Questions and answers
What is Demandscope?
An SEO platform that reads live search data and turns it into clear answers: where your website can win traffic, what your competitors do, whether AI assistants mention you, and what to do first.
Who is it for?
Founders and small businesses doing their own SEO, marketers and content teams, and SEO freelancers and agencies with clients.
How does the free trial work?
You get 700 credits for 7 days with the Starter tools and limits (1,000 keywords per search, 1 SEO project). No card needed. There is one free trial per person.
What is a credit?
Credits pay for the live data each search reads. Every search shows its price in credits before it starts, so you decide first.
How many credits does a search use?
It depends on how much data it reads. A site audit starts at 50 credits, an AI visibility check at 75 and a competitor ad check at 25. The exact price is always shown before you start.
What happens if a search fails?
Most tools reserve the credits when a search starts. If it costs less, the rest comes back; if it fails, the reserved credits come back automatically. Tools that charge as they go only charge for the data they actually read.
Do unused credits carry over?
No. Your credits renew every month (on yearly billing too: the year is paid once, the credits come every month) and unused credits expire.
What is the difference between monthly and yearly billing?
The same credits every month and the same tools and limits. Yearly billing is paid once a year and costs much less: Starter $19.99 a month instead of $29.99, Pro $99.99 instead of $149.99, Business $199.99 instead of $349.99 (up to 43% saved). You can switch in Manage billing at any time.
Do plans have different tools?
Yes. Starter has every SEO tool except SERP Gap Analyzer, Opportunity Planner, Strategy Builder and Traffic Analytics, and smaller limits: 1,000 keywords per search, 1 SEO project and 100 tracked keywords checked weekly. Pro opens every tool, with 10,000 keywords per search, 5 projects, 1,000 tracked keywords and daily checks. Business and Advanced go up to 100,000 keywords per search and 20 projects; Advanced adds the Advanced SEO tools. Plans also differ in monthly credits.
How do I pay?
By card (and Apple Pay or Link) on the secure Stripe payment page. Your card details go to Stripe, never to Demandscope. Invoices, card changes and plan changes are in Manage billing on the Plans page.
Can I cancel?
Yes. Your plan stays active until the end of the period you paid for. See the Refund policy for details.
How accurate are the numbers?
Demandscope reads real public data, but search volumes, traffic and difficulty are estimates in every SEO tool. We show how confident each number is and let you open the data behind it.
Why do some searches take minutes?
Because the data is collected live for your question, not taken from an old database. Long searches run in the background and you get a notification when they finish.
Who can see my searches?
Your searches and results are private to your account. Some public-data results (for example SEO reports) may be reused to serve other customers faster, but we never show anyone who searched for what.
Do you sell my data?
No. We do not sell personal data and we do not use advertising cookies.
Can I delete my account?
Yes, at any time in My account › Delete my account. Your account and saved work are deleted; we keep only what the law requires (for example invoices).
Do you have an affiliate program?
Yes. Approved partners earn 30% of what the customers they bring pay for their first 12 months. See the Affiliate program page to apply.
Can Demandscope check if ChatGPT or Gemini mentions my brand?
Yes. AI Visibility asks ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity the questions your customers ask, reads Google AI Overviews, and shows whether your brand is named or your pages are cited, next to up to 5 competitors. The guide at /ai-visibility explains how to improve it.
Is Demandscope a cheaper alternative to Semrush or Ahrefs?
For many small teams, yes: keyword research, rank tracking, site audit, backlinks, competitor gaps and AI visibility from $19.99 a month billed yearly, with the price of every search shown before it runs. Semrush and Ahrefs have bigger historical databases and more integrations; our comparison pages say when they are the better choice.
Which SEO tools are included?
Twenty tools, including keyword research (Keyword Explorer, Keyword Overview, Keyword Questions, Strategy Builder), competitor analysis (Domain Overview, Organic Rankings, Top Pages, Compare Domains, Keyword Gap, Backlink Gap, Traffic Analytics), Site Audit, Position Tracking, Backlinks, AI Visibility, Mentions, Competitor Ads, the SERP Gap Analyzer, the Opportunity Planner and a ranked action plan.