Surfer alternatives
By Joris van Huët · each comparison from the vendors' own pricing and help pages, prices dated on the page
The short answer: 5 tools are compared with Surfer on this site, and the line under each one is the verdict from its comparison: who should pick which, with the figures that decide it on the comparison itself. Read the one that names your job. What Surfer costs and who it suits is in its entry, and how to use Surfer walks through one job with it.
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Ahrefs
If your pages already target the right keywords and lose on the writing, Surfer's Standard plan at $119 a month is the narrower and cheaper fix (Surfer pricing).
Frase
If you suspect the problem is what happens after a page goes live, because good articles slide and nobody refreshes them, Frase is built around that loop: its Professional plan covers 40 articles a month, 3 seats and decay watching on 75 pages for $129 on monthly billing (Frase pricing).
NEURONwriter
Under 30 articles a month with one or two writers, you are buying analyses, not a platform, and NeuronWriter's Gold plan gives 75 a month with unlimited team members for $69 on monthly billing (NeuronWriter pricing). Surfer's Standard plan costs $119 for 30 documents and 3 seats (Surfer pricing).
Semrush
If your bottleneck is drafts rather than ideas, Surfer is the tool: its Standard plan gives 3 seats and 30 documents a month for $119 on monthly billing (Surfer pricing).
WriterZen
Consider WriterZen if you are a solo writer or a small agency that plans from keyword clusters and would rather pay once: its All-In-One Basic tier is listed at $150 as a one-time purchase, with 50 articles a month in its Content Creator (WriterZen pricing).
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