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BuzzSumo pricing
BuzzSumo publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 25 August 2026, BuzzSumo pricing is $199/month across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $199/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Not on record
BuzzSumo plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Content Creation | $199/month | 4 | Entry tier |
| PR & Comms | $299/month | 5 | +$100/month, 5 more features |
| Suite | $499/month | 5 | +$200/month, 5 more features |
| Enterprise | $999/month | 5 | +$500/month, 5 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Content Creation
$199/monthThe entry tier. It covers 1 user, unlimited searches, 2 alerts, content analyzer, trending feeds, question analyzer.
PR & Comms
$299/monthOver Content Creation, this tier adds:
- 5 users
- 5 alerts
- Media database & outreach
- Coverage reports
- Slack integration
Suite
$499/monthOver PR & Comms, this tier adds:
- 10 users
- 10 alerts
- YouTube Analyzer
- Advanced Chrome extension
- Article uploads
Enterprise
$999/monthOver Suite, this tier adds:
- 30 users
- 50 alerts
- RSS feed sync
- Granular location search
- Early beta access
What the product covers
The full BuzzSumo feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
analytics
- Content Analyzer
- Coverage reports
core
- Trending Feeds
- Question Analyzer
- Media database and outreach
- Alerts
People bring BuzzSumo in for finding trending content topics before writing new articles, pr teams pitching journalists via the media database, tracking brand and competitor mentions across the web, analyzing which existing content earns the most engagement. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to BuzzSumo are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Content Creation
Across the 5 content creation tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $23/month. BuzzSumo starts at $199/month, which puts it above the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BuzzSumo (this page) | $199/month | subscription | - | |
| Trint | $52/month | Per user per month | - | vs BuzzSumo |
| Kittl | Free | Per user per month | - | vs BuzzSumo |
| Podcastle | Free | Per user per month | - | vs BuzzSumo |
| Mintlify | Free, then $450/month | freemium | - | vs BuzzSumo |
| GemPages | Free, then $23/month | freemium | - | vs BuzzSumo |
| Bynder Content Workflow | On request | quote | - | vs BuzzSumo |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the BuzzSumo badges page.
Before you pay for BuzzSumo
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between $199/month and $999/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare BuzzSumo against the tools that do have one before committing.
BuzzSumo runs on web. The full record is on the BuzzSumo review, and the rest of the category is under best content creation tools.
BuzzSumo pricing questions
- How much does BuzzSumo cost?
- BuzzSumo publishes 4 tiers, from $199/month for Content Creation up to $999/month for Enterprise. The cheapest paid tier is $199/month.
- Does BuzzSumo have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: BuzzSumo is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Content Creation and PR & Comms on BuzzSumo?
- PR & Comms costs $299/month against $199/month, and adds 5 users, 5 alerts, media database & outreach, coverage reports.
- Is the Enterprise plan on BuzzSumo worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 30 users, 50 alerts, rss feed sync, granular location search. It costs $999/month against $199/month for Content Creation. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is BuzzSumo expensive for a content creation tool?
- It starts above the middle of its category. Across the 5 content creation tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $23/month; BuzzSumo starts at $199/month.
- Which content creation tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 content creation tools listed alongside BuzzSumo have a free tier: Kittl, Podcastle, Mintlify, GemPages, Confluence.
- What am I actually paying for with BuzzSumo?
- The record lists 6 features across 2 areas: analytics, core. In practice it is brought in for finding trending content topics before writing new articles, pr teams pitching journalists via the media database, tracking brand and competitor mentions across the web.
- Does BuzzSumo charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these BuzzSumo prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare BuzzSumo against before paying?
- The closest content creation tools in this directory are Trint, Kittl, Podcastle, Mintlify. Each has a side-by-side comparison with BuzzSumo covering price, platforms and features.