Clicks.so review (2026): is it worth $15 a month, billed yearly?
Budget SEO suite with keyword, backlink, audit and AI visibility tools
Clicks.so report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for low-cost keyword, backlink and audit reports
Clicks.so is a low-cost SEO tool with keyword, site traffic and backlink reports, site audits and rank tracking, from $15 a month on yearly billing. But the 7-day trial turns into a paid plan on its own, rankings update every 48 hours, refunds are limited to 48 hours despite a money-back promise, and it's unclear how much of the AI tracking is live yet.
Who Clicks.so is for
- Fits if the big SEO suites cost more than you want to pay
- Works for freelancers checking keywords and backlinks for a handful of client sites
Who Clicks.so is not for
- Watch out: the 7-day trial rolls into the plan you chose automatically, so cancel in time if you don't want it
- Skip it if you need daily rankings, as positions refresh every 48 hours
- Tight if you track a lot, since rank tracking runs on 50 credits a month on Solo and 250 on Agency
- Watch out: the pricing page promises a 100% money-back guarantee, but the refund policy only allows requests within 48 hours
- Watch out: the AI page still shows a beta waitlist, so how much AI tracking is live isn't clear
Why Clicks.so gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneySolo is $15 a month billed yearly for 5 projects and 100 keyword, site stats and backlink reports a month each, inside this category's cheaper quarter. Monthly billing is $25.
- DFree plan and trialNo free plan. The 7-day trial has full access, but the plan you picked starts and is charged automatically when it ends, so it's a trial you have to remember to cancel.
- CFeaturesKeyword research, site traffic estimates, backlink reports, site audits and rank tracking, with AI visibility scoring. The gaps the listing names: rankings refresh every 48 hours, not daily, and the AI page still shows a beta waitlist.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. It's aimed at beginners, but reports, audits and rank tracking each run on their own monthly allowance or credits.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no integrations or API on record, and no desktop or phone app.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Clicks.so's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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Clicks.so's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 64 other SEO tools we grade, and level with 15.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 44 of 64) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 9).
Its paid plans start at $15 a month, against a middle price of $39 for the category: 4 of the 56 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 65 SEO tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Clicks.so’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 44 of 64, level with 12
- DFree plan and trialAbove 9 of 64, level with 4
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 64, level with 42
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 64, level with 60
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 64, level with 14
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 57 SEO tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
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
Keep Clicks.so, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Clicks.so you would be making search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 45 of the 64 other SEO tools grade higher. It costs $180 a year.
What you could not
- Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
- An index of the links between billions of web pages.
- A crawler that checks every page of a site.
- Daily checks of where your pages rank in search results.
- The same prompts asked of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers every day, and the answers kept.
What this rests on. Clicks.so’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Clicks.so?
Clicks.so is a web-based SEO tool aimed at beginners and small agencies that want the core research tools at a lower price. Plans include keyword research, site traffic estimates, backlink analysis, site audits and rank tracking, each with a monthly report allowance, and the company also describes tracking of brand visibility in AI chat answers.
Worth knowing
- There is no free plan: the free option is the 7-day trial, after which the chosen plan is charged automatically.
- Rankings update every 48 hours rather than daily, and tracking is capped by monthly credits: 50 on Solo up to 250 on Agency.
- The pricing page shows a 100% money-back guarantee, but the refund policy limits refunds to requests within 48 hours of ordering.
- The AI page still shows a beta waitlist next to the AI visibility features, so how much of that tracking is live is not clear.
Key features
- Keyword research
- Each report returns up to 500 to 1,000 related and phrase-match keywords by plan, with the competitors ranking for each and AI keyword suggestions.
- Site stats
- Estimate any site's top keywords and top pages and see its competing domains, with up to 1,000 rows per report on the Agency plan.
- Backlink analysis
- Backlink, top-page and anchor reports for any domain, plus the domains that link to competitors.
- Site audits
- 10 to 40 audits a month depending on plan, crawling up to 1,000, 4,000 or 6,000 pages each.
- Rank tracking
- Rankings refresh every 48 hours, with bulk keyword import, suggested keywords to track and position history.
- AI visibility
- Scores how likely ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and others are to recommend a site, and tracks prompts and citations with a checklist of fixes.
Clicks.so pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Clicks.so is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $15 per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $15 per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial with full access; the chosen plan starts automatically when it ends
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Solo | $15per month for 5 projects, billed annually ($25 billed monthly) | 100 keyword, site stats and backlink reports a month each, 10 audits of up to 1,000 pages, and 50 rank tracking credits. |
| Freelancer | $30per month for 10 projects, billed annually ($50 billed monthly) | 250 keyword reports, 200 site stats and backlink reports, 20 audits of up to 4,000 pages, and 100 rank tracking credits. |
| Agency | $45per month for 15 projects, billed annually ($75 billed monthly) | 500 keyword reports, 400 site stats and backlink reports, 40 audits of up to 6,000 pages, and 250 rank tracking credits. |
Read from clicks.so on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Clicks.so before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 40% with yearly billing
Clicks.so's pricing page lists yearly billing at 40% less: Solo is $180 a year ($15 a month) instead of $25 a month.
Stated on clicks.so
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Common questions
Does Clicks.so have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Clicks.so is listed for Web.
Does Clicks.so have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Clicks.so is listed for Web.
Is Clicks.so open source?
Clicks.so is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Sources for this page
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