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ToolGPAOctober 2026

Nightwatch

The Insider’s Guide

Rank tracker with AI answer tracking, priced by keywords and prompts

Nightwatch, as pictured on nightwatch.io

Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among rank trackers, read from Nightwatch’s own pages.

Made by Nightwatch · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com

2.4GPA

Contents

  1. 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
  2. 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
  3. 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
  4. 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
  5. 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
  6. 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
  7. 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from Nightwatch’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Nightwatch’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 23, 2026.

Part 01 · Overview

Welcome

What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first

2.4

GPA, above 23 of the 39 other rank trackers we grade

Nightwatch is a web-based rank tracker that checks positions daily on Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, YouTube and Google Maps, and tracks set prompts in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Mode and AI Overviews. Every plan also includes keyword research, a site audit, a content writer and an MCP server. Plans differ by how many keywords, prompts and sites they cover.

To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Nightwatch, taken from its own pages and our grades.

There are sites, competitors, keywords and AI prompts to set up, and caps on prompts and answers to keep an eye on.
From our grade for ease of use
  1. 1

    Best for Google rankings and AI answer tracking in one place

    Prices are in euros only, and SSO waits on Enterprise.

  2. 2

    Paid plans start at about $88.53 a month

    As its pricing page puts it: €79 per month for 500 keywords, billed annually (€99 billed monthly).

  3. 3

    You can try it first

    14-day free trial on every plan, no credit card required

  4. 4

    It runs on Web

    Web.

  5. 5

    Daily rank tracking

    Positions on Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, YouTube and Google Maps, mobile and desktop apart, in 107,000+ locations, with on-demand checks.

  6. 6

    AI visibility

    Tracks set prompts in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews, with sentiment and analysis of the sources cited.

  7. 7

    Citation Intelligence

    Ties a change in AI citations back to the ranking change behind it, so you can see which position to defend.

  8. 8

    A 2.4 GPA, above 23 of 39

    That is against the other rank trackers we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.

  9. 9

    Keep it

    To replace Nightwatch 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.

Nightwatch at a glance

Pricing
Free trial, from €79 per month for 500 keywords, billed annually (€99 billed monthly)
Free plan
No
Free trial
14-day free trial on every plan, no credit card required
Runs on
Web
Made by
Nightwatch
Category
Rank Trackers
Our grade
2.4 GPA, fair

The report card

Best for Google rankings and AI answer tracking in one place

Nightwatch is a web rank tracker that checks Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, YouTube and Maps daily and tracks set prompts in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity. Starter is €79 a month yearly for 500 keywords and 50 prompts, with no API, Looker Studio, white-label reports or unlimited seats; those start at €159. Prices are in euros only, and SSO waits on Enterprise.

ToolGPA report cardNightwatchGraded Oct 23, 2026
SubjectGradeComment
Value for moneyCStarter is €79 a month on yearly billing (€99 monthly) for 500 keywords, 50 AI prompts and 5 sites. That's in the dearer part of what rank trackers charge, short of the dearest tenth, and it includes research, audits and AI tracking.
Free plan and trialCNo free plan, but every plan has a 14-day trial with no card needed, and the whole toolkit is open during it.
FeaturesBDaily rankings on six engines in 107,000+ locations, on-demand checks, AI prompt tracking with sources and sentiment, three years of saved results pages, plus keyword research and a site audit. It covers the whole job, and the tools are the same on every plan.
Ease of useCNo rating on record. There are sites, competitors, keywords and AI prompts to set up, and caps on prompts and answers to keep an eye on.
Platforms and integrationsBWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It links to Search Console, Analytics and Looker Studio, and its MCP server works from Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT. The API starts at Professional.
Grade point averageFair, out of 4.02.4

An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.

Who Nightwatch is for

  • Fits if you want rankings and AI answer tracking from one tool
  • Works for tracking Bing, YouTube or Google Maps as well as Google

Who it is not for

  • Tight if you need the API, Looker Studio or white-label reports, as none come with Starter
  • Skip it if you track hundreds of AI prompts on a budget, as Starter stops at 50 and 1,500 answers a month
  • Not for you if you want prices in dollars, as the pricing page only shows euros
  • Pricey if you pay monthly, at €99 for Starter against €79 on yearly billing
  • Watch out: SSO and custom data retention come only with the sales-quoted Enterprise plan

Good to know

Good for

  • Teams that want Google rankings and AI answer tracking in one account
  • Agencies tracking many client sites with no per-seat fees from Professional
  • Local and multi-engine tracking, including Bing, YouTube and Maps

Worth knowing

  • Prices are listed in euros only; the pricing page has no dollar option.
  • Starter has no Looker Studio, API access, white-label reports or unlimited seats; those start at Professional.
  • AI tracking is capped by prompts and answers: Starter covers 50 prompts and 1,500 AI answers a month.
  • SSO and custom data retention come only with the sales-quoted Enterprise plan.

Part 02 · Pricing

What it costs

Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved

~$88.53

A month to start

Nightwatch is a paid product with a free trial, starting at €79 per month for 500 keywords, billed annually (€99 billed monthly).

That's in the dearer part of what rank trackers charge, short of the dearest tenth, and it includes research, audits and AI tracking.
From our grade for value for money

  • Starter

    €79

    per month for 500 keywords, billed annually (€99 monthly)

    50 AI prompts (1,500 AI answers a month), 5 websites, 5 competitors per site, 100 keyword researches a month and 1,000-page site audits.

