The RankAI Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about RankAI in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
RankAI
The Insider’s Guide
Autopilot SEO that publishes pages and rewrites them until they rank
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among SEO content tools, read from RankAI’s own pages.
Made by LineUpp, Corp. · checked Oct 23, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from RankAI’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on RankAI’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
2.2
GPA, above 35 of the 87 other SEO content tools we grade
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.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about RankAI, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
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.
- 2
Paid plans start at $199 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $199 per month for 10 articles.
- 3
There is a 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.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
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.
- 6
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.
- 7
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.
- 8
A 2.2 GPA, above 35 of 87
That is against the other SEO content tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
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.
RankAI at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $199 per month for 10 articles
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- LineUpp, Corp.
- Category
- SEO Content Optimizers
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
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.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | Starter 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. |
| Free plan and trial | C | A 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. |
| Features | B | Keyword 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. |
| Ease of use | C | No 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. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, with no desktop or phone app. It publishes to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Sanity and Framer, and links to Search Console and Slack. |
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 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 it 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
Good to know
Good for
- Founders without a marketing team who want pages published for them
- Agencies running SEO for many client sites from one account
- Businesses that want Google rankings and AI answer mentions tracked together
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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$199
A month to start. There is a free plan too
RankAI has a free plan. Paid plans start at $199 per month for 10 articles.
It's a preview, though, and it publishes nothing.
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
$199
per 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
$499
per 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.
The 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.
Read from rankai.ai on Oct 23, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
20% 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
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
Autopilot SEO that publishes pages and rewrites them until they rank. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, long-form writing, keyword research, AI search visibility, schema markup, internal linking.
It covers the whole job, though it needs an existing website to work on.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- WordPress
- Shopify
- Webflow
- Wix
- Sanity
- Framer
- Google Search Console
- Slack
RankAI is made by LineUpp, Corp.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
35/87
Other SEO content tools it is graded above
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
- CFree plan and trialAbove 37 of 87
- BFeaturesAbove 42 of 87
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 87
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 24 of 87
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 81 SEO content tools. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. RankAI is the marked dot.
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 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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
ClickFlow, SEO Content Machine, Autorank, Casper and AirOps
The 5 tools RankAI is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.2GPA
ClickFlow
Free plan · from $159/mo
Plans, drafts, refreshes and tracks SEO content from Search Console.
- RankAI also covers keyword research and schema markup.
- ClickFlow also covers content optimization.
- 2.6GPA
SEO Content Machine
Free trial · from $125/yr
Desktop SEO workspace for planning, drafting and publishing pages.
- RankAI has a free plan. SEO Content Machine does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only RankAI lists a web app.
- Only SEO Content Machine lists Windows, macOS and Linux apps.
- 2.0GPA
Autorank
Free trial · from $49/mo
Writes and publishes SEO blog posts from Search Console data.
- RankAI has a free plan. Autorank does not, though it has a free trial.
- RankAI also covers keyword research and AI search visibility.
- 2.0GPA
Casper
From $29/mo
Autoblogging SEO writer with AI search visibility tracking.
- RankAI has a free plan. Casper does not.
- RankAI also covers schema markup.
- Casper also covers rank tracking.
- 2.4GPA
AirOps
Free trial
AI search insights plus agents that write and refresh content.
- RankAI has a free plan. AirOps does not, though it has a free trial.
- RankAI also covers long-form writing, keyword research, schema markup and internal linking.
- AirOps also covers workflow automation, AI agents and content optimization.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
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 RankAI free?
RankAI has a 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.
How much does RankAI cost?
RankAI lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does RankAI work on?
RankAI is available on Web.
Does RankAI offer any discounts?
RankAI publicly lists the following: 20% off with yearly billing.
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.
What does RankAI integrate with?
RankAI's listing names WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Sanity, Framer, Google Search Console and Slack.
Who makes RankAI?
RankAI is made by LineUpp, Corp.
What are the alternatives to RankAI?
The closest alternatives to RankAI in our directory are ClickFlow, SEO Content Machine, Autorank, Casper and AirOps.
How does RankAI compare with other SEO content tools?
RankAI's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 35 of the 87 other SEO content tools we grade, and level with 23.
Is RankAI good value for money?
ToolGPA grades RankAI D for value for money. 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.
Could I make my own version of RankAI?
To replace RankAI 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 RankAI’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 RankAI'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 LineUpp, Corp. Prices change, so check rankai.ai before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
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.
3,189
tools graded
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categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- RankAI, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/rankai
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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Prices and grades as they are today
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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what RankAI’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. RankAI is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by LineUpp, Corp. Prices and plans change: check rankai.ai before you buy.