Frase alternatives: 7 tools and their prices
By Michael Nefedov, noetio · Updated 21 October 2026
Frase Starter costs $49 a month, month to month ($39 billed yearly). The lowest paid alternative here is NeuronWriter Bronze at $23 a month, billed monthly.
Entry prices at a glance
- Frasethis page$49 a monthWrites and audits articles, tracks AI prompts, publishes to your CMSStarter, month to month, $39 billed yearly (USD)
- NeuronWriter$23 a monthContent scoring, AI writing and AI-question monitoringBronze, billed monthly, $230 a year (USD)
- Writesonic$99 a monthAI articles, site audits, AI search trackingStarter, billed monthly, $79 billed annually (USD)
- Rankability$97 a monthContent projects, page audits, AI query tracking for agenciesStarter, billed monthly (USD)
- Surfer€59 a monthScores and writes pages, tracks AI prompts, audits contentDiscovery, billed monthly, €49 billed yearly (EUR)
Vendor pricing pages, read 21 October 2026. Euros and dollars are not converted.
Short answer
- Month to month: Starter $49, Professional $129, Scale $299. Billed yearly: $39, $103, $239.
- Starter gives 10 articles, 50 audit pages and 50 AI prompts a month. The trial is 7 days, no card.
- Price per prompt, billed monthly: Frase $0.98, Rankability $0.97, Writesonic $1.98. Engines and contents differ.
Which one to pick
Pick by the job: price, users, a refund promise in writing, or one bill for articles, audits and AI tracking.
- The cheapest scoring toolNeuronWriter Bronze is $23 a month, billed monthly.
- Unlimited usersClearscope or Rankability Both list unlimited users. Frase Professional includes 3 seats.
- A refund promise in writingNeuronWriter or Writesonic Both state one on their pages.
- AI articles with site audits and AI trackingWritesonic Starter is $79 a month billed yearly ($99 monthly) and lists 15 articles.
- Articles, audits and AI tracking on one billFrase Keep Frase if 10, 40 or 100 articles a month is enough. Starter is $49 a month, month to month.
Frase vs the alternatives
Entry prices start at NeuronWriter's $23 billed monthly, and each row keeps its own currency and billing basis.
Entry plans from each vendor's pricing page, read 21 October 2026.
| Tool | What it does | Entry plan and billing | Trial and refund |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frase | Writes and audits articles, tracks AI prompts, publishes to your CMS | Starter $49 monthly, $39 billed yearly (USD) | 7 days, no card; no refund text |
| Surfer | Scores and writes pages, tracks AI prompts, audits content | Discovery €49 a month, billed yearly (EUR) | Start for Free; length not stated; no refund text |
| NeuronWriter | Content scoring, AI writing and AI-question monitoring | Bronze $23 billed monthly, $230 a year (USD) | 7 days; refund request in 30 days |
| Clearscope | Content grading, drafts, query tracking | Essentials $129 a month (USD) | 14 days; cancel any time on monthly plans |
| Scalenut | AI articles, content audits, prompt tracking | Starter $59 on the Monthly toggle; $24 on the Annual toggle, a limited offer (USD) | 7 days, shown on the Monthly toggle |
| Rankability | Content projects, page audits, AI query tracking for agencies | Starter $97 billed monthly, $970 billed annually (USD) | 7 days, card required |
| Writesonic | AI articles, site audits, AI search tracking, agent workflows | Starter $79 billed annually; $99 monthly (USD) | No card to start; 7-day refund; trial length not on the plan cards |
| Jasper | AI writing with brand voice, agents | Pro $69 per seat monthly, $59 yearly (USD) | 7 days |
Frase pricing in 2026
Frase has three public plans and a custom Enterprise plan: Starter $49, Professional $129 and Scale $299 a month, month to month.
- The pricing page has a Monthly and a Yearly toggle.
- Yearly billing saves 20% and is charged once a year.
- Upgrades are prorated at once. Downgrades start at the next billing cycle.
$49
Starter per month, month to month ($39 billed yearly): 10 articles, 50 audit pages, 50 AI prompts, 1 seat, 1 site.
Frase pricing, 21 October 2026. Source
$129
Professional ($103 yearly): 40 articles, 250 audit pages, 200 prompts, 3 seats, 5 sites.
Frase pricing, 21 October 2026. Source
$299
Scale ($239 yearly): 100 articles, 1,000 audit pages, 500 prompts, 5 seats, 10 domains.
Frase pricing, 21 October 2026. Source
What happens at the limit
Starter holds at its monthly limits, so there is no surprise bill. On Professional and Scale you can switch on pay-as-you-go, which is off by default.
| Plan | Extra article | Extra audit page | Extra AI prompt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Professional | $5 | $0.50 | $0.25 |
| Scale | $4 | $0.40 | $0.20 |
Extra seats cost $29 a month each on Professional.
