SE Ranking

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SEO and GEO platform that tracks organic rankings and AI search visibility in the same project, with API and MCP access on every plan

What is SE Ranking?

Most teams tracking AI search visibility in 2026 are paying for it twice. There is an SEO suite handling rankings, keywords and backlinks, and a separate AI-visibility monitor watching ChatGPT and Perplexity, and the two never talk to each other. When AI mentions drop, the monitor tells you it happened but not why, because the ranking and content data that would explain it lives in the other subscription.

SE Ranking is built on the bet that these are one problem. It is a full SEO platform, daily rank tracking across Google, Bing and YouTube, keyword and competitor research, backlink analysis, site audits with JavaScript rendering, and a content editor, with AI visibility tracking sitting inside the same project rather than bolted alongside it. That means a fall in AI presence can be read against what actually changed in organic search that week.

The datasets behind it are large: SE Ranking puts its keyword database at 5.5 billion keywords across 188 country databases, and its own backlink pages report a 2.7 trillion link index across 420 million domains, with 6 billion pages crawled daily. It is aimed squarely at agencies and mid-market teams. The pricing, the project counts and the white-label reporting all assume you are managing several clients rather than one site, and the learning curve reflects that breadth.

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Pricing

API and MCP access are included on every plan. Annual billing saves 20%.

  • Core, $129/mo ($103.20/mo annual). 10 projects, 1 manager seat, 2,000 keywords tracked daily, 100 AI prompts daily across five engines, 5 AI Competitor Research domains, 250,000 audit pages a month, 25,000 API credits, 6 months of history.
  • Growth, $279/mo ($223.20/mo annual). 30 projects, 3 manager seats, 5,000 keywords daily, 250 AI prompts daily, 15 AI Competitor Research domains, 2,000,000 audit pages, 100,000 API credits, page-change monitoring, all-time history.
  • Enterprise, custom. Flexible limits and advanced integrations, sales-assisted.
  • Add-ons. Agency Pack from $69/mo annual (client seats, white-label reporting, Lead Generator), AI Search from $71.20/mo annual (more prompts, unlimited competitor research, deeper LLM monitoring), API from $45/mo annual.
  • Free trial. 14 days, no credit card. Note it runs on starter caps, 10 projects, 750 keywords a day and 20 AI prompts a day, not full plan limits.

✓ Pricing verified August 2026 from seranking.com/pricing.html.

Key Features

  • Daily rank tracking across Google, Bing and YouTube, plus five AI engines
  • AI visibility: mention and citation tracking with cached AI answers
  • Competitive Gap Analysis for prompts and topics where rivals outrank you
  • Source and Citation Intelligence showing which pages AI engines cite
  • Keyword research across 188 country databases, with volume, difficulty, CPC and intent
  • Backlink analysis on a 2.7 trillion link index, with Domain and Page Trust scores and toxicity scoring
  • Site audit with JavaScript rendering and severity-grouped fixes
  • Content Editor with briefs and scoring, AI Writer, WordPress publishing
  • API and MCP access on every plan for dashboards and AI assistants
  • Integrations: GA4, Search Console, Google Ads, Looker Studio, Zapier, Make.com, n8n
  • White-label reporting and client seats via the Agency Pack add-on

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • AI visibility sits beside rankings, backlinks and content, not in a second tool
  • API and MCP included on every plan, 25K credits on Core and 100K on Growth
  • Cached AI answers show how each engine actually describes you over time
  • Genuinely large keyword and backlink datasets
  • Strong agency delivery: white-label, client seats, scheduled reporting
  • 14-day trial with no credit card

Cons

  • White-label and extra client seats are a paid Agency Pack add-on, not base
  • Deeper LLM analysis and cross-country benchmarking need the AI Search add-on
  • Five AI engines, where dedicated monitors track a wider list
  • No automated hallucination or accuracy detection
  • The trial runs on starter caps, so it understates the real plan limits
  • Broad platform with a real learning curve, more than solo users need

FAQ

What does SE Ranking cost?

Two published plans: Core at $129/mo and Growth at $279/mo, falling to $103.20 and $223.20 on annual billing. Core covers 10 projects, 2,000 tracked keywords a day and 100 AI prompts a day; Growth raises that to 30 projects, 5,000 keywords and 250 prompts. Enterprise is custom. Add-ons sit on top: Agency Pack from $69/mo annual, AI Search from $71.20/mo annual, and extra API capacity from $45/mo annual.

Is the free trial really full-featured?

Not quite. The 14-day trial needs no credit card and is fully functional, but it runs on starter caps rather than plan limits: 10 projects, 750 tracked keywords a day and 20 AI prompts a day. That is enough to judge the interface and data quality, but not to load a full client roster before deciding.

Which AI engines does SE Ranking track?

Five: Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. For each it measures how often you are mentioned or linked, caches the answers so you can read how the engine describes you, benchmarks against competitors, and identifies which sources those answers cite. Dedicated AI-visibility monitors cover a wider list of engines.

Are the API and MCP access extra?

No, both are included on every plan. Core ships 25,000 Data API credits a month and Growth 100,000, each with MCP access, so you can pull rankings, keyword, backlink and AI-visibility data into your own dashboards or query it from an AI assistant. Extra capacity is available through the API add-on, a standalone Data API from $179/mo annual, or pay-as-you-go credits from $50 for 250,000.

Is SE Ranking a better buy than a dedicated AI-visibility tool?

It depends on whether you also need SEO. A specialist like Otterly or Profound covers more engines and goes deeper on AI monitoring alone. SE Ranking covers five engines but keeps that data beside rank tracking, backlinks, audits and content, so you can act on it in the same place. If AI monitoring is genuinely all you need, buy the specialist; if you are already paying for an SEO suite as well, SE Ranking can replace both.

Who is SE Ranking not right for?

Solo operators, freelancers and beginners. The platform is broad and carries a real learning curve, agency delivery features sit in a paid add-on, and at $129/mo entry it is priced for teams managing multiple projects rather than one site.

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