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Joseph
Marketing and Advertising, 2 - 10 employees
Used less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
Reviewed October 2021
The best SEO tool for copywriters and SEO professionals.
Pascal
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2022
Finally a Content Marketing Tool that Gets French Well
I really like the tool, it helped me do my work faster and allow more flexibility when it comes to my content marketing offering.
PROSNot only the software is very useful when working on content marketing initiatives but it can do it in french as well! As I am in Canada, I often get requests for french clients, not a lot of tools are able to work both in french and english.
CONSThe limited amount of queries I can pass in the tool per month at first, but this is manageable with good time management.
Reasons for switching to Surfer
SEMRush's content templates are good, but only for english content. The french was horrendous.
Jonathan
E-Learning, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Expensive but most good things are
I write better articles faster. When I have outside writers create content I make sure it's Surfer optimized as that saves me a LOT of time in dealing with their content. This tool is really necessary for my business.
PROSNormal methods for adding keywords to blog posts leave them unreadable and really stick out. Surfer helos me to write better blog posts, articles and reviews by telling me what people want to hear about. Rather than keyword stuffing, I know which topics I need to include. The help with creating an optimized outline makes the rest of the process a dream.
CONSThere are never enough Content Editor credits for the articles I want to work on. I tend to max out my credits each month but the next tier is too much higher. Wish there was an option more in the middle. Overall this means I love the software and want more of it!
Reason for choosing Surfer
I recently purchased WriterZen to use as a supplement to Surfer but it's not even in the same league. I refunded within a few hours. Surfer is far superior at this point.
Daphne
Writing and Editing, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed April 2022
Great SEO Tool
Boost of our website visibility
PROSFavorite features include content planning, content editor, and content audit
CONSThe keyword research feature is not my favorite, however, the keyword planner makes up for this weakness
Anonymous
1 employee
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2022
Excellent for on-page SEO
My experience with Surfer has been great. I've had good results from several other optimization tools, but Surfer has clearly been the best. I use it mostly to update existing website content that's already ranking in Google, and I consistently get higher rankings and more traffic after using Surfer.
PROSI've used several other similar tools for optimization, but Surfer is by far the most comprehensive. It doesn't just suggest keywords to include, it also covers things like number of images, headlines, and lines of bold text you should include. The results have been excellent.
CONSBecause Surfer is comprehensive, it takes a while to optimize a page. If I write a blog post, I usually need at least an hour to work on optimization to achieve an optimal score.
Reason for choosing Surfer
I got better results with Surfer (higher rankings and more traffic)
Edward
Staffing and Recruiting, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2021
Surfer is the GOAT
The customer service and level of care they provide to their users is unmatched. I've never seen anyone treat their users with such care. They go above and beyond to make sure you understand the software and are successful with it. They will do video support emails, screen share walkthroughs, and the founders do educational webinars and audits/roast for free. Fantastic support makes them amazing!
PROSThe audit is the most powerful part of the software. It helps make your live pages the best possible version that they can be. Using NLP built into it for both Content Editor and Audit makes it overpowered.
CONSTheir keyword research tool. It's not the most robust, but they aren't a keyword research tool. It's there for support, not to replace other software.
Reason for choosing Surfer
The NLP Integration and suggestions are overpowered and make it better.
Tom
Online Media, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2021
My #1 SEO Tool for Topic Research and Content Creation
Surfer has been a huge benefit and has changed how we plan content, handle writer assignments, and fine-tune live posts that have started to gain traction.
PROSSurfer helps me follow a process that I did manually for many years, reviewing the top-ranking articles and ensuring my article is the most complete, without any fluff.
CONSThere's always room for improvement and they're constantly adding new features. One small issue I noticed is that the Chrome extension for Google Docs doesn't play nicely with other sidebars like Grammarly or Docs to Markdown, so I have to disable it to use those.
Reason for choosing Surfer
Even in the earlier days of Surfer, it seemed like the right mix of actionable insight for a reasonable price.
Anonymous
2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2021
Can't live without Surfer!
Optimizing articles for SEO has become a BREEZE! My staff and I really enjoy using Surfer on a daily basis.
PROSThe UI is just AWESOME. I've tried the competitors, but I am so accustomed to the UI and the UX, that I can't leave Surfer. It's so easy to train new writers and VAs that it's impossible for me to replace them. The staff is top-notch and extremely helpful when I require their assistance.
