cognitiveSEO
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
29.6%
Information Technology and Services
8.9%
Computer Software
8.0%
Internet
3.8%
Retail
3.7%
Other
46.0%
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%
Discussions
What is Semrush used for?
4 Comments
MT
SEMrush is like a Swiss Army knife for digital marketers. It's an all-in-one tool that helps you improve your online visibility and discover marketing...Read more
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What can SEMrush do?
3 Comments
SR
SEMrush can help you to optimize your website for search engines, including keyword research, site audits, and link building. It offers a variety of features...Read more
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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