Mangools vs TrueRanker (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Mangools if

• Fits if you're a blogger who mostly needs keyword ideas and difficulty scores
• Works for local keyword research down to city level

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you need daily rankings, as they update weekly below the Agency plan at $97.70
• Not for you if you want technical site audits, which none of the five tools does
• Tight if you research in bursts, since lookups are capped per 24 hours, 100 on Basic
• Pricey if you pay monthly, at $61 for Basic against $37.70 billed yearly, with refunds only within 48 hours
• Too light for teams on Basic, which has no extra seats; sub-users on higher plans share one set of limits

Pick TrueRanker if

• Fits if you track up to 100 Google keywords and want daily positions by city and device
• Works for marketers who want Google rankings and AI chat citations on one bill

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you want AI tracking on the lowest plan: Rank Tracker allows 3 prompts a month, they don't roll over, and there's no free plan after the trial
• Pricey if you need Claude, Grok or DeepSeek answers tracked, which start at Pro, $69 a month yearly
• Watch out: white-label reports and a second user start at Pro, and the API and MCP only come with Agency at $129
• Not for you if you're moving from another tracker, since past rankings can't be imported and history starts the day you add a keyword
• Skip it if you need Bing or YouTube rankings, as only Google positions are on record

Mangools

• Rank tracking updates weekly except on the Agency plan, which updates daily.
• Basic has no extra seats; sub-users on Premium and Agency share the parent account's limits.
• Lookups reset every 24 hours, so heavy research days can hit the cap.
• Refunds are offered only within 48 hours of a payment.

TrueRanker

• There is no free plan; every plan is paid after the 14-day trial, and AI prompt limits reset each billing date without rolling over.
• Starter covers four AI engines; Claude, Grok and DeepSeek need Pro at $69 a month billed yearly.
• White-label reports and extra users start at Pro, and API and MCP access only come with Agency.
• Position history starts the day a keyword is added; past rankings cannot be imported from another tool.

Mangools

KWFinder

Find keyword ideas with search volume and a keyword difficulty score, by keyword or by the domain that ranks, for locations down to city level.

SERPChecker

Inspect localized search results with SERP features and metrics for every ranking page; each check counts as one SERP lookup.

SERPWatcher

Track rankings for 200 to 1,500 keywords; updates are weekly, or daily on the Agency plan. Desktop and mobile count separately.

LinkMiner and SiteProfiler

Browse a site's backlinks, drawn from Majestic's index, and get an overview of any domain's SEO metrics.

AI Search Watcher PRO

Included in every plan: monitor up to 500 prompts across several AI models, with unlimited monitors and multiple checks per prompt.

TrueRanker

Daily Google rank tracking

Positions are checked daily from a country, province or city, with desktop and mobile as separate rows, SERP features and full history.

AI visibility tracking

Tracks whether set prompts cite your brand in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews; Claude, Grok and DeepSeek start at Pro.

Local Pack positions

Local Pack rankings are shown on the same keyword row as the organic position, inside the rank tracker rather than on a credit meter.

Backlink monitor and site audits

Watches a set number of backlinks for lost or changed links and runs technical site audits, both capped by plan.

Search Console data and cannibalization

Search Console metrics join tracked keywords on every plan, along with checks for pages competing for the same query.

Reports, white label and API

Scheduled reports on every plan (5 on the cheapest), white-label reports from Pro, and the REST API and MCP access on Agency.

Mangools

• Free$0

  5 keyword lookups per 24 hours with 15 related and 5 competitor keywords per lookup.

• Mangools Basic$37.70

  per month, billed annually ($61 billed monthly)

  1 user, 100 keyword and 100 SERP lookups per 24 hours, 200 tracked keywords updated weekly, 100,000 backlinks a month, 500 AI prompts.

• Mangools Premium$52.70

  per month, billed annually ($81 billed monthly)

  3 extra seats, 500 keyword and SERP lookups per 24 hours, 700 tracked keywords updated weekly, 500,000 backlinks a month.

• Mangools Agency$97.70

  per month, billed annually ($141 billed monthly)

  5 extra seats, 1,200 keyword and SERP lookups per 24 hours, 1,500 tracked keywords updated daily, 1.2 million backlinks a month.

TrueRanker

• Rank Tracker$12.49

  per month for 100 keywords, billed yearly ($14.99 billed monthly)

  Google tracking only: 100 keywords checked daily, 100 backlinks, 3 projects, 100 audits a month and 3 AI prompts a month.

• Starter$39

  per month for 500 keywords, billed yearly ($46.80 billed monthly)

  50 AI prompts across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, 500 backlinks, 3 projects and 3 competitors each. One user.

• Pro$69

  per month for 1,000 keywords, billed yearly ($82.80 billed monthly)

  100 AI prompts on all seven engines, adding Claude, Grok and DeepSeek; 15 projects, white-label reports and 2 users.

• Agency$129

  per month for 2,000 keywords, billed yearly ($154.80 billed monthly)

  200 AI prompts, unlimited projects and competitors, unlimited scheduled reports, 5 users, and API and MCP access.

• CustomCustom

  Custom keyword, backlink and prompt limits, an uptime SLA, a named support contact and invoiced annual billing, quoted by sales.

Mangools

• Annual discount

  Save up to 35% with annual billing

  Mangools' FAQ puts the saving from annual plans at up to 35%. Basic is $452.40 a year billed annually against $61 a month billed monthly.

TrueRanker

• Annual discount

  Two months free with yearly billing

  TrueRanker's pricing page says yearly billing charges ten months for twelve, so Starter is $39 a month instead of $46.80, with the same limits.