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Compare Surfer and WriterZen 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (93.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (97.9% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $79.00
Free Trial
Surfer
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 plansWriterZen
Star Rating
(201)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (97.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Browse all 4 pricing plansSurfer vs WriterZen
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Surfer easier to use and do business with overall. However, reviewers preferred the ease of set up with WriterZen, along with administration.
- Reviewers felt that Surfer meets the needs of their business better than WriterZen.
- 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 WriterZen.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
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
WriterZen
Free Trial
Free Trial
Free trial plan for any content creator
- Content Brief/7days: 1
- Topic Look Up Daily: 1
- Keyword Look Up Daily: 1
Free Trial
Surfer
No trial information availableWriterZen
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.3
313
8.9
104
Ease of Use
9.3
319
9.0
106
Ease of Setup
9.4
149
9.5
40
Ease of Admin
9.4
123
9.5
38
Quality of Support
9.4
276
9.1
98
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.6
118
9.5
37
Product Direction (% positive)
9.3
274
9.0
72
Features by Category
Content Creation
Not enough data
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Optimization
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Logistics
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Grammar
Not enough data
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Formatting
Not enough data
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Content
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Product Type
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
SEO Auditing & Monitoring
7.6
164
Feature Not Available
9.2
195
Feature Not Available
8.0
162
Feature Not Available
8.1
166
Feature Not Available
Agentic AI - SEO Tools
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
SEO Content & Rankings
7.0
173
Feature Not Available
8.5
234
9.3
60
8.8
40
7.5
37
8.1
178
7.4
35
9.2
207
9.0
58
SEO Reporting
8.9
225
7.7
44
8.6
203
8.5
47
7.9
161
7.6
30
7.5
121
6.3
18
Generative AI
8.1
56
Not enough data
7.6
55
Not enough data
Database Type
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Content Features
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Software Type
Not enough data
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Planning
Not enough data
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Publishing
Not enough data
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Social Media
Not enough data
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Planning
Not enough data
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Generative AI
Not enough data
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Agentic AI - Content Creation
Not enough data
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Surfer and WriterZen are categorized as SEO Tools
Unique Categories
Surfer has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Surfer
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
WriterZen
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
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%
Marketing and Advertising
43.2%
Information Technology and Services
6.8%
Writing and Editing
5.8%
Retail
4.2%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
4.2%
Other
35.8%
Discussions
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
WriterZen has no more discussions with answers
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