PR-CY vs Serpstat (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, PR-CY grades higher than Serpstat: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
PR-CY grades higher on value for money and the free plan. Serpstat grades higher on 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.
PR-CY
Site checker, Google and Yandex rank tracker and AI tool catalog
Serpstat
All-in-one SEO platform for research, rank tracking and site audits
Which one is for you
Pick PR-CY if
- Fits if your sites need rankings in Yandex as well as Google
- Works for quick checks of a domain without making an account
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you need Bing or any engine besides Google and Yandex, as no others are named
- Watch out: the Pro trial needs a bank card and turns into a paid plan after 7 days, with refunds asked within 48 hours
- Tight if you track a lot, as rank checks and tools share one pool, at 0.1 limit per keyword, engine and region
- Pricey if you need the API or a team, as the API starts on Pro at $35 and team access only comes with Agency at $140
- Tight if you stay free, with 1 project, about 100 keyword checks a day and a 10-page audit
Pick Serpstat if
- Fits if you want research, tracking and audits in one account from $50 a month on yearly billing
- Works for small agencies that want 3 users and an API on Team at $100 a month
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan or won't hand over a card: the trial takes $1 to check and renews into a paid plan after 7 days
- Not for you if you need the API, AI tools, keyword lists or JavaScript rendering on a single-user plan, as they start on Team
- Tight if you research all day on Individual, with 100 searches a day shared across site, keyword and backlink lookups
- Pricey if you want white-label reports, which are only on Agency at $410 a month
- Not for you if you want a desktop or phone app; it runs on the web with a browser extension
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAPR-CYFair | 2.0GPASerpstatFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | ABasic is $15 a month for 2 projects and about 500 keyword checks a day, or 12 months for the price of 10 on yearly billing, about $12.50 a month. That's under 60% of this category's cheaper quarter. The API waits for Pro at $35. | CIndividual is $50 a month on yearly billing ($69 monthly), at the top of this category's middle range, for 1 user, 100 searches a day and 10,000 position checks a month. Team, with 3 users and the API, is $100. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free plan: 1 project, 10 limits a day, about 100 keyword checks, and a 10-page audit. You'll hit that fast. The Pro trial lasts 7 days but needs a bank card and becomes a paid plan. | DNo free plan. The 7-day trial of Individual or Team checks your card with a $1 charge that comes back, then renews into a paid plan unless you cancel. |
| Features | CDaily rank tracking with position history and URL change alerts, a site audit, instant domain checks, PDF reports, an AI assistant and a site analysis API. The gap the listing names: rankings cover Google and Yandex only. | CKeyword and site research with organic and paid rankings, backlinks, daily rank tracking and audits. The gaps are on Individual: no API, AI tools, keyword lists, batch analysis or JavaScript rendering, and one pool of daily searches for everything. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. A domain check needs no account, but rank checks and tools draw on one shared pool of limits, which takes some working out. | CNo rating on record. Daily search credits shared across site, keyword and backlink lookups take some planning, and the reports have a learning curve. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no integrations on record. The one link out is a site analysis API on Pro and Agency, and there's no desktop or phone app. | BWeb plus a browser extension, with an API and an MCP connection for ChatGPT and Claude from the Team plan. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | rank tracking in Google and Yandex | all-in-one SEO from $50 a month |
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: PR-CY and Serpstat. How we grade
Price against what you get
PR-CY starts at $15 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Serpstat starts at $50 a month and scores 2.3.
Serpstat scores higher, and starts $35 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO tools on the chart, 4 score higher than PR-CY for less, and 12 score higher than Serpstat 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
- Serpstat also covers backlink analysis.
At a glance
| PR-CY | Serpstat | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free trial |
| Starts at | $15 per month for 1,500 limits (15,000 keyword checks), billed monthly | $50 per month, billed annually ($69 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | 1 project, 10 limits a day (about 100 keyword position checks), express site analysis and an audit of 10 pages. | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial of the Pro plan; a bank card is required and is charged when the trial ends | 7-day free trial of Individual or Team; card verified with a $1 charge that is returned |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | PR-CY IO | Serpstat (part of Fractal) |
| Price read from | pr-cy.io | serpstat.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
PR-CY
- Rank checks and tools share one pool of limits: one keyword checked in one search engine and region uses 0.1 limit.
- The Pro trial needs a bank card and becomes a paid plan after 7 days; the FAQ allows a refund request within 48 hours of that charge.
- API access starts with Pro; team access for up to 10 users comes only with Agency.