Does Frase have a free plan or trial?
No free plan is listed, but every paid plan offers a 7-day free trial with no credit card.
- The trial uses Professional features, with caps of 5 articles, 50 audit pages, 25 AI prompts and up to 3 seats.
- FraseCMS, Frase's own hosting, is free for 100,000 page views a month and is included with any plan.
- FraseCMS Basic adds a path on your own domain for $19 a month on top of your plan.
AI tracking compared: price per prompt
Frase Starter costs $0.98 a prompt billed monthly, about the same as Rankability Starter at $0.97.
- Every figure divides the whole plan price by the prompts or queries the plan lists. All rows are USD.
- The left price column uses the monthly-billed price. The right one uses the price per month when billed yearly.
- A prompt is not one fixed unit: Rankability counts queries, NeuronWriter counts monitored questions.
- For what these trackers do, read LLM SEO tools.
| Plan | Prompts | Engines | Billed monthly: price per prompt | Billed yearly: price per prompt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frase Starter | 50 | ChatGPT, Google AI | $49 / 50 = $0.98 | $39 / 50 = $0.78 |
| Rankability Starter | 100 queries | 11 platforms | $97 / 100 = $0.97 | $970 a year is $80.83 a month; $80.83 / 100 = $0.81 |
| Writesonic Starter | 50 | 3 platforms | $99 / 50 = $1.98 (monthly price from the Monthly toggle) | $79 / 50 = $1.58 |
| Clearscope Essentials | 50 tracked queries | ChatGPT, Gemini | $129 / 50 = $2.58 | No yearly price listed on the cards |
| NeuronWriter Bronze | 5 questions | Add-on block lists Google, AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity | $23 / 5 = $4.60 | $230 a year is $19.17 a month; $19.17 / 5 = $3.83 |
| Scalenut Starter | 10 | ChatGPT, Google AIO | Monthly toggle: $59 / 10 = $5.90 | Annual toggle, limited offer: $24 / 10 = $2.40 |
- Surfer is not in the table because it prices in euros. Standard is €99 a month billed yearly (€119 month to month) for 25 prompts refreshed weekly, which is €3.96 a prompt yearly or €4.76 monthly. Discovery tracks none.
- Rankability ($0.97) and Frase ($0.98) cost about the same per prompt.
- Writesonic's $1.98 uses the price on its Monthly toggle, not its yearly card price.
What each Frase alternative gives you
Seven alternatives follow, each starting with who it is best for. Prices come from each vendor's pricing page, read 21 October 2026.
Surfer: Scores and writes pages, tracks AI prompts, audits content
- Best for: a team that edits many existing pages.
- Four main plans, billed yearly in euros: Discovery €49 a month, Standard €99, Pro €182 and Peace of Mind €299. Month to month: €59, €119, €219 and €359.
- AI Search Analytics: €82 a month (€95 monthly) for 50 daily prompts and no documents.
- AI prompts: tracking starts at Standard, with 25 prompts refreshed weekly on ChatGPT only. Pro tracks 50 and Peace of Mind 100, both refreshed daily across five engines.
- Seats: 1, 3, 5 and 10 across Discovery, Standard, Pro and Peace of Mind.
- Limits: Standard lists 360 documents with yearly billing (30 with the monthly toggle) and 50 tracked pages, where Frase Starter lists 10 articles and 50 audit pages.
- Trial and billing: every plan has a Start for Free button, with no trial length and no refund text. You cancel by turning off auto-renewal, and yearly plans are charged in full up front. Its FAQ says yearly billing saves up to 17%.
More in Surfer SEO alternatives.
NeuronWriter: Content scoring, AI writing and AI-question monitoring
- Best for: one writer on a small budget.
- Plans, billed monthly: Bronze $23, Silver $45, Gold $69, Platinum $93 and Diamond $117.
- AI-monitored questions: 5 on Bronze, 7 on Silver, 10 on Gold, 15 on Platinum and 20 on Diamond. The page's AI Monitoring add-on block names Google, Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT and Perplexity; it does not say which models the base plans use.
- Documents: 25, 50, 75, 100 and 150. The entry plan lists 25 documents and 5 AI-monitored questions, against 10 articles and 50 prompts on Frase Starter.
- Team and integrations: Bronze and Silver have read-only sharing. Unlimited team members and the Search Console, WordPress and Shopify integrations start at Gold.
- Trial and refund: the 7-day trial runs under Gold plan terms. A refund can be requested on the first plan you buy within 30 days.
Clearscope: Content grading, drafts, query tracking
- Best for: an editorial team that wants unlimited users and has $129 a month to spend.
- Essentials: $129 a month. 50 tracked queries, 50 pages, 20 topic explorations and 20 drafts.
