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YTCockpit review (2026): is it worth $19 a month?

YouTube keyword research with competition data and rank tracking

From $19/moYouTube SEOChecked Oct 23, 2026 · graded Oct 23, 2026 by ToolGPA
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YTCockpit report card

1.6GPA

Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Oct 23, 2026

Best for YouTube keyword research with competition scores

YTCockpit takes a seed keyword, pulls ideas from YouTube Suggest and Google's ad keyword data, and scores each one against the top 20 videos already ranking. The search counts come from Google's Keyword Planner, not YouTube, the cheapest plan has no rank tracker, and there's no free plan or trial, only a 30-day refund.

Who YTCockpit is for

  • Fits if you plan videos around keywords people already search for and want to see the top 20 first
  • Works for marketers who want keyword research and daily YouTube rank checks in one account

Who YTCockpit is not for

  • Not for you if you want to try it first, as there's no free plan or trial, only a 30-day refund
  • Watch out: monthly search figures come from Google's Keyword Planner, since YouTube doesn't publish search counts
  • Tight if you stay on Personal, which has 10 searches a day, no rank tracker and no Google Suggest ideas
  • Pricey if you want branded PDF reports, which are on Agency only at $99 a month or $799 a year
  • Watch out: VAT is added for billing addresses in Switzerland and the EU unless an EU company gives a VAT ID
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Why YTCockpit gets a 1.6

Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.

  • CValue for moneyPersonal is $19 a month, or $199 a year (about $16.58 a month), right on this category's $19 middle, for 10 searches a day. Rank tracking needs Pro at $39 a month or $299 a year, and branded reports need Agency at $99.
  • FFree plan and trialNothing free: no free plan and no trial. New accounts get a 30-day money-back guarantee instead, which isn't a trial.
  • CFeaturesKeyword ideas from YouTube Suggest and Google's ad data, top-20 competition numbers, a keyword score and a daily rank tracker on Pro. It does keyword research fully, but that's a smaller job, with no title writing, upload help or channel analytics on record.
  • CEase of useNo rating on record. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, but each search comes back as sortable tables of views, likes, durations and scores to read through.
  • CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no integrations, app, extension or API on record. The tracker checks rankings by country and language.

What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from YTCockpit'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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Where YTCockpit stands among YouTube SEO tools

YTCockpit's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 1 of the 28 other YouTube SEO tools we grade, and level with 1.

It stands best on value for money (C, above 3 of 28) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0).

Its paid plans start at $19 a month, against a middle price of $17.79 for the category: 12 of the 23 others that charge start lower.

On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 11 tools score higher and cost less.

Each grade against the category

Every bar is all 29 YouTube SEO tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. YTCockpit’s own letter is outlined.

  • CValue for moneyAbove 3 of 28, level with 13
  • FFree plan and trialAbove 0 of 28, level with 5
  • CFeaturesAbove 0 of 28, level with 25
  • CEase of useAbove 1 of 28, level with 19
  • CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 1 of 28, level with 11

Price against what you get

Each dot is one of 26 YouTube SEO 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

C2.0B3.0A4.0Free$2$5$10$20$50$100$200More for lessCosts more, scores moreCosts less, scores lessCosts more, scores lessYTCockpit

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
The full chart, and the best YouTube SEO tools at every price

Keep YTCockpit, or make your own?

Keep it

To replace YTCockpit 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.

That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 26 of the 28 other YouTube SEO tools grade higher. It costs $228 a year.

What you could make

  • Reports: an app builder makes this well.

What you could not

  • Search volumes for millions of keywords, gathered and kept up to date.
  • Search data for YouTube topics and channels.
  • Daily checks of where your pages rank in search results.

What this rests on. YTCockpit’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 YTCockpit?

YTCockpit is a web-based YouTube keyword research tool from SwissMadeMarketing, the Swiss company that also makes SECockpit. It gathers keyword ideas from YouTube Suggest and Google's ad keyword data, then pulls the top 20 ranking videos for each idea to score how hard it would be to rank. The Pro and Agency plans add YTCockpitTracker, which checks your own videos' YouTube rankings daily.

Worth knowing

  • There is no free plan or trial; new accounts get a 30-day money-back guarantee instead.
  • Monthly search figures come from Google's AdWords Keyword Planner, as its help center says YouTube does not publish search counts.
  • The Personal plan has no rank tracker and no Google Suggest ideas; branded PDF reports are on Agency only.
  • VAT is added for billing addresses in Switzerland and the EU, unless an EU company gives a valid VAT ID.

Key features

Keyword ideas from several sources
Expands a seed keyword through YouTube Suggest by adding letters and numbers, and on higher plans through Google AdWords, Google Suggest and related searches.
Top 20 competition data
For every idea it collects the top 20 ranking videos with their views, duration, likes and comments, and how many are in HD.
Keyword score
Sorts ideas by a score that weighs monthly searches against how strong the ranking videos are, with every column open to sorting and filtering.
Compare your own video
Enter a video URL to set it beside the top results for each keyword found.
YTCockpitTracker
Pro and Agency include a tracker that checks your videos' YouTube positions for chosen keywords daily, by country and language: 50 keywords on Pro, 100 on Agency.

YTCockpit pricing

As of Oct 23, 2026, YTCockpit is a paid product, starting at $19 per month for 10 keyword searches a day, billed monthly.

Starts at
$19 per month for 10 keyword searches a day, billed monthly
Free plan
None
Free trial
None listed
Personal$19per month for 10 keyword searches a day, billed monthly100 results per search, ideas from YouTube Suggest and Google AdWords. No rank tracker. $199 billed yearly.
Pro$39per month for 50 keyword searches a day, billed monthly1,000 results per search, adds Google Suggest and related searches, and YTCockpitTracker for 50 keywords daily. $299 billed yearly.
Agency$99per month for unlimited keyword searches, billed monthly10,000 results per search, branded PDF reports and 100 tracked keywords daily. $799 billed yearly.

Read from ytcockpit.com on Oct 23, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with YTCockpit before you buy.

Pricing in detail

Ways to pay less

  • Annual discountSave up to 40% with yearly billing

    YTCockpit's pricing table lists Personal at $199 a year instead of $228, Pro at $299 instead of $468 and Agency at $799 instead of $1,188.

    Stated on ytcockpit.com

YTCockpit alternatives

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Common questions

Does YTCockpit have an Android app?

No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. YTCockpit is listed for Web.

Does YTCockpit have an iPhone app?

No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 23, 2026. YTCockpit is listed for Web.

Is YTCockpit open source?

YTCockpit is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 23, 2026.

Sources for this page

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 23, 2026.