Serposcope review (2026): is it any good?
Free self-hosted rank tracker, now marked unsupported by its developer
Serposcope report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026
Best for free rank tracking on your own machine
Serposcope is a free rank tracker you download and run on your own Windows, Mac or Linux machine, with a backlink watch on the side, and the data stays on that machine. But its developer now says it's no longer supported and may not work, the last release is from January 2025, and reliable Google results mean paying for proxies, captcha solvers or a SERP API.
Who Serposcope is for
- Fits if you want ranking data kept on your own machine rather than in a vendor's cloud
- Works for technical users who already pay for proxies or a SERP API
Who Serposcope is not for
- Skip it if you want software that's kept up: it's marked unsupported, may not work, and 3.5 from January 2025 is the last release
- Watch out: Google checks need paid add-ons, since Scraping Ant's free plan doesn't work with Google and captcha solvers cost money
- Not for you if setting login protection by hand in a config file sounds like hard work
- Tight if you have Serposcope 2 data, since it can't be moved into version 3
- Watch out: the Windows and Mac installers aren't signed, so both systems warn before installing
Why Serposcope gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyThe program is free, with no paid edition. Reliable checks need paid help, though: Scraping Ant's free plan doesn't work with Google, and the captcha solvers it supports are paid services, so running it well isn't really free.
- AFree plan and trialVersion 3.5 is a free download for Windows, Mac and Linux, with no account and no paid edition. Everything it does comes without paying Serposcope anything.
- DFeaturesRank tracking with saved result pages, a backlink watch and a local database you can query. But it needs proxies, captcha solvers or a SERP API to fetch Google reliably, and the developer says it may not work at all now.
- DEase of useNo rating on record. You install it yourself, set login protection by hand in a config file and wire up proxies or captcha solvers, and both Windows and Mac warn before installing it.
- CPlatforms and integrationsA program for Windows, Mac and Linux that opens in your browser, linked only to scraping and captcha services. No phone app, and the API isn't documented.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Serposcope'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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Serposcope's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 9 of the 39 other rank trackers we grade, and level with 13.
It stands best on free plan and trial (A, above 38 of 39) and worst on features (D, above 0).
Serposcope has no paid plan.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 1.3 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. Serposcope’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 26 of 39, level with 6
- AFree plan and trialAbove 38 of 39, level with 1
- DFeaturesAbove 0 of 39, level with 2
- DEase of useAbove 0 of 39, level with 1
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 1 of 39, level with 10
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 33 rank trackers. 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 Serposcope, or make your own?
Keep it
Serposcope is free, so making your own would save you nothing.
And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 17 of the 39 other rank trackers grade higher.
What you could not
- Daily checks of where your pages rank in search results.
- Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other.
- It plugs into other products, Scraping Ant, Space Serp and 2captcha among them.
What this rests on. Serposcope’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 Serposcope?
Serposcope is a free rank tracker that you install on your own Windows, Mac or Linux machine and open in a browser. It checks where your sites rank for chosen keywords, keeps the result pages it scraped, and watches a list of backlinks. Its developer, a single person in France, now says on the download section that it is no longer supported and may not work.
Worth knowing
- The download section says Serposcope is no longer supported and may not work; the last release, 3.5, is dated January 2025.
- Reliable scraping needs paid add-ons: Scraping Ant's free plan does not work with Google, and captcha solvers are paid services.
- Login protection must be set by hand in a config file, and Serposcope 2 data cannot be moved into version 3.
- The Windows and Mac installers are not signed with paid certificates, so both systems warn before installing.
Key features
- Rank tracker
- Add keywords and websites, then follow each site's positions over time, with a view of the full result page for every check.
- Backlink watch
- A second module for adding backlinks and following their status, with an overview and a details page per link.
- Choice of scraping method
- Fetch result pages from your own IP, through your proxies, or through the paid Scraping Ant or Space Serp APIs.
- Captcha solver support
- When scraping through proxies, plug in capmonster.cloud, anticaptcha, 2captcha or imagetyperz; several can be set at once.
- Raw SERP storage
- Since version 3.3 it can keep the HTML or API response of each check for 1 to 7 days, purged after each run.
- Local database
- Data sits in a SQLite file in the data folder, which you can query directly; an API exists but is not documented.
Serposcope pricing
As of Oct 23, 2026, Serposcope is free to use.
- Starts at
- Free
- Free plan
- Version 3.5 is a free download for Windows, Mac and Debian or Ubuntu Linux, with no account needed and no paid edition.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted | $0 | Free download that you install and run yourself; rank tracking and backlink watch, with data kept in a local SQLite file. |
Read from serposcope.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Serposcope before you buy.
Works with
- Scraping Ant
- Space Serp
- 2captcha
- anticaptcha
- capmonster.cloud
- imagetyperz
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Common questions
Does Serposcope have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Serposcope is listed for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Does Serposcope have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. Serposcope is listed for Windows, macOS and Linux.
Is Serposcope open source?
Serposcope is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.
Can Serposcope be self-hosted?
Yes. Serposcope's own site says it can be run on a server of your own.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.