On-page SEO at half the price of Surfer.
Real-time content scoring against the top-10 SERP, an 80-check page audit, and rank tracking — for bloggers, indie devs, and small businesses. From $29/mo.
marigoldbeans.co
Avg content score 79 +4 · last crawl 4h ago · 142 pages indexed
Recent audits
Top mover · 12 weeks
Content briefs
Tracked keywords
| Keyword | # | Δ | Vol. |
|---|---|---|---|
best light roast coffee US · Informational | #4 | 4 | 14,800 |
cold brew coffee ratio US · Informational | #2 | 1 | 9,900 |
ethiopia yirgacheffe coffee US · Commercial | #11 | 2 | 6,700 |
buy light roast coffee online US · Transactional | #6 | 8 | 3,300 |
single origin vs blend GB · Informational | #7 | 0 | 2,400 |
specialty coffee subscription US · Transactional | #18 | 4 | 12,100 |
Three workflows, one bill, half the price.
We built the smallest set of features that actually move rankings — and skipped the AI-overuse upsell.
Real-time content score
Paste a keyword, get a live 0–100 score against the top-10 ranking pages. Headings, entities, TF-IDF terms, PAA — all in a panel that updates as you type.
Surfer: $99/mo. Clearscope Essentials: $129/mo.
80-check page audit
Title length, JSON-LD coverage, alt text, heading hierarchy, Core Web Vitals via PSI, broken links, canonical, hreflang. Each fix comes with a copy-pasteable snippet.
SEOptimer: $29 for audits only. We bundle the editor too.
Rank tracking that doesn't bankrupt you
Up to 1,500 keywords on Agency, weekly checks via DataForSEO Standard Queue. Plus AI Overview tracking — does your URL get cited in Google AI Overviews?
Mangools doesn't do real content scoring. We do both.
10 free tools, always free
Schema generator, meta-tag + Open Graph previewers, heading analyzer, readability scorer, sitemap generator, internal-link extractor — every client-side tool an SEO needs.
No signup. No paywall. They're our funnel, not a tease.
Multi-site workspaces
Up to 25 verified sites on Agency. White-label PDF audits, embeddable audit widget, team seats. Built for the boutique agency that bills $1–3k retainers.
Predictable, flat pricing
$29 Starter, $59 Pro, $129 Agency. No credit packs, no per-query metering, no $50 minimum top-up. One bill, one number on your card statement.
Surfer / NeuronWriter / POP all charge credits. We don't.
Write to the SERP, not into the void.
Paste a target keyword. We pull the top 10 from DataForSEO, extract their headings, entities, and TF-IDF terms, then score your draft live as you write. Hit 85 before you publish.
- Per-term coverage with target counts (not the vague "add these words")
- AI outline generator — 1 credit per brief, no surprise overages
- Compare against the top 8 ranking competitors side-by-side
- Export to Markdown, push to WordPress (v2)
Best Light Roast Coffee: 11 Tested Picks for 2026
Light roast coffee showcases the origin character of the bean — its acidity, fruit notes, and terroir. We sampled 38 single origin roasters across the US and ranked the eleven we'd actually re-order. Each entry includes tasting notes, roast date freshness, and brew recommendations.
What "light roast" actually means
A roast is classified by the bean's internal temperature at the moment of drop. Light roasts pull just past first crack — typically between 196°C and 205°C — preserving more of the green coffee's volatile aromatics. The result is brighter specialty coffee with notes that taste closer to fruit than to chocolate.
How we tested
We brewed every bag as a V60 pour-over (1:16 ratio, 94°C) and again as a moka pot. Bags older than 14 days from roast were excluded.
- light roast14/12
- acidity6/8
- single origin9/9
- tasting notes4/7
- specialty coffee5/6
- ethiopia8/6
- roast date3/5
- 1coffeereview.com93
- 2homegrounds.co91
- 3bonappetit.com88
- 4marigoldbeans.co84
- 5perfectdailygrind.com86
- 6stumptowncoffee.com81
Prioritized fixes
6 issues · sorted by impact- 01CriticalTitleTitle tag is 71 chars — likely truncated in SERPTighten to ≤60 chars: "Best Light Roast Coffee in 2026: 11 Tested Picks".
- 02CriticalSchemaNo Article JSON-LD detectedPaste the auto-generated JSON-LD snippet from the Schema panel into <head>.
