Frase Alternatives

Clearscope is the alternative for teams that liked Frase's editor but hated paying per seat. Essentials costs $129 a month and every plan comes with unlimited users and unlimited projects, so ten writers cost the same as one. The plan covers 50 pages, 50 tracked queries, 20 monthly Discoveries for research and 20 monthly Drafts. Business, at $399 a month, raises that to 300 pages and 50 Discoveries, with a dedicated account manager. Grading is simple to read: each draft gets one grade against the terms that the top results use, which makes it easy for an editor to set a bar and hold writers to it.

The catch is the unit. Clearscope counts pages, not articles, and 50 pages run out fast if you also monitor your old posts. Extra pages cost $25 a month per 100 on Essentials, so a library of 250 monitored pages adds $50 a month. Query tracking across ChatGPT and Gemini is included in every plan. There is no minimum contract on the monthly plans, and a 14-day free trial lets a team grade real drafts before paying. For a solo writer, the price per seat is the worst on this list; for a team of five, it becomes one of the best. See also our page on leaving Clearscope if you want the other side of the story.

Surfer, long known as Surfer SEO, is the most direct Frase replacement: the same idea of a live content score built from the pages that rank, with more signals and more tools around it. Discovery costs $49 a month billed yearly or $59 billed monthly, with 1 seat, 120 documents and 10 tracked pages. Standard costs $99 a month billed yearly or $119 monthly, with 360 documents, 3 seats and 50 tracked pages, and adds 1-click content optimization and team collaboration. Discovery covers the editor, the Surfy assistant and a content audit; keyword research and rank drop alerts start on Standard, the topical map on Pro and the SERP Analyzer on Peace of Mind, so on the entry plan you still need a keyword tool.

Read the quota before you sign. On annual billing, Surfer's FAQ says credits reset yearly, so Discovery's 120 documents are the allowance for twelve months: about 10 a month, the same volume as Frase Starter. At $588 a year, that is $4.90 per document, exactly Frase Starter's $49 for 10 articles on monthly billing. The annual plan is charged upfront for the whole year. Our Surfer review scores it 3.6, with features at 4.6 and value for money at 3.0, and the Surfer pricing breakdown details each plan. If the yearly quota is the problem, our list of Surfer alternatives covers the other options.

NeuronWriter is the cheapest way out of Frase that still scores your draft against the pages that rank. Bronze costs $23 a month on monthly billing for 2 projects, 25 documents and 15,000 AI credits; yearly billing gives two months free. Silver, at $45 a month, raises that to 5 projects, 50 documents and 30,000 AI credits. Gold, the most popular plan at $69 a month, gives 10 projects, 75 documents, unlimited team members, 75 plagiarism checks and integrations with Google Search Console, WordPress and Shopify. The editor suggests terms, headings and questions from the SERP, and an AI assistant is part of each plan, while one-click full-article templates start on Gold.

The price per document is the headline: $23 for 25 documents is $0.92 each, against $4.90 per article on Frase Starter billed monthly. The fine print matters, though. Bronze and Silver only offer read-only sharing, and the Search Console and WordPress integrations start on Gold, so a freelancer who wants to refresh old posts from Search Console data pays $69, not $23. The interface feels less polished than Surfer's, and users on review sites praise the value more than the AI drafts. Our SEO tools for freelancers ranking puts it in context.

MarketMuse answers a question Frase barely asks: which topics should your site cover next? Frase optimizes one article at a time. MarketMuse builds an inventory of your site, tracks topics and tells you where your authority is thin. The free plan gives 1 user and 10 queries a month, with access to Topic Navigator, Keywords, SERP x-ray and the heatmaps, which is enough to judge the data. Optimize adds 1 site inventory, 100 tracked topics, 5 Content Briefs and 1 Content Strategy Document a month. Research raises it to 3 users, 1,000 tracked topics and 10 briefs, and Strategy to 5 users, 10K tracked topics, 20 briefs and all 9 brief types.

The paid plans have no public price: the pricing page sends each one to a demo. That makes MarketMuse hard to compare and usually means a sales conversation before you start, so budget time for it. The brief counts are low next to Frase's article counts (5 briefs against 10 articles), because a MarketMuse brief is a planning document, not a draft. It suits a team that already has writers and needs a strategist's map. It is overkill for a blogger who wants a score in the editor. For editors, our AI SEO tools page lists lighter options.

Scalenut is for people who left Frase because they wanted the tool to write more of the article. Starter costs $59 a month billed monthly, with 1 workspace, 5 GEO articles to create and 5 to optimize each month, 5 keyword clusters and 10 tracked AI prompts refreshed weekly on ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews. Plus, at $89 a month, moves to 2 workspaces, 30 articles, a content audit of 200 web pages and up to 4 team members, and adds internal linking and auto-publishing to WordPress and Shopify. Professional costs $199 a month with 75 articles and unlimited workspaces and team members.

The annual tab advertises 60% off as a limited offer, with Starter at $24 a month and doubled limits. Treat it as a promotion, not a list price, and check what renews. On monthly billing, Starter works out at $11.80 per article created ($5.90 if you count the 5 optimized ones too), more than Frase's $4.90, so Scalenut only pays off if you use the drafting and the clusters, not just the score. AI drafts still need an editor's pass. Writers who want only drafting can also look at our AI writing assistant comparison.

Jasper is on this list because many Frase users really wanted a better writer, not a better score. Pro costs $59 a month per seat billed yearly, or $69 billed monthly, with a 7-day free trial. The plan includes 1 seat, the Canvas platform, agents for core marketing workflows, 2 Brand Voices, 5 knowledge assets and 3 audiences. Brand Voice analyzes your existing content and sets tone and formatting rules, so drafts sound like your company. Jasper writes in over 30 languages, which helps teams that publish outside English. Business moves to custom pricing and adds the GEO agent, unlimited brand voices and API access.

Know what you give up. Jasper is built around brand voice and agents rather than a score against the top results, so most SEO teams pair it with an optimizer such as Surfer or NeuronWriter. The GEO agent sits on the Business plan, not on Pro. Pro is a single-seat plan: a second writer means moving to Business, on a custom quote. If you want to understand why some teams move away from it, read our page on switching from Jasper.