Frase vs Clearscope
Frase and Clearscope both optimize content against the SERP, but their packaging tells different stories. Frase (Starter $49/mo, $39/mo billed annually: 1 seat, 1 site, 10 articles and 50 audit pages/mo; Professional $129/mo, $103 annual: 3 seats, 40 articles; Scale $299/mo, $239 annual: 5 seats, 100 articles; 7-day trial) is a research-to-draft suite: briefs, SERP analysis, AI writing, and GEO/AI-visibility scoring in one editor, metered by article quota. Clearscope (Essentials $129/mo: 50 tracked queries, 50 pages, 20 topic explorations, 20 drafts; Business $399/mo; Enterprise custom; 14-day trial) is the premium grading layer: letter-grade content reports editors hand to writers, with unlimited users and projects on every tier — rare at this price. Solo operators and small teams start cheaper with Frase; editorial teams that want one shared definition of done pay Clearscope's floor. No measured ranking winner; we did not run a scored comparison.
| Decision point | Frase | Clearscope |
|---|---|---|
| Best suited to | Solo publishers and small content teams planning articles, updating existing pages, and tracking a defined site against monthly article and audit limits. | SEO and content teams that track brand visibility in Google, ChatGPT, and Gemini while optimizing and drafting content. |
| Plans and cost | Starter is $49/month month to month or $39/month billed yearly, with 10 articles and 50 audit pages each month. The $39 figure is an annual-billing monthly equivalent, not a month-to-month price; the 7-day trial requires no credit card. Prices are explicitly stated as USD. | Essentials is $129/month with 50 tracked queries, 50 pages, and 20 monthly drafts; Business is $399/month with 300 tracked queries and 300 pages; Enterprise is custom-priced. A 14-day free trial is offered and there are no contracts. Prices as published on the official pricing page on 2026-10-20. |
| Limitations | Starter covers one seat and one site, with 10 articles and 50 audit pages per month. Scores and monitoring are prioritization aids; they do not guarantee search rankings, citations, or traffic. | Drafts are capped per plan (20 monthly drafts on both Essentials and Business), and after the 14-day free trial every plan is paid; no ongoing free tier is published. |
Use the same input
Take the same target keyword, generate a content brief and one optimized draft in each tool on its entry tier, then compare how many tracked queries, pages, and drafts the plan actually allows per month.
What a successful result must preserve
Monthly article volume, seat count, and whether the team needs a research-to-draft pipeline with quotas or a premium grading workflow with unlimited collaborators.
Evidence and test status
Pricing and feature comparison based on publicly available information. Frase prices (Starter $49/mo, $39/mo billed annually; Professional $129/mo, $103/mo annual; Scale $299/mo, $239/mo annual; Enterprise custom) and Clearscope prices (Essentials $129/mo; Business $399/mo; Enterprise custom) come from each vendor's official pricing pages as reported in 2026 pricing coverage, re-checked 2026-10-24. Older Clearscope figures ($170-$189 entry) are stale. We did not run a scored comparison; no ranking improvement is claimed.
- Frase — Official platform overview ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official pricing, USD, trial, and monthly limits ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15), Official product documentation quickstart ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-15)
- Clearscope — Plans & Pricing | Clearscope ↗