AccuRanker vs Serposcope (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serposcope grades higher than AccuRanker: 2.2 against 1.8 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
AccuRanker grades higher on features, ease of use and platforms. Serposcope grades higher on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
AccuRanker
Daily rank tracker for agencies and enterprises, priced by keywords
Serposcope
Free self-hosted rank tracker, now marked unsupported by its developer
Which one is for you
Pick AccuRanker if
- Fits if you're an agency tracking thousands of keywords across client sites
- Works for teams that need rankings refreshed during the day, not just overnight
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you have one site and a few hundred keywords, as it starts at $224 a month
- Not for you if you want to try it first, since there's no free plan or trial, only a demo
- Skip it if AI answer tracking is the point, as AccuLLM is extra at $206 a month
- Watch out: Looker Studio and the API start at Expert, $764 a month; BigQuery and the write API are Enterprise only
- Watch out: dynamic tags and the Tag Cloud also wait on Expert, and there's no desktop or phone app
Pick Serposcope if
- Fits if you want ranking data kept on your own machine rather than in a vendor's cloud
- Works for technical users who already pay for proxies or a SERP API
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want software that's kept up: it's marked unsupported, may not work, and 3.5 from January 2025 is the last release
- Watch out: Google checks need paid add-ons, since Scraping Ant's free plan doesn't work with Google and captcha solvers cost money
- Not for you if setting login protection by hand in a config file sounds like hard work
- Tight if you have Serposcope 2 data, since it can't be moved into version 3
- Watch out: the Windows and Mac installers aren't signed, so both systems warn before installing
How we grade them
| 1.8GPAAccuRankerWeak | 2.2GPASerposcopeFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DProfessional is $224 a month for 2,000 keywords on yearly billing, $249 monthly. That's past where this category's dearest tenth starts ($139), and there's no smaller plan for one person with one site. The API and Looker Studio wait on Expert at $764. | BThe program is free, with no paid edition. Reliable checks need paid help, though: Scraping Ant's free plan doesn't work with Google, and the captcha solvers it supports are paid services, so running it well isn't really free. |
| Free plan and trial | FNothing free. The pricing page shows no free plan and no trial, just a demo with the sales team, so you pay before you see your own rankings in it. | AVersion 3.5 is a free download for Windows, Mac and Linux, with no account and no paid edition. Everything it does comes without paying Serposcope anything. |
| Features | BDaily updates on every keyword, on-demand refreshes every two hours, SERP features, pixel position, estimated CTR, tags, forecasting and reports, plus YouTube and Baidu. It covers the whole job. AI answer tracking is a separate subscription, AccuLLM, from $206 a month. | DRank tracking with saved result pages, a backlink watch and a local database you can query. But it needs proxies, captcha solvers or a SERP API to fetch Google reliably, and the developer says it may not work at all now. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It's built for very long keyword lists, so there are tags, folders and filters to set up before it all reads cleanly. | DNo rating on record. You install it yourself, set login protection by hand in a config file and wire up proxies or captcha solvers, and both Windows and Mac warn before installing it. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It links to Search Console, Analytics, Looker Studio, Google Sheets, BigQuery, Databox and Swydo, has an API from Expert, and an MCP server for AI assistants. | CA program for Windows, Mac and Linux that opens in your browser, linked only to scraping and captcha services. No phone app, and the API isn't documented. |
| Best for | daily rank tracking for agencies with big keyword lists | free rank tracking on your own machine |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: AccuRanker and Serposcope. How we grade
Price against what you get
AccuRanker starts at $224 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Serposcope has no paid plan and scores 1.3.
AccuRanker scores higher, and starts $224 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other rank trackers on the chart, none scores higher than AccuRanker for less, and none scores higher than Serposcope for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Serposcope is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- AccuRanker also covers reports, keyword research and AI search visibility.
At a glance
| AccuRanker | Serposcope | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Starts at | $224 per month for 2,000 keywords, billed annually ($249 billed monthly) | Free |
| Free plan | None | Version 3.5 is a free download for Windows, Mac and Debian or Ubuntu Linux, with no account needed and no paid edition. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| macOS | ||
| Windows | ||
| Linux | ||
| Made by | AccuRanker | Serposcope |
| Price read from | accuranker.com | serposcope.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
AccuRanker
- The pricing page shows no free plan or free trial; the vendor offers a demo instead.
