MarketMuse

MarketMuse is an AI tool that helps create and optimize SEO-friendly content.

Boston, Massachusetts
2013
11-50 employees
Easy to Use
Feature Rich
Great Customer Support
Content Generation
Advanced AI Features

About the company

"Create the content that counts."

MarketMuse is an AI-powered content planning and optimization platform designed to help businesses create high-quality, authoritative content that ranks well in search engines. Unlike traditional SEO tools that focus solely on keyword research, MarketMuse analyzes entire content inventories to identify topic clusters, content gaps, and areas of existing authority. It then generates personalized content plans, including AI-generated briefs and recommendations for updates or new content creation.

Key Features

  • Content Inventory & Audit – Automatically crawls and catalogs your entire website’s content, identifying quality, depth, and topic coverage gaps to inform optimization and planning.
  • Topic Modeling & Research – Uses AI to generate related topic clusters, long‑tail keywords, trends, CPC data, and intent insights to help you create comprehensive, relevant content.
  • AI‑Generated Content Briefs – Automatically builds rich outlines by analyzing the top ranking pages: suggesting headings, questions, internal/external links, target content scores, and structure.
  • Real‑Time Content Optimization – As you write or edit, the platform scores content in real‑time, highlighting missing topics and style improvements to match competitors.
  • Competitive Gap & Heatmap Analysis – Visual tools like SERP X‑Ray and competitor heatmaps reveal what top competitors cover and where you can outperform them.
  • Personalized Topic Difficulty Scores & Prioritization – Calculates difficulty scores based on your site’s existing authority, helping prioritize content opportunities where you have realistic ranking potential.
  • Content Strategy & Planning Tools – Enables strategy documents and content calendars; helps teams plan topic clusters and workflows based on ROI, difficulty, and topical authority.
  • Collaboration & Task Management – Built‑in workflows to assign briefs, track progress, coordinate team members, and manage publication schedules.
  • Internal & External Linking Suggestions (“Connect” tool) – Recommends relevant internal and external links, anchor text, and competitive linking paths to strengthen content authority.
  • Exportable Reports & Analytics – Download custom reports and data (Excel, Google Docs, Word) from the Optimization, Research, Compete, and other modules for stakeholder sharing.
  • Who's It For?

    MarketMuse is a strong fit for organizations that produce a high volume of content and want to improve their search visibility. It’s especially useful for those who need help identifying content gaps, prioritizing topics, and making data-informed decisions across their publishing workflow.

    Reviews

    We love MarketMuse for its detailed content briefs that help teams efficiently target high-impact SEO opportunities.

    Verified Q2 2025

    This is a tool I use on a very regular basis. MarketMuse has significantly enhanced my content creation process with its sophisticated approach to optimization and keyword analysis. Its seamless integration into my workflow has proven to be a valuable asset, providing insightful guidance and saving substantial time. The support team's professionalism and prompt assistance underscore the platform's commitment to user satisfaction.

    Verified Q2 2025

    We initially purchased MarketMuse because of our ability to quicky optimize content around keywords for SEO. As a team of two, we were outgunnedy many of the sites we competed against. But now we could see who we were competing against - and the lexicon that was being used to win that term. Most marketers think in terms of pushing an outbound message, but with SEO, we needed to make sure we were echoing the same words being used by our audience. Marketmuse ensured we did. That expansion of our semantic vocabulary became a key driver to our content strategy. And it paid off in results. Year over year, our organic traffic grew by 45%. But we moved from using this as an optimization tool (albeit an important one) - to using it as a strategic tool that was used throughout the product lifecycle.

    Verified Q2 2025

    MarketMuse Inventory helps us know what’s working, what’s not, and what we need to dedicate more time and resources to. Having clear metrics to back up why we’re prioritizing particular content has been super helpful. It’s created additional trust across teams. It’s very helpful in prioritizing old content for optimization, as well as evaluating new content before we publish. Basically, every part of the tool I use regularly.

    Verified Q2 2025

    I love that I get direct insights on keyword research, personal difficulty, topic clusters, and so much more. It's a great tool to build out our existing SEO content strategy. It's been pretty easy to pick up, and the onboarding has been amazing. Implementing MM has been a game changer for our SEO.

    Verified Q2 2025

    What makes MarketMuse stand out from the competition is the quality of data it brings back during the research. Unlike other tools, MarketMuse focuses on topics and clusters, not individual keywords. This approach simplifies content writing and helps me create better content faster. I especially enjoy the simplicity of the Optimize application and its Related Topics section. I don't think there's another tool with such an amount of data.

    Verified Q2 2025

    It stands out for its exceptional user-friendliness, offering an intuitive interface that simplifies complex tasks. The responsive and communicative team behind it is a significant asset, always ready to provide quick and helpful answers to any questions. This combination of ease-of-use and excellent customer support greatly enhances the overall user experience.

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    Pricing

    MarketMuse offers several pricing tiers.

    • Free: $0 per month — 1 user, 10 queries/month, access to basic tools (no content briefs or strategy docs).
    • Optimize: $99 per month — 1 user, 100 tracked topics, 5 content briefs/month, 1 strategy doc/month.
    • Research: $249 per month — 3 users, 1,000 tracked topics, 10 content briefs/month, unlimited queries.
    • Strategy: $499 per month — 5 users, 10,000 tracked topics, 20 content briefs/month, unlimited queries.

    Custom enterprise plans available for larger teams.

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    MarketMuse

    MarketMuse is an AI tool that helps create and optimize SEO-friendly content.

    Easy to Use
    Feature Rich
    Great Customer Support
    Content Generation
    Advanced AI Features

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