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SE Ranking is an active, broad SEO and GEO platform with unusually strong current API/MCP connectivity for agencies and teams, while its public pricing remains centered on Core and Growth with metered usage and sales-led Enterprise.
SE Ranking is an all-in-one SEO and AI-search visibility platform combining keyword and competitor research, rank tracking, backlinks, technical website auditing, content optimization, local marketing, reporting, API access, and an MCP server for querying live SEO/GEO data from AI assistants.
Good fit for SEO agencies, in-house marketing teams, and multi-site or enterprise teams that need rank tracking, competitive and keyword research, technical audits, content workflows, client reporting, and scalable API/MCP automation
Paid Core and Growth subscriptions with annual-billing discounts shown on the official pricing page; Enterprise is sales-led/custom. A 14-day fully functional trial is available. Add-ons include Agency Pack, AI Search, and API.
Core
$103.20/mo annual billing (regular $129.00/mo)
Annual billing shown; monthly option is available via the pricing flow
SEO + GEO workflows, rank tracking, keyword/competitor research, backlink research/monitoring, content marketing, website audit, local marketing, reporting, MCP and API access
10 projects, 1 manager seat, 2,000 keywords/day, 25,000 API credits/month, 100 daily AI prompts, 250,000 audit pages/account
Growth
$223.20/mo annual billing (regular $279.00/mo)
Annual billing shown; monthly option is available via the pricing flow
All Core features plus lifetime project historical data, higher limits, expanded competitive research, and API/MCP capacity
30 projects, 3 manager seats, 5,000 keywords/day, 100,000 API credits/month, 250 daily AI prompts, 2,000,000 audit pages/account
Enterprise
Custom quote
Custom terms
Full API and advanced integrations, enterprise-scale rank tracking and support; the official page directs buyers to request a demo
Custom limits and advanced integrations
Agency Pack add-on
+$69.00/mo
Monthly add-on
White-label platform/reporting, unlimited scheduled reporting and AI summaries, client-facing agency tools
30 projects; higher project options are shown in the comparison
AI Search add-on
+$71.20/mo (regular $89.00/mo shown)
Monthly add-on
Additional AI search visibility research/tracking capacity
Extended AI Search limits vary by plan
API add-on
+$45.00/mo on an existing subscription
Annual billing only on the API pricing page
Data API + Project API, MCP included, volume-based discounts
3M credits/year on the API pricing page
Standalone API
$179/mo (regular $200/mo shown)
Annual billing only
Standalone Data API access, MCP included, up to 57% wallet-rate discount and volume pricing
12M credits/year
Last verified September 2026 against seranking.com/subscription.html. Vendors change packaging often; confirm before buying.
Scorecard
4.5/5 overall, weighted for SEO research tools. How grades work.
Deep multi-source SEO research across keywords, competitors, domains, backlinks, SERPs, and AI visibility.
The features catalog lists keyword research, competitive research, backlink checker/monitor and SERP Checker (https://seranking.com/features.html); the API covers keyword, backlink, domain, audit and AI-search data (https://seranking.com/api.html).
Strong keyword discovery and decision metrics, including intent and trend-oriented analysis.
The keyword tool is described as uncovering thousands of ideas and assessing keyword potential (https://seranking.com/keyword-suggestion-tool.html); MCP examples include volume, CPC, competition, difficulty, six-month trend and intent grouping (https://seranking.com/mcp.html).
Gathers competitor, SERP, backlink, domain, traffic, GSC/GA4 and AI visibility context.
Official API use cases include competitor gaps, domain performance, backlinks, audits and AI visibility (https://seranking.com/api.html); integrations combine GA4 and GSC with rankings (https://seranking.com/integrations.html).
Competitor context
Competitive Research, domain analysis, competitor keyword/traffic views, backlink gaps and AI-search comparison are explicitly supported.
Content Editor supports AI-assisted creation and optimization, but the evidence is for drafting/optimization rather than fully autonomous publishing.
The home page says users can create content faster and receive AI-powered optimization tips, with Content Editor linked at https://seranking.com/; the integrations page documents WordPress export and article analytics (https://seranking.com/integrations.html).
Native AI-search visibility research and tracking across major AI answer surfaces.
Rank Tracker describes tracking ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews (https://seranking.com/position-tracking.html); MCP documents AI search visibility tools and prompt-level analysis (https://seranking.com/mcp.html).
