What are the best alternatives to keyword-research?
The highest-scoring alternative to keyword-research is seo-dataforseo from AgriciDaniel/claude-seo, at 88/100 (grade B) on the Suede Skill Check; keyword-research scores 80/100. The table compares 8 SEO skills in marketing and SEO from other publishers, each with a full SuedeAI.directory page.
keyword-research and 8 alternatives
Alternatives share keyword-research's category and task, come from other publishers and each have a full directory page. Ranked by Suede Skill Check score.
| Skill | Publisher | Suede Skill Check | License | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| keyword-research Compared skill | nowork-studio nowork-studio/NotFair | 80/100 · B | MIT | Discovers, analyzes, and prioritizes keywords from a seed keyword or niche for SEO and GEO content strategies, and generates topic clusters. |
| seo-dataforseo | AgriciDaniel AgriciDaniel/claude-seo | 88/100 · B | MIT | Pulls live SEO data through the DataForSEO server, including SERP analysis, keyword research, backlink profiles, on-page and competitor analysis, and AI visibility tracking. |
| seo-content-brief | AgriciDaniel AgriciDaniel/claude-seo | 86/100 · B | MIT | Generates competitive SEO content briefs with per-section word counts, competitor scoring, keyword density guidance, and page-type templates, for new pages or improving existing ones. |
| seo-drift | AgriciDaniel AgriciDaniel/claude-seo | 86/100 · B | MIT | Captures baselines of SEO-critical page elements, detects changes, and tracks regressions over time, like version control for on-page SEO. |
| seo-flow | AgriciDaniel AgriciDaniel/claude-seo | 86/100 · B | MIT | Applies the FLOW framework, a Find, Leverage, Optimize, Win loop, to evidence-led SEO and surfaces stage-specific prompts from a 41-prompt knowledge base. |
| seo-google | AgriciDaniel AgriciDaniel/claude-seo | 86/100 · B | MIT | Retrieves Google data from Search Console, PageSpeed Insights, CrUX, the Indexing API, and GA4 on Core Web Vitals, indexation, search performance, and organic traffic. |
| page-audit | inhouseseo inhouseseo/superseo-skills | 81/100 · B | Apache-2.0 | Audits a page's SEO performance, content quality, and competitive position across seven dimensions by reading the page and top competitors, with no exports needed. |
| ai-seo | coreyhaines31 coreyhaines31/marketingskills | 80/100 · B | MIT | Optimizes content for AI search engines so it gets cited by LLMs and appears in AI-generated answers, covering AEO, GEO, and LLM optimization. |
| brief-outline-generator | infrasity-labs infrasity-labs/dev-gtm-claude-skills | 80/100 · B | MIT | Generates a structured SEO content outline from a blog title, keyword, or domain URL and exports it as a Word document. |
Questions and answers
What is the highest-scoring alternative to keyword-research?
seo-dataforseo from AgriciDaniel/claude-seo, at 88/100, grade B. It earns full points for structural checks, recent maintenance and instruction depth. Pulls live SEO data through the DataForSEO server, including SERP analysis, keyword research, backlink profiles, on-page and competitor analysis, and AI visibility tracking.
How does keyword-research compare with its alternatives?
keyword-research scores 80/100, grade B. Of the 8 alternatives, 6 score higher and 2 tie; their scores run from 80 to 88. All of them sit in marketing and SEO and match the SEO keyword map.
Are the alternatives to keyword-research free?
All 8 alternatives to keyword-research are published in public GitHub repositories and cost nothing to download. Every one uses an open-source or open-content license, led by MIT (7) and Apache-2.0 (1), so you can use and adapt the files at no cost under those terms. One skill names credentials for an outside service; each full page lists them under Before you install.
Do the alternatives to keyword-research work in Claude Code, Codex and Cursor?
Yes. Each of the 8 alternatives to keyword-research is a SKILL.md folder in the Agent Skills format, which Claude Code, Codex and Cursor all read. The skills CLI (npx skills add) installs every one of them into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents, and each full skill page adds a project-level copy into .claude/skills for Claude Code and .agents/skills for Codex. seo-dataforseo declares compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.