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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Akamai mPulse

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AmPulse, from Akamai, is a real-time end-user digital experience monitoring solution (or RUM, for real user monitoring) that enables the user to capture user experience data, optimize website performance, and measure ROI.N/A

    Semrush

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ASemrush is a relatively popular search engine optimization tool set from the company of the same name based in Pennsylvania and founded in 2008. Largely the platforms relies on competitive intelligence, and features SEO staples like backlink checking, keyword analysis to refine SEO and PPC campaigning and locate low-cost / high-yield keywords, analysis of competitors who co-occupy desired ad and listing spaces, domain vs. domain analysis, as well as site audit and domain tracking. Semrush can…

    $139.95

    per month

    Pricing
    Akamai mPulseSemrush
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Pro
    $139.95
    per month
    Guru
    $249.95
    per month
    Business
    $499.95
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Akamai mPulseSemrush
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details17% discount for annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Akamai mPulseSemrush
    Considered Both Products
    Akamai
    No answer on this topic
    Semrush
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    106 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    94 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    105 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    99%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    Features
    Akamai mPulseSemrush
    SEO
    Comparison of SEO features of Akamai mPulse and Semrush
    Feature
    Akamai mPulse
    -
    Ratings
    Semrush
    7.9
    152 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Keyword analysis00 Ratings8.7152 Ratings
    Backlink management00 Ratings8.2145 Ratings
    SERP ranking tracking00 Ratings8.1148 Ratings
    Page grader00 Ratings7.0127 Ratings
    Competitive analysis00 Ratings8.6147 Ratings
    Site audit / diagnostics00 Ratings8.0148 Ratings
    Site recommendations00 Ratings7.3137 Ratings
    Task management00 Ratings7.090 Ratings
    SEO Channels
    Comparison of SEO Channels features of Akamai mPulse and Semrush
    Feature
    Akamai mPulse
    -
    Ratings
    Semrush
    8.1
    138 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Local SEO00 Ratings8.3126 Ratings
    Social SEO00 Ratings8.0104 Ratings
    Mobile SEO00 Ratings7.7111 Ratings
    Global SEO00 Ratings8.3112 Ratings
    SEO Platform & Account Management
    Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Akamai mPulse and Semrush
    Feature
    Akamai mPulse
    -
    Ratings
    Semrush
    8.7
    123 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Multi-domain support00 Ratings8.3113 Ratings
    Integration with web analytics tools00 Ratings9.0117 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Akamai mPulseSemrush
    Small Businesses
    SolarWinds Pingdom
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Nozzle
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Catchpoint
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Advanced Web Ranking
    Score8.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Nexthink
    Score7 out of 10
    Google Search Console
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Akamai mPulseSemrush
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.8
    (152 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.9
    (17 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Akamai mPulseSemrush
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Akamai
    In general, if you manage a website, you must have a real user monitoring tool. mPulse is one of the leaders in the market, so if you use this product, you can count on the reliability of the product itself. Personally, I think that if you need to collect technical KPIs, mPulse is a good choice. If on top of technical metrics, you want to collect also business KPIs, potentially there are other products doing this better.
    Incentivized
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    Semrush
    This is suited to plan for keywords in a single market, but it struggles when you need to consolidate several markets. It is well-suited to discover new keywords directly related to the ones being used currently to expand the content the company is creating to get better results.
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    Pros
    Akamai
    • Real time data: you can know in real time how your website is performing.
    • "What if" functionality to choose, from a business point of view, the right web pages to improve
    • Understanding what are the slow pages and seeing the impact on the global performance from a technical and a business point of view.
    • Waterfall functionality - possibility to go in details to a specific session.
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    Semrush
    • Great visuals for keyword position tracking, love that you can see the page that is ranking
    • Enjoyed the auto-generated reporting feature (specifically in the context of keyword position tracking)
    • Shows many different and useful views for competitive research
    • Great templated keyword research tools for those who are not as hands-on with SEO
    • I LOVE the Keyword Magic Tool for honing in on longtail, high-opportunity keywords
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    Cons
    Akamai
    • The creation of a specific dashboard is not easy. You can leverage the available dashboards but if you need something else is not so easy to achieve.
    • Old UI - the look and feel of the product should be improved. It seems very old.
    Incentivized
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    Semrush
    • Extra seats can be expensive, as [an] agency with multiple team members this can be frustrating
    • Backlink data is not great, misses out a lot of backlinks (better off using a specialist backlink tool like Link research tools LRT)
    • Tracking multiple keywords, across multiple clients can be costly
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    I [previously] used Semrush for many years and I cannot find any other tool being so complete and easy to use.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    The interface is a little less intuitive than it could be. The data is often available but filtering and manipulating the data can be a little difficult at times. Expanded comparisons would be helpful since most of the time seeing more than a few competitors at a time allows for a better sense of how to forecast.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    Semrush available when you need it!
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    Performance
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    SemRush performs well with few errors!
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    Support Rating
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    I'm in a FB group for Semrush paid users and it amazing! They are fast to respond, take suggestions and help with questions. I have not felt alone in using this product at all. Highly recommend their support team. When I had an issue I can jump into the group and they will help get me the right person to help or even tag their programmers to look at something that is going on. Love the group!
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    Implementation Rating
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    I did it by myself and do not have a comment!
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    Alternatives Considered
    Akamai
    Generally speaking, both products allow you to not be blind on your website. Easily, you can see how your website is performing. At the moment, Blue Triangle is better than Akamai for the business part (there are more business metrics collected and many more available dashboards for consuming this kind of data). Moreover, the look and feel and the usability of the Blue Triangle portal is better than Akamai one.
    Incentivized
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    Semrush
    We have used both Ahrefs and Semrush extensively at our agency and Semrush remains the tool of choice. We find that Semrush has the largest selection of tools & features to use, with the highest accuracy, and provides top-tier analysis recommendations. It's really is the ultimate all-in-one tool when comparing other performance measurement tools in the digital marketing space.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Akamai
    No answers on this topic
    Semrush
    Semrush is flexible and scalable software which can be deployed across multiple departments and sites as needed.
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    Return on Investment
    Akamai
    • Choose the right pages to optimize.
    Incentivized
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    Semrush
    • Using Semrush on behalf of our clients, we have seen some impressive growth in organic visibility, traffic, conversion and revenue, across multiple industries.
    • The site checks available with Semrush have helped us to pitch and sell our services, securing new clients.
    Incentivized
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