SpyFu

SpyFu

131 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
SpyFu	Score7 out of 10	N/A	SpyFu is the eponymous SEO and PPC research platform from the company in Scottsdale, Arizona focused on "spying" on competitors, or basically using their behaviors to refine your own through keyword and content analysis, and backlink poaching. This positional search engine optimization and paid listings management platform touts the ability to lower costs and raise rankings via a Kombat-oriented approach... basically a cute way of saying "it makes comparisons" of how well your site does in niche…	$39 per month

Pricing

SpyFu

Basic: $39
per month
Professional: $79
per month
Team: $299
per month

Pricing Offerings
SpyFu
Free Trial
No
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No

No setup fee

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	SpyFu
Considered Both Products	SpyFu Verified User Chose SpyFu SpyFu is a good tool and it certainly provides a good starting point for any basic PPC or SEO campaign. I dont believe it has the comprehensive features that a tool like Ahrefs has, as it doesnt have the granular data these tools possess. However, it is still well worth using … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SpyFu I use Ahrefs for Site audit, Keyword Research, Backlink analysis, and some parts of competitor analysis. SpyFu I always wanted to keep primary, but it's not doable with the limitation of their database, which forces me to use Ahrefs for that reason. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SpyFu It's a great little tool that offers pretty much everything you can get from Moz or Semrush at a fraction of the cost. My company uses a few different tools but I always come back to SpyFu because it is so easy to use and their build-in reporting is great. Incentivized Helpful? Rohit Langde Marketing Manager in Marketing at MalwareFox (Computer & Network Security, 11-50 employees) Chose SpyFu SpyFu is more cost-effective than both (Ahrefs and Semrush), but we have to compromise on the data's accuracy. However, the data reporting and user interface of SpyFu make it easy to decipher. For Paid Ads keyword lookup, we prefer SpyFu to any other tool maybe, because it's … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SpyFu I was surprised to find I preferred Semrush when it comes to keyword research. SpyFu is great (and less expensive than Semrush), but I felt the data Semrush provided was vaster than SpyFu. I was able to get more competitors spending insights in Semrush than SpyFu. Overall, I … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SpyFu I've used Semrush as well. Semrush does organic SEO analysis better than SpyFu and backlink research. I find the data more intuitive. I much prefer SpyFu for their advertising/PPC analysis and use SpyFu when researching competitors' advertising campaigns. These are the main two … Incentivized Helpful? Lisa Arrington Digital Marketing Manager in Marketing at TheeAgency (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose SpyFu Compared to Semrush or Ahrefs, neither of the competitors stacks up against SpyFu in terms of competitor insight of paid ad performance. It can even identify specific ad copy changes, which can be crucial for high-demand periods like Black Friday. In my opinion, SpyFu is an … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SpyFu Spyfu fails to hit the mark at least when it comes to SEO since both Ahrefs and Semrush has a bigger directory and fetches data from more countries than Spyfu does, however Spyfu offers a great deal when it comes to cost effective solution to almost every digital marketing … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SpyFu SpyFu has what we needed from Semrush, and Spyfu is more reasonably priced. Spyfu does not have some of the higher level and specific tools, but is great for the price. Incentivized Helpful? Tyler Heaps Director of Marketing in Marketing at Rain Retail Software (Computer Software, 51-200 employees) Chose SpyFu SpyFu offers the best keyword research platform out there. I have used this for many companies that are still using this tool today. It's always been one of my first marketing software recommendations to companies I work with. For those who understand digital marketing such as … Incentivized Helpful? Elias Van Son Sr. Paid Search Specialist in Marketing at Butler/Till (Marketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees) Chose SpyFu I spent years exclusively using Semrush for this kind of competitor PPC data, and have used Moz in the past on several occasions. I feel that SpyFu is more well-rounded and provides deeper insights than these other