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Clearscope
· Content grading and optimization platform with AI visibility tracking for content teams.
Clearscope
Content grading and optimization platform with AI visibility tracking for content teams.
Chandan Kumar
Clearscope is a content optimization tool known for its content grade, which scores a draft for topic coverage against a target query and lists terms and questions to address. It is built for editorial and SEO teams, with unlimited users and projects on every plan and integrations with Google Docs, Microsoft Word and WordPress.
The product is now organised into modules: Discover for finding topics, Write for drafting with data-driven guidance, Optimize for grading content, Protect for monitoring existing pages, Localize for local content, Linking for AI-driven internal links, and Expand for building brand visibility in AI chatbots. Every plan includes query tracking across ChatGPT and Gemini, brand visibility tracking and query fan-out data.
Pricing is usage-based rather than seat-based. Plans are limited by tracked queries, pages, topic explorations and drafts, and extra pages or drafts can be bought as add-ons (for example additional pages at $25 per month per block on Essentials). The entry price is higher than most rivals, which suits teams that value simplicity and support over feature breadth.
What Clearscope actually includes
Content grading
Grades a draft for topic coverage against a target query with real-time recommendations.
Topic discovery
Surfaces high-impact topics and questions to build content around.
Content monitoring
Tracks published pages over time to flag traffic and ranking risk.
AI visibility tracking
Tracks queries across ChatGPT and Gemini to show when and how a brand is mentioned.
Internal linking
Uses AI to suggest internal links between pages.
Clearscope's strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Clean, easy-to-adopt editor aimed at writers and editors
- Unlimited users and projects on all plans
- Works in Google Docs, Word and WordPress
- Live onboarding, training and support included on all plans
- No contracts; plans can be changed anytime
Limitations
- Entry price of $129/month is high for solo creators
- Tracked pages, queries and drafts are capped per plan
- No permanent free plan
- Narrower feature set than all-in-one SEO suites
How much does Clearscope cost
Essentials is $129/month and Business is $399/month, with no contract; Enterprise is custom. The pricing page advertises a 14 day free trial.
| Plan | Monthly | Annual /mo | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | $129 | — | 50 tracked queries, 50 pages, 20 monthly topic explorations and 20 monthly drafts. |
| Business | $399 | — | 300 tracked queries, 300 pages, 50 topic explorations, 20 drafts and a dedicated account manager. |
| Enterprise | — | — | Custom pricing. Custom credits and agreements, crawler whitelisting and SSO. |
Verified against the official pricing page.
Verdict
Use Clearscope
- Grading content for topic coverage before publishing
- Content teams with several writers and editors
- Tracking brand mentions in ChatGPT and Gemini
- Refreshing and monitoring existing pages
Skip Clearscope
- You need a low-cost or free tool
- You want keyword research and backlink data in the same product
- You publish at very high volume on a tight budget
- You need an API-driven workflow
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