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SpyFu

Composite Score
7.2 /10
CX Score
7.1 /10
Category
SpyFu
7.2 /10

What is SpyFu?

SpyFu helps you spy on your competitors use their search marketing secret formula to improve your own business. Deep research or quick glimpses at their ad habits show you what works and what to avoid when you're connecting with your target audience.

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Awards & Recognition

SpyFu won the following awards in the Search Engine Optimization category

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SpyFu Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

80 Likeliness to Recommend

86 Plan to Renew

71 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value


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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:
81%
Negotiation and Contract:
77%
Conflict Resolution:
87%
Strategy & Innovation:
76%
Service Experience:
83%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+79 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love SpyFu?

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9% Negative
10% Neutral
81% Positive

Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Respectful
  • Reliable
  • Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Keyword Research

88

Competition Analysis

86

Rank Tracking

82

Auditing

80

Analytics and Reporting

78

Alerts

77

Local SEO

77

Content Optimization

75

On-Page Tracker/Optimization

74

Backlink Tools

72

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Usability and Intuitiveness

81

Ease of IT Administration

81

Ease of Implementation

80

Business Value Created

79

Breadth of Features

79

Vendor Support

78

Quality of Features

77

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

76

Ease of Customization

75

Ease of Data Integration

74

Availability and Quality of Training

74

SpyFu Reviews

George L.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Other
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2021

Super easy to use and worth every cent.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SpyFu from other similar products?

I handle marketing in a highly competitive business niche. Most of our competitors spend 10x what we spend in advertising and marketing. By using Spyfu and a couple other tools I'm able to see their best ads, keywords, budgets and when they're running their ads. This helps me be way more competitive with a much lower budget.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Seeing the ads and keywords.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The only thing that I don't like is sometimes Spyfu cannot find a competitor. They do add them but it takes time.. Still that's to be expected and is a very minor inconvenience.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Buy it if you spend more than $1000 per year on PPC ads. Knowing what others are running and what keywords are generating the leads is worth the annual cost of Spyfu.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Kishan K.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

Fantastic Digital Marketing Tool for SEO & PPC

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates SpyFu from other similar products?

The keyword research process has been a piece of cake. In just four months, search engine traffic has increased by more than 20%. A large portion of our SEO effort has been done internally, saving us billions of euros each month. Thanks to SpyFu, we should be able to stay inside our website expenditure budget. In order to remain ahead of the competition, we use SpyFu to keep tabs on some of our largest competitors. In this way, SpyFu differentiated from other similar products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

This is a wonderful piece of software. What I like most is how easy it is to get competitive data on a client's rivals to show them who's edging them out in the market. The structure and alternatives for doing a competitive study of other similar companies as my client's clients. In the early days of learning about SpyFu, it was amazing to see how many local businesses were running PPC ads. SpyFu allows you to observe what your competitors are doing on marketplaces such as Google PPC, and you may then take action. Advertising, particular keywords, and data are all displayed.

What do you dislike most about this product?

A lot of times, I feel that the data is distorted, especially when it comes to the Costs side of PPC. In certain cases, monthly costs might be very different from what a customer is currently paying, making it difficult to assess a competitor's advertising budget. There are times when tables or ad samples are cropped off, making it impossible to understand data or grasp the entire context of a certain situation.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

SpyFu has a unique benefit in that it allows you to compare your firm to your competitors and see what advertisements they are running. I highly suggest it.  Brands with a national audience will benefit from this. Choose a local SEO tool if that's your area of expertise. For national campaigns and information gathering, SpyFu is a wonderful tool, but if you're not in that situation, look for another tool. In order to make sure that you have all of the data you need, I recommend using the free trial time to play around with the product and make sure you can set up all of the groups and keywords in each group that you want to track.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Unique Features
  • Effective Service

Ramakant R.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2021

Spyfu - Great SEO tool & PPC Research Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SpyFu from other similar products?

Spyfu is a must having tool for PPC and SEO. Search your keyword proficiency, competitor analysis, backlink research, product comparison, and the most useful tool for making SEO changes and competitor analysis.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

1. Great tool for competitor Analysis 2. Keyword research 3. PPC keyword research 4. SEO review of a website 5. Backlink Analysis

What do you dislike most about this product?

As compare to SEMrush and Ahrefs this tool has many dislikes. But as compared to the pricing structure it's a very good tool to use.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are comparing this tool with SEMrush and Ahrefs this tool has fewer options and fewer features. But the price of this tool is very good. I am using this tool for the last 1 year and it is providing much more accurate data and providing good SEO reports.

Pros

  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity

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