Frase vs RankIQ (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Frase grades higher than RankIQ: 2.4 against 1.6 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 the free plan, features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money 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
RankIQ
Blog SEO toolset with niche keyword libraries and a content grader
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 RankIQ if
- Fits if you run a blog in a common niche and want ready-made keyword lists
- Works for bloggers refreshing older posts that have lost traffic
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial
- Watch out: RankIQ is now sold only with Aided, and the $49 price is a special with no end date
- Skip it if you work in a team, as no seats, integrations or API are listed
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAFraseFair | 1.6GPARankIQWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | C$49 a month for RankIQ plus Aided's writing apps, a little above this category's middle ($45). It's shown as a special against a $398 combined rate, with no end date given. |
| 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. | FNothing free: the site shows no free plan and no free trial. Billing is monthly and you can cancel any time, but you pay before you see it. |
| 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. | CNiche keyword libraries, a content optimizer, title analysis, an old-post refresh workflow and Aided's AI writing and social posts. The listing's gaps keep it here: no team seats, integrations or API, and keywords come from pre-picked niche lists. |
| 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. It's built for bloggers, but there's a keyword library, an optimizer and Aided's separate apps 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, with no integrations listed and no API. Nothing for a desktop or a phone. |
| Best for | drafting and publishing articles for you | bloggers picking low-competition keywords |
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 RankIQ. How we grade
Where they differ
- Frase also covers AI agents.
- RankIQ also covers keyword research and content optimization.
At a glance
| Frase | RankIQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Paid |
| Starts at | $39 per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly) | $49 per month, 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 | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Frase | Gailleon, LLC |
| Price read from | frase.io | rankiq.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.
RankIQ
- The maker says RankIQ has evolved into Aided, and RankIQ is now sold only together with Aided under one subscription.
- The site shows no free plan or free trial; the terms say billing is monthly and you can cancel at any time.
- The $49 price is presented as a special against a $398 combined rate, with no end date given.
- The site lists no integrations, team seats or API.
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.
RankIQ
- Niche keyword libraries
- Hand-picked keyword lists for each major blog niche, filtered for low competition and high traffic potential.
- Content optimizer
- Grades a draft or published post and lists what to add to compete with the posts on Google's first page.
- Title analysis
- Analyzes the top 30 results to show which words Google favors in titles for a keyword.
- Old post refresh
- A workflow for reworking an underperforming post for Google results, AI Overviews and ChatGPT answers.
- Aided content packages
- Aided drafts a blog post with matching social posts for Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, TikTok and YouTube, and a promo email.
- Multi-model chat
- Aided's chat window switches between ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity, with saved prompts, brand voices and audiences.
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.
RankIQ
RankIQ + Aided Unlimited$49
per month, billed monthly
RankIQ's tools plus Aided's Unlimited plan, shown as a special against a $398 combined rate ($99 RankIQ, $299 Aided).
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.
RankIQ
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Frase or RankIQ?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Frase is cheaper to start with: $39 a month, against $49 a month for RankIQ. Frase starts at $39 per month, billed yearly ($49 billed monthly), and RankIQ starts at $49 per month, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Frase or RankIQ?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Frase nor RankIQ has a free plan. Frase has 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.