Honest comparison
Host Dada Search Intelligence vs Semrush
Semrush is a superb toolkit for SEO professionals researching any website on the internet. If what you actually need is to know how your websites are doing and what to fix, you’re paying for a lot you’ll never open.
What you’d pay each month
1 website, 100 keywords
Host Dada Starter
£30
Semrush SEO
£113
You save £83 a month – £996 a year
Semrush’s cheapest plan covers 5 websites; there is no smaller one.
5 websites, 500 keywords
Host Dada Growth
£79
Semrush SEO
£113
You save £34 a month – £408 a year
15 websites, 1,500 keywords
Host Dada Agency
£199
Semrush Pro+
£242
You save £43 a month – £516 a year
Monthly billing. Semrush prices from semrush.com/prices (UK, GBP), checked 8 October 2026. Both offer a discount for paying yearly. Extra Semrush users start at £36/month each; ours are included (1, 3 or 10 logins).
Side by side
| Host Dada | Semrush | |
|---|---|---|
| Tracking your own websites | ||
| Daily Google rank tracking | Yes | Yes |
| Search Console and GA4 data in the same dashboard | Yes | Yes |
| Technical site audit | Yes | Yes |
| Backlink monitoring, new and lost links | Yes | Yes |
| Keyword gap and link gap against competitors | Yes | Yes |
| Google Maps positions by town | Yes | Yes |
| AI assistant visibility (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, AI Mode) | Yesevery plan | Yes |
| Monthly PDF report per website | Yes | Yes |
| Price and people | ||
| Lowest monthly price | £30 | £113 |
| Team logins included | 1 to 10 | Extra users from £36/mo |
| Free trial without a card | Yes14 days | Check current offer |
| Research | ||
| Keyword research: ideas, phrase matches, what any site ranks for | Yes30–100 searches/mo per site | Yes |
| Traffic estimates for any website | –Not included | Yes |
| Advertising (PPC) research | –Not included | Yes |
| Content writing and social media tools | –Not included | Yes |
Semrush features as listed on semrush.com, 8 October 2026. Semrush is a trademark of its owner; we’re not affiliated.
Which one is right for you?
Choose Host Dada if…
- You want to know how your own websites are doing, not research the whole internet
- You’d rather have every number explained than learn the jargon
- You look after a handful of client sites and need a report each month
- You want keyword research and tracking in one place, with every number explained
- You care whether ChatGPT and Google’s AI recommend you
- You want a UK company and a price that fits a small business
Choose Semrush if…
- You run keyword research all day, every day – hundreds of searches
- You need traffic estimates for competitors’ websites
- You run paid search campaigns and want ad research
- You track more than 40 websites, or need an API
Plenty of agencies use both: Semrush for research, and us for client tracking and reports at a lower cost per site.
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