SE Ranking vs SEMSTORM (2026): which should you pick?

Pick SE Ranking if

• Fits if you track lots of keywords daily across several client sites
• Works for small marketing teams who want research, audits and tracking under one login

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you're one person with one site, as Core is $103.20 a month even on yearly billing and there's no lower plan
• Tight if you need old data, since Core keeps 6 months of history and has 1 manager seat; extra seats start at $16 a month
• Pricey if you want white-label reports, as the Agency Pack is $69 a month extra and sold on yearly billing only
• Watch out: deeper AI search tracking is an add-on at $71.20 a month on yearly billing ($89 monthly)
• Watch out: payments are non-refundable unless the service wasn't delivered as promised, and there's no desktop or phone app

Pick SEMSTORM if

• Fits if you do SEO for Polish websites
• Works for you if you track rankings and AI Overviews city by city

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if your sites aren't Polish, as domain analysis only covers Polish-language sites
• Tight if you're on Basic, with no subusers, API, Looker Studio or white label, which starts at 599 zł
• Not for you if you want prices in dollars or euros, as it's billed in złoty plus VAT
• Too light for link work, as there's no backlink tool
• Watch out: after the 14-day trial, the free account can't open campaigns, documents or reports

SE Ranking

• Core keeps only 6 months of historical data and includes 1 manager seat; extra seats start at $16 a month.
• White-label reports need the Agency Pack, $69 a month and sold on annual billing only.
• Deeper AI search tracking is an add-on at $71.20 a month billed annually ($89 billed monthly).
• Payments are non-refundable except where the service was not delivered as promised.

SEMSTORM

• Prices are in Polish złoty and exclude VAT; the pricing page shows no dollar or euro prices.
• Domain analysis covers Polish-language sites only; keyword suggestions and the content editor work in other languages.
• Basic has no subusers, API or Looker Studio access, and white label starts at Business for 599 zł a month.
• After the 14-day trial the account reverts to a free one with no access to campaigns, documents or reports.

SE Ranking

Rank Tracker

Track rankings daily across major search engines, devices and locations, with Google top-100 tracking and share of voice.

Keyword, competitor and backlink research

Research keywords, competitors' traffic and backlinks with no usage caps on either plan, plus backlink monitoring.

Website audit

Crawl sites for technical issues, from 250,000 pages a month on Core to 2 million on Growth, with an on-page checker.

AI visibility tracking

Track 100 or 250 prompts a day across five AI models, with AI source tracking and AI competitor research by domain.

Reports and local SEO

Report Builder (10 or 30 reports), and local tools covering 3 locations, map rank tracking and listings in 100+ directories.

API and MCP

Plans include 25,000 or 100,000 research API credits a month and MCP access for querying the data from AI assistants.

SEMSTORM

Rank tracking with AI Overviews

Checks rankings in a real browser by province, city, street or zip code, on desktop and mobile, tracks every competitor automatically and records AI Overview and AI Mode results.

Domain and competitor analysis

Shows the keywords any Polish-language site ranks for, compares up to 5 sites at once and lists keywords rivals rank for that you do not.

Keyword suggestions

Up to 10 seed words at once in 20+ languages, filtered by country, city and currency, with search volume, trends, CPC and competition.

Content Assistant

Analyzes the pages ranking for a keyword and suggests phrase counts, headings and length, flags hard-to-read passages, and drafts text or whole articles with AI.

Lighthouse audits

Runs Google Lighthouse checks for speed, accessibility and SEO, with the connection speed, processor and device type adjustable.

API and data connections

Campaigns can pull in Google Analytics and Search Console data. The API starts at Premium, and a Looker Studio connector is in beta for selected partners.

SE Ranking

• Core$103.20

  per month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly)

  1 manager seat, 10 projects, 2,000 keywords and 100 AI prompts tracked daily, 250,000 audit pages a month and 6 months of history.

• Growth$223.20

  per month, billed annually ($279 billed monthly)

  3 manager seats, 30 projects, 5,000 keywords and 250 prompts daily, 2 million audit pages, all-time history and guest links.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Custom limits and terms, full API and advanced integrations, through sales.

SEMSTORM

• Basic129 zł

  per month for 150 tracked keywords, excluding VAT

  15 AI Mode keywords, Polish domain data to the top 20, 10 reports a day, 5 Content Assistant keywords and 5,000 AI words. No subusers or API.

• Premium249 zł

  per month for 1,000 tracked keywords, excluding VAT

  100 AI Mode keywords, 2 subusers, 100 reports a day, 100 Content Assistant keywords, 50,000 AI words and 100,000 API points.

• Business599 zł

  per month for 5,000 tracked keywords, excluding VAT

  500 AI Mode keywords, 10 subusers, 250 reports a day, white label, technology detection and 5 million API points.

• Agency899 zł

  per month for 10,000 tracked keywords, excluding VAT

  1,000 AI Mode keywords, 20 subusers, 500 reports a day, 1,000 Content Assistant keywords, 200,000 AI words and 10 million API points.

SE Ranking

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  SE Ranking's pricing page lists Core at $103.20 a month billed annually instead of $129 monthly, and Growth at $223.20 instead of $279.

SEMSTORM

• Annual discount

  Two months free with yearly billing

  SEMSTORM's pricing page offers two months free when a plan is paid yearly instead of monthly.