The Rank Monitor Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Rank Monitor 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.
Rank Monitor
The Insider’s Guide
Credit-based rank tracker with AI answer and social monitoring
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among rank trackers, read from Rank Monitor’s own pages.
Made by Aspen Apps B.V. · 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 Rank Monitor’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Rank Monitor’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
Rank Monitor is a web-based rank tracker from the Netherlands that also follows how a brand shows up in ChatGPT and Perplexity answers, in Google AI Overviews and on social platforms. Every plan is a monthly pool of credits: one credit checks one keyword once, so users choose how deep and how often each keyword is crawled. The older SEO Rank Monitor site now sends sign-ups to Rank Monitor, which it calls its new platform.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Rank Monitor, taken from its own pages and our grades.
- 1
Best for agencies paying only for the checks they run
It also watches ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews and social profiles from the same pool, at different rates.
- 2
Paid plans start at $15 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $15 per month for up to 3,000 credits, billed monthly.
- 3
You can try it first
14-day free trial on every plan with full access, no credit card required
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Credit-based keyword tracking
Set the crawl depth (top 10, 30, 50 or 100) and frequency (daily, every 3 days, weekly or monthly) for each keyword. Keywords and projects are unlimited.
- 6
Desktop and mobile rankings
Daily rank updates for desktop and mobile results, with Google algorithm updates plotted on every chart and annotations for your own changes.
- 7
AI answer tracking
AI monitors check how a brand appears in ChatGPT and Perplexity answers, and AI Overview tracking shows when Google cites the site.
- 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
Keep it
The plain part of Rank Monitor you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
Rank Monitor at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $15 per month for up to 3,000 credits, billed monthly
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial on every plan with full access, no credit card required
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Aspen Apps B.V.
- Category
- Rank Trackers
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for agencies paying only for the checks they run
Rank Monitor, the new home of SEO Rank Monitor, is a web rank tracker that runs on credits: one credit checks one keyword once, at the depth and frequency you choose. It also watches ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Overviews and social profiles from the same pool, at different rates. White-label reports are a $99 add-on for Pro and up, AI Brand Monitor is $105 more, and the API is Custom only.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | C | Lite is $15 a month for 3,000 credits, about 300 keywords checked every few days, and it's sold as a plan for testing. Starter is $49 for about 1,400 keywords, which is where the dearer quarter of rank trackers begins. |
| Free plan and trial | C | No free plan, but a 14-day trial on every plan with full access and no card needed. |
| Features | B | Depth and frequency per keyword, daily desktop and mobile rankings with Google updates on the charts, share of voice, competitors picked up for you, AI answer and AI Overview tracking, and a social monitor. It covers the whole job; white label is a paid add-on. |
| Ease of use | C | No rating on record. Credits pay for everything at different rates: a top-100 crawl costs five times a shallow one, an AI prompt 5 credits and a social profile 50, so there are sums to do. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | Web only, with no desktop or phone app. It links to Search Console, GA4, ChatGPT and Claude, but an API connection is listed only with the Custom plan. |
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 Rank Monitor is for
- Fits if you track lots of long-tail keywords weekly and only a few key ones daily
- Works for a team that needs many logins, as users and projects are unlimited from Starter
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you want white-label reports, as the Agency Package is $99 a month on top of Pro
- Skip it if you don't want to work out costs, as every check spends credits at its own rate
- Tight if you need the API, which is only listed with the Custom plan
- Watch out: AI Brand Monitor is a $105-a-month add-on, and only for Pro and Expert
- Watch out: Lite is sold as a plan for testing, a top-100 crawl costs five times a shallow one, and euro prices show first
Good to know
Good for
- Agencies that want unlimited users and projects and pay only for the crawls they run
- Sites that track many long-tail keywords weekly or monthly and a few key terms daily
- Brands watching ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews alongside Google rankings
Worth knowing
- Credits cover everything: a full top-100 crawl costs five times a shallow one, an AI prompt 5 credits and a social profile 50 credits per check.
- White-label reports, client logins and a branded subdomain need the $99-a-month Agency Package, sold only with Pro and Expert.
- AI Brand Monitor is a $105-a-month add-on for Pro and Expert, and an API connection is listed only with the Custom plan.
- The site shows euro prices first; dollar prices appear through its currency switcher. The old seorankmonitor.com plans from $19 now lead to Rank Monitor.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$15
A month to start
Rank Monitor is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $15 per month for up to 3,000 credits, billed monthly.
Lite
$15
per month for up to 3,000 credits, billed monthly
Sold as a plan for testing: about 300 keywords or AI prompts tracked every few days. 1 credit buys 1 keyword checked once.
Starter
$49
per month for up to 27,000 credits, billed monthly
About 1,400 keywords or prompts, unlimited monitors and users, share of voice, local insights, annotations and AI Overview tracking.
Pro
$129
per month for up to 98,000 credits, billed monthly
About 4,900 keywords or prompts, adds AI content suggestions and can take the Agency Package and AI Brand Monitor add-ons.
Expert
$269
per month for up to 245,000 credits, billed monthly
About 12,300 keywords or prompts, with a custom domain and AI suggestions at scale.