- Business: $399. 300 queries, 300 pages and 50 explorations, still with 20 drafts, plus a dedicated account manager.
- Trial: 14 days free. The FAQ says monthly plans have no minimum contract. Query tracking covers ChatGPT and Gemini.
- Users: users and projects are unlimited on every plan. Frase Professional includes 3 seats for the same $129 month to month, with extra seats at $29 a month.
- Add-ons: extra pages and drafts are sold in steps. For the default 100 pages the table shows $25 a month on Essentials; for 10 drafts it shows $50.
- Gaps: the page mentions no refund.
More in Clearscope alternatives.
Scalenut: AI articles, content audits, prompt tracking
- Best for: a small team that wants a few tracked prompts and drafts.
- Monthly toggle: Starter $59, Plus $89 and Professional $199 a month. The buttons read "Try 7 Days For Free".
- Annual toggle, limited offer: labelled "Save 60%", with doubled limits, at $24, $36 and $80. The buttons read "Grab The Deal".
- Billing: the cards do not spell out the billing term. Scalenut's FAQ says annual billing "comes with a discount compared to monthly plans".
- Prompts: 10, 25 and 100, refreshed weekly. Tracking covers ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews, with Perplexity added on Professional.
- Articles: 5, 30 and 75 on the Monthly toggle, and 10, 60 and 150 on the Annual toggle. On the Monthly toggle Starter allows 5 articles, half of Frase Starter's 10; on the Annual toggle it allows 10.
- Trial: 7 days, on the Monthly toggle.
Rankability: Content projects, page audits, AI query tracking for agencies
- Best for: an agency.
- Starter: $97 a month, billed monthly in USD. 20 content projects, 100 tracked AI queries on 11 platforms and 50 Google keywords.
- Agency ($297): 80 projects and 300 queries.
- Agency Pro ($497): 160 projects and 500 queries.
- Trial: 7 days, card needed, limited usage.
- Annual toggle: $970, $2,970 and $4,970 a year, marked "Save 2 months".
- Seats: the page is headed "Pricing for agencies", and client workspaces and team members are unlimited on all three plans.
- Versus Frase: Frase Scale covers 10 domains and 5 seats, and tracks 5 engines to Rankability's 11 platforms.
Writesonic: AI articles, site audits, AI search tracking, agent workflows
- Best for: a team that wants AI articles and site audits next to tracking.
- Card prices (yearly rate): Starter $79 a month, Basic $199, Growth $399. The Monthly toggle shows $99, $249 and $499.
- Starter lists: 50 prompts, 15 articles, 10 audits and 1 user. Frase Starter lists 10 articles but costs $49 monthly, or $39 billed yearly, against $99 monthly or $79 billed annually.
- Tracking: self-serve plans track 3 AI platforms (ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews). All 9 need Enterprise.
- Agent workflows: a trial, with 10, 50 or 100 runs.
- Refund and trial: the FAQ promises a 7-day, no-questions-asked refund, which Frase's pricing page does not. The plan buttons say Start free trial, and the FAQ gives no trial length.
Jasper: AI writing with brand voice, agents
- Best for: a marketing team that cares about brand voice and agents more than SEO scoring.
- Pro: $69 per seat a month billed monthly, or $59 billed yearly. 1 seat, 2 brand voices, 5 knowledge assets and 3 audiences. 7-day free trial.
- Business: custom. Adds agents for complex workflows, including GEO, plus API access. Features such as the GEO Hub and Agents run on credits.
- Versus Frase: Jasper names brand voices, knowledge assets and audiences as the Pro limits, not articles or prompts, so it cannot be set against Frase's article caps.
Limits side by side
Units differ between tools, so read each row on its own terms.
Not listed means the vendor's pricing page shows no such item.
| Tool | AI prompt tracking | Volume | Publishing | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frase | 50 / 200 / 500 prompts (2, 3, then 5 engines) | 10 / 40 / 100 articles a month | WordPress, Webflow, Sanity, Wix, FraseCMS | 1 / 3 / 5 seats |
| Surfer | Discovery none; Standard 25 weekly, ChatGPT only; Pro 50 daily; Peace of Mind 100 daily | Yearly toggle 120 / 360 / 360 / unlimited documents (fair use); monthly toggle 10 / 30 / 30 / unlimited | WordPress, Google Docs, Contentful, Zapier listed; API on Peace of Mind | 1 / 3 / 5 / 10 (Discovery to Peace of Mind); 5 on AI Search Analytics |
| NeuronWriter | 5 to 20 AI-monitored questions (Bronze to Diamond); the AI Monitoring add-on block lists Google, AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT and Perplexity | 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 150 documents | Search Console, WordPress, Shopify from Gold | Unlimited team members from Gold; not listed below Gold |
| Clearscope | 50 / 300 tracked queries (ChatGPT, Gemini) | 20 drafts a month on both plans | Not listed on the pricing page | Unlimited users |
| Rankability | 100 / 300 / 500 tracked AI queries, 11 platforms | 20 / 80 / 160 content projects a month | API and MCP access listed; no CMS listed on the pricing page | Unlimited team members |
| Scalenut | 10 / 25 / 100 prompts, weekly refresh | Monthly toggle 5 / 30 / 75 articles; Annual toggle 10 / 60 / 150 | Auto-publish to WordPress and Shopify listed on Plus | Plus 4 team members; Professional unlimited |
| Writesonic | 50 / 100 / 200 prompts daily, 3 platforms | 15 / 25 / 50 AI articles a month | Integrations block lists Google Search Console, WordPress, GA4, Looker Studio; which plans include each is not readable | 1 / 2 / 3 users |
Where Frase wins
Frase wins on AI tracking in the first plan, a clear trial, publishing options and overage control.
