An AnswerThePublic alternative: from a list of questions to approved articles

If you only need a list of questions, AnswerThePublic and AlsoAsked are cheaper than almost anything else and do the job well. If you also need to know which of those questions your own site already answers, and want the missing answers drafted for you to approve, you need a tool that goes past the list. OrganicGrow is one.

First, a disclosure

We make OrganicGrow, which appears below. Facts about AnswerThePublic and AlsoAsked come from their own homepages and pricing pages, read on November 1, 2026. Both tools are good at what they do, and for some readers they are the right answer.

What AnswerThePublic and AlsoAsked do

AnswerThePublic calls itself search listening. You type a topic and it returns the questions, prepositions and comparisons people type into search engines around it. It is built for content ideas. It does not write; a separate suite is referenced on its site.

AlsoAsked pulls live data from Google's "People Also Asked" boxes and groups the questions by intent. It also offers API monitoring. It is research only and does not write. Its pricing page says it supports all languages Google supports.

What they cost

As of November 2026, per each official pricing page:

Tool	Plans	Free option
AnswerThePublic	Starter $20 a month, Growth $99, Business $199 (yearly plans also listed; prices localized by region)	Not listed
AlsoAsked	Basic $12 a month, Lite $23, Pro $47, plus tax	Free monthly credits for non-registered users

For pure research, both are cheaper than every paid plan of the big SEO suites.

When a list is all you need

Stay with them if you:

• Already have a writer, or write well yourself.
• Plan content for many topics and want a fast idea generator.
• Need People Also Asked data through an API.

Where the list stops

An illustrative scenario: a family lawyer in Austin runs AnswerThePublic on "divorce" and gets two hundred questions. Now what? Which of them does her site already answer? Which ones bring people who are close to hiring a lawyer, and which bring students writing a paper? And who writes the twelve pages that matter?

Those three steps, matching the questions to your site, sorting them by intent, and drafting the answers, are the work that comes after the list.

Where OrganicGrow fits, and where it does not

The free scan needs a free sign-up and no card. It reads your public site and shows which questions people in your field ask, and which of them your site already answers. Each question is tagged by intent: learn, compare, buy or local. For the ones you choose, the engine drafts an answer page in a human voice, with a cover image. Nothing goes live until you approve it, and there is no setting that publishes on its own. Today a page reaches your site through a copy-to-site kit, our API or our MCP server.

Where the research tools are better: they are cheaper, they cover any topic you type rather than your own field, and AlsoAsked exposes raw People Also Asked data by API. If you want a big idea list for a content team, use them. See what we don't do and our pricing.

Side by side

	AnswerThePublic	AlsoAsked	OrganicGrow
Finds questions	Yes	Yes, from People Also Asked	Yes, for your field
Checks your own site	No	No	Yes, answered or missing
Sorts by intent	Groups by question type	Groups by intent	Learn, compare, buy, local
Writes the answers	No	No	Yes, after your approval
Lowest paid plan	$20 a month	$12 a month	See pricing

Prices as of November 2026, per each pricing page.

A practical combination

Many owners do not need to choose. Use a research tool to brainstorm, Search Console to see what your site already shows up for (our guide), and a writing tool for the pages that are missing. For why long, specific questions matter so much right now, read our long-tail keyword examples.

Sources

• AnswerThePublic: what it does, checked November 1, 2026
• AnswerThePublic: pricing, checked November 1, 2026
• AlsoAsked: what it does, checked November 1, 2026
• AlsoAsked: pricing, checked November 1, 2026