CONSOne of the things that I dislike the most is that they removed chat from their website! I wish they would bring it back.
Reason for choosing Surfer
UX and UI compared to the rest, can't be beat
Szabolcs
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2021
My favorite solution in SEO-optimized content making.
The surfer in addition to SEO research is most valuable. The software checks the content available on your topics and provides useful guidelines for creating your own content.
PROSThe Content Editor service is unique. It helps the most in SEO-optimized content production. If you need a guideline that helps your content making for the most valuable keywords in your topics, I highly recommend you Surfer.
CONSAccording to my experiences, the hungarian language skills of the Surfer is still needs to be improved – but it's understandable. :P
Reason for choosing Surfer
I found the interface simpler and the solution more cost effective.
Anonymous
201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2021
One of the best AI SEO Tools
Surfer is the ULTIMATE king for SEO. Take that to the bank. Ths is the ultmate tool. In a few months I will double or triple my departments income, because of this tool.
PROSI like the way this tool helped me rank to the top of Google rankings for about 10 keywords in literary the first 3 weeks.
CONSIts a bit expensive for beginners. I would prefer lower ricing for aspects like the content editor alone.
Reason for choosing Surfer
I saw the reviews from other SEO guys. And i love the Artificial intelligence edge it gives
Mateusz
Online Media, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2022
Absolute must-have for everyone who seeks for increasing website traffic!
We have been using SurferSEO for years since now, and we have to confirm, that this is the best software out of all available of its kind. Overall performance of our website has grown noticeably, while our team can work a lot more efficient and comfortable, fearlessly facing every upcoming challenge.There is a lot of reasons for which we would like to recommend SurferSEO for a wider audience – as for begginers and freelancers, as for the largest companies out of every industry, that seeks for increasing website traffic.The main reason is of course utility and precision of SurferSEO. Most of the work we had to struggle before by ourselves, is now done by smart algorithm, while we don’t have to worry about the outcome – our experience in using SurferSEO shows clearly, that its recommendations (suggested keywords, text length, and every other guidelines provided) are perfectly accurate, resulting in the best possible way.Overall complexity is also worth of noticing. as SurferSEO is not only a perfect Content Editor, but it provides also a lot of usefull analyst tools (such as SERP Analyzer), thanks to which we can improve our website performance even more.Despite its complexity and utility, SurferSEO is extremely easy to use and to get familiar with. Full training of a new crewman usually takes one day, after which immediately everyone is able to work independently.Summing it all up together, we can admit that SurferSEO has become the foundation of most of our business
PROSThere are three most noticeable things about SurferSEO, that really should be pointed out - its overall utility and precision of operation, complexity and ease of use, which results in best imaginable ways of website total performance, as for smallest businesses, as for largest companies.
CONSEveryone who work hard enough for their success knows, that self-improvement needs to be constant and there is always a lot of things that you can do better. However, it is really hard to say what we are missing about SurferSEO right now, since we are really satisfied about its overall outcome - we are really excited though to hear more about every upcoming changes and features.
Sharon
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2021
Excellent Tool for SEO optimization using Artificial Intelligence
SurferSEO has quickly become one of my favorites among the numerous AI-assisted SEO tools I've been using for content production in the last six months. ( 1 ) Comprehensive Outlines with Keywords - I used tools that are specific for keyword research and compared the results with the content planner in SurferSEO. It pretty much showed all the valuable keywords, questions, headings across its various sections. So it saves time, makes it easy, and is great to start even if you didn't do much keyword research. ( 2 ) Contextual Output - When I wanted to write something specific about a topic, "what-why-how-when" Content Editor gave me by far the best results. Other tools were writing generic information about the topic that was not relevant to what I was seeking in a heading. But pretty much every output from SurferSEO was on point. ( 3 ) Ideas and Perspectives - As I keep writing in SurferSEO, I often discover so many new ideas and content on a topic. Many times, I could turn an entire section/heading into a completely new article too.
CONS( 1 ) Keyword Competition score is not shown ( 2 ) H2 and H2 suggestions, in Brief section, are jumbled up and it needs a bit of time to figure out the order in which they should appear in the final article
Evelyn
Marketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed June 2021
Surfer is super helpful!!
With Surfer, we're able to identify and easily communicate how to improve the SEO of web pages and blog posts to writers and clients. It's easy enough to use and integrate while being worth the price.
