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Alternatives to Yoast SEO, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 205 of the 216 answers collected in the one category where Yoast SEO holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
Surfer SEO35
Semrush33
Conductor22
SE Ranking15
Frase14
Ahrefs13
First choices in the 205 answers that did not name Yoast SEO, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

SEO and content optimization platforms

Marketing. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Yoast SEO is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessYoast SEO holds 9 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Sixty-six of the seventy-two answers did not name Yoast SEO; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-six answers, fourteen products in all, the eight most named:

Surfer SEO17 of 66
SE Ranking12 of 66
Frase11 of 66
Semrush11 of 66
Ahrefs4 of 66
Clearscope3 of 66
NeuronWriter3 of 66
Ubersuggest3 of 66
6 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketYoast SEO is #14 of 16 here at 0% of first choices, 11 labels.

Sixty-seven of the seventy-two answers did not name Yoast SEO; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those sixty-seven answers, eighteen products in all, the eight most named:

Surfer SEO18 of 67
Semrush17 of 67
Ahrefs9 of 67
Clearscope3 of 67
Frase3 of 67
SE Ranking3 of 67
Ubersuggest3 of 67
Mangools2 of 67
10 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseYoast SEO holds 0 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Seventy-two of the seventy-two answers did not name Yoast SEO; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy-two answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:

Conductor22 of 72
BrightEdge6 of 72
Semrush5 of 72
seoClarity5 of 72
Botify3 of 72
MarketMuse3 of 72
HubSpot Marketing Hub2 of 72
BrightEdge Data Science Platform1 of 72
7 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Yoast SEO neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Yoast SEO only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Yoast SEO's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Yoast SEO was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.

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