Everything we publish on SmartScout. The SmartScout review gives the verdict and SmartScout pricing sets out the tiers; the tool guides say what each feature shows and which plan unlocks it, which is where most buying mistakes happen. In-app screenshots on these pages come from our complimentary SmartScout Business account, and prices are read off SmartScout's own pricing page with the date they were checked.
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SmartScout is the strongest Amazon tool we know for brand, seller and category research, and its 2026 price rise makes the plan choice matter. Current prices, a plan-by-plan tool map, screenshots from our Business account, and who should skip it.
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SmartScout's prices rose in 2026. Basic, Essentials and Business now cost $29, $99 and $239 a month billed yearly, or $49, $119 and $299 monthly. What each plan unlocks, the usage limits, and which plan fits which seller.
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SmartScout's own coupons page lists SMARTSCOUT25 for 25% off the first three months, and our partner code REVENUEGEEKS25 took the same 25% when last confirmed on 1 August 2026. Current prices, why yearly billing now beats the coupon on Basic, and why the two discounts don't stack.
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SmartScout doesn't offer a free trial. It charges when you subscribe and gives new customers a 7-day money-back guarantee. How the guarantee works under SmartScout's current terms, how to cancel and claim a refund, and how to use the seven days well.
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Nine SmartScout alternatives, with prices re-checked on 10 October 2026 and a verdict on each. The uncomfortable finding: most of them do a different job, and SmartScout's brand, seller and category research has few direct substitutes.
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SmartScout Keyword Detective compares a set of products, or whole subcategories, and shows which search terms they share and which ones your listing is missing. It is a Business-plan feature; Rank Maker on Essentials covers part of the job one competitor at a time.
SmartScout's pricing page doesn't list a Competitor Keywords feature. Competitor keyword research now runs through Rank Maker (Essentials), Keyword Detective (Business) and Ad Spy (a Business add-on, included on Enterprise). Which tool answers which question, and a workflow that starts on Essentials.
SmartScout's Search Terms Database is on every plan, Basic included. Search Terms Details (one term's history) starts on Essentials and the Relevancy Quadrant on Business. What each layer shows, what it costs, and when Amazon's own search data is enough.
SmartScout's Search Trends tool shows which Amazon search terms are rising and charts any term's history over 12-month, 6-month, 3-month and 30-day windows. It starts on Essentials. What it shows, how to read spiky growth figures, and how to check it against Amazon's own data.
SmartScout no longer has a separate rank tracker: tracking lives inside Rank Maker, unlimited according to SmartScout, from the Essentials plan. How it works, how its limits compare with Helium 10, Jungle Scout and Data Dive, and the open question over the state-by-state Keyword Ranking Map.
SmartScout Rank Maker is the flagship keyword tool, and where the job of the retired Historic Keyword Ranking name now lives. Our review covers the six sub-features, the real history window, and the plan tier SmartScout's own marketing gets wrong.
SmartScout doesn't list a feature called Listing Visibility Tracking on its pricing page. Listing visibility now shows up in the Product Visibility Score and Rank Maker's Visibility Score chart, both from the Essentials plan. What each measures, how to read a drop, and where Share of Voice fits.
SmartScout Share of Voice measures each brand's share of search visibility across a keyword set, weekly, split into organic and paid, with estimated ad spend behind it. It is only on the Enterprise plan. What it shows, what it can't tell you, and the cheaper SmartScout tools that cover part of the job.
SmartScout Brand Reports, the closest current match for the retired Brand Comparison name, compiles more than 500 metrics into a single brand score, with a Competitor Analysis module doing the actual head-to-head. It unlocks on the Business plan.
SmartScout Relevant Products lists the products that compete most closely with a given ASIN. It is a Business-plan feature that helps you build a competitor set for keyword and ad work; it won't find new products for you.
SmartScout's Traffic Graph maps the frequently bought together and also-viewed links around any ASIN or keyword, ranked by estimated traffic strength. It is a Business-plan feature. What it shows, three ways to use it, and its limits.
SmartScout Ad Spy reverse-engineers a competitor's paid search strategy from observed sponsored placements. It is included on Enterprise and sold to Business customers as an add-on through sales, with no published price, and SmartScout's own pages disagree on what it covers.
SmartScout's Chrome extension gives you 100 full-feature uses a month with no card, a tenth of what it offered in August 2026. SmartScout has no free plan or trial, so the extension is one of the few free ways into its data. What it shows on Amazon search and product pages, where it stops, and when the paid platform is worth it.
A brand-first wholesale sourcing workflow in SmartScout: build the shortlist in the Brands Database, vet the sellers already on it, validate demand, scan the supplier's price list and pitch the brand, with the plan each step needs under SmartScout's current pricing.
Helium 10 is the suite for running your own listings: keywords, listing tools, PPC and operations. SmartScout is the research tool for brands, sellers and categories, and its keyword plans cost less. Prices checked 10 October 2026.
Both start at $29 a month billed annually. Jungle Scout is the product-first suite for private-label sellers; SmartScout maps brands, sellers and categories, with seller data from its Business plan. Prices checked 10 October 2026.
SmartScout researches the market: products, brands, sellers and categories, from $29 a month billed yearly. sellerboard tracks your own Amazon profit, from $19 a month with a free first month. Pick by the question you need answered.
Plans, every tool, the Chrome extension and 21 marketplaces
Plans, discounts, the extension, Cobalt and how it compares
The review, plan limits, Rank Radar and Helium 10 compared
Free vs Pro, the browser extension and how it compares
Search Query Performance, Search Catalog Performance and Top Search Terms