SitePerfector vs Clearscope
Clearscope grades the page somebody already decided to write. SitePerfector decides which page is worth the hours.
Clearscope has the most trusted content grade in the category, and it runs inside Google Docs where writers already work. That is why Adobe, Shopify and IBM standardise on it. SitePerfector does the step before the document opens: it maps your market into topics, lays your existing pages over the demand, and reads the live results to work out which topics you can win.
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One market as a topic tree: themes, topics and pages, with the call on each topic.
Who each one is for
Clearscope
Content optimizer
Content teams. A brief exists, a writer opens the document, the grade updates as they write, and a reviewer signs it off. Clearscope's homepage says solo creators to enterprise, and the logo wall behind it names Adobe, Shopify, IBM, Deloitte and Condé Nast.
SitePerfector
Topic-first SEO
Site owners and small teams where one person is the whole team and nobody hands you a brief. You know your subject and you have a site, and the open question is which pages to build and in what order. SitePerfector answers that first, then gives you a blueprint for each page.
How the two approaches differ
Keyword tools hand you data and leave the decision to you. Topic-first SEO hands you a decision, with the reason and the competitors named. The method itself is explained in Topic-first SEO: what it is and why it works. This page only shows the contrast.
Clearscope
You start with
A page somebody already chose, plus the units you signed up for: Pages, Tracked Prompts, Topic Explorations and Drafts. Which pages and which prompts is your call before the meter starts.
You publish
A page graded against what the top results cover, term by term, live in Google Docs or WordPress.
What you get
- ✕You get a grade on the page, once the page has been chosen.
- ✕Discover and Topic Explorations suggest queries. Which of them your site can win is still your call.
- ✕You buy Pages and Tracked Prompts, and you name both yourself before the tool does anything.
- ✕The workflow assumes a writer, a reviewer and somebody who set the brief.
SitePerfector
You start with
Your market, read from live search results and grouped into themes, topics and pages. Up to 1,500 keyword ideas get vetted and around a hundred earn a place.
You publish
The next page in the order, with a blueprint built from what the top results cover and the gap they leave. You write it, edit an AI draft, or hand the brief to a writer.
What you get
- ✓You get a topic tree: themes, topics and pages, in the order to build them.
- ✓Every topic carries a call and the names of the sites you would be competing against.
- ✓Your own pages sit on the map: covered, off the map, or already ranking without you knowing.
- ✓Each page you approve comes with a blueprint built from the live results.
What each one does, job by job
Rows marked their strength are jobs Clearscope does better than SitePerfector.
| Job to be done | Clearscope | SitePerfector |
|---|---|---|
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Grade a draft against what the top results cover their strength |
Yes The most trusted grade in the category, with term recommendations as you write. |
No No content grade. A blueprint per page from the live results and the gap they leave. |
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Optimize inside Google Docs and WordPress while you write their strength |
Yes Real time, in the document, which is why editorial teams standardise on it. |
No You take the blueprint into whatever you write in. |
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Find queries and topics worth targeting |
Partly Discover and Topic Explorations, metered per month on every plan. |
Yes A topic tree of the whole market, built from live results rather than from a list you supply. |
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Tell you which topics your site can win, and name who you would be beating |
No The grade covers the page. The choice of page stays with you. |
Yes Each topic gets a call from the live results, with the competing sites named next to it. |
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Lay your existing pages over demand |
Partly Content Inventory and Protect watch the Pages you already track for value and decay. |
Yes Covered, off the map, or ranking without you knowing, from a crawl of your site and no Search Console connection. |
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Track brand mentions in ChatGPT and Gemini their strength |
Yes Tracked Prompts are in every plan, and they are the unit you buy. |
No Not built. AI answers cite the pages that rank, so we treat it as the same work. |
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Backlink, PPC and keyword database |
No Not a data suite. |
No Neither tool has one. Keep Ahrefs or Semrush for that. |
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Work for one person who is the whole team |
Partly Their homepage says solo creators to enterprise, but the units, the reviewer workflow and the account manager on Business are shaped for a team. |
Yes Built for one person with a site and a few hours a week. |
Price |
Essentials $129/mo, Business $399/mo, Enterprise on request. Extra Pages and extra Drafts are sold as add-on blocks, and every tier comes with a fourteen-day free trial. |
$7 for the first 14 days, then Basic $39/mo. Pro $99, Agency $179. Cancel anytime. |
Facts about Clearscope checked 3 Sep 2026 on their own pages. The sources are listed at the bottom of this page.
