How Web CEO® Stacks Up Against Competition

The chart below gives a side-by-side comparison between Web CEO® and major competitors. You can quickly browse this comprehensive table by clicking on shortcut links. Meanwhile, take a look at three things that, in our opinion, strongly differentiate Web CEO®:

Top-3 Reasons to Choose Web CEO® Now

  • Get the latest software upgrades free of charge…forever. Don’t pay 50-70% of initial purchase price every time a new version is released. If you decide to order any paid edition of Web CEO® now, you are guaranteed to get free software upgrades for a lifetime.
  • Get one software suite for all marketing needs. Web CEO® is unique because its 12 tools cover every aspect of search engine marketing and help you increase your sales (or whatever you target) by improving conversion rate and ROI. Never switch to different applications because Web CEO® provides for all SEM/SEO needs.
  • Choose the definite market leader. With 620,000+ users, Web CEO® is a clear industry leader and the most popular choice of webmasters, site owners and web professionals. You are guaranteed continuous development thanks to massive feedback we get from dozens of thousands users. Most importantly, you will always have the best and latest software free (see item 1).
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Pricing Points

Software

Free edition - $0 USD

SmallBiz Edition - $199 USD

Professional Edition - $389 USD

$167

Standard - $249.95 USD

Bussiness - $449.95 USD

Standard edition - $149 USD

Professional edition - $389 USD

Web Analytics, Conversion Rate and ROI Improvement Service

Embedded in Web CEO

Starts at $9.95/month

n/a

Separate tool (AxROI)

$99.95 USD

Separate tool (WebTrends)
Site Uptime Monitoring

Free to $49.95/month

n/a n/a n/a

General Points

Basics
Maximum Projects

Unlimited

Unlimited

Up to 5 in Standard

Unlimited in Professional

Unlimited
License to Deliver SEO/SEM Services

Professional Edition required

n/a n/a n/a
Free Version

Yes

n/a Limited demo version 30-day trial
Credibility
Product Maturity

since 2001

since 2005 since 1997 since 1997
Registered Users

580,000+

n/a n/a n/a
Product Support
Software Updates and Version lifetime free updates lifetime free updates paid lifetime free updates
Knowledge Base Updates

Every business day paid update

Infrequent (about once a month) free update Every week paid update Infrequent (about once a month) paid update
Customer Support
Customer Support
  • Lifetime free support via e-mail,
  • phone
  • live chat
  • Free support via online help desk
  • One year free support via e-mail
  • Free support via e-mail
  • phone
 
Help File

Step-by-step tutorials

General tutorial Step-by-step tutorial Brief help files
FAQ

Detailed on-site questions and answers section

Not yet developed on-site section Detailed on-site questions and answers section Detailed on-site questions and answers section
Video Guides

Video demonstrations

n/a n/a n/a
Quick User Guide

Printable PDF-file

n/a n/a Brief description of tools
Training in Internet Marketing

Basic (free) and Professional Training in Internet Marketing and e-Commerce

n/a n/a n/a
Certification
Personal Certification

Competent Internet Marketer (CIM)

Professional Internet Marketer (PIM)

n/a n/a n/a
Corporate Certification

Certified Internet Marketing Organization

n/a n/a n/a
Reporting
Report Export

HTM, HTML, MHT, XLS and CSV formats

HTM, HTML, CSV formats HTML, PDF, TXT, DOC formats n/a
Reports (Embedded HTML, XLS, CSV, MHT) are sent via built-in email interface HTML formatted reports sent via built-in email interface n/a n/a Zip or MHTML formatted attachments
Scheduled Reports E-mailing

+

n/a n/a n/a
Report Customization

You can add your own logo, header and footer

n/a You can add your own logo, header and footer You can add your own logo, header and footer
Report Sharing System

You can give your customers access to customized reports via Report Viewer

n/a n/a n/a
Dashboard A combined report generated by the Ranking, Links, HitLens, Auditor, Partners, and Monitoring tools n/a n/a n/a
Task Scheduler
  • Auditor, Submission, Partners, Ranking, Links, DashBoard task scheduling
  • with the possibility to re-run unsuccessful tasks
  • with the possibility to set the start time for each of the recurring scheduled tasks separately.
Ranking check Search Engine Ranking Check and Search Engine Submission Reporter, broken link check, submission to search engines
Journal You can get information about the time spent on your tasks n/a n/a n/a

