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SpyFu

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SpyFu FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does SpyFu offer?

SpyFu has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: $39.00/month
Pricing model: Free, Subscription

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Q. Who are the typical users of SpyFu?

SpyFu has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Small Business

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Q. What languages does SpyFu support?

SpyFu supports the following languages:
English

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Q. Does SpyFu offer an API?

No, SpyFu does not have an API available.

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Q. What level of support does SpyFu offer?

SpyFu offers the following support options:
Phone Support, Email/Help Desk, Chat, FAQs/Forum

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SpyFu product overview

Price starts from

39

Per month

Flat Rate

What is SpyFu?

With over 9 years of historic ranking and AdWords data, all corroborated with cached copies of search result pages, SpyFu aims to assist users in improving their SEO (search engine optimization) and advertising strategies by exposing their competitors’ tactics. Unlimited domain, keyword and backlink searches, backlink results, and data exports allow users access to extensive data available on their competitors, and also their own sites.

Key benefits of using SpyFu

Advanced contact information, including social media contacts, telephone numbers and email addresses allows users to reach out for linkbuilding.

AdWords advisor reports contain actionable details for specific changes to make to improve users' ROI on advertising campaigns.

3-way domain comparisons show which keywords are core to all three companies, shared between two, or unique to the user, revealing which keywords should be invested in and which may be a waste of money.

SpyFu has over 9 years of organic ranking data and AdWords history, and keeps cached pages accessible as evidence for all keyword stats.

SpyFu's SEO ranking graphs allow users to follow the history of a domain or page alongside updates to Google's algorithms and filter keywords to see the cause of any downward turns.

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Phone Support
Email/Help Desk
Chat
FAQs/Forum

Training options

Videos
Documentation
In Person

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Value for money

4.3

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143

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39

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SpyFu features

Functionality

4.3

/5

143

Total features

13

5 categories

Most valued features by users

API
Backlink Monitoring
Campaign Management
Competitive Analysis
Customizable Branding
For PPC Campaigns
For Small Businesses
Keyword Analysis

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SpyFu users reviews

Overall Rating

4.5

/5

143

Positive reviews

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.35/10
Rating distribution

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Pros
It is a good tool, it has what you need to do a good research on competencies and search for keywords. And it is much cheaper than most tools.
It gives you great insight into your competition and your competitors competition. It helps us make an educated guess based on real analytics to help improve our site and our client's site.
I'm in the digital marketing space and knowing what competitors are doing in the digital space definitely helps. SpyFu is great in providing competitive insights in certain areas.
Cons
I have had a negative experience and will not be using SpyFu in the future.
There are some websites which are missing in their database so I can't get any info on their campaigns.
Navigation within the site is very difficult at first, which makes it hard to efficiently complete what you're trying to do.

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Jennie Z.

Marketing Manager

Internet, 11-50 employees

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Great way to compare your ads and keywords with competitors

Reviewed 2 years ago

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James R.

Owner

Marketing and Advertising, self-employed

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Best research tool for PPC out there!

Reviewed 2 years ago

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Jake N.

Online Media, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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The Best SEO Spy Tool Available

Reviewed 5 years ago

SpyFu is an excellent SEO tool that should definitely be added to your existing kit of software.

Pros

SpyFu enables keyword research and planning by essentially spying on your competitors. The entire process with SpyFu is painless and simple considering a perfectly fluid website and user experience. We particularly benefit from the PPC/CPC metrics that help us target particular keywords in paid search. Site monitoring is a top feature of SpyFu, as well. Essentially, you can log in and see what your biggest competitors are doing on a daily basis. It's incredible and it helps narrow the gap.

Cons

I find the data to be unreliable at times. It wasn't necessarily a bad thing, considering that it *seems* accurate for the most part. But it is an estimation service. Some of the metrics can also be a little confusing, but with practice it becomes a better experience.

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Marketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Competitor Analysis? No problemo

Reviewed 5 years ago

SpyFu provides you with tons of data about any website you enter. It all comes down to how you use that information to improve your website's ranking and SERPs. The tool itself is great.

Pros

I have been using SpyFu for years now. It is one of the best competitor analysis tools out there. I mainly use it to see for what keywords my competitors rank for and where they get their backlinks from. This is, however, just the basics. You can do a lot more with SpyFu. 1. Find keywords for PPC. See what keywords your competitor is targeting in a PPC campaign and what it is paying for those keywords. 2.AdWords analysis will give you an overview of any website's AdWords campaign and how it is going for them. 3. SERP analysis is another great area where SpyFu will help you identify keywords and SERP position of your competitors.

Cons

1. Most often, the data that SpyFu pulls is outdated. This is one area where they need to work. 2. You get to see PPC details of AdWords only. No Facebook, Bing, or other PPC networks.

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Gambling & Casinos, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Analyse the competition

Reviewed 5 years ago

I think SpyFu should be an essential part of your standard SEO Tool Set

Pros

I can easily gauge what my competitors are focusing on in terms of Keywords for their website, but also at the same time finding new ideas and potential niche's for your site. I am also a fan of the custom branding reports which allow you to offer SEO Rerporting as part of your service.

Cons

At times I found the UI to be a little bit overwhelming, due to the large number of information that is displayed to the end user.

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E-Learning, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Our go to for SEO & PPC

Reviewed 3 years ago

Personally I think a tool like SpyFu is a must have to for PPC and SEO. Its unique advantage is that it allows you to compare how you're doing to competitors. This is something we check rather often to make sure that we're doing what we can to stand out.

Pros

Great tool for competitive research and keyword research. It lets us know how we're doing in comparison to our competitors. Also, when we're planning for new keywords, we always plug them in here to help determine the search volume and relevance. The tool is also rather inexpensive and provides us with a lot of value. We also got to see competitor ad copy, which helped us remain competitive.

Cons

The interface took some getting used to in the beginning. There was a rather steep learning curve when we first started using the platform so make sure to do your research to ensure you're using it correctly!

Vendor response

Thank you for sharing your experience using SpyFu! It sounds like you covered a lot of ground with many different features. Also we have added on-page help (tutorials, glossary, videos, tours) to help users get up to speed across the site. I hope that helps for future tools.

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Erin E.

Real Estate, 51-200 employees

Used other for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Great Cost Effective Tool

Reviewed 5 years ago

Overall, I think is a greta tool for the value!

Pros

Really reasonably priced. Much of the digital marketing realm is aimed to mid and large companies, which prices smaller companies out their products. SpyFu helps fill this void.

Cons

You get what they give and the customization for what you want is limited. I would love to create my own custom keyword lists and track custom competitors over time. There are SERP competitors/results that I am not interested in and think it would a stronger tool, if you could bring down the keywords and competitors you care about.

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