Haloscan vs Ranxplorer (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Haloscan and Ranxplorer share a 2.2 GPA, and only Haloscan has a free plan.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
They get the same grade on all five counts.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Haloscan
French-market keyword and competitor research with rank tracking
Ranxplorer
French SEO and SEA research tool built on Google France data
Which one is for you
Pick Haloscan if
- Fits if your sites are in French and aimed at people searching in France
- Works for buyers of expired domains who want ones that still rank
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your market is anywhere but France, as that's all the data covers
- Not for you if you need backlink research, which is still marked coming soon
- Tight if you stay free, with 50 keyword searches a month and no API, competitor analysis or rank tracking
- Watch out: prices are in euros before VAT, and Starter has one user; 2 users means Agency at €149.20 a month yearly
Pick Ranxplorer if
- Fits if you do SEO for French websites
- Works for teams feeding French search data into dashboards or AI assistants
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if your market isn't France, as the data covers French Google only
- Not for you if you don't read French, since the site and app are in French
- Tight if you need backlinks on Rédacteur, which leaves them out and is sold yearly only
- Tight if you work in a team, as only Agence and Elite allow more than one user
- Watch out: exports stop at 5,000 to 100,000 rows by plan, and bigger ones use API credits sold in packs
How we grade them
| 2.2GPAHaloscanFair | 2.2GPARanxplorerFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is €49.20 a month on yearly billing, €59 monthly, both before VAT. That's the dear end of this category, near its dearest tenth. For it you get 10,000 keyword searches a month, 800 tracked keywords and the API. | CRédacteur is €32 a month excluding VAT, sold yearly only at €384, about $36 a month, for 100 tracked keywords and no backlinks. Backlinks start at Professionnel, €49 yearly or €59 monthly. Mid-range for this category either way. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan for one user: 50 keyword searches and 25 site searches a month, 100 results each. No API, competitor analysis, projects or rank tracking, so you'll reach the edge fast. | CNo free plan, but a 7-day trial with no card, capped at 5 site analyses and 30 keyword searches. Enough for a look. |
| Features | CKeyword Explorer with volume, difficulty, intent and SERP features, Site Explorer for any domain's keywords, daily rank tracking on Google, Bing and YouTube, and expired domains. But the data covers France only, and backlinks are still listed as coming soon. | CVisibility audits, competitor gaps, paid search research, a keyword generator, backlinks from Professionnel, and an API and MCP on every plan. The gap the listing names: French Google results only, and there's no technical site audit on record. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. A single lookup is quick, but it's a full suite, with projects, rank tracking and bulk lookups of up to 1,000 keywords to learn before it all clicks. | CNo rating on record. The site and app are in French only, and the monthly quotas for analyses and searches take some watching. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, plus a free Chrome and Firefox extension that shows a site's visibility and ranking keywords, and API access on every paid plan. No desktop or phone app. | BWeb only, with an API, a Looker Studio connector and an MCP server for Claude, GPT, Gemini and Mistral on every plan. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | keyword research for French sites | keyword research in French Google |
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: Haloscan and Ranxplorer. How we grade
Where they differ
- Ranxplorer also covers backlink analysis.
At a glance
| Haloscan | Ranxplorer | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | €49.20 per month, billed annually (€59 billed monthly), excl. VAT | €32 per month, billed annually, excluding VAT (€384 a year) |
| Free plan | 50 keyword searches and 25 site searches a month, 100 results per search and 5,000 results or exports a month, for 1 user. No API, competitor analysis or projects. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial, no card required, with 5 site analyses and 30 keyword searches |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | ARCHI301 | RANXPLORER SAS |
| Price read from | haloscan.com | ranxplorer.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Haloscan
- Keyword and site data covers France only; Haloscan says it is focusing exclusively on the French market for now.
- Prices are in euros and exclude VAT; billing goes through FastSpring.
- The free plan has no API, no competitor analysis and no projects or rank tracking.
- Backlink analysis is listed as coming soon, so link research needs another tool.
Ranxplorer
- Its data covers French Google results and French sites; the pricing names no other country, and the site and app are in French.
- Prices are in euros and exclude VAT; Rédacteur, the cheapest plan, is sold on annual billing only.
- Only Agence and Elite allow more than one user; Elite can add users at €59 a month each.
