GeoRanker vs SE Ranking (2026): which should you pick?

Pick GeoRanker if

• Fits if you need the same keywords compared across several countries and cities
• Works for agencies that also want SERP API access from the same company, from Agency at $249

Look elsewhere if

• Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial
• Skip it if you need to know your keyword allowance up front, as the pricing page doesn't say
• Tight if you're on Starter, with 5 active monitors, one team member and no API or white label
• Watch out: the pricing page lists no search engines and asks you to confirm your engine, country or city first
• Pricey if you use the SERP API, as credits are billed apart from $0.50 per 1,000 with a 100,000 monthly minimum

Pick SE Ranking if

• Fits if you track lots of keywords daily across several client sites
• Works for small marketing teams who want research, audits and tracking under one login

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you're one person with one site, as Core is $103.20 a month even on yearly billing and there's no lower plan
• Tight if you need old data, since Core keeps 6 months of history and has 1 manager seat; extra seats start at $16 a month
• Pricey if you want white-label reports, as the Agency Pack is $69 a month extra and sold on yearly billing only
• Watch out: deeper AI search tracking is an add-on at $71.20 a month on yearly billing ($89 monthly)
• Watch out: payments are non-refundable unless the service wasn't delivered as promised, and there's no desktop or phone app

GeoRanker

• There is no free plan or published trial for the SEO Suite.
• Plans are set by projects, monitors and reports; the pricing page does not say how many keywords a report or monitor can hold, or how often it runs.
• The pricing page does not list which search engines are covered and asks buyers to confirm a needed engine, country or city first.
• SERP API credits are not included in any SEO plan; the API is billed apart, from $0.50 per 1,000 credits with a 100,000-credit monthly minimum.

SE Ranking

• Core keeps only 6 months of historical data and includes 1 manager seat; extra seats start at $16 a month.
• White-label reports need the Agency Pack, $69 a month and sold on annual billing only.
• Deeper AI search tracking is an add-on at $71.20 a month billed annually ($89 billed monthly).
• Payments are non-refundable except where the service was not delivered as promised.

GeoRanker

Multi-location rank tracking

Track keyword positions by search engine, country, city and device, and compare one keyword across several markets in a single report.

Recurring monitors

Active monitors re-run ranking checks on a schedule you choose: 5 on Starter, 15 on Pro and 40 on Agency.

SERP Snapshot and Local Heatmap

Capture the results page for a search to see which URLs and competitors appear, and map Google local positions on a grid around an address.

Keyword research

Keyword discovery and research reports with search volumes and advertising metrics, from 10 a month on Starter to 100 on Agency.

OnSite, broken link and backlink reports

Audit pages for performance, accessibility and technical SEO, find broken links, and look up backlinks with new and lost links.

SERP API and MCP

Agency includes access to the SERP API for building search data into your own tools; an MCP server for AI assistants is in beta.

SE Ranking

Rank Tracker

Track rankings daily across major search engines, devices and locations, with Google top-100 tracking and share of voice.

Keyword, competitor and backlink research

Research keywords, competitors' traffic and backlinks with no usage caps on either plan, plus backlink monitoring.

Website audit

Crawl sites for technical issues, from 250,000 pages a month on Core to 2 million on Growth, with an on-page checker.

AI visibility tracking

Track 100 or 250 prompts a day across five AI models, with AI source tracking and AI competitor research by domain.

Reports and local SEO

Report Builder (10 or 30 reports), and local tools covering 3 locations, map rank tracking and listings in 100+ directories.

API and MCP

Plans include 25,000 or 100,000 research API credits a month and MCP access for querying the data from AI assistants.

GeoRanker

• Starter$49

  per month, billed monthly

  3 projects, 5 active monitors, 20 saved rank reports, 5 locations per report, 1 team member, CSV and PDF export. No API or white label.

• Pro$99

  per month, billed monthly

  10 projects, 15 active monitors, 75 saved rank reports, 10 locations per report, 3 team members and 100 site audits a month.

• Agency$249

  per month, billed monthly

  25 projects, 40 active monitors, 200 saved rank reports, 20 locations per report, 5 team members, SERP API access and white-label reports.

• EnterpriseCustom

  A tailored plan for larger workloads, quoted after a conversation about volume and requirements.

SE Ranking

• Core$103.20

  per month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly)

  1 manager seat, 10 projects, 2,000 keywords and 100 AI prompts tracked daily, 250,000 audit pages a month and 6 months of history.

• Growth$223.20

  per month, billed annually ($279 billed monthly)

  3 manager seats, 30 projects, 5,000 keywords and 250 prompts daily, 2 million audit pages, all-time history and guest links.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom limits and terms, full API and advanced integrations, through sales.

GeoRanker

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  GeoRanker's pricing page sells each SEO Suite plan yearly at 20% less: Starter is $470.40 a year instead of $588 paid monthly.

SE Ranking

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  SE Ranking's pricing page lists Core at $103.20 a month billed annually instead of $129 monthly, and Growth at $223.20 instead of $279.