RankAI review (2026): is the free plan enough?
Autopilot SEO that publishes pages and rewrites them until they rank
RankAI report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for having pages written and published for you
RankAI researches keywords, publishes pages to your CMS, rewrites any that haven't ranked after three weeks and tracks mentions in AI answers. It starts at $199 a month for 10 articles, the free plan publishes nothing, all fees are non-refundable, and its help docs and pricing page disagree on Growth's limits.
Who RankAI is for
- Fits if you're a founder with no marketing team and $199 a month to spend on pages
- Works for agencies running SEO for client sites, with unlimited users on every paid plan
Who RankAI is not for
- Pricey if you're one person with one blog, at $199 a month for 10 articles
- Not for you if you want it publishing before you pay, since the free plan only previews
- Watch out: all fees are non-refundable under its terms
- Watch out: the help docs put Growth at 30 pages and 250 prompts, the pricing page at 20 and 150
- Skip it if you haven't got a website yet, as it doesn't build one
Why RankAI gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for moneyStarter is $199 a month for 10 articles, more than four times this category's middle ($45) and well past where its dearest tenth starts ($99). Unlimited users and rewrites are included, but competitor and citation tracking wait on Growth at $499.
- CFree plan and trialA free plan with no card: a site audit, 5 keywords with a one-time 7-day plan, 2 sample articles and 10 AI prompts checked once. It's a preview, though, and it publishes nothing.
- BFeaturesKeyword research, pages in your brand voice published with schema and internal links, rewrites until a page ranks, technical fixes and AI answer tracking on three platforms. It covers the whole job, though it needs an existing website to work on.
- CEase of useNo rating on record. You connect your CMS and Search Console, and it can pull context from Slack, Notion, Salesforce and Gong, so there's setup before the first page goes out.
- BPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no desktop or phone app. It publishes to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Sanity and Framer, and links to Search Console and Slack.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from RankAI'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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RankAI's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 35 of the 87 other SEO content tools we grade, and level with 23.
It stands best on features (B, above 42 of 87) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $199 a month, against a middle price of $45 for the category: 79 of the 80 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 1 tool scores higher and costs less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 88 SEO content tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. RankAI’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 87, level with 18
- CFree plan and trialAbove 37 of 87, level with 49
- BFeaturesAbove 42 of 87, level with 45
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 87, level with 82
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 24 of 87, level with 63
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 81 SEO content 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 RankAI, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace RankAI 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 $2,388 a year.
What you could make
- Long-form writing, internal linking and schema markup: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
- The same prompts asked of ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google's AI answers every day, and the answers kept.
- It plugs into other products, WordPress, Shopify and Webflow among them.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. RankAI’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 RankAI?
RankAI scans a live website to learn the business and its market, picks keywords, writes and publishes pages to the existing CMS, and adds technical fixes, schema and internal links. Pages that have not ranked after about three weeks are rewritten, and paid plans track prompts in AI answer engines. It calls itself an AI-native SEO and AEO agency, with self-serve plans and a custom plan that adds a named strategist.
Worth knowing
- The free plan is a preview: sample content and one-off checks, with no publishing.
- It needs an existing website; it does not build one from scratch yet.
- All fees are non-refundable under its terms.
- The help docs list Growth at 30 pages and 250 prompts, more than the pricing page's 20 and 150.
Key features
- Business and keyword research
- Scans the live site and can pull context from Slack, Notion, Salesforce and Gong, then picks keywords from a large keyword database and revisits them monthly.
- Pages published to your CMS
- Writes pages in your brand voice and publishes them to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Sanity or Framer, with schema, metadata and internal links.
- Rewrites until a page ranks
- Pages that do not rank after three weeks are flagged and rewritten; rewrites do not count against the monthly page allowance.
- AI visibility tracking
- Checks tracked prompts every 14 days on three AI platforms; the help docs name ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews.
- Technical SEO and AEO fixes
- Applies on-page and technical fixes on top of the existing site, without a migration, and flags gaps where AI answers leave the brand out.
- Results reporting
- Reports keyword rankings, impressions and clicks from RankAI pages, rewrite status and new AI mentions.
RankAI pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, RankAI has a free plan, and paid plans start at $199 per month for 10 articles.
- Starts at
- $199 per month for 10 articles
- Free plan
- An SEO and AI search audit, 5 keywords with a 7-day content plan, 2 sample articles and 10 AI prompts checked once. It does not publish anything. No card required.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Site audit, a one-time 7-day content plan with 2 sample articles, 10 AI prompts checked once and read-only analytics. |
| Starter | $199per month for 10 articles | 50 AI prompts tracked on 3 AI platforms every 14 days, technical fixes, internal links, unlimited rewrites and unlimited users. |
| Growth | $499per month for 20 articles | 150 AI prompts tracked every 14 days, AI visibility actions carried out for you, competitor and citation tracking, and Slack support. |
| Expert | Custom | Everything in Growth plus a named SEO and GEO strategist, a custom 90-day plan and expert-reviewed outreach. |
Read from rankai.ai on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with RankAI before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount20% off with yearly billing
RankAI's plans and billing help page says yearly billing is 20% off the monthly price of the self-serve plans.
Stated on docs.rankai.ai
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Common questions
Does RankAI have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. RankAI is listed for Web.
Does RankAI have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. RankAI is listed for Web.
Is RankAI open source?
RankAI is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
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