<script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context":"https://schema.org", "@type":"Article", "headline":"Best Light Roast Coffee…", ... } </script>Copy - 03WarningHeadingsHeading hierarchy skips H2 → H4 in 'Tasting notes'Promote the H4 to H3 (or insert a missing H3 above it).
- 04WarningImages4 of 11 images missing alt textAdd descriptive alt text to hero-bag.png, roast-curve.png, brew-method-1.png, brew-method-2.png.
- 05WarningCore Web VitalsLCP is 3.1s — fails Good threshold (≤2.5s)Preload the hero image and remove the render-blocking Mailchimp script.
- 06InfoLinks2 broken internal links/old-shop and /v1/about return 404. Replace or remove the anchors.
80 checks. One prioritized fix list.
Paste a URL. We headless-browser the page, run Lighthouse for Core Web Vitals, and check every detail — title length, schema, headings, alt text, hreflang, canonical, broken links. The output is ordered by what will actually move rankings.
- Title, meta, OG/Twitter, canonical — pixel-accurate length checks
- JSON-LD detection across Article, Product, FAQ, Org, LocalBusiness
- Lighthouse LCP/CLS/INP via Google PageSpeed Insights
- Copy-pasteable code snippets for every fix — no "here's a guide" wormhole
10 tools that don't ask for your email.
We ship a new one every two weeks. Every one is 100% client-side — we never see what you paste in.
Direct, factual, no smear.
Numbers pulled from competitor pricing pages — May 2026.
| Feature | RankCrab | Surfer SEO | Clearscope | Frase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $29/mo | $99/mo | $129/mo | $45/mo |
| Content briefs included | 15 · 50 · 200 | Credit packs | Credit packs | 30 |
| On-page audits in base tier | Add-on | |||
| Live SERP top-10 scoring | ||||
| Per-credit overage games | Never | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Rank tracker included | 50 · 250 · 1,500 kw | +$95/mo add-on | ||
| Free SEO tools (no signup) | 15+ | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Trial requires credit card? | Yes — 7 days, cancel anytime | No trial | No trial | Yes |
| Annual price (lowest plan) | $279/yr ($23/mo) | $948/yr ($79/mo) | $1,548/yr | $468/yr ($39/mo) |
People actually recommend RankCrab.
"I cancelled Surfer the same day I tried RankCrab. Same content score, audits I can actually act on, and $70 less per month."
"The audit panel ships JSON-LD I can paste directly. No "here's an article about schema" wormhole — I just copy and ship."
"We bill 6 clients on retainer. White-label PDFs + the embed widget pay for the Agency plan in the first week of every month."
Answers, with all the caveats.
Why no free tier?+
Freemium-to-paid conversion is ~2.6% across SaaS (First Page Sage, 2026). Free users drive support cost without reaching the workflows that move rankings. Instead we run the 10 widget tools as the unmonetized acquisition surface — they're genuinely useful, no signup, no paywall.
How is RankCrab cheaper than Surfer if you use the same DataForSEO under the hood?+
Surfer's $99/mo wraps SERP data with their custom NLP pipeline and a credit system that meters every query. We use DataForSEO Standard Queue ($0.0006/SERP) directly, batch rank checks weekly, and price predictably — no credit overage games. Our COGS per active paid user runs under $5/mo.
Do you have an API?+
Yes, on the Agency tier — POST /api/public/v1/audit and /score with an X-API-Key header. Rate-limited to 60 req/min. CLI helpers ship in v2.
What about AI Overviews / ChatGPT citations?+
We track AI Overview citations for tracked keywords (1 prompt per keyword, weekly) starting in v2. Frase ships an MCP server today for this; we'll match it before Surfer does.
How does the 7-day trial work?+
Credit card on file, full Pro features. Days 1, 3, 5, 6 you get a reminder email. On day 7 + 1h, Stripe auto-charges. Cancel any time from the dashboard — no email chain, no "are you sure" dark pattern.
Can I cancel after I get billed?+
14-day money-back guarantee. Email us, we refund the charge. No questions, no "sorry to see you go" survey.
What stack are you built on?+
Next.js 15 on AWS Amplify Hosting, Aurora Serverless v2 (Postgres), Clerk auth, Stripe Billing, Lambda + @sparticuz/chromium for the audit worker. The boring choices, deliberately.
Ship optimized content this afternoon.
7-day trial. $29 when it converts. Cancel from the dashboard the second it stops earning its keep.