CognitiveSEO vs. Majestic SEO

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
CognitiveSEO
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
CognitiveSEO is a relatively new search engine optimization toolkit, launched in 2012 from developer and CEO Razvan Gavrilas of the company of the same name based in Romania. With an emphasis on backlink analysis and link creating, the platform also presents content and site audit analysis, keyword research and tracking, also rank tracking, all presented via a customizable dashboard. For a small group of up to 5 users with no interest in an API, CognitiveSEO can be had for $99 per month…
$129.99
per month
Majestic SEO
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Majestic surveys and maps the Internet and has created a large commercial Link Intelligence database. This Internet map is used by SEOs, New Media Specialists, Affiliate Managers and online Marketing experts for a variety of uses surrounding online prominence including Link Building, Reputation Management, Website Traffic development, Competitor analysis and News Monitoring.
$49.99
per month
Pricing
CognitiveSEOMajestic SEO
Editions & Modules
Starter
$129.99
per month
Business
Individual Pricing
Custom
Custom Plans Available
Lite
$49.99
per month
Pro
$99.99
per month
Full API
$399.99
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CognitiveSEOMajestic SEO
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsBusiness Plan pricing can be customized by the user using the on-site calculator found on the pricing page. Individual tools (Link Analysis, Rank Tracking, etc.) available a la carte.
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Features
CognitiveSEOMajestic SEO
SEO
Comparison of SEO features of Product A and Product B
CognitiveSEO
7.1
Ratings
9% below category average
Majestic SEO
8.5
Ratings
9% above category average
Keyword analysis7.80 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Backlink management8.20 Ratings9.00 Ratings
SERP ranking tracking7.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Page grader6.80 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Competitive analysis6.60 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Site audit / diagnostics6.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Site recommendations5.90 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Task management7.80 Ratings9.00 Ratings
SEO Channels
Comparison of SEO Channels features of Product A and Product B
CognitiveSEO
5.4
Ratings
34% below category average
Majestic SEO
8.5
Ratings
11% above category average
Local SEO7.20 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Social SEO6.50 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Mobile SEO3.00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Global SEO5.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
SEO Platform & Account Management
Comparison of SEO Platform & Account Management features of Product A and Product B
CognitiveSEO
5.6
Ratings
41% below category average
Majestic SEO
9.5
Ratings
12% above category average
Multi-domain support5.50 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Integration with web analytics tools5.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
CognitiveSEOMajestic SEO
Likelihood to Recommend
6.7
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.1
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
CognitiveSEOMajestic SEO
Likelihood to Recommend
When we have clients that are in a competitive landscape we need to monitor their links (live and lost) more aggressively than others. CognitiveSEO allows us to get daily alerts on new links that come in so we can review these quickly and make decisions to disavow them before these links become a problem.
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Majestic is a really great tool if your company is spending considerable resources on ongoing SEO efforts. In general, Majestic isn't for beginner SEO users, but a more advanced tool to get into deep SEO tactics. I would recommend this for agencies that have a significant investment in SEO. If you're a small team or a small business looking to improve SEO for yourself or company, there are platforms that offer a variety of tools for new to moderate expertise.
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Pros
  • Good tool for tracking KW's when writing a blog post.
  • Easy to see the KW rankings all in one place.
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  • I like Majestic's own metrics Trust and Citation flow, that are very representative of the real value of the website and it's potential effect on the rankings of the website it's linking to.
  • Also, theme (topic) of the website is very useful in the backlink report. This allows to easily identify backlinks relevant to your business.
  • The index of number of backlinks that is provided by Majestic is usually a lot bigger than the indexes of their competitors.
  • Lost link tracker is very useful for tracking dropped links of your projects (you can verify and track multiple domains). This allows to keep track on how many of your ads and articles stay live and sometimes we contact publishers to tell them that their changes on the website (i.e. updates) caused our article or link to go down.
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Cons
  • More mobile accessibility for mobile devices to boost on the go marketing efforts.
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  • Its API for developers and big companies sometime don't give the actual data.
  • Rank tracker is not 100% accurate, but you can create a rough estimate by the report.
  • Backlink history is also missing some links, but I found them mostly.
  • Sometimes site explorer does not give the actual report, so you should check manually too.
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Likelihood to Renew
No answers on this topic
Once you've grown accustomed to the depth and accuracy of Majestic's crawl, it's hard to consider paying for anything else (or settling for free options). SEMRush and MOZ can get you somewhere, but in the right hands, a tool as powerful as Majestic can do a lot for a business's link building strategy.
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Support Rating
They do not respond quickly to any questions or the one time I had an issue. I had resolved the issue myself before they gave a response
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In started when our team started to use this tool, we had trouble understanding many of its features, so its customer support team was our teacher to understand all its complicated features and also how they are used to get better results. Nowadays we are working very efficiently without any help.
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Alternatives Considered
CognitiveSEO specializes in target marketing for more efficient marketing campaigns and lead generation. While I am not too familiar with other competing products, I would highly advise using CognitiveSEO above all due to the efficiency, turnaround time, and customization features to attract new leads based on specific criteria that relate to your products and daily procedures.
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Majestic has features that most of their competitors don't. The backlink index is better than SEMRush in my opinion which also lacks being able to look at links from a range of dates. Their metrics are harder to fool when compared to Moz and I would say that AHREF's is a good competitor but each company keeps their own index of links so its good to use more than one tool
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Return on Investment
  • Beneficial performance in content optimization
  • Mitigating risk from backlink profile
  • Linkbuilding from mentions monitoring
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  • ROI is difficult to ascertain in healthcare marketing, mostly due to privacy laws. Although, Majestic has improved our insight into our digital content, giving us data to work with on the primary site, which has led to an overall increase in organic search.
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