Three differences you can check
1.Clearscope grades how well a page covers a topic. It does not say whether the topic is worth your hours.
The Clearscope grade is the one nobody argues with. It reads what the top results cover, shows a writer what the draft is missing, and does it in the document while they write. What it does not take on is the question before that: which topics your site can win, and which sites hold those results today. SitePerfector reads roughly 40,000 ranked positions per market map and returns a call on each topic: own it, build up to it, or leave it. The competing sites are named next to the call, so you can check it.
Run the free What Ranks Here on a keyword you are unsure about and read which sites hold the top results. Then open the same topic in SitePerfector and read the call it makes and the reason for it.
Check it yourself
2.Clearscope meters Pages and Tracked Prompts, and you pick which ones. SitePerfector produces that list.
Read what the plans count: Pages, Tracked Prompts, Topic Explorations and Drafts. Those are sensible units for a team that already knows which pages matter and which prompts are worth watching, because somebody upstream picked them. If nobody upstream picked them, the picking is your first job and everything after it depends on it. SitePerfector vets up to 1,500 keyword ideas per market map, around a hundred earn a place in the tree, and your site is then laid over that map: covered, off the map, or ranking without you knowing.
Open Clearscope's pricing page and read what the numbers count: Pages, Tracked Prompts, Topic Explorations, Drafts. Then open the topic tree in SitePerfector, where that list is the output rather than the input.
Check it yourself
3.Clearscope's workflow assumes a content team. SitePerfector assumes one person.
A brief exists, a writer opens a Google Doc, the grade moves as they type, a reviewer signs it off, and the Business plan comes with a dedicated account manager. Adobe, Shopify, IBM and Condé Nast sit on the homepage. For that room it is an excellent product. If you are the strategist, the writer and the reviewer at once, the grade is the part you are least short of, and what is missing is knowing which page to open the document for. SitePerfector gives one person the call first, then a blueprint per page built from the live results.
Read Clearscope's homepage and the roles its workflow names: somebody who chooses the topic, somebody who writes, somebody who reviews. Then open the plan view in SitePerfector, which lists the next pages in order for one person.
Check it yourself
When to choose Clearscope, and when to choose SitePerfector
Choose Clearscope if
- You already know what to write and want the grade the category trusts most to write against.
- Your writers live in Google Docs and you want the optimization to happen where they work.
- You run a content team or an agency, and the topic is decided before the writer opens the file.
- You need reporting on how ChatGPT and Gemini mention your brand.
Choose SitePerfector if
- You have a site and a subject, and the open question is which pages to build and in what order.
- You want each recommendation to name the sites you would be competing against, so you can check it.
- Nobody upstream hands you a brief, because upstream is also you.
- You would rather have a call you can audit than a grade to write towards.
Questions
Is SitePerfector a Clearscope alternative?
For deciding what to write, yes. For grading a draft inside Google Docs, no. Clearscope is the better tool for that job, and some people run both: SitePerfector to pick the page, Clearscope to write it well.
Does SitePerfector give me a content grade?
No. Each page on the plan gets a blueprint built from what the top results cover and the gap they leave. We left the grade out on purpose.
Does SitePerfector work inside Google Docs?
No. You take the blueprint into whatever you write in, edit an AI draft in the app, or export a PDF brief for a writer. If a live grade in the document is what you need, Clearscope owns that job.
Can I use both?
Yes. Decide the page in SitePerfector, then write and grade it in Clearscope. If your team already lives in Clearscope, I would keep it and use SitePerfector for the decision.
What does the $7 get me?
Fourteen days of the full Basic plan: your market mapped, your site laid over it, the pages worth writing in order, and a blueprint for each. Then $39 a month, cancel anytime. Nothing is held back in the fourteen days.
Next
- Read how topic-first SEO works. The method behind the right-hand column, with an example.
- Run What Ranks Here on one keyword you care about. It shows what kind of page Google ranks for it.
- Map your own market for $7. Fourteen days of the full product, then $39 a month.
Sources for every claim about Clearscope on this page
- Clearscope pricing page checked 3 Sep 2026
- Clearscope homepage: what it does and who it is for checked 3 Sep 2026
- SitePerfector: How it works, with our own measurements
- SitePerfector: the topic coverage map
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