Custom
Custom
A custom credit bundle with the Agency Package, a dedicated account manager, a custom domain and an API connection. Sold through sales.
Trying it first
14-day free trial on every plan with full access, no credit card required
Read from rankmonitor.com on Oct 23, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
Two months free with yearly billing
Rank Monitor's pricing page says paying yearly gives two months free, which it puts at about 17% less than paying monthly.
Stated on rankmonitor.com
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
Credit-based rank tracker with AI answer and social monitoring. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, AI features, reports, rank tracking, AI search visibility.
It covers the whole job; white label is a paid add-on.
- Credit-based keyword tracking
- Set the crawl depth (top 10, 30, 50 or 100) and frequency (daily, every 3 days, weekly or monthly) for each keyword. Keywords and projects are unlimited.
- Desktop and mobile rankings
- Daily rank updates for desktop and mobile results, with Google algorithm updates plotted on every chart and annotations for your own changes.
- AI answer tracking
- AI monitors check how a brand appears in ChatGPT and Perplexity answers, and AI Overview tracking shows when Google cites the site.
- Share of voice and competitors
- Daily share of voice across the top 100 of a keyword set, with the competitors ranking around you picked up automatically.
- Social monitor
- Follows social profiles and competitor activity on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, paid for from the same credit pool.
- Prospecting tool
- Shows which terms a prospective client's site already ranks for, before it is set up as a tracked project.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Google Search Console
- Google Analytics 4
- ChatGPT
- Claude
Rank Monitor is made by Aspen Apps B.V.
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
Rank Monitor'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 $15 a month, against a middle price of $20.49 for the category: 8 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. Rank Monitor’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. Rank Monitor 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
The plain part of Rank Monitor you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend.
It costs $180 a year.
What you could make
- Reports: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- 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.
- It plugs into other products, Google Search Console, Google Analytics 4 and ChatGPT 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. Rank Monitor’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, Wincher, SEOmonitor, Nightwatch and SE Ranking
The 5 tools Rank Monitor is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 1.8GPA
AccuRanker
From $224/mo
Daily rank tracker for agencies and enterprises, priced by keywords.
- AccuRanker also covers keyword research.
- 2.2GPA
Wincher
Free trial · from $49/mo
Daily keyword rank tracker with competitor and local tracking.
- Rank Monitor also covers AI search visibility.
- Wincher also covers keyword research.
- 2.2GPA
SEOmonitor
Free trial · from $73/mo
Rank tracking, forecasting and AI search tracking for SEO agencies.
- SEOmonitor also covers keyword research.
- 2.4GPA
Nightwatch
Free trial · from €79/mo
Rank tracker with AI answer tracking, priced by keywords and prompts.
- Nightwatch also covers keyword research and site audit.
- 2.2GPA
SE Ranking
Free trial · from $103.20/mo
SEO platform for rank tracking, audits, research and AI visibility.
- Rank Monitor also covers AI search visibility.
- SE Ranking also covers keyword research, site audit and backlink analysis.
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 Rank Monitor free?
No, Rank Monitor is a paid product, but you can try it first. 14-day free trial on every plan with full access, no credit card required.
How much does Rank Monitor cost?
Rank Monitor lists 5 plans. Lite: $15 per month for up to 3,000 credits, billed monthly.
What platforms does Rank Monitor work on?
Rank Monitor is available on Web.
Does Rank Monitor offer any discounts?
Rank Monitor publicly lists the following: Two months free with yearly billing.
Does Rank Monitor have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Rank Monitor is listed for Web.
Does Rank Monitor have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Rank Monitor is listed for Web.
Is Rank Monitor open source?
Rank Monitor is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Does Rank Monitor have an API?
Yes. Rank Monitor offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Rank Monitor integrate with?
Rank Monitor's listing names Google Search Console, Google Analytics 4, ChatGPT and Claude.
Who makes Rank Monitor?
Rank Monitor is made by Aspen Apps B.V.
What are the alternatives to Rank Monitor?
The closest alternatives to Rank Monitor in our directory are AccuRanker, Wincher, SEOmonitor, Nightwatch and SE Ranking.
How does Rank Monitor compare with other rank trackers?
Rank Monitor's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 23 of the 39 other rank trackers we grade, and level with 10.
Is Rank Monitor good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Rank Monitor C for value for money. Its paid plans start at $15 a month, against a middle price of $20.49 for the category: 8 of the 29 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Rank Monitor?
The plain part of Rank Monitor you could make: reports. What surrounds it you could not.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Rank Monitor’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 Rank Monitor'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 Aspen Apps B.V. Prices change, so check rankmonitor.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.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Rank Monitor, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/seo-rank-monitor
- 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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- Monitorank Insider's GuideFrench daily rank tracker priced per keyword, with AI Overviews data2.8 GPA
- Keyword.com Insider's GuideGoogle rank tracker and AI visibility tracker, priced by keywords2.6 GPA
Choosing software? Every tool graded, every price dated.
Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Rank Monitor’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. Rank Monitor is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Aspen Apps B.V. Prices and plans change: check rankmonitor.com before you buy.