AirOps vs Surfer

AirOps focuses on Content automation; Surfer focuses on Content optimization.

• 5documented differences
• 6documented the same for both
• 8documented for one tool only
• 3unknown for both

Billing

AirOps: No paid price listed

Surfer: Month-to-month billing

Free plan

AirOps: Yes · Solo

Surfer: Unknown

Free trial

AirOps: Yes · 14 days, no card required

Surfer: Yes · 7 days, card required

AI engines tracked

AirOps: ChatGPT (confirmed on the free plan); AI Overviews and AI Mode (plan not specified); Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Copilot (confirmed from Pro, the lowest paid plan)

Surfer: ChatGPT (confirmed from Standard); AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity and Gemini (confirmed from Pro)

Documented differences

Both tools documented, and the support or plan differs.

Documented for one tool only

No documentation was found for the other tool. That is unknown, not a missing capability.

• Unknown for AirOps: Content optimization, Keyword research, Rank tracking, Content briefs
• Unknown for Surfer: Automated publishing, Bulk content generation

• AirOps's paid plan prices are not verified.
• The lowest listed plans are not necessarily equivalent. Check plan limits before comparing prices.

Plans

AirOps:

• SoloFree
  Limits of Solo

  For one user. AI visibility insights for ChatGPT; 1 Brand Kit and 3 Knowledge Bases. Monthly task allowance not confirmed. Extra tasks cost $0.025 each. AirOps MCP and API included.

• Pro
  Limits of Pro

  Price not published. Unlimited seats; 100,000 tasks for content production; AI visibility insights across 7+ answer engines; 1 Brand Kit and 5 Knowledge Bases. AirOps MCP and API included.

• EnterpriseContact sales — Custom pricing
  Limits of Enterprise

  Custom task, prompt and page limits; unlimited seats, Knowledge Bases and Brand Kits; dedicated account manager. AirOps MCP and API included.

Surfer:

• Discovery$59/mo month-to-month$49/mo billed annually
  Limits of Discovery

  120 documents; Track 0 AI prompts; tracks 10 pages. 1 team seat.

• AI Search Analytics$95/mo month-to-month$82/mo billed annually
  Limits of AI Search Analytics

  AI visibility only: 50 AI prompts refreshed daily, 5 brand spaces; no content-creation documents listed. 5 team seats.

• Standard$119/mo month-to-month$99/mo billed annually
  Limits of Standard

  360 documents; Track 25 AI Prompts, refreshed weekly, across ChatGPT only. 3 team seats.

• Pro$219/mo month-to-month$182/mo billed annually
  Limits of Pro

  Track 50 AI Prompts, refreshed daily; adds Contentful integration, MCP. 5 team seats.

• Peace of Mind$359/mo month-to-month$299/mo billed annually
  Limits of Peace of Mind

  Track 100 AI Prompts, refreshed daily; unlimited* documents (fair usage policy); Zapier, API Access. 10 team seats.

• EnterpriseContact sales — Custom pricing
  Limits of Enterprise

  Talk to Surfer Expert; SSO, white-label, custom limits

Prices last verified

AirOps: 27 Oct 2026

Surfer: 27 Oct 2026

Contentful

AirOps: Documented (publishing)Confirmed from Pro, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified.

Surfer: DocumentedConfirmed from ProAvailability on lower plans not verified.

Ghost

AirOps: Documented (publishing)

Surfer: Unknown

Google Analytics

AirOps: DocumentedConfirmed on the free plan

Surfer: Unknown

Google Search Console

AirOps: Documented

Surfer: Unknown

HubSpot

AirOps: Documented (publishing)Confirmed from Pro, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified.

Surfer: Unknown

Public API

AirOps: DocumentedConfirmed on the free plan

Surfer: Listed* (not yet verified)

Shopify

AirOps: Documented (publishing)

Surfer: Unknown

Slack

AirOps: Documented

Surfer: Unknown

Webflow

AirOps: Documented (publishing)Confirmed on the free plan

Surfer: Unknown

WordPress

AirOps: Documented (publishing)Confirmed from Pro, the lowest paid planAvailability on the free plan not verified.

Surfer: Documented (publishing)Confirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.

Zapier

AirOps: Documented

Surfer: DocumentedConfirmed from Peace of MindAvailability on lower plans not verified.

“Unknown” means we found no vendor documentation for it, not that it is unavailable.

Built for (vendor-stated)

AirOps: Unknown

Surfer: Agencies

Best suited for (SEOFinder editorial)

AirOps:

• Refreshing large content libraries with templates.

Surfer:

• Agencies delivering on-page SEO.
• Teams producing many articles (360 documents on Standard, unlimited under a fair-use policy on Peace of Mind).

Each vendor's own pages, read on the dates shown. SEOFinder has not independently tested these products.