The RankYak Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about RankYak 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.
RankYak
The Insider’s Guide
Keyword planning, daily AI articles and backlinks, priced per site
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among SEO content tools, read from RankYak’s own pages.
Made by Height Labs · 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 RankYak’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on RankYak’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
RankYak is a web service that researches keywords for a website, groups them into a topical map and a content calendar, then writes and publishes one article per chosen publishing day. It refreshes articles that lose ground in Search Console and builds backlinks through an exchange between member sites. Each website is billed as its own subscription.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about RankYak, taken from its own pages and our grades.
You connect your site and Search Console, approve a topical map and set publishing days before it runs.
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Best for planned, auto-posted articles, priced per website
RankYak plans keywords for your site, writes an article on each publishing day you pick and refreshes posts that slip in Search Console.
- 2
Paid plans start at $82.50 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $82.50 per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly).
- 3
You can try it first
3-day free trial with full access
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
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Keyword discovery and topical map
Scores keywords monthly by volume, difficulty and your site's authority, groups them into clusters under core topics, and waits for your approval.
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Content calendar
Schedule articles on chosen days, batch them, or turn on autopilot to fill the month, with live or draft publishing.
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Researched articles
Each article starts from the pages ranking now, runs up to 5,000 words, and adds citations, images, YouTube embeds and links, in 40+ languages.
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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.
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Keep it
To replace RankYak 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.
RankYak at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $82.50 per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 3-day free trial with full access
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Height Labs
- Category
- SEO Content Optimizers
- Our grade
- 2.2 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for planned, auto-posted articles, priced per website
RankYak plans keywords for your site, writes an article on each publishing day you pick and refreshes posts that slip in Search Console. Every website is its own $99 monthly subscription, and the 3-day trial is short. Fixing your existing pages costs another $99 a month as the Site Guard add-on.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | $82.50 a month billed yearly, or $99 month to month, for one website. The yearly price sits just under this category's dearer quarter at $83, and the monthly one in its dearest tenth. Each extra site, agencies included, is another subscription. |
| Free plan and trial | D | No free plan. The trial gives full access for 3 days, shorter than a week, and the backlink exchange stays shut until the paid plan starts. |
| Features | B | Keyword discovery, a topical map, a content calendar, researched articles up to 5,000 words in 40+ languages, refreshes driven by Search Console, a backlink exchange and an API. It covers the whole job, though fixes for older pages' titles are the Site Guard add-on. |
| Ease of use | C | No rating on record. You connect your site and Search Console, approve a topical map and set publishing days before it runs. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, with no desktop or phone app. It publishes to WordPress, WordPress.com, Shopify, Webflow and Wix, links to Zapier, Make and Search Console, and has an MCP server and a REST API. |
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 RankYak is for
- Fits if you want keywords picked and articles posted on set days for one site
- Works for agencies adding client sites, as each one is billed at the same per-site price
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you run several sites, since every website is a separate $99 monthly subscription
- Tight if you want to test it properly, as the trial lasts 3 days and the backlink exchange only opens once you pay
- Watch out: Site Guard, which fixes titles, descriptions and cannibalization on existing pages, is $99 a month on top
- Watch out: output follows your publishing days, so weekdays only means about 21 articles a month, not 30
- Skip it if you want links from outside its network, as backlinks come only from other member sites
Good to know
Good for
- Site owners who want keywords planned and articles published for them
- Agencies adding client sites at the same per-site price
- Teams that want older articles refreshed from Search Console data
Worth knowing
- Every website is a separate $99 monthly subscription, including for agencies.
- Site Guard, which checks existing pages daily and writes fixes for titles, descriptions and cannibalization, is an add-on at $99 a month.
- The backlink exchange opens only once the paid subscription starts after the trial, and links come from other member sites.
- Output follows the publishing days you pick: about 30 articles a month publishing daily, about 21 on weekdays only.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$82.50
A month to start
RankYak is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $82.50 per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly).
Each extra site, agencies included, is another subscription.
RankYak Pro
$82.50
per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly)
One website: an article each publishing day (about 30 a month), keyword research, Search Console refreshes, auto-publishing and backlink exchange.
Trying it first
3-day free trial with full access
Read from rankyak.com on Oct 23, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
RankYak's pricing page says yearly billing gives 2 months free: $82.50 a month billed yearly against $99 billed monthly.