  • Professional

    €159

    per month for 2,500 keywords, billed annually (€199 monthly)

    150 AI prompts, 25 websites, 10 competitors per site, plus Looker Studio, white-label reports, unlimited user seats and API access.

  • Agency

    €399

    per month for 7,500 keywords, billed annually (€499 monthly)

    500 AI prompts, 100 websites, 15 competitors per site, 100,000-page audits, a dedicated account manager and priority support with an SLA.

  • Enterprise

    Custom

    From 20,000 keywords with unlimited prompts and sites, SSO, custom data retention and dedicated infrastructure. Quoted by sales.

Trying it first

14-day free trial on every plan, no credit card required

Read from nightwatch.io on Oct 23, 2026.

Ways to pay less

  • Annual discount

    Two months free with yearly billing

    Nightwatch's pricing page gives yearly billing at 20% less, two months free: Starter is €948 a year instead of €99 a month.

    Stated on nightwatch.io

Part 03 · Features

What it does

Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it

1

Place it runs: Web

Rank tracker with AI answer tracking, priced by keywords and prompts. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, reports, keyword research, rank tracking, site audit, AI search visibility.

It covers the whole job, and the tools are the same on every plan.
From our grade for features
Daily rank tracking
Positions on Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, YouTube and Google Maps, mobile and desktop apart, in 107,000+ locations, with on-demand checks.
AI visibility
Tracks set prompts in ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews, with sentiment and analysis of the sources cited.
Citation Intelligence
Ties a change in AI citations back to the ranking change behind it, so you can see which position to defend.
SERP snapshot history
Every check is archived with the results page it was read from, and SERP archives are kept for three years.
Toolkit on every plan
Keyword research, site audit, a content writer, prompt research and a search simulator come with Starter too; plans differ only in volume.
SEO MCP server and agent
Query rankings, run audits and pull reports from Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT; an SEO Agent runs tasks on a monthly credit allowance.

Where it runs

  • Web

What it works with

  • Google Search Console
  • Google Analytics
  • Looker Studio
  • Claude
  • ChatGPT
  • Cursor

Nightwatch is made by Nightwatch.

Part 04 · Standing

Where it stands

Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own

23/39

Other rank trackers it is graded above

Nightwatch's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 23 of the 39 other rank trackers we grade, and level with 10.

It stands best on features (B, above 26 of 39) and worst on ease of use (C, above 2).

Its paid plans start at about $88.53 a month, against a middle price of $20.49 for the category: 25 of the 29 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 40 rank trackers we grade, cut by the letter each got. Nightwatch’s own letter is outlined.

  • CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 39
  • CFree plan and trialAbove 6 of 39
  • BFeaturesAbove 26 of 39
  • CEase of useAbove 2 of 39
  • BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 12 of 39

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 33 rank trackers. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Nightwatch is the marked dot.

D1.0C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$2$5$10$20$50$100$200$500More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessNightwatchSERPtagKeyword.comBisibilitySerpBear

What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →

Keep it, or make your own?

Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.

Keep it

To replace Nightwatch 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.

It costs $1,062.33 a year.

What you could make

  • Reports: an app builder makes this well.

What you could not

  • Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
  • 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.
  • A crawler that checks every page of a site.
  • It plugs into other products, Google Search Console, Google Analytics and Looker Studio among them, and has an API.
  • The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

What this rests on. Nightwatch’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.

Part 05 · Alternatives

The alternatives

The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side

AccuRanker, Advanced Web Ranking, Keyword.com, SERPRobot and Wincher

The 5 tools Nightwatch is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.

Part 06 · Questions

Quick answers

The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two

14

Questions, each answered in a line or two

The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.

Is Nightwatch free?

No, Nightwatch is a paid product, but you can try it first. 14-day free trial on every plan, no credit card required.

How much does Nightwatch cost?

Nightwatch lists 4 plans. Starter: €79 per month for 500 keywords, billed annually (€99 monthly).

What platforms does Nightwatch work on?

Nightwatch is available on Web.

Does Nightwatch offer any discounts?

Nightwatch publicly lists the following: Two months free with yearly billing.

Does Nightwatch have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Nightwatch is listed for Web.

Does Nightwatch have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Nightwatch is listed for Web.

Is Nightwatch open source?

Nightwatch is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.

Does Nightwatch have an API?

Yes. Nightwatch offers a public API, according to its own site.

What does Nightwatch integrate with?

Nightwatch's listing names Google Search Console, Google Analytics, Looker Studio, Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.

Who makes Nightwatch?

Nightwatch is made by a company of the same name.

What are the alternatives to Nightwatch?

The closest alternatives to Nightwatch in our directory are AccuRanker, Advanced Web Ranking, Keyword.com, SERPRobot and Wincher.

How does Nightwatch compare with other rank trackers?

Nightwatch's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 23 of the 39 other rank trackers we grade, and level with 10.

Is Nightwatch good value for money?

ToolGPA grades Nightwatch C for value for money. Its paid plans start at about $88.53 a month, against a middle price of $20.49 for the category: 25 of the 29 others that charge start lower.

Could I make my own version of Nightwatch?

To replace Nightwatch you would be making search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.

Where this guide comes from

The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Nightwatch’s own pages on Oct 23, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 23, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Nightwatch's own pages on 23 October 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Nightwatch. Prices change, so check nightwatch.io before you buy.

Part 07 · About

About ToolGPA

Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

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Tools graded, in 94 categories

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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