Pricing
Surfer pricing 4 plans, checked Oct 14, 2026
Data checked Oct 14, 2026 against the vendors' own pages. How we verify
Surfer publishes 4 plans: AI Search Analytics, Standard, Pro and Discovery.
The cheapest paid plan is $49 per month billed yearly on the Discovery plan.
There is no free plan.
Surfer plans and limits
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Charged per | Published limits | Includes (vendor's words) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Search Analytics | Not offered | $82 | Not stated | None stated |
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| Standard | Not offered | $99 | Not stated | None stated |
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| Pro | Not offered | $182 | Not stated | None stated |
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| Discovery | Not offered | $49 | Not stated | None stated |
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Prices in USD per month, before tax. Read from the vendor's pricing page on Oct 14, 2026. "Not stated" means the page does not publish it.
What it costs in practice
| Criterion | Weight | Score | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | 33% | 0 | $49/month billed annually on Discovery; no monthly-billed price published (scored against annual-billed prices) source |
| Free plan or trial | 20% | 0 | No free plan or free trial shown on the pricing page source |
| Cost per user (team of 3)category criterion | – | Excluded | No published data: left out, the other criteria are re-weighted. |
| Total | 75% covered5 of 7 criteria | 47/100 | Rank #53 in this category, based on 5 of 7 criteria |
Surfer pricing vs alternatives
| # | Tool | Score | Coverage | From, billed monthly | From, billed yearly | Free plan | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Typefully | 98/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | Free | Free | Yes, 1 user | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 2 |  Rytr | 94/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | $7.50/mo | Not offered | Yes, 10,000 characters per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 3 |  Podcasts To Text | 93/100 | 60%4 of 7 criteria | $14/mo | Not offered | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 4 |  Authormity | 92/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | – | – | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 5 |  Paperpal | 91/100 | 65%4 of 7 criteria | Not offered | $6/mo | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 6 |  starc | 90/100 | 75%5 of 7 criteria | Not offered | $4.17/mo | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 7 |  CannerAI | 90/100 | 80%5 of 7 criteria | $9/mo | Not offered | Yes, 3 images per month | Oct 14, 2026 |
| 8 |  Analyse | 89/100 | 90%6 of 7 criteria | $9/mo | Not offered | Yes | Oct 14, 2026 |
Each value links the vendor page it was read from (hover for the check date). Coverage is the share of the scorecard's weight with verified data, and "N of M criteria" how many criteria the score is based on; a tool is ranked at 60% or more.
– = not published by the vendor, or not verified yet.
All Surfer alternativesQuestions, answered from the data
How much does Surfer cost per month?
The cheapest paid plan costs $49 per month billed yearly on the Discovery plan (pricing page checked Oct 14, 2026).
Is Surfer free?
Surfer has no free plan (pricing page checked Oct 14, 2026).