Per site or per domain
Each website you manage counts as a plan unit, with keyword and report limits inside it.
Watch for: Agencies and multi site owners hit this first. Check whether a subdomain, a client site and a staging copy each count.
Tools for this job
AI SEO and Keyword Research Tools
AI SEO tools for keyword research, content briefs, on-page fixes, WordPress plugins and rank tracking, with the site, credit and article caps each plan sets.
In this category
24 Tools
Listed alphabetically, because nothing here is ranked. Compare them against the selection criteria on the right and the billing models below.
| Tool | What it does | Starts at | Getting started |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alt Text Generator AI | Image alt text from AI, bought as one-time credit packs with 30+ integrations | 10 USD one time for the Basic pack of 200 credits, rising to 40 USD for 1,600 credits | Paid from day one |
 AltTextLab | Context-aware image alt text with bulk processing, sold as credits or pay-as-you-go | 5 USD a month for Pro with 100 credits (4 USD a month billed yearly), up to 189 USD a month for 10,000 credits | Free tier |
 BacklinkGPT | Link building outreach agent priced by inboxes and daily pitch volume | 149 USD per month for Starter, rising to 999 USD for Scale | Paid from day one |
 CanIRank | SEO action recommendations per keyword, priced by sites and daily reports | 49 USD a month for DIY Individual, rising to 299 USD for DIY Agency, with a Free plan | Free tier |
 Hack the SEO | WordPress SEO and AI visibility tool, sold as a 249 EUR plugin or a managed service | 69 EUR per month for AVA alone, 249 EUR for the WordPress plugin, from 490 EUR for the SEO GEO Pilot | Paid from day one |
 hikeseo | Done-for-you small business SEO run by an AI agent and an account manager, priced per site | 89 USD per month on annual billing for Single Site (149 USD on monthly billing) | Paid from day one |
 Keyword Caddy | Local SEO platform with an AI writer and rank tracking, sold as one annual plan | 29 USD per month on annual billing for the SaaS Platform (348 USD charged yearly), with the Done-For-You plan on a custom quote | Free trial |
 Keyword Insights | Keyword clustering, briefs and AI writing sold as monthly credit allowances | 58 USD per month for Basic with 10,000 credits, rising to 99 USD for Professional | Free trial |
 KeywordsPeopleUse | Question and autocomplete keyword research priced by monthly credits and alerts | 15 USD per month for Lite with 150 credits, rising to 299 USD for Unlimited | Free trial |
 Keywrds | AI keyword and question generation from one seed term, on a single credit plan | 19 USD per month for the Beta Package with 1500 credits, with the page stating a rise to 99 USD out of beta | Free tier |
 Konvart | SEO and AI answer visibility suite sold per seat, with every tool on both plans | 30 USD per month for Individual with 1 user, or 45 USD per user per month for Team with a 2 user minimum | Free trial |
 namethispic | Bulk image renamer that writes SEO filenames and alt text, sold in monthly credit plans | 9 USD per month for Pro, rising to 79 USD for Enterprise | Paid from day one |
 Nytro SEO | Rewrites titles, meta tags and alt text for keywords, priced by sites and pages | 59 USD per month for Business, rising to 499 USD for Agency | Free tier |
 Otto SEO | SEO automation sold inside Search Atlas plans, priced by credits, sites and seats | 99 USD a month for Starter, rising to 399 USD for Pro and from 999 USD for Agency | Free trial |
 Post Cheetah | Keyword research, AI articles and rank reports, priced by sites and article credits | 99 USD a month for Solopreneur on monthly billing, rising to 299 USD for Agency | Free trial |
 Rank Math Content AI | AI writing and SEO fixes inside the WordPress plugin, capped per plan | 5.99 EUR a month for Starter on annual billing, excluding VAT, rising to 16.99 EUR a month for Expert | Free trial |
 Ranked | Done-for-you SEO with rank and AI visibility tracking, priced per website | 99 USD a month per website for Standard on monthly billing, rising to 349 USD a month for Enterprise | Free trial |
 seoaiagent.ai | Per-client AI agents for local SEO agencies, on one 50 USD plan after a trial | 50 USD a month for Pro after a 7 day free trial | Free trial |
 Seomaker | SEO writing, rank tracking and site audits sold as three monthly usage tiers | 39 USD per month for Start, rising to 299 USD for Advanced | Paid from day one |
 SEOPress | WordPress SEO plugin with AI meta tags and alt text, sold per site or by AI credits | 49 USD per year for SEOPress PRO on 1 site, 59 USD for 5 sites, 149 USD for unlimited sites | Free tier |
 SEOSpark | Keyword clustering and content briefs sold as two credit-based yearly plans | 49 USD per month on yearly billing for Professional (69 USD on monthly billing), rising to 189 USD for Agency | Paid from day one |
 Surfer SEO | Content optimization scoring plus AI answer tracking, sold by document credits | 49 EUR per month for Discovery, 1 seat and 120 documents | Paid from day one |
 Wope | SEO backlink and keyword research with an AI content assistant, sold by research credits | 27 USD per month for Basic, rising to 275 USD for Elite | Free trial |
 Xari | AI SEO and social platform sold as one 999 USD a month plan with up to 30 blogs | 999 USD per month for the AI x SEO plan | Free trial |
How to shop this category
SEO software is the most crowded corner of AI marketing, and most of it falls into three jobs: finding what people search for, deciding what to change on a page, and producing the content or fixes. AI has been added to all three, and the differences between vendors show up in what the plan counts, not in how clever the writing is.
