Clicks.so vs Mangools (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Clicks.so and Mangools share a 2.0 GPA, and only Mangools has a free plan.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Clicks.so grades higher on value for money. Mangools grades higher on the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Clicks.so
Budget SEO suite with keyword, backlink, audit and AI visibility tools
Mangools
Bundle of five SEO tools led by the KWFinder keyword research app
Which one is for you
Pick Clicks.so if
- Fits if the big SEO suites cost more than you want to pay
- Works for freelancers checking keywords and backlinks for a handful of client sites
Look elsewhere if
- Watch out: the 7-day trial rolls into the plan you chose automatically, so cancel in time if you don't want it
- Skip it if you need daily rankings, as positions refresh every 48 hours
- Tight if you track a lot, since rank tracking runs on 50 credits a month on Solo and 250 on Agency
- Watch out: the pricing page promises a 100% money-back guarantee, but the refund policy only allows requests within 48 hours
- Watch out: the AI page still shows a beta waitlist, so how much AI tracking is live isn't clear
Pick Mangools if
- Fits if you're a blogger who mostly needs keyword ideas and difficulty scores
- Works for local keyword research down to city level
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need daily rankings, as they update weekly below the Agency plan at $97.70
- Not for you if you want technical site audits, which none of the five tools does
- Tight if you research in bursts, since lookups are capped per 24 hours, 100 on Basic
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $61 for Basic against $37.70 billed yearly, with refunds only within 48 hours
- Too light for teams on Basic, which has no extra seats; sub-users on higher plans share one set of limits
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAClicks.soFair | 2.0GPAMangoolsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | BSolo is $15 a month billed yearly for 5 projects and 100 keyword, site stats and backlink reports a month each, inside this category's cheaper quarter. Monthly billing is $25. | CBasic is $37.70 a month on yearly billing ($61 monthly), exactly this category's middle. That buys 100 keyword lookups a day, 200 tracked keywords and 500 AI prompts. Paying monthly costs a lot more, and refunds only run for 48 hours. |
| Free plan and trial | DNo free plan. The 7-day trial has full access, but the plan you picked starts and is charged automatically when it ends, so it's a trial you have to remember to cancel. | CA free plan with no card: 5 keyword lookups every 24 hours, each showing 15 related keywords. Enough to see how it works, not enough to do research. There's no trial of the paid plans. |
| Features | CKeyword research, site traffic estimates, backlink reports, site audits and rank tracking, with AI visibility scoring. The gaps the listing names: rankings refresh every 48 hours, not daily, and the AI page still shows a beta waitlist. | CKeyword research down to city level, SERP checks, rank tracking, backlinks from Majestic's index, domain metrics and AI answer tracking on every plan. The gaps: rankings update weekly except on Agency, and none of the five tools audits your site. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. It's aimed at beginners, but reports, audits and rank tracking each run on their own monthly allowance or credits. | CNo rating on record. The tools are pitched at bloggers, but daily lookup caps and setting up rank tracking take some getting used to. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no integrations or API on record, and no desktop or phone app. | CWeb plus a browser extension, with Looker Studio the one integration on the listing. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | low-cost keyword, backlink and audit reports | keyword research for bloggers |
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: Clicks.so and Mangools. How we grade
Price against what you get
Clicks.so starts at $15 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Mangools starts at $37.70 a month and scores 2.0.
They score the same, and Clicks.so starts $22.70 a month lower. Of the other SEO tools on the chart, 4 score higher than Clicks.so for less, and 22 score higher than Mangools 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
- Clicks.so also covers site audit and AI search visibility.
At a glance
| Clicks.so | Mangools | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $15 per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly) | $37.70 per month, billed annually ($61 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free plan, no card needed: 5 KWFinder lookups per 24 hours, each showing 15 related and 5 competitor keywords, plus the free mini tools. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial with full access; the chosen plan starts automatically when it ends | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Clicks.so | Mangools (CodeCat s.r.o.) |
| Price read from | clicks.so | mangools.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Clicks.so
- There is no free plan: the free option is the 7-day trial, after which the chosen plan is charged automatically.
- Rankings update every 48 hours rather than daily, and tracking is capped by monthly credits: 50 on Solo up to 250 on Agency.
