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

As of Oct 23, 2026, Topvisor grades higher than SE Ranking: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.

Checked Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 17, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA

Topvisor grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.

SE Ranking

SEO platform for rank tracking, audits, research and AI visibility

Free trial · from $103.20/mo

Topvisor

Pay-per-check SEO platform for rank tracking in Google, Yandex and AI

Free trial · from $29/mo

Which one is for you

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 Topvisor if

  • Fits if you need Yandex or Seznam rankings alongside Google
  • Works for agencies with many projects that want to pay per check rather than per keyword

Look elsewhere if

  • Tight if your usage swings, since plan credit you don't spend is lost each month
  • Pricey if you track lots of AI prompts, at 6¢ a check at full price
  • Not for you if you want one flat monthly price you can predict
  • Watch out: with no plan, every check is full price, 0.15¢ per keyword for each results page
  • Not for you if you want a desktop or phone app, as it's web only

How we grade them

2.2GPASE RankingFair2.4GPATopvisorFair
Value for money
DCore is $103.20 a month billed yearly ($129 monthly), and it's the lowest self-serve plan. That's well above this category's middle, for one manager seat with 10 projects and 2,000 keywords tracked daily; extra seats start at $16.
CPlan S is $29 a month, all of it credited to your balance for checks, with 10% off each one. That's in the middle of what rank trackers charge. You can also pay full price per check with no plan, but unspent plan credit is lost each month.
Free plan and trial
CNo free plan, but the 14-day trial needs no card and allows 10 projects, 750 keywords and 20 AI prompts a day. Payments are non-refundable after that, so use the trial properly.
CNo free plan. Instead you get a credit on your balance at sign-up, no card needed, that works on any tool and never expires. Once it's spent, you pay per check.
Features
BDaily rank tracking with share of voice, keyword, competitor and backlink research with no caps on either plan, audits of 250,000 pages a month, reports, listings in 100+ directories, AI answer tracking and API credits. The whole job.
BRankings in Google, Yandex, Bing, Seznam, YouTube, the App Store and Google Play, AI Tracker across seven chatbots, saved results pages with AI Overview texts, keyword research, clustering and a site audit. It covers the whole job.
Ease of use
CNo rating on record. Projects, keyword lists and reports all need setting up before the tool pays off.
CNo rating on record. Pricing runs per check, per results page and per AI prompt, so it takes some working out what a project will cost, and there are a lot of tools beyond the tracker.
Platforms and integrations
BWeb only, connected to Looker Studio, Google Analytics, Search Console, Matomo, n8n, Make and Claude, with 25,000 API credits a month and MCP on Core. No desktop or phone app.
BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It links to Search Console, Google Analytics, Google Sheets, Yandex Metrica, Yandex Webmaster and Key Collector, and the API is free on every plan.
Best fortracking rankings across many client sitespay-per-check tracking across Google, Yandex and AI chatbots

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: SE Ranking and Topvisor. How we grade

Where they differ

  • SE Ranking also covers backlink analysis.
  • Topvisor also covers AI search visibility.
In commonWebPublic APIReportsKeyword researchRank trackingSite audit

At a glance

SE RankingTopvisor
PricingFree trialFree trial
Starts at$103.20 per month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly)$29 per month, credited to the balance, with 10% off every check
Free planNoneNone
Free trial14-day free trial, no credit card required; 10 projects, 750 keywords and 20 AI prompts a dayA credit is added to the balance at sign-up, usable on any tool with no time limit; no card needed
Web
Made bySER Acquisition Inc.Topvisor Ltd.
Price read fromseranking.comtopvisor.com
CheckedOct 17, 2026Oct 23, 2026

Worth knowing

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.

Topvisor

  • Without a plan, checks are paid from a topped-up balance at full price: 0.15¢ per keyword for each results page checked (10 results in Google, 100 in Yandex).
  • A plan's monthly fee becomes credit that expires at the end of the month, so it pays off only if you spend at least that much on checks.
  • AI Tracker is priced per prompt and AI checked, from 6¢ per check at full price.
  • Accounts are kept in rubles or dollars; the English pages show dollar prices.

Key features

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.

Topvisor

Rank tracking in seven search engines
Google, Yandex, Bing and Seznam rankings by location, language and device, plus YouTube videos and apps in the App Store and Google Play.
AI Tracker
Checks set prompts in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Grok, DeepSeek and Alice AI for brand mentions, position, sentiment, competitors and cited pages.
SERP snapshots and competitors
Save the top results for each keyword, track up to 250 competitor sites per project (5 free) and collect snippets and Google AI Overview texts.
Keyword research and clustering
Search volume checks, keyword research, search suggestions, competitor keyword reports and clustering by shared top-10 results.
Site audit and change tracking
A technical SEO audit, a website watcher that tracks meta tag and page changes, an index status checker and a sitemap generator.
Reports, guest access and API
Scheduled email reports, branded exports to CSV, XLSX, PDF or Google Sheets, guest accounts with spending limits, and a free API on every plan.

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.

Topvisor

  • S$29

    per month, credited to the balance for checks

    10% off every tool. The $29 is spent on checks and any unspent part is lost at the end of the month.

  • M$89

    per month, credited to the balance for checks

    15% off every tool, with the same monthly credit that does not carry over.

  • L$299

    per month, credited to the balance for checks

    20% off every tool, with the same monthly credit that does not carry over.

  • XL$599

    per month, credited to the balance for checks

    30% off every tool: a Google rank check drops from 0.15¢ to 0.105¢ per keyword and an AI prompt check from 6¢ to 4.2¢.

Ways to pay less

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.

Topvisor

No public discounts listed.

Common questions

Which is cheaper, SE Ranking or Topvisor?

As of Oct 23, 2026, Topvisor is cheaper to start with: $29 a month, against $103.20 a month for SE Ranking. SE Ranking starts at $103.20 per month, billed annually ($129 billed monthly), and Topvisor starts at $29 per month, credited to the balance, with 10% off every check.

Which has a free plan, SE Ranking or Topvisor?

As of Oct 23, 2026, neither SE Ranking nor Topvisor 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.
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