Surfer vs Yoast SEO

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

Surfer is the stronger AI pick in SEO Tools: it has a visibility score of 12 versus 0.7 for Yoast SEO, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose Surfer if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (12 vs 0.7)
You want a lower entry price ($49 vs $118.8)
Content optimization focus
Strong AI search visibility

Choose Yoast SEO if…

You want a free plan to start

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 2

Metric	Surfer	Yoast SEO
Visibility score	12%	0.7%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in SEO Tools	#8	#37
Share of voice	4.4%	0.4%
Mentions this run	23	2
Positive in AI answers	43%	—

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Surfer 0pp · Yoast SEO 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

Surfer leads on 3 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

11.1%

AI Mode

9.4%

1.3%

Perplexity

15.6%

0.9%

SurferYoast SEO

Head to head in AI answers

1 engine answers name both brands

1Surfer ranked higher

0Yoast SEO ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Surfer	Yoast SEO
Official website of the top SEO tool vendors	Perplexity	#11	#12

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Surfer	Yoast SEO
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Flat tiers
Entry price	$49 / mo	Free; paid from $118.8 / mo
Free plan	No	Yes
Deployment	—	WordPress plugin and Shopify app
Support	Customer Support (24h, Mon–Fri), Knowledge Base, Surfer Academy, Personalized Onboarding	24/7 email and chat support with a Premium subscription, Help center, Free support forums at wordpress.org, Yoast SEO Academy online courses
Founded	—	2010
Headquarters	Wrocław, Poland	Wijchen, Netherlands
Employees	51–200	51–200
Best for	Marketing and SEO teams, agencies, in-house content teams and individual content creators who want to grow organic traffic from Google and AI search.	Entrepreneurs, in-house marketing teams, content creators and niche publishers on WordPress, and ecommerce teams on WooCommerce or Shopify.