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Semrush

The all-in-one SEO toolkit for keyword, backlink and competitor research — from $139.95 a month.

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4.5 4.5 out of 5
Starting price $139.95 per month
Free trial Yes
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Pros

  • The Keyword Magic Tool is the reason to pay: filter by keyword difficulty, pivot into the "Questions" tab, and you get a long-tail list you can use immediately
  • Competitor analysis returns both estimated organic traffic and the specific pages earning it, so you can judge whether a term is worth chasing before you spend a week writing
  • Keyword volume and difficulty, competitor traffic paths and backlink gaps all come from one platform instead of three subscriptions stitched together
  • Rank tracking updates daily and handles localised SERPs
  • Backlink audit produces an actionable list rather than a data dump, so it drops straight into a fix plan
  • The tier ladder runs from Pro to Business across single-site to 40-project workloads, so growth means more allowance rather than a different tool
  • Guru adds content templates and a writing assistant, which speeds up structure and first drafts
  • API access sits on Business and is stated up front, so anyone who needs to pipe the data into their own systems can price it before ordering

Cons

  • The Pro plan is priced for a business, so a single-site owner is unlikely to justify it in month one
  • The interface is dense and takes roughly a week before it stops feeling like a cockpit
  • Extra seats add up fast for small teams, so expansion should be budgeted per seat before you commit
  • The tier limits are hard: Pro carries 5 projects and 500 tracked keywords, Guru 15 and 1,500, so multiple client sites or a large keyword list means going straight to Business
  • API access is Business-only, so anyone planning automation or their own integrations has to count it into the cost

Score breakdown

Features 5.0
Ease of use 4.0
Value for money 4.0
Support 4.5

Pricing

Pro

$139.95 per month

  • 5 projects
  • 500 keywords to track
  • Keyword Magic Tool

Guru

$249.95 per month

  • 15 projects
  • 1,500 keywords to track
  • Content template and SEO writing assistant

Business

$499.95 per month

  • 40 projects
  • 5,000 keywords to track
  • API access and share of voice

Who it is for

  • Agencies managing multiple client sites
  • Content teams that need keyword and competitor data in one place
  • Affiliate site operators doing systematic keyword research
  • SEOs tracking thousands of keywords who need daily, localised rank data
  • Teams that need to pipe keyword, competitor and backlink data into their own systems

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