- The pricing page shows a 100% money-back guarantee, but the refund policy limits refunds to requests within 48 hours of ordering.
- The AI page still shows a beta waitlist next to the AI visibility features, so how much of that tracking is live is not clear.
Mangools
- Rank tracking updates weekly except on the Agency plan, which updates daily.
- Basic has no extra seats; sub-users on Premium and Agency share the parent account's limits.
- Lookups reset every 24 hours, so heavy research days can hit the cap.
- Refunds are offered only within 48 hours of a payment.
Key features
Clicks.so
- Keyword research
- Each report returns up to 500 to 1,000 related and phrase-match keywords by plan, with the competitors ranking for each and AI keyword suggestions.
- Site stats
- Estimate any site's top keywords and top pages and see its competing domains, with up to 1,000 rows per report on the Agency plan.
- Backlink analysis
- Backlink, top-page and anchor reports for any domain, plus the domains that link to competitors.
- Site audits
- 10 to 40 audits a month depending on plan, crawling up to 1,000, 4,000 or 6,000 pages each.
- Rank tracking
- Rankings refresh every 48 hours, with bulk keyword import, suggested keywords to track and position history.
- AI visibility
- Scores how likely ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and others are to recommend a site, and tracks prompts and citations with a checklist of fixes.
Mangools
- KWFinder
- Find keyword ideas with search volume and a keyword difficulty score, by keyword or by the domain that ranks, for locations down to city level.
- SERPChecker
- Inspect localized search results with SERP features and metrics for every ranking page; each check counts as one SERP lookup.
- SERPWatcher
- Track rankings for 200 to 1,500 keywords; updates are weekly, or daily on the Agency plan. Desktop and mobile count separately.
- LinkMiner and SiteProfiler
- Browse a site's backlinks, drawn from Majestic's index, and get an overview of any domain's SEO metrics.
- AI Search Watcher PRO
- Included in every plan: monitor up to 500 prompts across several AI models, with unlimited monitors and multiple checks per prompt.
Plans
Clicks.so
Solo$15
per month for 5 projects, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)
100 keyword, site stats and backlink reports a month each, 10 audits of up to 1,000 pages, and 50 rank tracking credits.
Freelancer$30
per month for 10 projects, billed annually ($50 billed monthly)
250 keyword reports, 200 site stats and backlink reports, 20 audits of up to 4,000 pages, and 100 rank tracking credits.
Agency$45
per month for 15 projects, billed annually ($75 billed monthly)
500 keyword reports, 400 site stats and backlink reports, 40 audits of up to 6,000 pages, and 250 rank tracking credits.
Mangools
Free$0
5 keyword lookups per 24 hours with 15 related and 5 competitor keywords per lookup.
Mangools Basic$37.70
per month, billed annually ($61 billed monthly)
1 user, 100 keyword and 100 SERP lookups per 24 hours, 200 tracked keywords updated weekly, 100,000 backlinks a month, 500 AI prompts.
Mangools Premium$52.70
per month, billed annually ($81 billed monthly)
3 extra seats, 500 keyword and SERP lookups per 24 hours, 700 tracked keywords updated weekly, 500,000 backlinks a month.
Mangools Agency$97.70
per month, billed annually ($141 billed monthly)
5 extra seats, 1,200 keyword and SERP lookups per 24 hours, 1,500 tracked keywords updated daily, 1.2 million backlinks a month.
Ways to pay less
Clicks.so
- Annual discount
Save 40% with yearly billing
Clicks.so's pricing page lists yearly billing at 40% less: Solo is $180 a year ($15 a month) instead of $25 a month.
Mangools
- Annual discount
Save up to 35% with annual billing
Mangools' FAQ puts the saving from annual plans at up to 35%. Basic is $452.40 a year billed annually against $61 a month billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Clicks.so or Mangools?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Clicks.so is cheaper to start with: $15 a month, against $37.70 a month for Mangools. Clicks.so starts at $15 per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly), and Mangools starts at $37.70 per month, billed annually ($61 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Clicks.so or Mangools?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Mangools has a free plan. Clicks.so does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Clicks.so and Mangools run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Mangools lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. 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.