products, and honestly, it's just more updated as well. Easier … Incentivized Helpful? Jonathan Kagan VP in Marketing at 9Rooftops \| Cogniscient Media (Marketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees) Chose SpyFu Currently we actively use Semrush and Similar Web, along side SpyFu. To be honest, the platforms are fairly interchangeable. Each one has one or two unique things that the other doesn't have. None of it is totally earth shattering. So often it comes down to price, and SpyFu is … Incentivized Helpful? Kathleen Jasper CEO (Chief Executive Officer) at NavaED LLC (Publishing, 1-10 employees) Chose SpyFu Better price. Much easier to use. Incentivized Helpful? Kathryn Johnson Marketing Specialist in Marketing at Avidex (Writing & Editing, 201-500 employees) Chose SpyFu I haven't used other platforms because our webmaster suggested it. Incentivized Helpful? Jake Hundley CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Professional Services at Evergrow Marketing (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose SpyFu When it comes to assessing the competition, SpyFu is fantastic. I prefer its competitor analysis features much more than SEMRush or any other platform out there. That is what I use SpyFu for. Regarding reporting and integrations, it doesn't quite seem like it's the best option … Incentivized Helpful? George Louvis Owner in Marketing at MySocialMediaUSA.com (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose SpyFu I haven't checked any competitors. SpyFu was the one I found first and it works so well that I never needed to look for an alternative. I can't imagine trying to do my job without it. It's that good. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SpyFu It isn't fair to compare these two tools overall. They have a few shared pieces, but SEMRush is much more expensive but includes many more tools making it a full SEO suite. When looking strictly at the shared tools from both companies (the competitor keyword tools), they stack … Incentivized Helpful? Bill Martin Director of Search in Marketing at BigWing Interactive (Internet, 11-50 employees) Chose SpyFu It is comparable with SEMRush and others Incentivized Helpful? Ruben Diaz SEM Campaign Manager- Independent Contractor in Marketing at SERVIZ (Marketing & Advertising, 11-50 employees) Chose SpyFu I've only used SpyFu. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SpyFu We use Moz for tracking Keywords monthly, and we also use it more for backlink research. We like the keyword research available in SpyFu better than Moz. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SpyFu Personally, the only tool I use as often as SEMRush. If you have the SEMRush paid version, I personally choose to use that over SpyFu. SpyFu is the best free search analytics tool online though. It has the greatest offerings in its free pack and allows you to have the most … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SpyFu They both give me great value, I use them together to get the best results. SimilarWeb gives me a holistic view of a website's traffic - it includes both organic and paid traffic, while SpyFu gives only organic traffic results. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SpyFu We looked at SEM Rush, but for the price, we decided to give SpyFu a chance. SpyFu is very affordable compared to other similar tools. I think that I can overlook some of the lack of intuitiveness of the platform given the low monthly price. Incentivized Helpful? Frank Watson CEO in Marketing at Kangamurra Media (Marketing & Advertising, 1-10 employees) Chose SpyFu On keyword insights, SpyFu wins - Other elements covered Screaming Frog has better information. Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

SpyFu

Comparison of SEO features of SpyFu
Feature	SpyFu 6.6 52 Ratings
Keyword analysis	7.052 Ratings
Backlink management	6.040 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking	6.044 Ratings
Page grader	7.829 Ratings
Competitive analysis	7.051 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics	7.232 Ratings
Site recommendations	6.031 Ratings
Task management	6.120 Ratings

Comparison of SEO Channels features of SpyFu
Feature	SpyFu 5.8 39 Ratings
Local SEO	5.033 Ratings
Social SEO	5.028 Ratings
Mobile SEO	8.029 Ratings
Global SEO	5.035 Ratings

Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of SpyFu
Feature	SpyFu 7.2 28 Ratings
Multi-domain support	6.028 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools	8.518 Ratings

User Ratings
	SpyFu
Likelihood to Recommend	7.0 (62 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	10.0 (10 ratings)
Usability	7.0 (1 ratings)
Support Rating	7.6 (13 ratings)