Rank Monitor vs SEOmonitor (2026): which should you pick?
As of Oct 24, 2026, Rank Monitor grades higher than SEOmonitor: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 and Oct 24, 2026 by ToolGPA
Rank Monitor grades higher on features. They get the same grade on value for money, 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.
Rank Monitor
Credit-based rank tracker with AI answer and social monitoring
SEOmonitor
Rank tracking, forecasting and AI search tracking for SEO agencies
Which one is for you
Pick Rank Monitor if
- Fits if you track lots of long-tail keywords weekly and only a few key ones daily
- Works for a team that needs many logins, as users and projects are unlimited from Starter
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you want white-label reports, as the Agency Package is $99 a month on top of Pro
- Skip it if you don't want to work out costs, as every check spends credits at its own rate
- Tight if you need the API, which is only listed with the Custom plan
- Watch out: AI Brand Monitor is a $105-a-month add-on, and only for Pro and Expert
- Watch out: Lite is sold as a plan for testing, a top-100 crawl costs five times a shallow one, and euro prices show first
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
How we grade them
| 2.4GPARank MonitorFair | 2.2GPASEOmonitorFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CLite is $15 a month for 3,000 credits, about 300 keywords checked every few days, and it's sold as a plan for testing. Starter is $49 for about 1,400 keywords, which is where the dearer quarter of rank trackers begins. | CStarter is $73 a month billed yearly ($88 monthly) for 500 keywords on one website. That's dearer than three in four rank trackers, which start at $49 or less, but short of the dearest tenth at $139. Pro, with the API and unlimited sites, is $335 a month. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial on every plan with full access and no card needed. | CNo free plan, but a 14-day trial with no credit card. It covers Google tracking and AI Search on one campaign of up to 1,000 keywords. |
| Features | BDepth and frequency per keyword, daily desktop and mobile rankings with Google updates on the charts, share of voice, competitors picked up for you, AI answer and AI Overview tracking, and a social monitor. It covers the whole job; white label is a paid add-on. | CDaily rank checks, a SERP viewer, forecasts for client proposals, traffic by keyword from Analytics and Search Console, and AI answer tracking in four models. The gap: daily checks cover only your own position on the main device; competitors and the second device update weekly. |
| Ease of use | CNo rating on record. Credits pay for everything at different rates: a top-100 crawl costs five times a shallow one, an AI prompt 5 credits and a social profile 50, so there are sums to do. | CNo rating on record. You set up a campaign per site, connect Google Analytics and Search Console, and pick keywords and devices before the reports tell you much. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It links to Search Console, GA4, ChatGPT and Claude, but an API connection is listed only with the Custom plan. | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It links to Search Console, Analytics, Google Sheets and Looker Studio, has MCP on both plans, and the API comes with Pro. |
| Best for | agencies paying only for the checks they run | rank tracking and forecasts for SEO agencies |
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: Rank Monitor and SEOmonitor. How we grade
Price against what you get
Rank Monitor starts at $15 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. SEOmonitor starts at $73 a month and scores 2.3.
Rank Monitor scores higher and starts $58 a month lower. Of the other rank trackers on the chart, none scores higher than Rank Monitor for less, and 6 score higher than SEOmonitor 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
- SEOmonitor also covers keyword research.
At a glance
| Rank Monitor | SEOmonitor | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free trial |
| Starts at | $15 per month for up to 3,000 credits, billed monthly | $73 per month, billed yearly ($88 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial on every plan with full access, no credit card required | 14-day free trial with no credit card, covering Google tracking and AI Search on one campaign of up to 1,000 keywords |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Aspen Apps B.V. | SEOmonitor |
| Price read from | rankmonitor.com | seomonitor.com |
| Checked | Oct 23, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Rank Monitor
- Credits cover everything: a full top-100 crawl costs five times a shallow one, an AI prompt 5 credits and a social profile 50 credits per check.
- White-label reports, client logins and a branded subdomain need the $99-a-month Agency Package, sold only with Pro and Expert.
- AI Brand Monitor is a $105-a-month add-on for Pro and Expert, and an API connection is listed only with the Custom plan.
- The site shows euro prices first; dollar prices appear through its currency switcher. The old seorankmonitor.com plans from $19 now lead to Rank Monitor.
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.
Key features
Rank Monitor
- Credit-based keyword tracking
- Set the crawl depth (top 10, 30, 50 or 100) and frequency (daily, every 3 days, weekly or monthly) for each keyword. Keywords and projects are unlimited.
- Desktop and mobile rankings
- Daily rank updates for desktop and mobile results, with Google algorithm updates plotted on every chart and annotations for your own changes.
- AI answer tracking
- AI monitors check how a brand appears in ChatGPT and Perplexity answers, and AI Overview tracking shows when Google cites the site.
- Share of voice and competitors
- Daily share of voice across the top 100 of a keyword set, with the competitors ranking around you picked up automatically.
- Social monitor
- Follows social profiles and competitor activity on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, paid for from the same credit pool.
- Prospecting tool
- Shows which terms a prospective client's site already ranks for, before it is set up as a tracked project.
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.
Plans
Rank Monitor
Lite$15
per month for up to 3,000 credits, billed monthly
Sold as a plan for testing: about 300 keywords or AI prompts tracked every few days. 1 credit buys 1 keyword checked once.
Starter$49
per month for up to 27,000 credits, billed monthly
About 1,400 keywords or prompts, unlimited monitors and users, share of voice, local insights, annotations and AI Overview tracking.
Pro$129
per month for up to 98,000 credits, billed monthly
About 4,900 keywords or prompts, adds AI content suggestions and can take the Agency Package and AI Brand Monitor add-ons.
Expert$269
per month for up to 245,000 credits, billed monthly
About 12,300 keywords or prompts, with a custom domain and AI suggestions at scale.
CustomCustom
A custom credit bundle with the Agency Package, a dedicated account manager, a custom domain and an API connection. Sold 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.
Ways to pay less
Rank Monitor
- Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
Rank Monitor's pricing page says paying yearly gives two months free, which it puts at about 17% less than paying monthly.
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.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Rank Monitor or SEOmonitor?
As of Oct 23, 2026, Rank Monitor is cheaper to start with: $15 a month, against $73 a month for SEOmonitor. Rank Monitor starts at $15 per month for up to 3,000 credits, billed monthly, and SEOmonitor starts at $73 per month, billed yearly ($88 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Rank Monitor or SEOmonitor?
As of Oct 23, 2026, neither Rank Monitor nor SEOmonitor 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.