Head-to-head review · Updated June 2026

Moz vs Schema App: which one wins in 2026?

Moz and Schema App both claim to do the same thing: tell you where your brand shows up in AI search. They go about it differently enough that the choice matters. Moz has raised $29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth funding, Schema App has raised Bootstrapped; Moz is the more-funded incumbent; Schema App is the leaner challenger.

Moz is cheaper out the gate, but that's not the only thing that matters. The right pick depends on which dimension matters most for you.

The verdict
Pick

Moz

Pick Moz if you want the cheaper option ($39/mo vs $100/mo); and you want the better-funded company ($29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth funding).

Pick

Schema App

Pick Schema App if you want the cheaper option ($100/mo vs $39/mo); and you trust traction signals — they list 9 customers, Moz lists 0; and SOC 2 Type 2 matters for your security review.

If neither is right, GrowthManager.ai does both citation tracking AND the production work (content, infrastructure, distribution) for $999/mo — see the bottom of this page.

The case for Moz

Moz has raised $29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth funding (Acquired by iContact Marketing (J2 Global/Ziff Davis) in 2021). Founded by Rand Fishkin, Gillian Muessig, based in Seattle, WA. Pricing starts at $39/mo.

SEO platform with keyword research, link analysis, and a new AI visibility tracker.

What people praise

  • Domain Authority is the SEO industry's most widely cited link-strength metric, referenced in client reports and pitches across the entire category.
  • Moz Academy and the free MozBar Chrome extension drive deep brand trust that Ahrefs and Semrush spend millions to match.
  • Capterra rating sits at 4.5/5 across 350+ reviews, with users consistently praising keyword tracking, reporting, and competitor analysis.
  • Page Optimization Suggestions tool gives actionable on-page recommendations that are friendlier to non-SEO teams than Ahrefs Site Audit.

Where it falls short

  • Reviewers say pricing matches Ahrefs and Semrush but Moz's database depth and freshness lag both, especially on keyword volume estimates.
  • Additional user seats cost $49/mo each on every plan, which agencies call a hidden cost compared to Ahrefs' bundled seats.
  • Adding a single campaign costs $10/mo and additional crawls cost $15/mo per 50K pages, so power users hit add-on bills quickly.
  • UX is described as dated and harder to navigate than Ahrefs or Semrush, particularly on Site Crawl and Page Grader screens.

The case for Schema App

Schema App has raised Bootstrapped. Founded by Martha van Berkel, Mark van Berkel, based in Guelph, Canada. On their site they list 9 named customers including SAP, Wells Fargo, AdventHealth, Gusto. Pricing starts at $100/mo.

Enterprise schema markup and knowledge graph management platform.

What people praise

  • Deploys schema markup at enterprise scale, with Wells Fargo case study showing 1,200+ pages migrated from plugin-based markup.
  • Direct case study evidence of correcting an AI Overview hallucination within weeks of schema deployment (Wells Fargo Hayden Lake branch).
  • Entity Hub structures and connects entities into a content knowledge graph that AI systems can consume reliably.
  • SOC 2 Type II compliant, which is a hard requirement for the regulated enterprise buyers it targets.

Where it falls short

  • No public pricing tiers; all deals are custom quotes with a 12-month minimum commitment.
  • Smaller team (~4 people per public data) raises bus-factor risk for enterprise procurement reviews.
  • G2 reviewer base is thin (~18 reviews), giving less external validation than larger SEO platforms.
  • Attribution is complex; tying schema markup to revenue or organic click gains is not straightforward.

