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SpyFu

SpyFu

Composite Score
7.7 /10
CX Score
7.7 /10
Category
SpyFu
7.7 /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.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

87 Plan to Renew

2
Since last award

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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.

+81 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?

14% Negative
8% Neutral
78% Positive

Pros

  • Saves Time
  • Respectful
  • Trustworthy
  • Altruistic

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Competition Analysis

89

Rank Tracking

84

Auditing

83

Keyword Research

83

Analytics and Reporting

81

Local SEO

81

Alerts

81

Content Optimization

79

On-Page Tracker/Optimization

77

Backlink Tools

76

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Business Value Created

84

Ease of Implementation

84

Usability and Intuitiveness

83

Ease of IT Administration

83

Breadth of Features

83

Ease of Customization

82

Vendor Support

81

Ease of Data Integration

80

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

79

Quality of Features

78

Availability and Quality of Training

74

SpyFu Reviews

Preetish P.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2021

Amazing product for competitive intelligence!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates SpyFu from other similar products?

It helps us perform unlimited searches, exports, and reports. The historical data dates back to 2007 since they are one of the pioneers in this field. No restrictions to adding new keywords to the database.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Highly cost-effective and helps us with a lot of automation apart from the core competitive intelligence capabilities.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes navigation inside the product can be difficult. So, there is a bit of a learning curve.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Don't get overwhelmed with the comprehensiveness of different options and customization capabilities. Focus on what are you looking to achieve with the software and build a dashboard to capture insights.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Efficient Service
  • Respectful

Alfonso L.

  • Role: Operations
  • Industry: Entertainment
  • Involvement: Initial Implementation
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2021

Perfect solution for technical problem shooting

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

What differentiates SpyFu from other similar products?

Price is excellent

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Thr aspect

What do you dislike most about this product?

I like every thing

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Recomend he buy

Pros

  • Generous Negotitation
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Trustworthy

Cons

  • Commodity Features
  • Less Friendly Negotiation
  • Less Reliable

Minak S.

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

Submitted Sep 2021

Best & Amazing Easy to Use SEO Tool

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates SpyFu from other similar products?

SpyFu is an SEO and PPC competition intelligence tool. You may enter in a web address to view all of the keywords it ranks for the Google advertising it buys and its best rivals. You may also do in-depth keyword research. You can find the websites that sell it or rank for it, and all of them have a history to boot. It was a breeze to conduct keyword research. We've witnessed an increase in search engine traffic of over 20% in only four months. By doing much of our SEO work ourselves, we've saved huge amounts of money every year. Thanks to SpyFu, we're on track to stay significantly under budget for website expenses.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

layout and choices for comparing my clients' enterprises with those of their competitors in the same sector. In the beginning, when I began to grasp the potential of SpyFu, I was amazed at how many local companies were using PPC ads. Knowing the ad spend market in a month was essential in calculating a reasonable price range. I utilize the insights to understand what's working for my companies, what's working for rivals (that I need to make work for me), and obtain improvement suggestions to make my PPC and SEO spend more successful.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don't use Spyfu for this, however, they might enhance their keyword position reports by including white-labeled weekly rank changes that are sent to clients. Instead of conducting manual pulls, we'd like to be able to refer to rank increases at the conclusion of the term when generating baseline keyword scoring reports.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This is a first-rate product. Thank you. Definitely, something I'd add to your toolbox if you're wanting to step up your SEO efforts. You'll want to put aside some time to learn the entire system. You'll be surprised at how comprehensive Spyfu is if you give it some time. I would highly suggest them to anybody contemplating using their products or services.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Trustworthy

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