Ranxplorer vs Sistrix (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Ranxplorer and Sistrix share a 2.2 GPA, neither has a free plan, and Ranxplorer starts cheaper, at about $35.86 a month against about $110.94 a month.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
Ranxplorer grades higher on value for money. Sistrix 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
Sistrix
German SEO suite built around a Google visibility score per domain
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 Sistrix if
- Fits if you report SEO progress with one number per domain
- Works for you if you want years of history on how a competitor's visibility moved
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're one person, as Start is €99 a month on a yearly contract with 3 months of history
- Tight if more people need logins, since Start has one user and can't add more; extra users from Plus are €24.90
- Not for you if you need invoices in dollars, which only come with Enterprise
- Tight if you need the API, as Start has none, Plus has Visibility Index data only, and full access starts at €349
- Watch out: AI Check and prompt tracking are free only during the beta and may be priced separately later
How we grade them
| 2.2GPARanxplorerFair | 2.2GPASistrixFair | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | DStart is €99 a month plus tax on a yearly contract (€119 monthly), about $111, for 1 user, 3 projects and 3 months of history. That's more than twice this category's middle, and the content tools and the API need Plus at €199. |
| 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. | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial that ends on its own, so there's nothing to cancel. Lecturers and students can apply for a free licence for academic use. |
| 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. | BThe Visibility Index for any domain, keyword research, a backlink index, an on-page crawler with JavaScript rendering, ranking updates, AI answer tracking and Amazon analysis. It covers the whole job, though Start keeps only 3 months of history. |
| 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. Each domain gets one score, but it's a big suite with projects, crawls and keyword lists to set up. |
| 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, connected to Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Slack and Majestic. There's no API on Start, Visibility Index data only on Plus, and the full API from Professional. |
| Best for | keyword research in French Google | tracking a domain's Google visibility over years |
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 Sistrix. 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. Sistrix starts at about $110.94 a month and scores 2.7.
Sistrix scores higher, and starts $75.08 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 Sistrix 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
- Sistrix also covers site audit, AI search visibility and content optimization.
At a glance
| Ranxplorer | Sistrix | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | €32 per month, billed annually, excluding VAT (€384 a year) | €99 per month plus tax, billed annually (€119 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 7-day free trial, no card required, with 5 site analyses and 30 keyword searches | 14-day free trial that ends on its own, with no cancellation needed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | RANXPLORER SAS | SISTRIX GmbH |
| Price read from | ranxplorer.com | sistrix.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 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.
Sistrix
- Prices are in euros plus tax; invoicing in US dollars or other currencies is only offered through the Enterprise program.
- Start has one user and cannot add more; extra users from Plus cost €24.90 a month each.
- There is no API on Start, only Visibility Index data on Plus, and full access from Professional.
- AI Check and prompt tracking are free in every package during the beta, and SISTRIX says it may price them separately later.
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.
Sistrix
- Visibility Index and domain analysis
- Enter a domain to see its Google visibility over time, its rankings and its competitors, with history from 3 months to 11 years by package.
- Keyword research
- Keyword Discovery and related tools look up search data for billions of keywords and show which domains rank for them.
- Backlink index
- Inspect a competitor's link sources and monitor your own backlinks, with data from SISTRIX, Majestic and other link partners.
- Projects: crawler and ranking updates
- Projects run an on-page crawler with JavaScript and mobile rendering, plus on-demand SERP updates for your own keyword lists.
- AI visibility
- AI Check, prompt tracking and prompt research show where a brand is mentioned in AI answers, on ChatGPT, Gemini and others, and which sources are cited.
- Content tools
- From Plus: a Content Assistant for optimizing text, a Content Planner for topic clusters, Content Discovery and plagiarism checks.
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.
Sistrix
Start€99
per month plus tax, billed annually (€119 billed monthly)
1 user, 3 projects, 3 months of history, 10,000 results per analysis, 2,500 SERP updates and 9,300 prompt updates a month.
Plus€199
per month plus tax, billed annually (€239 billed monthly)
3 users, 15 projects, 5 years of history, the content tools, 15,000 SERP updates, 27,900 prompt updates and limited API access.
Professional€349
per month plus tax, billed annually (€419 billed monthly)
6 users, 40 projects, the full 11-year history, full API access, white-label reports and phone support.
Premium€599
per month plus tax, billed annually (€799 billed monthly)
12 users, 100 projects, unlimited results per analysis, roles and rights with an audit log, and VIP support.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom quotas, invoicing in other currencies, custom billing periods and exclusive seminars.
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.
Sistrix
- Annual discount
Lower monthly price on a 12-month contract
Annual billing costs €99 instead of €119 a month on Start and €599 instead of €799 on Premium, about 17% to 25% less.
- Education
Free licence for lecturers and students
The SISTRIX educational program gives lecturers and students a free account for academic use; applications are reviewed within seven days.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Ranxplorer or Sistrix?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Ranxplorer is cheaper to start with: about $35.86 a month, against about $110.94 a month for Sistrix. Ranxplorer starts at €32 per month, billed annually, excluding VAT (€384 a year), and Sistrix starts at €99 per month plus tax, billed annually (€119 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Ranxplorer or Sistrix?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Ranxplorer nor Sistrix 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.