Pricing, tier by tier

Tier 1
Moz
Starter
$39/mo
  • 1 campaign
  • Basic keyword research
  • Site Crawl with limited pages
  • Limited rank tracking
Schema App
Platform Subscription
Custom
  • Schema App Editor and/or Highlighter access
  • Ongoing support services
  • Minimum 1 hour per month of high-touch support
  • Strategy and setup fee one-time charge
Tier 2
Moz
Standard
$79/mo
  • 3 campaigns
  • Keyword Explorer with monthly query limit
  • Site Crawl up to 100K pages
  • Page Optimization Suggestions
Schema App
Entity Hub Add-on
Custom
  • Extended entity linking and graph control
  • Cross-page entity governance
Tier 3
Moz
Medium
$143/mo
  • 10 campaigns
  • Higher keyword query limits
  • Site Crawl up to 500K pages
  • On-page grader
Schema App
MCP Server Add-on
$100 per 100K external requests
  • MCP server for AI tool integration
  • 100K external requests included
  • Schema-aware access for chatbots
Tier 4
Moz
Large
$239/mo
  • 25 campaigns
  • Highest keyword research limits
  • Site Crawl up to 2M pages
  • Higher rank tracking limits
Schema App

Feature parity

What each one ships that the other doesn't. We conservatively only include features each tool explicitly markets; absence here doesn't mean a feature is impossible, just that it isn't in their marquee list.

Only on Moz
  • Domain Authority. Proprietary 0-100 score predicting a domain's likelihood of ranking, used as a benchmark across the SEO industry.
  • Keyword Explorer. Search volume, difficulty, organic CTR, and SERP analysis for keyword research and prioritization.
  • Site Crawl. Cloud crawler that audits technical SEO issues and tracks them over time across campaigns.
  • Rank Tracker. Daily and weekly position tracking across desktop and mobile, with STAT-powered enterprise tracking on higher tiers.
  • Link Explorer. Backlink index for prospecting, lost-link recovery, and competitor link gap analysis.
  • MozBar. Free Chrome extension surfacing DA, PA, link metrics, and on-page elements while browsing the web.
Only on Schema App
  • Schema Markup Editor. Deploys structured data and entity linking across enterprise sites at scale.
  • Entity Hub. Structures and connects entities through a centralized knowledge graph.
  • Schema Performance Analytics. Tracks schema markup visibility metrics in search and AI results.
  • Content Knowledge Graph. Translates business information into machine-readable models for AI consumption.
  • Highlighter. Visual schema markup tool for content teams without dev resources.

When each one wins

When Moz wins
  • Budget is the constraint. Moz starts at $39/mo vs Schema App's $100/mo, so on a per-seat basis it's the cheaper way in.
  • You want the better-funded incumbent. Moz has raised $29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth funding, giving it more runway and shipping velocity.
  • Domain Authority is the SEO industry's most widely cited link-strength metric, referenced in client reports and pitches across the entire category.
When Schema App wins
  • You're enterprise and need to call a reference. Schema App lists 9 named customers; Moz lists 0.
  • Procurement requires SOC 2 Type 2. Schema App has it; Moz doesn't yet.
  • Deploys schema markup at enterprise scale, with Wells Fargo case study showing 1,200+ pages migrated from plugin-based markup.
When neither wins (pick GrowthManager)
  • You don't have an in-house content team and you don't want to hire one.
  • You want one $999/mo invoice instead of stacking Moz plus an agency.
  • You need the team that measures to also act on the data, in the same week.
  • You're a B2B SaaS, services firm, or e-commerce brand at $20K+ MRR.

Reasons to pick one over the other

Reasons to pick Moz over Schema App

  1. Lower entry price. Moz starts at $39/mo vs Schema App's $100/mo.
  2. More plan flexibility. Moz offers 4 pricing tiers vs Schema App's 3, so there's a better chance one fits your team size.
  3. Better-funded incumbent. Moz has raised $29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth funding, giving it more runway and shipping velocity than Schema App (Bootstrapped).
  4. More verified reviews. Moz has 569 G2 reviews vs Schema App's 18, so the average rating carries more weight.
  5. More mature platform. Moz (founded 2004) has had more time to harden the product than Schema App (2014).
  6. What users praise most. Domain Authority is the SEO industry's most widely cited link-strength metric, referenced in client reports and pitches across the entire category.