- Rank tracking covers Google and Yandex only; the site names no other search engines.
Serpstat
- Individual is for one user and has no API, AI tools, keyword lists, batch analysis or JavaScript rendering.
- The trial renews into a paid plan automatically after 7 days unless cancelled.
- White-label reports are only on the Agency plan.
- Daily search credits are shared across site, keyword and backlink lookups.
Key features
PR-CY
- Rank tracking in Google and Yandex
- Automatic daily position checks, results for other locations, position history, summaries by group and alerts when the ranking URL changes.
- Site audit
- Checks a whole site for duplicate H1s, server response codes, speed and meta tags, sorts errors by priority and exports the report.
- Express domain analysis
- Enter any domain, without signing up, for a quick list of passed tests, warnings and errors, each with advice on how to fix it.
- AI assistant and tool catalog
- An AI assistant suggests fixes for each project. Paid plans include AI chat and image generation, and a catalog lists 149 AI-based apps for sites, keywords and text.
- Site Analysis API
- Returns more than 80 SEO and technical metrics for a domain as JSON: 1 credit per stored report, 5 credits to refresh it. On Pro and Agency.
- PDF reports
- PDF reports at 5, 20 or 100 a day on Basic, Pro and Agency, with a comparison table that also lists branding of the PDF report.
Serpstat
- Keyword and site analysis
- Research keywords and see a domain's organic and paid rankings, with 2,000 to 100,000 results per report by plan.
- Backlink analysis
- Look up a site's backlinks, with the same daily search credits shared across site, keyword and link lookups.
- Rank Tracker
- Daily updates of organic and paid rankings on desktop and mobile, including competitors, from 10,000 checks a month.
- Site Audit
- Audit 30,000 to 1.5 million pages a month; JavaScript rendering starts on the Team plan.
- API and MCP
- Team and above include API credits for search, backlink, rank tracking and audit data, and an MCP link for ChatGPT and Claude.
- LLM Brand Monitor
- See how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other AI models talk about your brand and competitors, with trends over time.
Plans
PR-CY
Free$0
1 project, 10 limits a day for site checks and tools, about 100 keyword checks a day and a 10-page audit.
Basic$15
per month for 1,500 limits (15,000 keyword checks), billed monthly
2 projects, about 500 keyword checks a day, site audit of 500 pages a day, 2 tracked competitors, 5 PDF reports a day and AI chat.
Pro$35
per month for 6,000 limits (60,000 keyword checks), billed monthly
5 projects, about 2,000 keyword checks a day, audit of 2,000 pages a day, 7 competitors, 20 PDF reports a day and API access. Has a 7-day trial.
Agency$140
per month for 27,000 limits (270,000 keyword checks), billed monthly
20 projects, about 9,000 keyword checks a day, audit of 5,000 pages a day, 100 PDF reports a day, API access and 10 team members.
Serpstat
Individual$50
per month, billed annually ($69 billed monthly)
1 user, 5 projects, 100 searches a day, 10,000 position checks and 30,000 audit pages a month, 50,000 export rows.
Team$100
per month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly)
3 users, unlimited projects, 500 searches a day, 50,000 position checks, API, MCP, AI tools, batch analysis and scheduled reports.
Team x2$169
per month, billed annually ($209 billed monthly)
6 users, 1,000 searches a day, 100,000 position checks, 300,000 audit pages and 500,000 export rows.
Agency$410
per month, billed annually ($499 billed monthly)
30 users, 5,000 searches a day, 500,000 position checks, 1.5 million audit pages, white-label reports and phone support.
Ways to pay less
PR-CY
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
PR-CY's pricing FAQ says an annual subscription gives 12 months of access for the price of 10.
Serpstat
- Annual discount
Save up to 27% with annual billing
Serpstat's pricing page lists Individual at $50 a month billed annually instead of $69, a $228 saving a year, and Agency at $410 instead of $499.
- Nonprofit
Discounts for nonprofits on request
Serpstat's pricing FAQ says it offers discounts for nonprofits, enterprises and longer contracts, arranged through its sales team.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, PR-CY or Serpstat?
As of Oct 23, 2026, PR-CY is cheaper to start with: $15 a month, against $50 a month for Serpstat. PR-CY starts at $15 per month for 1,500 limits (15,000 keyword checks), billed monthly, and Serpstat starts at $50 per month, billed annually ($69 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, PR-CY or Serpstat?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only PR-CY has a free plan. Serpstat does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do PR-CY and Serpstat run on?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Serpstat 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.