- AI tracking from the first plan. Starter lists 50 prompts on ChatGPT and Google AI. Surfer Discovery lists none.
- A clear, published trial. 7 days, no card, Professional features, with the caps written out.
- Publishing options. WordPress, Webflow, Sanity, Wix or FraseCMS, and the agent can publish on its own when you switch that on.
- Overage control. Starter stops at its limit, and pay-as-you-go on the higher plans is off by default.
Where Frase falls short
Frase falls short with a small first plan, no refund text and no fix for AI visibility.
- Small first plan. Starter has 1 seat, 1 site and 2 AI engines (ChatGPT and Google AI). Perplexity comes in on Professional, and Claude and Gemini on Scale.
- No refund text on the pricing page.
- No fix for AI visibility. Frase's own FAQ says AI Visibility monitors and alerts and does not change your content.
- No ranking promise. Frase says rankings and AI citations build over weeks after you publish and that it will not promise either inside a 7-day trial. That is honest, and it also means the trial cannot show you results.
More comparisons
Other tool comparisons.
See also Surfer SEO alternatives, Clearscope alternatives and Writesonic alternatives. Back to all SEO tool alternatives.
Where Compass fits
Compass is the AI SEO agent we are building, and it is not open yet.
It is designed to start with sites whose code lives in a Git repo, and it is designed to send each change to you for approval. If you want one agent for the whole job instead of a writing tool, see AI SEO tools by the job they do.
Sources
All prices and limits come from each vendor's own pricing page, read in a browser on 21 October 2026 with both billing toggles checked where the page has one.
- Frase, Plans and pricing: Monthly and Yearly toggle, comparison table and FAQ. frase.io/pricing, read 21 October 2026.
- Surfer, Pricing & Plans: yearly and monthly toggle and comparison table. surferseo.com/pricing/, read 21 October 2026.
- NeuronWriter, Pricing: Monthly and Yearly toggle and FAQ. neuronwriter.com/pricing/, read 21 October 2026.
- Clearscope, Plans & Pricing: plan cards, add-on table and FAQ. clearscope.io/pricing, read 21 October 2026.
- Scalenut, Pricing: Monthly and Annual toggle and FAQ. scalenut.com/pricing, read 21 October 2026.
- Rankability, Pricing for agencies: Monthly and Annual toggle. rankability.com/pricing/, read 21 October 2026.
- Writesonic, Plans & Pricing: Monthly and Annual toggle and FAQ. writesonic.com/pricing, read 21 October 2026.
- Jasper, Plans & Pricing: Monthly and Yearly toggle and billing FAQ. jasper.ai/pricing, read 21 October 2026.
Questions
On 21 October 2026, Frase showed Starter at $49 a month ($39 billed yearly), Professional at $129 ($103 yearly) and Scale at $299 ($239 yearly), in USD. Enterprise is custom. Yearly billing saves 20%.
Yes. Frase offers 7 days free with no credit card. The trial uses Professional features, capped at 5 articles, 50 audit pages, 25 AI prompts and up to 3 seats.
No free plan is listed on its pricing page, only the 7-day trial. FraseCMS, its hosting, has a free tier of 100,000 page views a month.
50 on Starter, 200 on Professional and 500 on Scale. Starter covers ChatGPT and Google AI, Professional adds Perplexity, and Scale adds Claude and Gemini.
On Starter, Frase holds at the limit until the cycle resets or you upgrade. On Professional and Scale you can turn on pay-as-you-go, which is off by default. Professional adds $5 per extra article.
NeuronWriter's Bronze plan is $23 a month billed monthly for 25 documents, against $49 month to month for Frase Starter. Its entry plan lists 5 AI-monitored questions, against 50 prompts on Frase Starter.
Its pricing page does not mention a refund policy. NeuronWriter and Writesonic each state one on their pages.
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Written by Michael Nefedov, founder of noetio. Updated 21 October 2026.