Clearscope vs Frase
Frase scores 7.5 to Clearscope's 5.2 among the content optimizers we rate, and is the better pick for 4 of the 4 kinds of buyer below.
Frase wins, 7.5 to 5.2
$129 a month against $39 is a large gap to defend, and Clearscope defends it with something unusual: a 4.9 rating on G2 and Capterra alike, across a combined 150+ reviews. That level of consistency is rare. Frase does more for less — the full content loop, research through to decay detection — and carries the rough edges that breadth usually brings.
Pick Clearscope if the team needs one thing done extremely well and the budget allows. The A+ to F content grading is immediately legible to writers who are not SEOs, which is why it survives in agencies, and it now tracks brand visibility across ChatGPT and Gemini too. The satisfaction scores are the strongest signal on this page.
Pick Frase if you want the whole loop for a third of the price. Research, drafting, publishing, AI visibility monitoring and content decay detection in one place, with live SERP data rather than cached snapshots and persistent brand context across pieces. $39/mo annually, $49 monthly.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Technical site audit: Frase yes, Clearscope no
- Backlink analysis: Frase yes, Clearscope no
- Content languages: 70 languages against 5 languages
- Monthly price, cheapest paid plan: $49 against $129
- But Clearscope leads on free trial: 14 days against 7 days
- API access: Frase yes, Clearscope no
- White-label reports: Frase yes, Clearscope no
- But Clearscope leads on google Docs add-on: Clearscope yes, Frase no
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other content optimizers we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Frase leads on 6 of 6 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (15)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Clearscope
Frase
For everything else about each tool, read the full Clearscope review and Frase review.
What the ratings do and do not tell you
4.9 on two independent platforms across 150+ reviews is a genuinely strong signal, and it is the reason Clearscope survives at three times the price. It tells you people who buy it are happy. It does not tell you they compared it to Frase first, and it does not adjust for the fact that a $129 tool selects for teams with budget and a clear need.
Clearscope's limits
Web-only, no desktop app. And CMS integrations cover Google Docs, WordPress and a Chrome extension — anything else means manual work. If your team publishes through a different CMS, price that friction in.
Its newer AI prompt-tracking accuracy is also unverified by our review, so treat it as promising rather than proven.
Frase's trade
Nine years of development and it still has rough edges users will meet. The feature list is long enough to feel bloated if you only wanted content optimization, and the AI visibility features are newer. You are trading polish for scope, and at a third of the price that is a reasonable trade for a lot of teams.
Deciding
If writers who are not SEOs have to use the tool unsupervised, Clearscope's letter grades are worth real money — legibility is what makes an optimization tool actually get used. If the users are marketers who will explore, Frase gives them far more surface for less.
Clearscope vs Frase: common questions
Is Clearscope worth three times the price?
Its users think so, consistently: 4.9 on both G2 and Capterra across 150+ reviews. The value concentrates in one thing done very well, with grading legible enough that non-SEO writers actually use it.
Which integrates with more CMSs?
Clearscope is limited to Google Docs, WordPress and a Chrome extension, and is web-only with no desktop app. Check your publishing stack before assuming it fits.
Do both track AI assistant visibility?
Both do now. Frase covers ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Google AI; Clearscope tracks ChatGPT and Gemini prompts alongside brand visibility. Accuracy of the newer tracking is unproven on both sides.
