Keywordly vs Outrank (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Outrank grades higher than Keywordly: 2.2 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Keywordly grades higher on value for money. Outrank grades higher on the free plan and platforms. They get the same grade on features and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Keywordly
Keyword research, clustering and AI articles in one content workflow
Outrank
Autopilot SEO blog writer that publishes daily and trades backlinks
Which one is for you
Pick Keywordly if
- Fits if you want keyword research, topical maps, outlines and drafts in one place before you write
- Works for small content teams publishing to WordPress or Ghost
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you're on Solo, which has no keyword clustering, brand voice or auto-blogging, and covers 20 countries and languages
- Pricey if you want content optimization or AI visibility tracking, which start at Business for $149 a month
- Watch out: cancelling means emailing support at least 15 days before the term ends, your data is deleted, and partial months aren't refunded
- Watch out: prompt tracking, API access and extra projects are still listed as coming soon
- Tight if you want to test it, as the trial lasts 3 days and there's no free plan
Pick Outrank if
- Fits if you run one business site and want an article posted to it every day without writing it
- Works for agencies running several sites, as the bill drops 10% to 20% across 2 to 25 sites
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you pay monthly, at $99 for one site against $999 for a whole year
- Watch out: backlinks are a swap, so your own articles carry links to other customers' sites
- Tight if you need more than 30 articles a month, as 60 or 90 cost $85 or $160 a month on top
- Watch out: human editing is a separate $1,399 a month, and extra backlink plans run $199 to $1,899
- Watch out: the trial's length isn't stated, and articles written during it carry an Outrank watermark
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAKeywordlyFair | 2.2GPAOutrankFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CSolo is $49 a month, billed monthly with no yearly option on record, a little above this category's middle of $45. Clustering and auto-blogging need Team at $99, and content optimization and AI visibility need Business at $149. | D$99 a month for one site and 30 articles, which is where this category's dearest tenth starts. Paying $999 for the year brings it to about $83.25 a month, the dearer quarter. 60 or 90 articles cost $85 or $160 a month more. |
| Free plan and trial | DNo free plan. Every plan has a 3-day trial, shorter than a week, so there's little time to see a month of output. | CNo free plan. You can sign up and see the keyword research and articles before paying, but the trial's length isn't stated and trial articles carry an Outrank watermark. |
| Features | BKeyword research from search features, competitors and PPC data, clustering, topical maps, outlines, an AI writer with an SEO score, auto-blogging, rewrites of existing pages and AI visibility tracking. It covers the whole job, spread across four plans. | BKeyword research with live volume and difficulty, a 30-day plan, a daily article with images, publishing to seven CMSs, backlink swaps and flags on articles that need a rewrite. Nothing in the listing shows a gap in the core job. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You set up a project, work through research, clusters and outlines, and connect WordPress or Ghost before anything is published. | CNo rating on record. You connect a CMS or a webhook and look over a 30-day plan, and the backlinks depend on hosting other sites' links in your posts. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, publishing to WordPress and Ghost, plus YouTube for its engagement tools. API access is still listed as coming soon, so there's not much to connect it to. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Framer, Wix, Notion and Ghost, or through a webhook, and has an API. |
| Best for | keyword research through to drafts in one app | a blog that posts an article a day for you |
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: Keywordly and Outrank. How we grade
Price against what you get
Keywordly starts at $49 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Outrank starts at $99 a month and scores 2.7.
Outrank scores higher, and starts $50 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO content tools on the chart, 17 score higher than Keywordly for less, and 1 scores higher than Outrank 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
- Keywordly also covers AI search visibility and content optimization.
- Outrank also covers image generation and internal linking.
At a glance
| Keywordly | Outrank | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $49 per month, billed monthly | $99 per month for 30 articles, billed monthly |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 3-day free trial on every plan | Free trial before subscribing; trial articles carry an Outrank watermark |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Keywordly | Outrank SAS |
| Price read from | keywordly.ai | outrank.so |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Keywordly
- AI visibility tracking, content optimization and analytics start at Business, $149 a month.