- The smallest plan is 2,000 keywords at $224 a month billed annually, more than many trackers charge to start.
- Looker Studio and the read API start at Expert ($764 a month); BigQuery and the write API are Enterprise only.
- AccuLLM is sold separately: $206 a month billed annually ($229 monthly) for 100 prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews and AI Mode.
Serposcope
- The download section says Serposcope is no longer supported and may not work; the last release, 3.5, is dated January 2025.
- Reliable scraping needs paid add-ons: Scraping Ant's free plan does not work with Google, and captcha solvers are paid services.
- Login protection must be set by hand in a config file, and Serposcope 2 data cannot be moved into version 3.
- The Windows and Mac installers are not signed with paid certificates, so both systems warn before installing.
Key features
AccuRanker
- Daily rank tracking
- Rankings, SERP features and CTR update every day at country or local level, and a keyword or a whole domain can be refreshed on demand every two hours.
- Pixel position and CTR
- Shows where a result sits in pixels, whether it is above the fold, and the current and maximum CTR for each tracked keyword.
- Tagging and filters
- Organize thousands of keywords with tags, folders and filters; rule-based dynamic tags and the Tag Cloud start at the Expert plan.
- Forecasting and AI metrics
- AccuRanker's own AI models estimate CTR and search volume, and a forecasting tool projects the effect of ranking changes.
- Reports, API and MCP
- Reports and exports on every plan; Looker Studio and an API with unlimited calls from Expert. An MCP server lets AI assistants read the data.
- Other search engines
- Help guides cover tracking keyword ranks on YouTube and on Baidu as well as on Google.
Serposcope
- Rank tracker
- Add keywords and websites, then follow each site's positions over time, with a view of the full result page for every check.
- Backlink watch
- A second module for adding backlinks and following their status, with an overview and a details page per link.
- Choice of scraping method
- Fetch result pages from your own IP, through your proxies, or through the paid Scraping Ant or Space Serp APIs.
- Captcha solver support
- When scraping through proxies, plug in capmonster.cloud, anticaptcha, 2captcha or imagetyperz; several can be set at once.
- Raw SERP storage
- Since version 3.3 it can keep the HTML or API response of each check for 1 to 7 days, purged after each run.
- Local database
- Data sits in a SQLite file in the data folder, which you can query directly; an API exists but is not documented.
Plans
AccuRanker
Professional$224
per month for 2,000 keywords, billed annually ($249 monthly)
Daily updates, keyword research, search intent, tagging, filters, GSC and GA, reports and export. 5,000 keywords cost $548 a month billed annually.
Expert$764
per month for 10,000 keywords, billed annually ($849 monthly)
Adds dynamic tagging, AI CTR, AccuRanker search volume, Looker Studio and an unlimited read API. 25,000 keywords cost $1,412 a month billed annually.
EnterpriseCustom
Over 25,000 keywords: BigQuery, unlimited write API, raw SERP HTML, faster updates, unlimited users and domains, and a dedicated CSM.
Serposcope
Self-hosted$0
Free download that you install and run yourself; rank tracking and backlink watch, with data kept in a local SQLite file.
Ways to pay less
AccuRanker
- Annual discount
10% off with annual billing
AccuRanker's pricing page gives a 10% discount for paying yearly: Professional is $224 a month billed annually instead of $249 billed monthly.
Serposcope
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, AccuRanker or Serposcope?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serposcope is cheaper to start with: it is free, against $224 a month for AccuRanker. AccuRanker starts at $224 per month for 2,000 keywords, billed annually ($249 billed monthly), and Serposcope is free.
Which has a free plan, AccuRanker or Serposcope?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Serposcope has a free plan. AccuRanker does not.
Which platforms do AccuRanker and Serposcope run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only AccuRanker lists a web app and only Serposcope lists macOS, Windows and Linux apps. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.