Clearscope
Get discovered on Google, ChatGPT and what's next with content optimization and AI search visibility
By Clearscope · 4.5/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- Content and SEO teams that research topics, brief writers and optimize drafts against what actually ranks
- Brands that want visibility tracking across ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude alongside classic Google search performance
- Agencies and in-house content programs producing dozens to hundreds of articles per month
- Marketers who need writers and freelancers working from one shared optimization standard
Ideal size: 5-200 (content, SEO and growth teams) people · Growth-stage to enterprise with a dedicated content or SEO owner
Not for
- Teams looking for technical SEO crawls, backlink analysis or log-file auditing - Clearscope is content-focused
- Companies with no content production function and no plans to publish regularly
- Buyers who need a free-forever tier; Clearscope is paid-only after a 14-day trial
- Organizations that require on-premise deployment or a self-hosted option
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
Under 2 weeks
~7 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$4,788/yr
Starts at $1,548 · Subscription per account with unlimited users and projects. Essentials $129/mo, Business $399/mo, Enterprise custom. No contracts, cancel anytime.
Implementation Friction
2/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Unlimited users on every plan; credits scale by plan (50 / 300 / custom tracked queries and pages)
Add-on costs
- Extra pages: $25/mo per 100 pages on Essentials, $15/mo on Business
- Extra drafts: $50 per 10 on Essentials, $20 per 20 on Business
- Enterprise add-ons: custom credits, crawler whitelisting, single sign-on, custom agreements
Company & support
Who is behind Clearscope, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
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- Headquarters
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How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
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- Live chatNot listed
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerPlan not stated
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
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- Response time
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Pricing page states every plan includes priority support, free live onboarding and training, and unlimited sharing and exporting; the Business plan adds a Dedicated Account Manager. No support phone, email, chat or SLA hours are stated.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where Clearscope sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- Clearscope
- SE Ranking
- LawPay
- BrightLocal
- folk
- Semrush
Add or change companies
Up to 10 companies including Clearscope. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What Clearscope ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
Homepage and support centre describe an AI drafting and editing workflow plus an AI Draft and Outline Builder that accelerates first drafts and helps scale production. Query tracking monitors brand mentions across ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. No model-provider key options, no AI audit logging and no AI governance claims are documented.
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
Clearscope is a content optimization and AI search visibility platform. Teams research high-value queries, build outlines, draft and optimize content against what ranks in Google, then track how their brand is mentioned in ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude. Essentials starts at $129/month with unlimited users; Business is $399/month with 300 pages plus a dedicated account manager. No contracts and a 14-day free trial.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Clearscope cost and are there contracts?
Essentials is $129/month (50 tracked queries, 50 pages, 20 topic explorations and 20 drafts) and Business is $399/month with 300 tracked queries and pages. Enterprise is custom. Users and projects are unlimited on all plans, extra pages and drafts are sold as add-ons, and monthly plans carry no minimum contract - you can cancel anytime.
How quickly can our team get value?
Clearscope runs a 14-day free trial and states that free live onboarding and training are included on every plan, so teams can be producing optimized drafts within the first week or two. Customers report time savings of roughly 1.5-3 hours per article once the workflow is in place.
Does Clearscope replace our technical SEO and analytics tools?
No. Clearscope covers content research, briefs, drafting, optimization and content inventory monitoring, plus visibility tracking across AI assistants. It does not offer technical crawls, backlink analysis or log-file auditing, so most teams keep those tools and use Clearscope for the content layer.
How does Clearscope handle AI search visibility?
Query Tracking follows specific queries across ChatGPT and Gemini to show when and how your brand is mentioned and how answers change over time, and query fan-out awareness shows the underlying web searches AI platforms use. Support documentation also describes an AI Draft and Outline Builder for scaling first drafts.
Can agencies and freelancers use it across client accounts?
Yes. Plans include unlimited users, unlimited projects, unlimited sharing and exporting, and free training sessions. Agencies such as Animalz, Growth Machine and Minuttia describe using Clearscope to align freelancers on what complete content looks like and to brief and QA client work consistently.