LLaMaRush vs RankYak (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LLaMaRush and RankYak share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and LLaMaRush starts cheaper, at $29 a month against $82.50 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
LLaMaRush grades higher on the free plan. RankYak grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
LLaMaRush
Autopilot blog writer that plans posts from Google Search Console data
RankYak
Keyword planning, daily AI articles and backlinks, priced per site
Which one is for you
Pick LLaMaRush if
- Fits if you're a founder or indie developer who wants a blog that runs without you
- Works for static sites built with Next.js or Astro and published from GitHub
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free, at 3 text-only drafts in total with no images, publishing or autopilot
- Skip it if you're on Webflow, Shopify or Wix, as only WordPress, Ghost, Notion and GitHub connect
- Too light for tracking results, as it doesn't follow rankings or AI citations once posts go live
- Tight if you want daily posts on Starter, which autopilots 2 a week; daily needs Founder at $79
- Watch out: payments aren't refunded except for unfixed technical faults or duplicate charges
Pick RankYak if
- Fits if you want keywords picked and articles posted on set days for one site
- Works for agencies adding client sites, as each one is billed at the same per-site price
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you run several sites, since every website is a separate $99 monthly subscription
- Tight if you want to test it properly, as the trial lasts 3 days and the backlink exchange only opens once you pay
- Watch out: Site Guard, which fixes titles, descriptions and cannibalization on existing pages, is $99 a month on top
- Watch out: output follows your publishing days, so weekdays only means about 21 articles a month, not 30
- Skip it if you want links from outside its network, as backlinks come only from other member sites
How we grade them
| 2.2GPALLaMaRushFair | 2.2GPARankYakFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CStarter is $29 a month for 8 articles, about $3.63 each, between this category's cheaper quarter ($19.99) and its middle ($45). Founder is $79 for 30, and daily autopilot needs it. | C$82.50 a month billed yearly, or $99 month to month, for one website. The yearly price sits just under this category's dearer quarter at $83, and the monthly one in its dearest tenth. Each extra site, agencies included, is another subscription. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan that's really a sample: 3 text-only drafts for the life of the account, with no card, but no images, publishing or autopilot. | DNo free plan. The trial gives full access for 3 days, shorter than a week, and the backlink exchange stays shut until the paid plan starts. |
| Features | CTopic picks from Search Console, 1,000 keywords a week checked for gaps, a weekly plan, drafts with header images, auto-publishing and answer-first formatting. The listing's own gap: nothing tracks rankings or AI citations after posting. | BKeyword discovery, a topical map, a content calendar, researched articles up to 5,000 words in 40+ languages, refreshes driven by Search Console, a backlink exchange and an API. It covers the whole job, though fixes for older pages' titles are the Site Guard add-on. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. You connect Search Console and a CMS and approve a weekly plan, and Starter caps autopilot at 2 posts a week. | CNo rating on record. You connect your site and Search Console, approve a topical map and set publishing days before it runs. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It publishes to WordPress, Ghost, Notion and GitHub for static sites, and reads Search Console. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It publishes to WordPress, WordPress.com, Shopify, Webflow and Wix, links to Zapier, Make and Search Console, and has an MCP server and a REST API. |
| Best for | blog posts picked from your Search Console data | planned, auto-posted articles, priced per website |
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: LLaMaRush and RankYak. How we grade
Price against what you get
LLaMaRush starts at $29 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. RankYak starts at $82.50 a month and scores 2.7.
RankYak scores higher, and starts $53.50 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO content tools on the chart, 8 score higher than LLaMaRush for less, and 1 scores higher than RankYak 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
- LLaMaRush also covers image generation.
- RankYak also covers content optimization and internal linking.
At a glance
| LLaMaRush | RankYak | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $29 per month for 8 articles, billed monthly | $82.50 per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 3 free text-only blog drafts for the lifetime of the account, no card required | 3-day free trial with full access |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Burst Neuron | Height Labs |
| Price read from | llamarush.com | rankyak.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
LLaMaRush
- The free allowance is 3 text-only drafts in total, with no images, CMS publishing or autopilot.
- Publishing connects only to WordPress, Ghost, Notion and GitHub; other platforms mean copying Markdown or asking for a custom integration.
- It writes content but does not track rankings or AI citations afterwards.
- Payments are non-refundable except for technical faults the team cannot fix within 7 days, or duplicate charges.
RankYak
- Every website is a separate $99 monthly subscription, including for agencies.
- Site Guard, which checks existing pages daily and writes fixes for titles, descriptions and cannibalization, is an add-on at $99 a month.
- The backlink exchange opens only once the paid subscription starts after the trial, and links come from other member sites.
- Output follows the publishing days you pick: about 30 articles a month publishing daily, about 21 on weekdays only.
Key features
LLaMaRush
- Search Console content selection
- Connects to Google Search Console and uses a site's real impressions, clicks and rankings to decide what to write next.
- Keyword and content gap research
- Checks 1,000 keywords a week against the site's rankings and its competitors' to find topics it does not yet cover.
- Weekly content plan
- Builds the coming week's posts automatically from that data; the owner approves the plan rather than writing briefs.
- Drafts with header images
- Writes formatted articles and generates an on-topic header image for each, exportable as Markdown or HTML.
- Auto-publishing
- Pushes posts to WordPress, Ghost, Notion or GitHub, the last for static sites built with Next.js or Astro.
- AI answer structure
- Formats articles with answer-first sections meant to be cited by Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Grok.
RankYak
- Keyword discovery and topical map
- Scores keywords monthly by volume, difficulty and your site's authority, groups them into clusters under core topics, and waits for your approval.
- Content calendar
- Schedule articles on chosen days, batch them, or turn on autopilot to fill the month, with live or draft publishing.
- Researched articles
- Each article starts from the pages ranking now, runs up to 5,000 words, and adds citations, images, YouTube embeds and links, in 40+ languages.
- Article refreshes
- Watches Search Console for articles losing ground and rewrites them on the same URL, keeping a snapshot of each earlier version.
- Backlink exchange
- Your site joins a network of vetted member sites and earns contextual links from articles in your niche, with no outreach.
- Copilot, MCP and API
- An assistant answers questions and makes changes per site, an MCP server connects Claude or Cursor, and a REST API manages sites from code.
Plans
LLaMaRush
Starter$29
per month for 8 articles, billed monthly
8 blog generations and 8 AI header images a month, CMS publishing and up to 2 autopilot posts a week.
Founder$79
per month for 30 articles, billed monthly
30 blog generations and 30 AI header images a month, daily autopilot publishing and priority support.
RankYak
RankYak Pro$82.50
per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
One website: an article each publishing day (about 30 a month), keyword research, Search Console refreshes, auto-publishing and backlink exchange.
Ways to pay less
LLaMaRush
No public discounts listed.
RankYak
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
RankYak's pricing page says yearly billing gives 2 months free: $82.50 a month billed yearly against $99 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, LLaMaRush or RankYak?
As of Oct 23, 2026, LLaMaRush is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $82.50 a month for RankYak. LLaMaRush starts at $29 per month for 8 articles, billed monthly, and RankYak starts at $82.50 per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, LLaMaRush or RankYak?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither LLaMaRush nor RankYak 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.