- Exports are capped at 5,000 to 100,000 rows depending on the plan; larger exports use API credits, sold in packs beyond the plan's allowance.
Key features
Haloscan
- Keyword Explorer
- Search volume, allintitle count, CPC, competition, a difficulty score, search intent and the SERP features for each keyword, with bulk lookups of up to 1,000 at a time.
- Site Explorer
- See the keywords a domain or page ranks for, its estimated traffic, its best pages and the keywords it shares with competitors.
- Rank tracking and projects
- Track rankings daily on Google, Bing and YouTube with alerts on big changes, grouped into projects: 800 to 5,000 keywords depending on plan.
- Expired domains
- Find expired domains that still rank and are available to buy, including some with Google Business listings.
- API on paid plans
- Every paid plan includes API access at no extra cost; Haloscan says it has been available since July 2023.
- Free browser extension
- A free Chrome and Firefox extension shows a domain's visibility index and ranking keywords, numbers Google results and outlines nofollow links.
Ranxplorer
- SEO visibility audit
- Shows a site's Google positions, estimated traffic and the result types it appears in, from a French database of 3 billion results, 100 million keywords and 30 million sites.
- Competitor analysis
- Finds a site's SEO competitors, follows their ranking changes and compares up to three at once to list the keywords they rank for and you do not.
- Paid search research
- Looks at the keywords and budgets behind competitors' Google Ads campaigns alongside their organic visibility.
- Keyword generator
- Suggests keywords, phrases and the most common questions for a topic, with keyword searches counted against a monthly quota.
- Backlink analysis
- Highlights backlinks from pages that are indexed and ranking on Google, with a link score, for your own site and competitors. Not on Rédacteur.
- API, MCP and Looker Studio
- Every plan can pull data through the API, a Looker Studio connector and an MCP server that works with assistants such as Claude, GPT, Gemini and Mistral.
Plans
Haloscan
Free€0
50 keyword searches and 25 site searches a month, up to 100 results per search, 1 user.
Starter€49.20
per month, billed annually (€59 billed monthly), excl. VAT
10,000 keyword searches and 3,000 site searches a month, 5 projects, 800 tracked keywords, API access, 1 user.
Agency€149.20
per month, billed annually (€179 billed monthly), excl. VAT
25,000 keyword searches and 10,000 site searches a month, 20 projects, 2,000 tracked keywords and 2 users.
Guru€374.20
per month, billed annually (€449 billed monthly), excl. VAT
50,000 keyword searches and 30,000 site searches a month, 50 projects, 5,000 tracked keywords and 5 users.
Ranxplorer
Rédacteur€32
per month, billed annually, excluding VAT (€384 a year)
Annual only: 50 site analyses and 200 keyword searches a month, 20 tracked sites, 100 tracked keywords and 2 months of history. No backlink analysis.
Professionnel€49
per month, billed annually, excluding VAT (€59 billed monthly)
1 user, 200 site analyses and 800 keyword searches a month, 800 tracked keywords, 12 months of history, backlinks and 400,000 API credits a year.
Agence€124
per month, billed annually, excluding VAT (€149 billed monthly)
2 users, 1,000 site analyses and 2,000 keyword searches a month, 2,500 tracked keywords, 4 years of history and 800,000 API credits a year.
Elite€333
per month, billed annually, excluding VAT (€399 billed monthly)
5 users, 3,000 site analyses and 6,000 keyword searches a month, 6,000 tracked keywords, 6 years of history and 2 million API credits a year.
Ways to pay less
Haloscan
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
Haloscan's pricing page marks yearly billing as two months free: Starter is €590 a year instead of €59 a month.
Ranxplorer
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Ranxplorer's pricing page offers two months free on annual billing: Professionnel is €49 a month billed yearly (€588) instead of €59 a month.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Haloscan or Ranxplorer?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Ranxplorer is cheaper to start with: about $35.86 a month, against about $55.13 a month for Haloscan. Haloscan starts at €49.20 per month, billed annually (€59 billed monthly), excl. VAT, and Ranxplorer starts at €32 per month, billed annually, excluding VAT (€384 a year).
Which has a free plan, Haloscan or Ranxplorer?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Haloscan has a free plan. Ranxplorer does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do Haloscan and Ranxplorer run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Haloscan 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.