Ranxplorer vs Semrush (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Ranxplorer and Semrush share a 2.2 GPA, and only Semrush has a free plan.
Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Ranxplorer grades higher on value for money. Semrush grades higher on features. They get the same grade on the free plan, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Ranxplorer
French SEO and SEA research tool built on Google France data
Semrush
SEO suite for keyword research, rank tracking and AI search visibility
Which one is for you
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
Pick Semrush if
- Fits if you want research, rank tracking and audits in one account and can pay $117.33 a month or more
- Works for agencies that need keyword data for many countries and compare client sites with competitors
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're one person with one site, at $117.33 a month even yearly, and the trial checks your card with a small charge
- Tight if your team is more than just you, since every extra user is from $45 a month
- Skip it if AI answer tracking is the point, as the SEO plan leaves it out and Starter is $165.17 a month
- Watch out: the API and share of voice need the custom-priced Advanced plan, and scheduled PDF reports are $10 to $20 a month extra
- Watch out: local, content, social and ad tools are separate toolkits with their own prices, and the free plan allows 10 reports a day
How we grade them
| 2.2GPARanxplorerFair | 2.2GPASemrushFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | 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. | DThe SEO plan, the one Semrush aims at freelancers and small businesses, is $117.33 a month billed yearly ($139 monthly). That's in this category's dearest tenth, for one user. AI search tracking needs Starter at $165.17, and each extra person is from $45 a month. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 7-day trial with no card, capped at 5 site analyses and 30 keyword searches. Enough for a look. | CA free account with no card: 1 project, 10 reports a day and 10 tracked keywords. Fine for a look around, but you'll hit the wall in an afternoon. The 7-day trial of the paid plans checks your card with a small charge that's refunded at once. |
| Features | 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. | BKeyword research from a database it puts at 29 billion keywords across 142 countries, competitor and backlink analysis, daily rank tracking and Site Audit. It covers the whole job, though the SEO plan only gets the basic research tools and no AI visibility. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. The site and app are in French only, and the monthly quotas for analyses and searches take some watching. | CNo rating on record. It's a big suite with a lot of reports, and there are projects to set up and plenty to learn before it all makes sense. |
| Platforms and integrations | 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. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It connects to Google Analytics, Search Console, Wix, Yoast, AIOSEO, Supermetrics and Monday.com, has MCP from Starter, and the API comes with the custom-priced Advanced plan. |
| Best for | keyword research in French Google | all-in-one SEO research for teams with a budget |
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: Ranxplorer and Semrush. How we grade
Price against what you get
Ranxplorer starts at about $35.86 a month and scores 2.3 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Semrush starts at $117.33 a month and scores 2.7.
Semrush scores higher, and starts $81.47 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other SEO tools on the chart, 7 score higher than Ranxplorer for less, and none scores higher than Semrush 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
- Semrush also covers reports and site audit.
At a glance
| Ranxplorer | Semrush | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | €32 per month, billed annually, excluding VAT (€384 a year) | $117.33 per month, billed annually ($139 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Free account: 1 project, 10 analytics reports a day across the main tools and 10 keywords in Position Tracking. No credit card needed. |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial, no card required, with 5 site analyses and 30 keyword searches | 7-day free trial of paid plans; a card is checked with a small charge that is refunded at once |
| Web | ||
| Made by | RANXPLORER SAS | Semrush Holdings |
| Price read from | ranxplorer.com | semrush.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Semrush
- Each plan includes one user; extra users start at $45 a month each, priced by plan level.
- Scheduled PDF reports are an add-on at $10 a month, or $20 with white-labeling; Advanced includes reporting.
- API access and share of voice come only with the custom-priced Advanced plan.
- Local, content, social, advertising, AI PR and traffic tools are separate toolkits with their own prices.
Key features
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.
Semrush
- Keyword research
- Look up search volume, difficulty and intent from a database Semrush puts at 29 billion keywords across 142 country databases.
- Competitor and backlink analysis
- See which keywords and pages bring a rival site its traffic, and inspect any domain's backlink profile.
- Position Tracking
- Track daily rankings for 500 to 5,000+ keywords depending on the plan; Pro+ adds tracking by location and device.
- Site Audit
- Crawl your sites for technical SEO problems. From the Starter plan the audit also checks how ready a site is for AI search.
- AI visibility tracking
- Starter and above track daily whether set prompts in AI chat tools mention your brand, with sentiment monitoring. The SEO plan has none of this.
- MCP and API access
- Starter and above can query Semrush data from AI assistants through MCP; the API itself comes with the Advanced plan.
Plans
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.
Semrush
Free$0
1 project, 10 analytics reports a day and 10 tracked keywords, for trying the tools.
SEO$117.33
per month, billed annually ($139 billed monthly)
1 user, 5 websites, 500 keywords tracked daily, basic keyword and competitor research, and Site Audit. No AI search tracking.
Starter$165.17
per month, billed annually ($199 billed monthly)
5 websites and 500 keywords, full keyword research tools, MCP access, 50 AI prompts tracked daily and 300 AI visibility reports a day.
Pro+$248.17
per month, billed annually ($299 billed monthly)
15 websites, 1,500 keywords, historical data, content optimization, cannibalization checks, multi-location tracking and 100 AI prompts.
AdvancedCustom
40+ websites, 5,000+ keywords, share of voice, API access, team users, reporting and unlimited AI prompts. Sold after a demo.
Ways to pay less
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.
Semrush
- Annual discount
Save up to 17% with annual billing
Semrush's pricing page lists annual billing at up to 17% less: Starter is $165.17 a month billed annually instead of $199 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Ranxplorer or Semrush?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Ranxplorer is cheaper to start with: about $35.86 a month, against $117.33 a month for Semrush. Ranxplorer starts at €32 per month, billed annually, excluding VAT (€384 a year), and Semrush starts at $117.33 per month, billed annually ($139 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Ranxplorer or Semrush?
As of Oct 23, 2026, only Semrush has a free plan. Ranxplorer does not, though it has 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.