PROSFirst off, Surfer's Chrome extension made it super easy for us to implement into Google Docs! It's keyword tracker is great for writers and clients who need an easy glance at their progress without being overwhelmed by data. However, for those of us on the marketing side, it took a second for us to identify which data was actually useful through the clutter. It's easy to customize based on relevant keywords and top-ranking posts, so when we're writing blogposts, we can remove short ad-based blogs or listicles (like Yelp pages) to improve relevancy.
CONSFirst off, there's no description of keyword difficulty, which reduces the clarity around which keywords are most impactful for the score. In addition, keywords aren't logged when they're included in a hyperlink. Sometimes Surfer can steer your content in a direction that is more SEO than reader-friendly - like recommending 32 headers in a 1300 word blog!
John
Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2023
Surfer - All You Need!
My experience with Surfer has been excellent. I love their software; their tutorials are quick and to the point and have taught me much. Furthermore, the support is quick and easy to work with. I am pretty impressed they don't hit you up with bots and automated replies but actual people who actually help you. Surfer is S-tier, alpha-type software that gets the job done. Don't sleep on this.
PROSSurfer is a fantastic tool for content discovery through keyword clustering, analysis with the tools it provides (SERP Analyzer), and content creation. I rely on this software daily for my clients and couldn't function without it.
CONSWhat I like least about Surfer is they don't let me use their software for free. =P
Reason for choosing Surfer
No hidden pricing and was able to get all my answers from just their landing pages. Other companies should take notes...you shouldn't have to call to find out the cost.
Mahmudul islam
Verified reviewer
Civil Engineering, 501-1,000 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2022
Best online tool for SEO content optimization
As a website owner, now need top notch content to rank on google. I was struggling to produce good content , but by the help of surfer , for the last one year i can see my website id ranking pretty well. Most of other feature i used content editor option to plan, my content properly. I make sure my keyword is perfect then surfer gives me word count of that keyword and related website details. By this way i mke perfect SEO friendly content and outranked my competitors.
PROSContent editor and content planner is the best tool for planning for website content. It shows keyword count need to tank for SERP for any targeted keyword, which helps me to plan my content. By using surfer , my blogsite outrank some of the competition, as a result my blogsite is getting traffic now. Keyword research option also give me help, with surfer , i have done planning for content properly.
CONSThey did not have that much fault with their survice, though sometimes i think , i use content editor most of the time, but i have to pay full module. But result i get , its definately worth money.
Reasons for switching to Surfer
Content editor section is definitely ,life changing decision for my blog site.
Nikola
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2021
Real-time content optimization
Cutting content optimizaing process for more than a half.
PROSContent Optimizer is the best thing about Surfer. SEO has become very competitive these last few years, and you just can't go without KW density optimized content anymore if you want to be comparative. Most tools that I used before optimize content after it is written. That prolongs the writing/posting time, and it's hard for VA's to learn and do it properly. This tool does it in real-time. The keywords are right there on the right side and are interactive, giving the writer guides on what he should include in the content from the start.
CONSI use mostly Firefox browser because it has better developer tools than Crome. SEOSurfer has good addons for Google Chrome and Google docs (that are also in chrome) but nothing for Mozilla; that is something I find it a bit frustrating.
Anonymous
2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2024
Hands down the best content optimizing tool we use in our agency!
Surfer SEO gives us an easy-to-follow rubric to optimize our SEO scores on our content to match and exceed what the currently top-ranked websites are using. We use this daily with our teams and also has an easy integration with WordPress so we can have our current content analyzed consistently.
CONSNothing, great service for any agency that needs content SEO help.
Vendor Response
Thank you for your feedback—love to hear that we're helping you optimize your SEO scores and that our WordPress plugin is coming in handy! What can we do to earn your 5 stars on ease-of-use and customer support? Thanks!
Replied February 2024
Dhes
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2024
4x my clients traffic through content strategies from Surfer
Been great so far, and the team keeps innovating
PROSEasy roadmap to clear, predicable SEO wins
CONSThe price can be high for the AI content, but overall the value for money outweighs the costs significantly
Vendor Response
Hi Dhes! Thank you for your review and your kind words—we're thrilled to be a part of your SEO journey! We're working hard behind the scenes to keep on innovating. Thanks again for being with Surfer!
Replied February 2024
Bhavya
Information Technology and Services, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Something what you call - A Next GEN Product!!!