Reasons to pick Schema App over Moz

  1. More named customers. Schema App lists 9 customers vs Moz's 0, including SAP, Wells Fargo, AdventHealth.
  2. SOC 2 Type 2. Schema App carries SOC 2 Type 2; Moz does not yet, which can hold up procurement.
  3. Higher G2 rating. Schema App averages 4.8/5 on G2 across 18 reviews; Moz averages 4.3.
  4. Built for the LLM era. Schema App was founded in 2014, built around AI search from day one; Moz dates back to 2004 and is retrofitting.
  5. What users praise most. Deploys schema markup at enterprise scale, with Wells Fargo case study showing 1,200+ pages migrated from plugin-based markup.

Switching from one to the other

From Moz to Schema App

Export your saved queries and prompt panels from Moz (most tools support CSV export). Most Schema App setups can import the same query list in a single CSV upload. Expect 1-2 days of parallel running so you can validate Schema App's data againstMoz's; one to two weeks of full reconciliation before you cancel Moz. The risk is annotation history: notes and tags don't survive most migrations, so screenshot anything you want to keep.

From Schema App to Moz

Same flow in reverse. Export from Schema App, import to Moz. The historical visibility data is the big loss; most platforms don't backfill from a competitor's data, so you start your trendline over.

From either to GrowthManager.ai

We handle the migration ourselves; you give us your query list (or we infer it from your existing dashboard) and we re-build the tracking on our infrastructure in week one. You also start getting content shipped from week one, so the switch produces results before the trendline restarts. The conversation that kicks this off is a 20-minute call.

Side by side, every number we could verify

MozSchema App
Starts at (USD/mo)$39/mo$100/mo
Founded20042014
HeadquartersSeattle, WAGuelph, Canada
Funding raised$29.1M before acquisition: $1.1M Series A (2007, Ignition Partners and Curious Office), $18M Series B (2012, Foundry Group and Ignition Partners), plus growth fundingBootstrapped
AI platforms tracked
G2 rating4.3 / 5 (569 reviews)4.8 / 5 (18 reviews)
Named customers9
SOC 2 Type 2✓ Yes
GDPR✓ Yes✓ Yes
HIPAA

What real users say

Below: the recurring themes from G2, Capterra, SourceForge, Reddit, and case-study reviewers — distilled into the strengths and limitations that came up most often.

Mozwhat users praise

  • Domain Authority is the SEO industry's most widely cited link-strength metric, referenced in client reports and pitches across the entire category.
  • Moz Academy and the free MozBar Chrome extension drive deep brand trust that Ahrefs and Semrush spend millions to match.
  • Capterra rating sits at 4.5/5 across 350+ reviews, with users consistently praising keyword tracking, reporting, and competitor analysis.
  • Page Optimization Suggestions tool gives actionable on-page recommendations that are friendlier to non-SEO teams than Ahrefs Site Audit.
  • STAT Search Analytics acquisition (2018) gives enterprise customers daily SERP tracking at scale that competitors charge premium add-on fees for.

Mozwhat users complain about

  • Reviewers say pricing matches Ahrefs and Semrush but Moz's database depth and freshness lag both, especially on keyword volume estimates.
  • Additional user seats cost $49/mo each on every plan, which agencies call a hidden cost compared to Ahrefs' bundled seats.
  • Adding a single campaign costs $10/mo and additional crawls cost $15/mo per 50K pages, so power users hit add-on bills quickly.
  • UX is described as dated and harder to navigate than Ahrefs or Semrush, particularly on Site Crawl and Page Grader screens.
  • 2021 acquisition by iContact Marketing (J2 Global/Ziff Davis) slowed feature shipping noticeably, per longtime customers on Reddit.

Schema Appwhat users praise

  • Deploys schema markup at enterprise scale, with Wells Fargo case study showing 1,200+ pages migrated from plugin-based markup.
  • Direct case study evidence of correcting an AI Overview hallucination within weeks of schema deployment (Wells Fargo Hayden Lake branch).
  • Entity Hub structures and connects entities into a content knowledge graph that AI systems can consume reliably.
  • SOC 2 Type II compliant, which is a hard requirement for the regulated enterprise buyers it targets.
  • 4.75/5 rating on G2 and 4.9/5 on Capterra reflect strong customer satisfaction in a niche category.

