SE Ranking vs Serpstat
Plans, prices and documented capabilities side by side, from each vendor's own documentation.
A side-by-side reference, not a recommendation. Neither product has been independently tested.
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SE Ranking
Lowest listed plan
Core · $129/mo month-to-month
Vendor-checked26 Oct 2026 · Not independently tested
Serpstat
Lowest listed plan
Individual · $69/mo month-to-month
Vendor-checked27 Oct 2026 · Not independently tested
Which tool should you choose?
SEOFinder editorial summary
Serpstat's Individual plan ($69/mo, 5 projects) covers keyword research, rank tracking, site audits and backlinks, while AI visibility checks, API access, AI content generation and multiple users start at Team ($129/mo, 3 users). SE Ranking includes AI prompt tracking (100 prompts a day) and AI-written articles (25 a month) on its Core plan ($129/mo, 1 manager seat, 10 projects). SE Ranking offers a 14-day trial without a card; Serpstat's 7-day trial needs a card for a refunded $1 charge and renews automatically unless cancelled.
SEOFinder's editorial summary of each vendor's own documentation. Neither product has been independently tested.
Summary
- 6documented differences
- 6documented the same for both
- 5documented for one tool only
- 2unknown for both
- Billing
- SE Ranking: Month-to-month billing
- Serpstat: Month-to-month billing
- Free plan
- SE Ranking: Unknown
- Serpstat: Unknown
- Free trial
- SE Ranking: Yes · 14 days, no card required
- Serpstat: Yes · 7 days, card required
- AI engines tracked
- SE Ranking: ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini (confirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan)
- Serpstat: ChatGPT and Gemini (confirmed from Team)
Documented differences
Both tools documented, and the support or plan differs.
- AI visibility monitoring
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: OfferedConfirmed from TeamAvailability on lower plans not verified.
- Citation and source tracking
- SE Ranking: OfferedPlan not specified
- Serpstat: PartialPlan not specified
- Automated content generation
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: OfferedConfirmed from TeamAvailability on lower plans not verified.
- Backlink monitoring
- SE Ranking: OfferedPlan not specified
- Serpstat: PartialPlan not specified
Documented for one tool only
No documentation was found for the other tool. That is unknown, not a missing capability.
- Unknown for Serpstat: Content optimization, Content briefs, Content refresh
Pricing
- The lowest listed plans are not necessarily equivalent. Check plan limits before comparing prices.
- Plans
- SE Ranking:
- Core$129/mo month-to-month$103.20/mo billed annually
Limits of Core
10 projects, 1 manager seat, 2k keywords daily, 100 AI prompts tracked daily, 5 GEO research domains, 250k audited pages/month, 25K/mo API credits with MCP, 25 Content Marketing articles.
- Growth$279/mo month-to-month$223.20/mo billed annually
Limits of Growth
30 projects, 3 manager seats, 5k keywords daily, 250 AI prompts daily, 15 GEO research domains, 2M audited pages/month, 100K/mo API credits, 50 articles; adds historical data, page change monitoring.
- EnterpriseContact sales — Custom pricing
Limits of Enterprise
Full API access, advanced integrations.
- Core$129/mo month-to-month$103.20/mo billed annually
- Serpstat:
- Individual$69/mo month-to-month$50/mo billed annually$600/yr listed
Limits of Individual
5 projects, 100 searches a day, 10,000 keyword position checks, 30,000 pages to audit, 50,000 export rows. Multi-user access and API access are not listed on Individual.
- Team$129/mo month-to-month$100/mo billed annually$1,200/yr listed
Limits of Team
3 users, unlimited projects, 500 searches a day, 50,000 keyword position checks, 150,000 pages to audit, 250,000 export rows, 200,000 API credits a month, 1,500 AI Visibility checks a month. A higher-limit Team option (99,999 position checks) is priced separately.
- Team x2$209/mo month-to-month$169/mo billed annually$2,028/yr listed
Limits of Team x2
6 users, unlimited projects, 1,000 searches a day, 100,000 keyword position checks, 300,000 pages to audit, 500,000 export rows, 400,000 API credits a month, 1,500 AI Visibility checks a month.
- Agency$499/mo month-to-month$410/mo billed annually$4,920/yr listed
Limits of Agency
30 users, unlimited projects, 5,000 searches a day, 500,000 keyword position checks, 1,500,000 pages to audit a month, 2,500,000 export rows a month, 2,000,000 API credits a month, 1,500 AI Visibility checks a month, white label reports, phone support.
- Individual$69/mo month-to-month$50/mo billed annually$600/yr listed
- Prices last verified
- SE Ranking: 26 Oct 2026
- Serpstat: 27 Oct 2026
Capabilities
OfferedPartialPaid add-onNot offeredUnknown* Not yet verified
Not offered means the vendor says so. Unknown means we found no vendor documentation either way; the capability may still exist.
AI visibility4 differences · 2 documented for one tool only
- AI visibility monitoringDiffers
Evidence for AI visibility monitoring
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: OfferedConfirmed from TeamAvailability on lower plans not verified.
- ChatGPT trackingDiffers
Evidence for ChatGPT tracking
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: OfferedConfirmed from TeamAvailability on lower plans not verified.
- Google AI Overviews trackingOne side unknown
Evidence for Google AI Overviews tracking
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: No vendor documentation found.