Website Optimization

Keyword Research
Database Own (MetaCrawler.com, Excite.com, MetaEureka.com, Dogpile, Lycos, and others) and Google Keyword Tool n/a Keyword suggestion tools (Google, Overture, Wordtracker, Miva) Wordtracker
Search Keywords per Request Up to 1,000 n/a Up to 100 Up to 25
Monthly Searches + + + +
Keyword Theme Mining + n/a n/a +
KEI, competition, monthly world searches KEI,monthly world searches n/a KEI KEI, daily world searches
Keyword Competition Analysis
  • Pages with your keyword
  • titles with your keyword
  • number of links to pages with your keyword
  • Alexa traffic rank
  • Google Page Rank of pages with your keyword
  • Pages with your keyword
  • titles with your keyword
  • link texts with your keyword
n/a Pages with your keyword
PPC Analysis
  • Google search volume
  • Google estimated average CPC
  • Google estimated clicks/day
  • Google estimated cost/day
n/a
  • Google search volume
  • Google estimated average CPC
  • Google estimated clicks/day
  • Google estimated cost/day
n/a
SEO Advice and Analysis
Plain English Advice on Improving Rankings
  • General Advice on Search Engine Compliance
  • Advice for Compliance with Specific Search Engines (Google-, Yahoo-, MSN-powered)
n/a

General Advice on Search Engine Compliance

  • General Advice on Search Engine Compliance
  • Advice for Compliance with Specific Search Engines

 

Visual Indication of Warning/Problem Areas in the Report + n/a n/a n/a
Keyword Density Page Analysis You can get an idea of all possible search terms that are prominent on your page and can bring you traffic n/a You can get an idea of all possible search terms that are prominent on your page and can bring you traffic n/a
Analysis of External (Off-Page) Ranking Factors Link popularity
site theme
n/a Link popularity Link popularity
Analyzing Your Pages vs. Competition
  • compare to top 10 websites
  • compare to a specified competitor
n/a
  • compare to top 10 websites
  • compare to a specified competitor
compare to top 5 websites
Web Page Editor
Keyword Statistics Display on Editing Frequency, prominence and weight of your keywords in important page areas n/a Frequency, prominence and weight of your keywords in important page areas n/a
Easy Access to SEO-sensitive Page Areas Meta tags,
headings,
ALTs,
links
n/a Meta tags,
headings,
ALTs,
links
Meta tags,
headings
Find & Replace Replace text across multiple pages n/a n/a n/a
Editing Mode WYSIWYG, HTML n/a HTML HTML
Competitor Pages Analysis Keyword statistics and all SEO-critical tags of your competitor n/a Keyword statistics and all SEO-critical tags of your competitor n/a
Robots.txt Creation and editing n/a n/a n/a
Sitemap Generation .xml, .txt, .html and ROR sitemaps. Google-compliant n/a n/a n/a

Promotion and Marketing

Website Submission
Automated Submissions 100+ Search Engines n/a 100+ Search Engines 100+ Search Engines
Human Emulation
  • random interval between search queries
  • imitation of images', style sheets', and other objects' fetching from search engines
  • visiting search engines' home pages
random interval between search queries fixed interval between search queries,
MS Intenet Explorer use
n/a
Guided Manual Submission
  • Search Engines
  • Directories
  • Press release sites
  • Article directories
  • Shopping Search Engines
  • Blog Search Engines and Directories
  • Blog Communities
Article directories Search Engines,
Directories
Search engines
Search Engine Compliance Validation + n/a n/a n/a
Sitemap Manual Submission Google-, Yahoo-, MSN-powered Search Engines n/a n/a n/a
Search Engines' Responses Display + n/a n/a n/a
Link Popularity Analysis
Number of Links to Your Website + + + n/a
Examination of Your Backward Links vs. Competition + n/a + n/a
Research of Sites and Pages Linking to You and Your Competition You can compare sites linking to you and your competition n/a You can compare sites linking to you and your competition n/a
Content Analysis of Backward Links Link type (text or image),
analysis of the text or ALT tag
analysis of the text or ALT tag You can see only text links n/a
Reporting
  • Flexible, Database-Driven
  • advanced filtering
  • flexible profile system with the possibility to add multiple pages and search engines
  • history of changes (with charts and tables)
  • comparison with previous, best or any scan date results
  • Google Page Rank and Alexa Traffic Rank of the linking pages or sites
  • once created not stored in the database
  • no history of changes
  • database-driven
  • comparison with any previous scan date results
  • once created not stored in the database
  • no history of changes
Link Partners Search
Search Method
  • by keyword in major SEs
  • among sites linking to your competitors
  • by keyword in major SEs
  • among sites linking to your competitors
  • link directories
  • by keyword in major SEs
  • among sites linking to your competitors
  • sites with link suggestion form
n/a
Detailed Analysis of Potential Partners
  • Google PR
  • Alexa traffic rank
  • site backlinks
  • site meta data
  • presence in directories
  • Google PR
  • Alexa traffic rank
  • Google PR
  • Alexa traffic rank
  • site backlinks
n/a
Partner List Management + + + n/a
Customizable E-mail Templates You can create and save custom e-mail templates, use variables n/a You can create and save custom e-mail templates, use variables n/a
Automatic Correspondence Cycle You can send up to 3 messages in an automatic mailing cycle n/a n/a n/a
Manual E-mailing You can compose a personalized message to a partner You need to compose a personalized message to a partner You can compose a personalized message to a partner n/a
Automated Bulk
E-mailing
You can send multiple messages automatically at once n/a n/a n/a
Partnership Agreement Monitoring
  • link presence
  • keywords in Partner's link text
  • Google PageRank of the partner's page
  • partner's outbound links
  • cloaking absence
  • notification if a partner's page is dropped by a major SE
  • link presence
  • Keywords in Partner's link text
  • Google PageRank of the partner's page
  • Partner's outbound links
  • link presence
  • partner's link text
  • Google PageRank of the partner's page
  • Partner's outbound links
n/a
PPC Campaigns Manager
Supported Pay Per Click Search Engines 50+ n/a 30+ n/a
Creation and Auto-fill of Your Account Information + n/a + n/a
Quick Access to Vital Search Engine Service Areas Links to login page, signup page, and info page n/a n/a n/a
Notes for PPC Providers and Accounts Custom notes can be applied to PPC accounts n/a Custom notes can be applied to PPC accounts n/a