Full technical auditing with crawl, indexability, JavaScript rendering, page-level checks and large-site capacity.
Website Audit documents 115+ metrics, JavaScript rendering, indexability/status-code checks and up to 2M pages per project (https://seranking.com/website-audit.html).
Supports content export/integration and workflow reporting, but is not evidenced as a complete autonomous CMS publishing system.
WordPress integration says published article analytics return to Content Editor after export (https://seranking.com/integrations.html); the content page is centered on editor optimization rather than end-to-end publishing (https://seranking.com/content-editor.html).
Excellent ongoing measurement across rankings, AI prompts, traffic, audits, backlinks, reports and share of voice.
Rank Tracker provides daily top-100 and AI visibility tracking (https://seranking.com/position-tracking.html); reporting supports scheduled PDF/XLS/HTML delivery and Looker dashboards (https://seranking.com/seo-reporting-tools.html).
Highly agent-ready through remote MCP, structured APIs, integrations and ready-made Claude Skills.
MCP provides 180+ tools and a hosted one-URL connection (https://seranking.com/mcp.html); official documentation lists 160+ tools and ready-to-use Claude Skills (https://seranking.com/api/integrations/mcp/).
Agentic workflow coverage
Public prices, a no-card trial, starter limits and free migration on annual subscriptions make evaluation accessible, although meaningful usage is paid and metered.
Core/Growth prices and trial terms are public (https://seranking.com/subscription.html), while the page states free migration with annual subscription.
Official marketing indicates substantial agency and global adoption, but these are vendor-reported estimates rather than independently audited customer counts.
The Enterprise page says 40,000+ agencies (https://seranking.com/se-ranking-for-enterprises.html), while the home page says professionals in 150+ countries choose SE Ranking (https://seranking.com/).
Internal company data
GA4, GSC, Matomo, Google Ads and project data can be connected, but a broad internal knowledge-base ingestion feature is not evidenced.
SEO data grounding
Core workflows are grounded in SE Ranking's keyword, backlink, SERP, domain, audit and ranking datasets.
Third-party app grounding
GA4, GSC, Matomo, Google Ads, Looker/Data Studio, WordPress and many reporting/automation apps are documented integrations.
Custom API grounding
REST Data API and Project API expose structured SEO/GEO data and project operations, with standalone and add-on pricing.
Explicitly packages SEO plus GEO/AI visibility, including prompts, LLM tracking, AI competitive research and AI sources.
Current plans show daily prompts, five LLMs, unlimited AI-source tracking, and AI competitive research limits (https://seranking.com/subscription.html).
Good agency collaboration via manager seats, guest links, white-label reporting, scheduled delivery and client seats; limits vary by plan.
Pricing lists manager seats, report limits and guest links (https://seranking.com/subscription.html); Agency Pack provides white-label platform/reporting and client tools (https://seranking.com/subscription.html#agency_pack).
MCP covers research, backlinks, domains, audits, AI visibility, SERP analysis and project management; Claude Skills turn data into deliverables.
Autonomous execution
Automated reports, scheduled workflows and project operations are supported, but evidence does not establish unrestricted autonomous SEO changes or publishing.
Human control and review
Reports, dashboards, audit issue lists, exports and authorization-based integrations provide strong human review points.
Integration surface
Broad integration surface spanning APIs, MCP, Make, n8n, Zapier, analytics, reporting, CMS and local listings.
Memory and persistent context
Projects retain ranking history and Growth includes lifetime project historical data, but persistent agent memory beyond SEO project data is not evidenced.
Evaluation and feedback loop
Historical comparisons, health scores, report trends and content scores support measurement feedback; a dedicated agent-evaluation framework is not evidenced.
Low-code/no-code and conversational workflows can automate research, audits, reporting and project management, but autonomous execution still requires configuration, credits and review.
Make.com and n8n integrations support automated rank tracking, audits and reporting (https://seranking.com/integrations.html); MCP requires authorization and provides live conversational access (https://seranking.com/mcp.html).
There is a time-limited fully functional trial and free API credits, but no evidence of a permanently free full product tier.
The pricing page documents a 14-day trial and starter usage (https://seranking.com/subscription.html); API pricing documents 100K free trial credits (https://seranking.com/api-pricing.html).