Stated on rankyak.com
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
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Place it runs: Web
Keyword planning, daily AI articles and backlinks, priced per site. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features, long-form writing, keyword research, content optimization, internal linking.
It covers the whole job, though fixes for older pages' titles are the Site Guard add-on.
- Keyword discovery and topical map
- Scores keywords monthly by volume, difficulty and your site's authority, groups them into clusters under core topics, and waits for your approval.
- Content calendar
- Schedule articles on chosen days, batch them, or turn on autopilot to fill the month, with live or draft publishing.
- Researched articles
- Each article starts from the pages ranking now, runs up to 5,000 words, and adds citations, images, YouTube embeds and links, in 40+ languages.
- Article refreshes
- Watches Search Console for articles losing ground and rewrites them on the same URL, keeping a snapshot of each earlier version.
- Backlink exchange
- Your site joins a network of vetted member sites and earns contextual links from articles in your niche, with no outreach.
- Copilot, MCP and API
- An assistant answers questions and makes changes per site, an MCP server connects Claude or Cursor, and a REST API manages sites from code.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- WordPress
- WordPress.com
- Shopify
- Webflow
- Wix
- Zapier
- Make
- Google Search Console
RankYak is made by Height Labs.
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
RankYak'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 free plan and trial (D, above 16).
Its paid plans start at $82.50 a month, against a middle price of $45 for the category: 58 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. RankYak’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 19 of 87
- DFree plan and trialAbove 16 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. RankYak 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 RankYak 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 $990 a year.
What you could make
- Long-form writing and internal linking: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
- A score built from what the top results for each keyword cover.
- It plugs into other products, WordPress, WordPress.com and Shopify among them, and has an API.
- 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. RankYak’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
Outrank, RankPill, SEO Bot, Arvow and Byword
The 5 tools RankYak is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.2GPA
Outrank
Free trial · from $99/mo
Autopilot SEO blog writer that publishes daily and trades backlinks.
- RankYak also covers content optimization.
- Outrank also covers image generation.
- 1.6GPA
RankPill
From $99/mo
Daily AI blog articles, auto-published, with a backlink exchange.
- RankYak also covers content optimization.
- RankPill also covers site audit and image generation.
- 1.8GPA
SEO Bot
From $49/mo
Autopilot AI agent that plans, writes and publishes blog articles.
- RankYak also covers content optimization.
- SEO Bot also covers image generation.
- 2.0GPA
Arvow
From $39/mo
AI SEO writer and on-page agent with backlinks and AI search tracking.
- RankYak also covers keyword research.
- Arvow also covers AI search visibility and schema markup.
- 2.4GPA
Byword
Free trial · from $83/mo
AI article writer for SEO at scale, with programmatic page templates.
- Byword also covers image generation.
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 RankYak free?
No, RankYak is a paid product, but you can try it first. 3-day free trial with full access.
How much does RankYak cost?
RankYak lists one plan. RankYak Pro: $82.50 per month, billed annually ($99 billed monthly).
What platforms does RankYak work on?
RankYak is available on Web.
Does RankYak offer any discounts?
RankYak publicly lists the following: Two months free with yearly billing.
Does RankYak have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. RankYak is listed for Web.
Does RankYak have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. RankYak is listed for Web.
Is RankYak open source?
RankYak is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does RankYak have an API?
Yes. RankYak offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does RankYak integrate with?
RankYak's listing names WordPress, WordPress.com, Shopify, Webflow, Wix, Zapier, Make and Google Search Console.
Who makes RankYak?
RankYak is made by Height Labs.
What are the alternatives to RankYak?
The closest alternatives to RankYak in our directory are Outrank, RankPill, SEO Bot, Arvow and Byword.
How does RankYak compare with other SEO content tools?
RankYak's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 35 of the 87 other SEO content tools we grade, and level with 23.
Is RankYak good value for money?
ToolGPA grades RankYak C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $82.50 a month, against a middle price of $45 for the category: 58 of the 80 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of RankYak?
To replace RankYak 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 RankYak’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 RankYak'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 Height Labs. Prices change, so check rankyak.com 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.
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categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- RankYak, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/rankyak
- 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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