SEO Audits and Keyword Research Without a Monthly Plan

Not a full one, and this page won't pretend otherwise. Semrush's core strength — a 500-1,500+ keyword daily rank-tracking database with 25+ years of historical SEO data, plus deep competitor-research tooling — is built for teams that live in that data constantly. nqzai doesn't track thousands of keywords on a daily cadence the way a dedicated rank tracker does. Where nqzai fits: on-demand audits, keyword research, backlink checks, and AI-visibility (AEO/GEO) diagnostics, paid per use instead of a standing monthly plan.

As of 2026-09-08: SEO plan $139/mo ($117.33/mo billed annually), Starter (adds AI Search tracking) $199/mo ($165.17/mo annually), Pro+ $299/mo ($248.17/mo annually), Advanced $549/mo ($455.67/mo annually) — plus add-ons like extra users ($45/mo) and white-labeled reports ($10-20/mo). Every tier is a subscription regardless of how much you actually use that month.

Yes — nqzai's AI-visibility (AEO/GEO) audit checks whether AI engines cite your brand and whether your pages are structured to be extracted by them, priced per audit rather than as a per-day prompt-tracking quota. It answers a different question than Semrush's daily prompt-volume tracking (which monitors a fixed list of prompts over time) — nqzai's check is a point-in-time audit you run when you want the answer, not a standing daily monitor.

About 25k tokens ($0.05) for a full on-page and off-page audit, computed at $2 per million tokens. Every new account starts with 1 million tokens free, which covers your first audit and several more before any top-up is needed — no subscription, no plan selection.

It depends entirely on how much SEO work you actually do in a given month. Run one audit and check keywords occasionally, and nqzai's per-use pricing costs a fraction of any Semrush tier. Track 500+ keywords daily, run continuous competitor monitoring, and pull historical SEO data constantly, and Semrush's flat monthly rate likely costs less than paying per-token for that same volume — that's exactly the workload Semrush's pricing is built around, and nqzai doesn't try to underprice it.

Not on a fixed daily cadence across hundreds of keywords the way Semrush's Position Tracking does. nqzai checks keyword volume, difficulty, and competitor gaps on demand — run it when you need the answer, priced for that single check rather than a standing monitor.

Daily rank tracking at scale (500-5,000 keywords depending on tier), a 25+ year historical SEO database, dedicated content-optimization scoring against live SERP competitors, keyword-cannibalization analysis across a full site, and multi-user team seats. These are real, mature capabilities built for agencies and in-house teams that need continuous monitoring across many sites — not a gap in nqzai so much as a different shape of product for a different usage pattern.

Semrush's Keyword Magic Tool returns a large pre-built keyword database you filter and export — strong for exploring an entire market at once. nqzai's keyword research runs the same request (seed topic in, related terms with volume/difficulty/CPC out) as one step in a chat turn, without a separate dashboard or CSV export/import loop, priced per use rather than bundled into a subscription tier. Semrush's database is deeper for open-ended market exploration; nqzai is faster for a specific answer inside an existing workflow.

Not a full substitute, and it's worth being direct about that: Ahrefs' Keyword Explorer and Site Audit are mature, dedicated tools with their own large keyword/backlink index, built the same way Semrush's are — as a standing subscription platform. nqzai answers the same underlying questions (keyword ideas and volume, a technical site audit) on demand, per request, without a separate Ahrefs account or seat. If continuous multi-site monitoring against Ahrefs' own index is the requirement, that's a real gap; if the need is an on-demand answer inside an existing workflow, nqzai covers it without adding a second subscription.