Marketing & Content Creation · verified 4 September 2026

Best AI for SEO

5 tools 3 with a free plan 4 built for this Prices verified 4 September 2026

The 5 that fit

Perplexity

By PerplexitySan Francisco, United States1 product across 3 categories

Built for this. Purpose-built for cited web answers. Every claim carries a numbered link, and Comet extends it across normal browsing.

Free plan
Yes
Free tier with citations in every answer, basic AI models and limited daily use
Month to month
$20/mo
Pro
Billed yearly
—
No yearly price published

Watch out: A citation proves a source was consulted, not that it supports the sentence attached to it. Click through on anything that matters.

All plans (6)
PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$0Free tier with citations in every answer, basic AI models and limited daily use
Pro$20/modeep research, top AI models, expanded Computer access, 4,000 bonus credits
Max$200/moexpert-level research, frontier models, 35,000 bonus credits and 10,000 monthly credits
Enterprise Pro$34/mo yearlyno training on your data, SSO, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA and GDPR compliance, 500 Computer credits a seat
Enterprise Max$271/mo yearlythe most advanced reasoning models, 15,000 Computer credits a seat, SCIM and audit logs
Additional security and governanceCustomrole-based access control, custom retention, volume discounts
Open Perplexity Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

ChatGPT

By OpenAISan Francisco, United States3 products across 8 categories

Built for this. Fastest for volume — ad variants, subject lines, content calendars, scripts — with image generation in the same window.

Free plan
Yes
Ad supported; unlimited everyday text chats, limited image creation, memory and voice
Month to month
$8/mo
Go
Billed yearly
—
No yearly price published

Watch out: Output has recognisable patterns that audiences increasingly clock. Edit before publishing.

All plans (6)
PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$0Free tier, ad supported; unlimited everyday text chats, limited image creation, memory and voice
Go$8/mo
Plus$20/moadvanced models, higher quality image creation, Work agent, Codex, 20GB of storage
Pro$100/mo
Business standard seat$25/mo · $20/mo yearly
Business premium seat$125/mo · $100/mo yearly5x the usage and no five-hour limit
Open ChatGPT Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

Claude

By AnthropicSan Francisco, United States3 products across 7 categories

Built for this. Best of the general options at holding a specific brand voice across a long batch of copy rather than drifting.

Free plan
Yes
Free tier with daily caps
Month to month
$20/mo
Pro
Billed yearly
$17/mo
$200 a year, Pro plan −15%

Watch out: Give it real examples of your voice. Without them it defaults to a recognisable register.

All plans (6)
PlanPriceWhat you get
Free$0Free tier with daily caps
Pro$20/mo · $17/mo yearly
Max$100/mo
Team standard seat$25/mo · $20/mo yearly
Team premium seat$125/mo · $100/mo yearly
Enterprise$20/mo
Open Claude Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

Surfer SEO

By SurferWrocław, Poland1 product across 1 category

Built for this. Scores a draft against what already ranks for a term, and says which sections and phrases are missing. Built around the editor rather than a report.

Free plan
No
Paid from the start
Month to month
$119/mo
Standard
Billed yearly
$99/mo
Standard plan −17%

Watch out: It optimises for resemblance to current winners, which is a floor rather than a ceiling. Paid from the start, and the entry plan is not cheap.

All plans (4)
PlanPriceWhat you get
AI Search Analytics$185/mo · $158/mo yearlytracks brand visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews, 100 AI prompts refreshed daily, mention gap and brand sentiment
Standard$119/mo · $99/mo yearly30 documents to create or optimise, 25 AI prompts refreshed weekly, brand knowledge
Pro$219/mo · $182/mo yearly50 AI prompts refreshed daily, 5 brand spaces, more integrations
Peace of Mind$359/mo · $299/mo yearlyunlimited documents and brand spaces, 100 AI prompts refreshed daily, API access and VIP support. There is no free plan, only a free start
Open Surfer SEO Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

Writesonic

By WritesonicBengaluru, India1 product across 1 category

Strong fit. Tracks how a brand turns up in ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, then drafts articles and audits the site to close the gaps it finds.

Free plan
No
Paid from the start
Month to month
$99/mo
Starter
Billed yearly
$79/mo
Starter plan −20%

Watch out: Now sold as an AI search visibility platform rather than the copywriter it started as, and priced accordingly, from $79 a month. Plans are capped on prompts and answers tracked, not seats, and agencies are quoted on a separate page.

All plans (5)
PlanPriceWhat you get
Starter$99/mo · $79/mo yearly50 prompts and 50 answers tracked across ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, with AI articles and site audits to close the gaps
Basic$249/mo · $199/mo yearly100 prompts and 300 answers tracked daily, with SEO and GEO on one platform
Growth$499/mo · $399/mo yearly200 prompts and 600 answers tracked daily, sentiment analysis, the Action Center and agentic workflows
EnterpriseCustomall 10 AI platforms tracked, custom prompts, regions and languages, the full Action Center and a dedicated strategy team
Agency Starter$250/mo · $200/mo yearlyup to 20 pitch projects and 2,000 answers a month, with Agency Enterprise priced by arrangement
Open Writesonic Pricing and company Prices checked 4 September 2026

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Best AI for Lead Generation

Contact data, research and the first message

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Every AI tool we track

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How to read this list

Two things separate these and both are on every card.

Fit

Whether a tool is built for this job, a strong fit for it, or able to do it without that being its focus.

Free plan

Whether there is a tier you can keep using rather than a trial that expires.

The order

Fit first, then a free plan, then alphabetical. There is no score, no weighting we decline to publish, and nothing on this site a company can buy.

Questions

What is the best ai for seo?

There is no single answer, which is why this page lists 5 rather than one: Surfer SEO, Writesonic, Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude. 4 of them are built for this kind of work rather than able to do it. Start with a free one.

Which of these have a free plan?

3 of the 5: Perplexity, ChatGPT, Claude. Free means a real free tier you can keep using, not a trial that expires.

How was this list chosen?

By hand, from the 750 products this site tracks, and it is checked against the catalogue on every build — a product renamed or removed breaks the build rather than quietly disappearing from here. Nothing on this site can be paid for: no listing, no position, no wording.