Performance Analysis

Ranking Check
Supported Search Engines 500+ Google, Yahoo!, MSN, AltaVista, AllTheWeb 400+ 300+
Site Ranking Report + + + +
Competitors' Ranking Analysis + n/a + +
Indexed Pages Report + + n/a +
Analyzing Your Indexed Pages vs. Competition + n/a n/a n/a
Site Visibility Analysis vs Competition You can evaluate your site's visibility against your competitors' across multiple search engines for many keywords n/a n/a n/a
Monitoring Sponsored Results (PPC Ads) + n/a n/a n/a
Search Engine Result Pages Snippet Report You can view your listing on the Search Engine Result Pages n/a n/a n/a
Search Engine-friendly Requests
  • Google Web API usage
  • browser and user-agent types cloning
  • human emulation
  • Speed limiter
  • random interval between search queries
human emulation Interval between search queries
Reporting
  • Flexible, Database-Driven
  • advanced filtering
  • flexible profile system with the possibility to add multiple pages and search engines
  • history of changes (with charts and tables)
  • comparison with previous, best or any scan date results
  • once created not stored in the database
  • no history of changes
  • database-driven
  • comparison with any previous scan date results
  • once created not stored in the database
  • no history of changes
Traffic Analysis
Data-gethering Method Script-based n/a Script-based
Server-side
Depends on the solution used
Real-time Reporting + n/a n/a  
Basic Cost of eCommerce-Enabled Solution Starts with $9.95/m n/a $99.95 USD  
Visitor Analysis Traffic summary, unique visitors, frequent visitors, visit frequency n/a Traffic summary  
Referrers Analysis Referrers trends, reffering sites and pages, search engines, search keywords, forums n/a Search engines, search keywords  
Navigation Analysis Navigation path, entry and exit pages, site stickiness n/a Entry pages  
Ad Campaigns and Transactions Analysis Revenue, cost of visit/transaction by campaign, ROI n/a Revenue, cost of keyword, ROI  
Visual Data Presentation Tables, charts n/a Tables, charts  

Quality and Usability Maintenance

Site error Troubleshooting and Search Engine Visibility Issue reporting
Detecting Technical Problems
  • Internal and external broken links
  • broken anchors
  • missing images
  • orphan files
  • redirects check
n/a HTML validating broken links
Detecting Usability Issues
  • Slow pages
  • deep pages
  • missing ALT attributes
n/a n/a n/a
Detecting Stale Content You can see pages that have not been updated for a long time n/a n/a n/a
Reports
  • Site quality overview for CEO
  • Site quality analysis for webmaster
  • reports history
n/a World Wide Web Consortium repor Report on broken links
Site Uptime Monitoring
Monitoring Intervals Basic - 480min
Silver - 30min
Gold - 15min
Platinum - 5 min
n/a n/a n/a
Host Availability and Performance Monitoring HTTP, POP3, SMTP, FTP, IMAP, SSH, SNPP, Telnet, HTTPS, custom ports, ping, DNS lookup and download time monitoring n/a n/a n/a
Content Monitoring + n/a n/a n/a
Password-Protected Pages' Monitoring + n/a n/a n/a
Alerts on Issues Found by e-mail n/a n/a n/a
Connection Speed Test + n/a n/a n/a
Real-time Reports + n/a n/a n/a
Regular E-mailed Reports Customizable weekly monitoring report n/a n/a n/a
Easy FTP Upload
Built-in FTP Client + n/a n/a +
Integration with Other Tools Editor, HitLens Wizard n/a n/a Report upload
Web Page Editing Directly on the Server + n/a n/a n/a
Advanced File Selection by type
by date
n/a n/a n/a
Network Error Notification + n/a n/a n/a


Note: We prepared this comprehensive comparison chart using materials available at the SEO Elite, IBP, WebPosition sites, demo and paid versions of their products (from October, 2008 to January, 2009).