- Solo has no keyword clustering, brand voice or auto-blogging, and covers 20 countries and languages.
- Cancelling means emailing support at least 15 days before the term ends; account data is then deleted and partial months are not refunded.
- Prompt tracking, API access and extra projects on Team and above are listed as coming soon.
Outrank
- The plan covers 30 articles a month for one site; 60 or 90 articles cost $85 or $160 a month more.
- Backlinks work as an exchange: your own articles host links to other sites. Extra backlink plans cost $199 to $1,899 a month.
- Human editing of every article is a separate service at $1,399 a month.
- The trial length is not stated, and articles written during the trial carry an Outrank watermark.
Key features
Keywordly
- Keyword research
- Finds terms from People Also Ask, related searches and autocomplete, from competitors' pages, and from PPC data, with historical figures and CSV exports.
- Clustering and topical maps
- Groups keywords by shared search results and lays a topic out as a map with outlines for each article. Clustering starts at Team.
- AI article writer
- Writes articles instantly or section by section, with internal and external links, images, YouTube embeds and an SEO score in the editor.
- Auto-blogging
- From Team up, picks keywords and publishes scheduled articles to 1, 3 or 5 websites, up to 30, 90 or 150 a month within the plan's article limit.
- AI visibility tracking
- Business and Agency check brand mentions and prompts in ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Mode, with an AI readiness audit.
- Forum and YouTube engagement
- Business and Agency include tools for building a presence in Reddit and Quora threads and on YouTube.
Outrank
- Daily article autopilot
- Builds a 30-day content plan from your niche and competitors, then writes and publishes one article a day with titles, meta descriptions and images.
- Keyword research
- Unlimited keyword research on autopilot or in chat, with live search volume and difficulty, dropped straight onto the content calendar.
- Automated backlinks
- Places links to your site inside relevant articles on other blogs and checks each one. You earn the credits by hosting links in your own articles.
- Publishing and a free blog
- Publishes to WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Framer, Wix, Notion and Ghost or a webhook, or to a free Outrank-hosted blog on your own domain.
- Brand voice and 150+ languages
- Matches the style of articles you have already published and writes in more than 150 languages, with in-article images and YouTube videos.
- Review and refresh
- Scheduled articles can be generated up to 7 days early for review, and underperforming articles are flagged for a rewrite.
Plans
Keywordly
Solo$49
per month, billed monthly
1 user, 1 project and 15 AI articles a month, with keyword research, topical maps, outlines and exports, in 20 countries and languages.
Team$99
per month, billed monthly
3 users and 50 articles a month, adding keyword clustering, brand voice, repurposing and auto-blogging for 1 website.
Business$149
per month, billed monthly
5 users and 100 articles, adding content optimization, analytics, AI visibility tracking and auto-blogging for 3 websites.
Agency$249
per month, billed monthly
10 users and 300 articles, auto-blogging for 5 websites, white-label reports, custom onboarding and a dedicated manager.
Outrank
Organic Growth$99
per month for 30 articles, billed monthly
One website, 30 articles a month, unlimited users, keyword research, automated backlinks and every integration. Shown as reduced from a crossed-out $199.
Ways to pay less
Keywordly
No public discounts listed.
Outrank
- Annual discount
$999 a year with yearly billing
Outrank's pricing page offers the Organic Growth plan at $999 a year, which it says saves $189 against paying $99 monthly.
- Other savings
Up to 20% off for several websites
Volume discounts apply to the whole subscription: 10% for 2 to 4 sites, 15% for 5 to 19 and 20% for 20 to 25. Over 25 sites is quoted on request.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Keywordly or Outrank?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Keywordly is cheaper to start with: $49 a month, against $99 a month for Outrank. Keywordly starts at $49 per month, billed monthly, and Outrank starts at $99 per month for 30 articles, billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, Keywordly or Outrank?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Keywordly nor Outrank 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.