Frase vs RankDots (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Frase grades higher than RankDots: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Frase grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Frase
AI content agent that drafts, publishes and refreshes articles
RankDots
Groups keywords into topic clusters and drafts SEO articles from them
Which one is for you
Pick Frase if
- Fits if you want articles drafted and published with little work on your part
- Works for agencies running content for up to 10 client sites on Scale at $239 a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you publish a lot, as Starter stops at 10 articles a month with no overage option
- Pricey if you need a team, since 3 seats means Professional at $103 a month, and extra seats are $29 each
- Not for you if you need white-label reports or a client portal, which are Enterprise only
- Watch out: reporting history is current only on Starter, 3 months on Professional and 12 on Scale
- Too light for watching many pages on Starter, which tracks 10 pages for decay and 50 AI prompts
Pick RankDots if
- Fits if you plan content for a blog or affiliate site around topic clusters
- Works for a new or small site hunting for low-competition keywords
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need competitor keyword research, which is still marked coming soon
- Tight if you're on Starter, at 4 projects, 10 AI articles a month and no keyword export
- Not for you if you want posts published for you, as no CMS link is listed
- Watch out: the free trial is mentioned with no length or limits given
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $49 against $29 on yearly billing
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAFraseFair | 2.0GPARankDotsFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CGraded against other content editors. Starter is $39 a month billed yearly ($49 monthly) for 1 seat, 1 site and 10 articles a month. Cheaper than Surfer's $49 and far under Clearscope's $129, but twice NeuronWriter's $19. | CStarter is $29 a month on yearly billing, $49 monthly, for 4 projects and 10 AI articles. That's between this category's cheapest quarter ($20) and its middle ($45). Keyword export waits on Business at $58. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but the 7-day trial needs no card and gives you Professional features, capped at 5 articles and 50 audit pages. | CNo free plan. The site offers a free trial but gives no length or limits for it, and nothing on record says it needs a card. |
| Features | BResearch, drafting with SEO and GEO scores, publishing to four CMSs or its own hosted one, Content Guard rewriting slipping pages, AI citation tracking and an MCP server, CLI and API. That covers the whole content job. | CKeyword discovery, topic clusters scored on demand, competition and intent, growth estimates, Search Console opportunities and AI drafts. Its own gaps: competitor keyword research is marked coming soon, and nothing on record publishes to a CMS. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Connecting a CMS, choosing what the agent may publish on its own and approving revisions all take setting up. | CNo rating on record. You can start from a domain or a seed topic, but the opportunity lists need Search Console connected, and there are clusters and scores to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, publishing to WordPress, Webflow, Sanity and Wix, and run from Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor through MCP, a CLI and an API. No desktop or phone app. | CWeb only, and Search Console is the only connection on record. No CMS link, desktop app or phone app is listed. |
| Best for | drafting and publishing articles for you | planning topic clusters for a small site |
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: Frase and RankDots. How we grade
Where they differ
- Frase also covers AI agents.
- RankDots also covers keyword research and content optimization.
At a glance
| Frase | RankDots | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $39 per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly) | $29 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of Professional features, no credit card; capped at 5 articles and 50 audit pages | Free trial offered; the site does not state its length or limits |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Frase | RankDots |
| Price read from | frase.io | rankdots.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Frase
- Starter stops at its monthly limits; overages are optional on Professional and Scale at $5 or $4 per extra article.
- Extra seats cost $29 a month each on Professional and Scale.
- Reporting history is current only on Starter, 3 months on Professional and 12 months on Scale.
- White-label reports and a branded client portal need the custom-priced Enterprise plan.
RankDots
- Plans cap projects and AI articles each month, from 4 projects and 10 articles on Starter.
- Keyword export starts at the Business plan.
- Competitor keyword research is marked as coming soon.
- The site mentions a free trial but gives no length or limits for it.
Key features
Frase
- Research and drafting
- Frase studies the pages that rank for a topic, then drafts and optimizes an article with SEO and GEO scores and generated images.
- Publishing agent
- Push finished posts to WordPress, Webflow, Sanity or Wix, or let the agent publish on its own for content types you choose.
- Content Guard
- Watches 10 to 300 published pages for falling Google rank or traffic, writes a revision and republishes it once you approve.
- AI Visibility
- Monitors daily whether ChatGPT and Google AI cite you; Professional adds Perplexity and Scale adds Claude and Gemini.
- FraseCMS
- A hosted or headless CMS included free up to 100,000 page views a month; paid tiers at $19 or $99 a month add room and drop the badge.
- MCP server, CLI and API
- Run Frase from Claude, ChatGPT, Codex or Cursor, with 5,000 to 50,000 API, MCP and CLI requests a month by plan.
RankDots
- Keyword discovery
- Finds keywords for a domain or seed topic from search data and AI suggestions, with language and location settings.
- Topic clustering
- Groups keywords into topic clusters and scores each on search demand, competition, intent and topical depth.
- Growth potential
- Estimates which keywords and topics are likely to gain or lose search interest before you write for them.
- Opportunities from Search Console
- Matches Search Console data to the topic plan and lists pages to create, expand, merge, split or fix for cannibalization, ranked by traffic potential.
- AI content drafts
- Writes SEO drafts for a topic cluster and suggests changes to improve existing pages.
Plans
Frase
Starter$39
per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly)
1 seat, 1 site, 10 articles and 50 audit pages a month, 50 AI prompts in ChatGPT and Google AI, 10 pages watched for decay.
Professional$103
per month, billed yearly ($129 billed monthly)
3 seats, 5 sites, 40 articles and 250 audit pages, 200 AI prompts adding Perplexity, content calendar and internal links.
Scale$239
per month, billed yearly ($299 billed monthly)
5 seats, 10 domains, 100 articles and 1,000 audit pages, 500 prompts adding Claude and Gemini, client-ready reports.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom seats and limits, white-label reports, a client portal, SSO and an SLA, through sales.
RankDots
Starter$29
per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly)
4 projects and 10 AI articles a month, with up to 7,000 keywords found per project.
Business$58
per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
8 projects and 20 AI articles a month, 12,000 keywords per project and keyword export.
Agency$99
per month, billed annually ($169 billed monthly)
15 projects and 40 AI articles a month, 20,000 keywords per project and keyword export.
Enterprise$169
per month, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)
20 projects and 60 AI articles a month, 35,000 keywords per project and keyword export.
Ways to pay less
Frase
- Annual discount
Save 20% with yearly billing
Frase's pricing page takes 20% off for yearly billing: Professional is $103 a month billed yearly instead of $129 month to month.
RankDots
- Annual discount
Save 40% with annual billing
RankDots' pricing page lists annual billing at about 40% off: Starter is $29 a month billed annually against $49 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Frase or RankDots?
As of Oct 23, 2026, RankDots is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $39 a month for Frase. Frase starts at $39 per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly), and RankDots starts at $29 per month, billed annually ($49 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Frase or RankDots?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Frase nor RankDots has a free plan. Both have a free trial.
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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.