Clearscope vs SE Ranking
Zero of twelve models named Clearscope first on the direct prompt; zero named SE Ranking. Clearscope was named by twelve of the twelve models and SE Ranking by eleven and Clearscope carries 50 labels and SE Ranking 24, so the shares are not directly comparable.
Named in three categories this edition.
United States, founded 2012. Named in three categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all twelve models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the SEO and content optimization platforms page.
By framing
ClearscopeFirst choices, of twelve modelsSE Ranking
Across every category in the September 2026 Edition, Clearscope and SE Ranking were named in the same answer forty times, of the 128 answers naming Clearscope and the 100 naming SE Ranking. In those answers SE Ranking took the first choice three times and Clearscope two.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | | ||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | | |
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | | |
| Mistral Small | | | | | | |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | | |
| Llama 4 Maverick | | | | |||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | ||
| Kimi K2 | | | | | | |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | | | | | |
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | |
Clearscope SE Ranking first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Clearscope on the left and SE Ranking on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
10 of 12 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
2 of 12 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
SE Ranking13%#4 of 13Clearscope4%#8 of 13Clearscope6%#4 of 16SE Ranking6%#5 of 16Clearscope2%#6 of 13SE Ranking0%#– of 13What the models said about Clearscope
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“Clearscope ($129+/mo) — enterprise-grade pricing” DeepSeek V4 Flash · budget prompt · hard negative
“$189-350/month; extremely high price for solo users; no free trial; limited to content optimization only” Kimi K2 · negative prompt · soft negative
“premium content editors (like Clearscope or Surfer SEO) often start around $100 to $140+ per month” Gemini 3.5 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“Semrush Enterprise (~$18K/yr) + Clearscope or Surfer (~$1\u2013$15K/yr) for a cost-effective, comprehensive stack” DeepSeek V4 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“I'd usually recommend Clearscope if your main goal is to improve content quality and search performance” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Legitimate paid tools: Surfer SEO, Clearscope, RankUp (with proper trials)” Mistral Small · negative prompt · first choice
What the models said about SE Ranking
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Four of four in this category shown.
“SE Ranking is solid for agencies and cost-conscious teams, but may fall short for enterprises needing deeper backlink analysis or more advanced SEM integration” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“SE Ranking jumped significantly (now ~$103+/mo)” Qwen 3.7 Flash · budget prompt · soft negative
“The best SEO and content optimization platform for a company with a limited budget is SE Ranking, which costs $55/month” Llama 4 Maverick · budget prompt · first choice
“or SE Ranking ($44/month) if you want a complete SEO platform including content optimization features” Mistral Small · budget prompt · first choice
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.