Start with the cap. A tool priced by site, by tracked keyword, by daily report or by credit is a different product depending on whether you run one site or twenty. The entries here put the cap that binds first at the top, because it sets the real price long before the headline figure does.
The second question is control. Some tools propose fixes and wait for approval. Others apply changes directly, and the difference matters most when something goes wrong. Check whether a change can be undone and whether the tool keeps a log of what it touched.
Be careful with ranking and traffic claims. Rankings depend on competitors, links and search engine changes that no vendor controls, so a tool can describe what it did, not what it will earn. Where an entry records a guarantee, it records the terms as written, and says what is missing.
Before you compare prices
How Tools in This Category Actually Bill
Headline prices are rarely comparable, because vendors here charge for different things. These are the models you will meet and what each one hides.
Monthly credits or article quota
Briefs, articles and research runs draw from a monthly allowance that resets.
Watch for: Unused credits rarely roll over, and a single long article or cluster run can use more than one credit. Ask what one article costs in credits before comparing plans.
Per seat
A fee per person with access to the workspace.
Watch for: Suites that bundle every tool on every plan make seats the only variable, which is easy to compare but expensive for large teams.
Managed service with software
A monthly fee covers the software plus a person or agent running the SEO work.
Watch for: The software price and the service price are different things. Ask what you keep and what you can export if you stop paying.
Run this during the trial
What to Test, and What the Result Tells You
"Evaluate output quality" is not a test. These are specific things to do while you still have a free trial, and what each outcome actually means.
- 1
Run the same ten keywords through the tool and through Google Search Console impressions.
What it tells you: Volume estimates differ by vendor. Search Console shows what your site actually earns, so use it as the reference and see how far the tool drifts.
- 2
Ask the tool to apply one on-page fix, such as a title rewrite, then try to undo it.
What it tells you: Reversibility decides whether an automated fix is safe to leave running or something you have to supervise.
- 3
Generate one article on a topic you know well and mark every sentence you would not publish.
What it tells you: The share you keep is the real output, and it tells you whether you are buying drafts or buying editing work.
- 4
Check how many sites, keywords and daily reports the plan covers against your real portfolio.
What it tells you: Plans are sized around one of those numbers. The one you exceed first is the one that sets your actual price.
- 5
Look for the tool's AI answer or citation data and ask how often each prompt is sampled.
What it tells you: A single sample of a nondeterministic model is noise. Repeated sampling is measurement, and only the second is worth paying for.
You may not need to buy anything
What You Probably Already Own
Some of this job is already covered by tools you pay for or can use free. Worth ruling out before adding a subscription.
- Google Search Console
- First party query, page and position data for your own site, free, which no third party tool can observe more accurately.
- Google Keyword Planner and Google Trends
- Keyword ideas and relative demand at no cost, which is enough for a small site with a handful of target topics.
- A free WordPress SEO plugin
- Titles, meta descriptions, sitemaps and schema, so an AI plugin has to beat these basics rather than repeat them.
Claims that do not survive scrutiny
Red Flags in This Category
- Guaranteed rankings or traffic, since nobody outside the search engines controls either.
- Article generation sold as hands-off publishing with no review step, which puts unchecked claims under your brand.
- Automated link building described as outreach at scale without saying where the links come from.
- Keyword volumes presented as exact numbers, when they are estimates that differ between tools.
Questions
SEO and Keywords FAQs
Will AI-written SEO articles rank?
Some do and many do not. Search engines judge usefulness and originality, not how a page was made. A draft you edit against your own knowledge and Search Console data behaves like any other article, while unreviewed output tends to repeat what already ranks.
Do I still need a keyword tool if I have Search Console?
Search Console only reports queries your site already earns impressions for. A keyword tool shows demand for topics you have not ranked for yet, which is the part you cannot get from your own data.
Are WordPress SEO plugins with AI worth the extra cost?
Only if the AI feature replaces work you do. Check the monthly cap on AI actions, since several plugins limit generation by plan, and compare against the free tier of the same plugin.