Schema Appwhat users complain about

  • No public pricing tiers; all deals are custom quotes with a 12-month minimum commitment.
  • Smaller team (~4 people per public data) raises bus-factor risk for enterprise procurement reviews.
  • G2 reviewer base is thin (~18 reviews), giving less external validation than larger SEO platforms.
  • Attribution is complex; tying schema markup to revenue or organic click gains is not straightforward.
  • Mandatory minimum 1 hour per month of paid high-touch support inflates effective cost for small teams.

A third option

Both Moz and Schema Appare tracking tools. They tell you what's wrong with your AI visibility. Neither one fixes it. That's our pitch for GrowthManager.ai — we do citation tracking too (parity with these two), and we also ship the content, configure the infrastructure, and run the distribution. $999/mo, managed end-to-end. If you're leaning toward picking one of these two and then hiring an agency to act on the data, it's worth a 20-minute conversation first.

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Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Moz or Schema App?

Honestly: neither one fully solves the problem. Moz and Schema App are tracking tools — they tell you where your brand shows up in AI answers but don't change the answer. If you only need one of these two, pick Moz for the cheaper monthly price; pick the other if its specific integrations matter to your team. Our actual editorial pick is GrowthManager.ai, which does the tracking and ships the content, infrastructure, and distribution as a single $999/mo managed program. Disclosure: we publish this comparison and make GrowthManager.

How much do Moz and Schema App cost?

Moz starts at $39/mo. Schema App starts at $100/mo. Both have higher-tier plans for larger workspaces. GrowthManager.ai is a flat $999/mo for the full managed service (tracking + content + infrastructure + distribution) — usually cheaper than buying one of these two and hiring an agency on top.

Do Moz and Schema App actually improve your AI visibility, or just measure it?

Both Moz and Schema App are measurement tools. They show you where your brand appears (or doesn't) in AI answers, plus suggestions for what to improve. Neither one writes the content, configures the schema, or builds the backlinks that actually move the needle. To do that you need an in-house content team or an agency. GrowthManager.ai is the agency — and we include the tracking, so you don't pay twice.

What's the GrowthManager.ai alternative to Moz and Schema App?

GrowthManager.ai is a managed AI visibility program. We give you the same citation tracking these two offer (parity on the measurement layer), plus 100 researched and published articles per month, schema and llms.txt configuration, ongoing backlink acquisition, and Reddit/Quora seeding. One $999/mo invoice, one dedicated account manager, twelve clients per team member maximum so we can actually deliver. If you were going to buy one of these tools and then hire someone to use it, we're cheaper and faster.

Further reading

External research that informs the editorial framework on this page. We cite these openly because the framework is meant to be auditable.

  1. Microsoft Bing Webmaster Guidelines (2025)· Microsoft

    How Microsoft's crawlers parse content for Copilot, which now powers a large share of AI answers behind the scenes.

  2. Generative Engine Optimization research· Kevin Indig

    Long-running practitioner research on what gets cited in AI-generated answers; the most-quoted source in the GEO category.

  3. Zero-Click Search forecasts· Gartner

    Industry forecasts on how a growing share of buyer queries end without a click to the brand site, making AI-answer presence the new pole position.

  4. Audience intelligence analyses· SparkToro

    Public datasets on how audiences actually discover brands across search, social, and now AI surfaces.

  5. Trust Barometer (2024)· Edelman

    The annual study on how buyers weigh source authority, used to weight our trust criterion against third-party review volume.

Disclosure + methodology

GrowthManager.ai makes a competing product in the AI visibility space, so this comparison is not neutral. Every pricing number was pulled from each competitor's public pricing page or triangulated from third-party reviews when the page is JavaScript-gated. Pros, cons, and user-review themes are distilled from real G2, Capterra, SourceForge, Reddit, and case-study reviews with the quotes preserved verbatim. We update this comparison whenever the underlying data changes.