Semrush

Semrush is the leading platform to grow and measure brand visibility across AI search, SEO, PPC, social, and more.

3.5

Our verdict

Semrush describes itself as Semrush is the leading platform to grow and measure brand visibility across AI search, SEO, PPC, social, and more. It offers a free tier and a free trial. Public pricing lists 8 plans. We do not republish the figures until a person has checked them, so follow the pricing link for current numbers. Our score of 3.5 out of 10 comes from a desk review against the published rubric, recorded 2026-08-25.

Pricing

Free tierYes
Public price listYes

We do not republish prices we have not checked by hand, because automated price extraction proved unreliable enough to mislead. The vendor’s own page has the current figures. Why we do this

View pricing on semrush.com

User reviews

No one has reviewed this tool here yet. Reviews are moderated before they appear, and our own score is editorial and separate from user ratings.

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Side by side

Tool	Our score	From	Free tier
Semrush this page	3.5	—	Yes
Ahrefs	5.9	—	Yes
Frase	5.9	—	Yes
Ranked AI	5.9	—	Yes
Surfer	5.8	—	Yes
Profound	5.2	—	—
Surfer SEO	4.1	$120	Yes

Questions

Is Semrush free?

Yes. Semrush advertises a free tier, and a free trial of its paid plans.

How much does Semrush cost?

Semrush publishes pricing on its own site, listing 8 plans. We deliberately do not republish prices we have not verified by hand, because automated price extraction proved unreliable enough to mislead. Use the link on this page for current figures.

Does Semrush have an API or developer docs?

We found no public developer documentation for Semrush.

How is Semrush scored here?

Semrush scores 3.5 out of 10. That comes from a desk review of public evidence, which is capped at 8.5 out of 10: public pricing, documentation, maintenance signals and how much we could actually verify. Affiliate relationships are excluded from scoring entirely. The full rubric is published on our methodology page.

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