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: Unknown
- Google AI Mode trackingOne side unknown
Evidence for Google AI Mode tracking
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: No vendor documentation found.
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: Unknown
- Gemini trackingDiffers
Evidence for Gemini tracking
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: OfferedConfirmed from TeamAvailability on lower plans not verified.
- Citation and source trackingDiffers
Evidence for Citation and source tracking
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentationVendor notes: Shows when your domain is cited in Google AI Overviews, in Keyword Research and Site Analysis reports. Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedPlan not specified
- Serpstat: PartialPlan not specified
- AI competitor benchmarking
Evidence for AI competitor benchmarking
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedPlan not specified
- Serpstat: OfferedConfirmed from TeamAvailability on lower plans not verified.
- Prompt tracking
Evidence for Prompt tracking
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: OfferedPlan not specified
Content & publishing1 difference · 3 documented for one tool only
- Automated content generationDiffers
Evidence for Automated content generation
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: OfferedConfirmed from TeamAvailability on lower plans not verified.
- Automated publishing
Evidence for Automated publishing
- SE Ranking: No vendor documentation found.
- Serpstat: No vendor documentation found.
- SE Ranking: Unknown
- Serpstat: Unknown
- Content optimizationOne side unknown
Evidence for Content optimization
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: No vendor documentation found.
- SE Ranking: OfferedPlan not specified
- Serpstat: Unknown
- Content briefsOne side unknown
Evidence for Content briefs
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: No vendor documentation found.
- SE Ranking: OfferedPlan not specified
- Serpstat: Unknown
- Content refreshOne side unknown
Evidence for Content refresh
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: No vendor documentation found.
- SE Ranking: OfferedPlan not specified
- Serpstat: Unknown
SEO researchNo documented differences
- Keyword research
Evidence for Keyword research
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: OfferedConfirmed from Individual, the lowest paid plan
- Rank tracking
Evidence for Rank tracking
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: OfferedConfirmed from Individual, the lowest paid plan
Technical SEONo documented differences
- Technical site audit
Evidence for Technical site audit
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: OfferedConfirmed from Individual, the lowest paid plan
Backlinks1 difference
- Backlink analysis
Evidence for Backlink analysis
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedConfirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan
- Serpstat: OfferedConfirmed from Individual, the lowest paid plan
- Backlink building
Evidence for Backlink building
- SE Ranking: No vendor documentation found.
- Serpstat: No vendor documentation found.
- SE Ranking: Unknown
- Serpstat: Unknown
- Backlink monitoringDiffers
Evidence for Backlink monitoring
- SE Ranking: Verified 26 Oct 2026 against vendor documentation Source for SE Ranking
- Serpstat: Verified 27 Oct 2026 against vendor documentationVendor notes: New and lost backlinks are shown in charts and a Lost backlinks view, with the reason a link was lost. Source for Serpstat
- SE Ranking: OfferedPlan not specified
- Serpstat: PartialPlan not specified
Integrations
- Google Analytics
- SE Ranking: Documented
- Serpstat: Documented
- Google Search Console
- SE Ranking: Documented
- Serpstat: Documented
- Looker Studio
- SE Ranking: Documented
- Serpstat: DocumentedConfirmed from TeamAvailability on lower plans not verified.
- Make
- SE Ranking: Documented
- Serpstat: Unknown
- Public API
- SE Ranking: Listed (not yet verified)
- Serpstat: DocumentedConfirmed from TeamAvailability on lower plans not verified.
- Wix
- SE Ranking: Documented
- Serpstat: Unknown
- WordPress
- SE Ranking: Documented (publishing)
- Serpstat: Unknown
- Zapier
- SE Ranking: Documented
- Serpstat: Unknown
“Unknown” means we found no vendor documentation for it, not that it is unavailable.
Who they are for
- Built for (vendor-stated)
- SE Ranking: Agencies, Enterprises
- Serpstat: Freelancers and consultants, Agencies, Small businesses, Ecommerce brands, SaaS companies
- Best suited for (SEOFinder editorial)
- SE Ranking:
- Teams tracking thousands of keywords daily (2,000 on Core, 5,000 on Growth).
- Teams that also want AI-written content (25 articles a month on Core, 50 on Growth).
- Serpstat:
- Agencies and growing teams that need unlimited projects and API access (Team, from $129/mo).
- Freelancers starting out with core SEO tools (Individual: 5 projects).
Sources
Each vendor's own pages, read on the dates shown. SEOFinder has not independently tested these products.
SE Ranking
Full profile of SE RankingChecked 26 Oct 2026
Serpstat
Full profile of SerpstatChecked 27 Oct 2026
11 official sources
- serpstat.com/page/pricing-plans/
- help.serpstat.com/en/articles/14938644-serpstat-for-looker-studio
- help.serpstat.com/en/articles/14963789-indexing-inspection
- help.serpstat.com/en/articles/14974836-llm-brand-monitor-ai-brand-visibility-tracking
- serpstat.com/solutions/serpstat-for-smbs/
- serpstat.com/solutions/serpstat-for-ecommerce/
- serpstat.com/solutions/serpstat-for-saas/
- help.serpstat.com/en/articles/14895730-text-editor
- help.serpstat.com/en/articles/14772115-backlinks
- help.serpstat.com/en/articles/14935974-custom-reports
- serpstat.com/blog/serpstat-changelog/