Alternatives to SE Ranking
Affordable all-round SEO platform
SE Ranking ranks #3 of 10 in SEO tools, with an Alt Score of 91. It is proprietary and sold by subscription from $129/month. 10 of 10 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
SEO agencies, freelancers, and small-to-mid-sized businesses managing organic search performance for one or multiple websites.
Keyword rank tracking across 188 country databases, a keyword and competitor research tool built on a large keyword database, an on-page and technical website audit, and a backlink checker with monitoring. It also generates automated, white-label reports for clients.
You add a project by connecting a domain and target keywords, then the platform tracks rankings, crawls the site for audit issues, and pulls competitor and backlink data into a dashboard, with reports scheduled or exported for stakeholders.
Where SE Ranking stands out
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Ranked alternatives
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Feature comparison
Rows come from the SEO tools checklist (14 rows). Human-verified cells only. ? means the value has not been verified.
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Every fact and feature listed for SE Ranking is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Starts at $129/month verified 2026-07-11
API access comes with any SE Ranking plan (Core at $129/mo and Growth at $279/mo).
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License Proprietary verified 2026-07-11
Provider reserves all rights not expressly granted to Customer in this Agreement.
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Pricing model Subscription verified 2026-07-11
Core €87.20 €109.00 /mo
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Status active verified 2026-07-11
Referral traffic from ChatGPT hit its all-time peak, jumping 36.7% in May 2026.
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Rank tracking Yes verified 2026-07-11
Monitor daily rankings on Google, Bing, Yahoo, and YouTube
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Backlink index size Yes verified 2026-07-11
2.7T Backlinks indexed
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Keyword research Yes verified 2026-07-11
find new keywords capable of bringing organic traffic
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Site audit crawler Yes verified 2026-07-11
Audit up to 2,000,000 pages per project
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Content optimization Yes verified 2026-07-11
reliable data on word count, keywords, content structure, media elements
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Local SEO Yes verified 2026-07-11
Track rankings for multiple keywords on specific grid points, down to the street level.
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API access Yes verified 2026-07-11
API access is included in every SE Ranking plan
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Price per seat Partial verified 2026-07-11
Extra Manager Seats from €14.40
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Free tier / trial Partial verified 2026-07-11
The free 14-day trial is fully functional and includes starter usage: up to 10 projects, 750 tracked keywords per day, 20 AI prompts per day, and AI competitive research for up to 3 domains (with unli
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SERP features tracking Yes verified 2026-07-11
Monitor your presence in 35+ of Google's enriched SERP elements
https://seranking.com/rank-tracker.html
FAQ
Yes. Serpstat, Ubersuggest and Screaming Frog have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.