A great product. Easy to use. Fun, Really Fun when you see your score goes up. It gives you the satisfaction that your content is written well. Besides, it gives writers a chance to fight and respond to allegations raised regarding their content's quality.
PROSSurfer SEO is the tool that helps your content sticks to its relevance. The terms and words it suggests help boost CONTENT relevancy for SEO and make your pages rank.
CONSSurfer should guarantee rank no: 1 on Google. It is just a marketing gimmick! Surfer only helps your pages and content rank. To climb the ladder and reach in top search results, you have to implement your own strategies by observing and competitor analysis. However, it is a massive time saver.
Reason for choosing Surfer
It is different from traditional SEO tools. In addition to keyword research, it also helps you optimize content and boost relevancy for better ranking results.
Jianquan
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2021
Amazing Tool
Amazing. SurferSEO saves me a lot of time to ensure that my articles are SEO optimised.
PROSI like the fact that this tool guides my writers to write SEO optimised articles and don't need to worry about keyword density or semantic keywords.
CONSNothing much, the content planner is still in beta mode. The categorisation and topic finder feature can be better.
Reason for choosing Surfer
It is well developed for SEO purposes.
Bartosiewicz
Verified reviewer
Insurance, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed September 2021
Probably the best content writing assistant ever
My knowledge of Surfer and experience with it is basically what allowed me to be where I am now, and I'm in the best moment of my life.
PROSIf covers the structure and keywords like nothing else. Thanks to Surfer you can rank high with content only, with barely any backlinks. Also, high Content Score results and prowess with the software allows content writers like myself to charge more and, thus, earn more.
CONSYou can't unpin or hide the guidelines bar in Google Docs or Wordpress, which sometimes drives me crazy.
Evgenia
Verified reviewer
Marketing and Advertising, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
Love Surfer
I have been using Surfer for more than 3 years and been a huge fan since I was tried it. I have been recommending the tool to every colleague I know and everyone was extremely happy with the software.
PROSIt's extremely fast, easy to use and intuitive. It saves tons of time for an SEO. It has lots of functionality that comes in handy for copywriting, optimization and keyword research process.
CONSCurrently, I don't see any feature in the software which needs any kind of improvement.
Anonymous
1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2021
Surfer Is Great For Creating Webpages
I am generating web pages and educational blog posts of a technical mechanical engineering nature. I have realized that while I must write engaging content for the reader, I must also allow the reader to find my content by including the appropriate keywords and key phrases for the search engines.
PROSI write web pages and educational blog posts of a technical mechanical engineering nature. I start with Content Planner and then migrate to Content Editor. I began with Jarvis.ai for generating copy (and giving me ideas) and then purchased Surfer for its integration with Jarvis — which is terrific. I love how Surfer shows me the best keywords to be using ranked in a Pareto order. I love the gauge that ranks my progress from 0 to 100. Everything is straightforward to understand. Thanks Surfer.
CONS'm still not quite in tune with how to develop the appropriate Focus Keyword or Keyphrase to get started with the Content Editor. I still find myself snooping around in a Google Search to find a good one. I'm not upset because I know that my understanding will grow with the use of the product. I use NLPs all the time, and I wish I had a few more of them each month.
Annabell
Real Estate, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2023
Surfer SEO in the eyes of an SEO Beginner
Initially, I thought you'd only write articles for a website and then you're good to go. But I realized that you need to optimize it to become more SEO friendly and attract more traffic and impression. Surfer SEO helped me along the way. Now, our website is gaining a steady amount of organic traffic every month.
PROSIt is easy to use even if you're a beginner in SEO.
CONSMaybe the amount of credits you can use per level of subscription. It's minimal.
Lokesh
Verified reviewer
Information Technology and Services, 51-200 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2022
Best SEO Software for Digital Marketers
I use it in my Digital Marketing work as SEO is very important to rank your articles on Google or any other search engine.With the help of SurferSEO, I had many benefits where I audited my site and found the existing issues. I also wrote more than 50 articles using their Content Editor and 38 are in the Top 20 Goggle search results.
PROSMy favorite part in the SurferSEO is the Content editor. It allows me to check my SEO real-time score and helps me achieve a target of 66+ score by incorporating the required keywords in my blog.
CONSThe payment is $59 for 10 content editors. Initially, they were offering 15 content editors for the same price, but they have now reduced the number of credits to create content editors. That's harsh on small businesses like mine.