SE Ranking vs SEOmonitor (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 SEOmonitor if

• Fits if you pitch SEO work to clients and want forecasts built from keyword data
• Works for agencies that report rankings next to Analytics and Search Console traffic

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you look after several sites, as Starter covers one and Pro, with unlimited sites, is $335 a month
• Skip it if you need daily competitor rankings, as competitors and the second device update weekly
• Tight if AI answers matter, as Starter checks one model weekly, and on Pro extra AI units are $21 per 1,000, with Claude at 5 units a keyword
• Watch out: the API is Pro only, extra keywords are $55 per 1,000, and Analytics and Search Console cost $11 a site on Pro
• Watch out: there's no free plan, and cancelling a yearly plan recharges the months used at the monthly price

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.

SEOmonitor

• The pricing page opens in euros (Starter €79, Pro €299); the dollar prices here come from its $ switch.
• Starter covers one website and 500 to 3,000 keywords; Pro starts at 3,000 keywords, with more sold in batches of 1,000.
• Starter tracks AI Search on one model only, and has MCP but no API. Pro AI units beyond 1,000 are $21 per 1,000 a month, and Claude takes 5 units a keyword.
• Daily checks cover only your own position on the main device; competitors and the second device are collected weekly.

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.

SEOmonitor

Daily rank tracking

Dynamic Depth Crawling follows your site's position daily on the campaign's main device; the full top 100 for both devices is collected weekly.

SERP viewer

Open, download and recrawl the daily and weekly results pages behind each ranking, with SERP feature detection and all competitors tracked.

Forecast

Set ranking goals and turn a keyword strategy into a business case, with best-case and worst-case scenarios for client proposals.

Organic traffic by keyword

Connect Google Analytics and Search Console to match sessions, conversions and revenue to keywords through their landing pages.

AI Search tracking

Weekly checks of whether ChatGPT, Gemini (AI Mode), Perplexity and Claude mention or cite your site for tracked keywords, with sentiment.

Reporting, API and MCP

Google Sheets add-on, Looker Studio connectors, full CSV exports, an API on Pro and an MCP connection for AI assistants on both plans.

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.

SEOmonitor

• Starter$73

  per month, billed yearly ($88 billed monthly), for 500 keywords

  One website, daily Google tracking, weekly AI Search on one model, 10 AI articles a month and MCP. $126 for 1,000 keywords, $279 for 3,000.

• Pro$335

  per month, billed monthly, for 3,000 keywords and 1,000 AI units

  Unlimited websites, all four AI models, API access and an agency dashboard. Extra keywords $55 per 1,000, AI units $21 per 1,000, GA and GSC $11 a site.

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.

SEOmonitor

• Annual discount

  About 17% off with annual prepayment

  Yearly billing is 17% less: Starter is $73 a month billed as $881 a year instead of $88 a month. Cancel a yearly plan and the months used are recharged at the monthly price before the rest is refunded.