SE Ranking review
7.7/10★★★★★Affordable SEO platform with rank tracking and AI Overviews and ChatGPT trackers
- Best for
- Small businesses and agencies wanting a cheaper all-rounder
- Price
- Free trial · from $103.20/month
Free: 14-day free trial, no card - Platforms
- Web, API
- Made by
- SE Ranking
What it is
SE Ranking combines rank tracking, competitive research and a content editor with an AI writer at lower prices than the big suites. Plans include trackers for AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, with a separate AI Search Toolkit for deeper AI-visibility work.
What the AI does
- AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity trackers
- Content Editor with AI Writer
- AI competitive research
- MCP access
Pros and cons
- Strong value against Semrush and Ahrefs
- AI trackers included in main plans
- Fully functional free trial
- Agency pack and white-label options
- Fuller AI-search toolkit is a paid add-on
- The official site showed us only GBP prices, and add-ons raise the total quickly
How it scores
The best-value all-rounder; data depth trails the two leaders.
Feature checklist · 5 of 9
- Keyword research with search volumes (no)
- Daily Google rank tracking (yes)
- Tracks your brand in ChatGPT and other AI chatbots (yes)
- Tracks Google AI Overviews or AI Mode (yes)
- Content editor that scores drafts as you write (yes)
- AI writes briefs or full articles (yes)
- Technical site audit (no)
- Backlink and competitor analysis (no)
- Works inside WordPress or Google Docs (no)
Alternatives
See all SE Ranking alternatives, ranked →
- Semrush 7.9/10Marketing teams and agencies that want one suite for classic SEO and AI-search visibility
- Ahrefs 7.8/10SEO specialists and agencies who rely on backlink and competitor data
- Surfer 7.7/10Content teams and writers who want to optimise articles before publishing
- Moz Pro 7.4/10Beginners and small businesses learning SEO
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