SE Ranking vs Surfer

SE Ranking focuses on SEO platforms; Surfer focuses on Content optimization.

• 8documented differences
• 6documented the same for both
• 4documented for one tool only
• 2unknown for both

Billing

SE Ranking: Month-to-month billing

Surfer: Month-to-month billing

Free plan

SE Ranking: Unknown

Surfer: Unknown

Free trial

SE Ranking: Yes · 14 days, no card required

Surfer: Yes · 7 days, card required

AI engines tracked

SE Ranking: ChatGPT, AI Overviews, AI Mode and Gemini (confirmed from Core, the lowest paid plan)

Surfer: ChatGPT (confirmed from Standard); AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity and Gemini (confirmed from Pro)

Documented differences

Both tools documented, and the support or plan differs.

Documented for one tool only

No documentation was found for the other tool. That is unknown, not a missing capability.

• Unknown for Surfer: Technical site audit, Backlink analysis, Backlink monitoring

• 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.

Surfer:

• Discovery$59/mo month-to-month$49/mo billed annually
  Limits of Discovery

  120 documents; Track 0 AI prompts; tracks 10 pages. 1 team seat.

• AI Search Analytics$95/mo month-to-month$82/mo billed annually
  Limits of AI Search Analytics

  AI visibility only: 50 AI prompts refreshed daily, 5 brand spaces; no content-creation documents listed. 5 team seats.

• Standard$119/mo month-to-month$99/mo billed annually
  Limits of Standard

  360 documents; Track 25 AI Prompts, refreshed weekly, across ChatGPT only. 3 team seats.

• Pro$219/mo month-to-month$182/mo billed annually
  Limits of Pro

  Track 50 AI Prompts, refreshed daily; adds Contentful integration, MCP. 5 team seats.

• Peace of Mind$359/mo month-to-month$299/mo billed annually
  Limits of Peace of Mind

  Track 100 AI Prompts, refreshed daily; unlimited* documents (fair usage policy); Zapier, API Access. 10 team seats.

• EnterpriseContact sales — Custom pricing
  Limits of Enterprise

  Talk to Surfer Expert; SSO, white-label, custom limits

Prices last verified

SE Ranking: 26 Oct 2026

Surfer: 27 Oct 2026

Contentful

SE Ranking: Unknown

Surfer: DocumentedConfirmed from ProAvailability on lower plans not verified.

Google Analytics

SE Ranking: Documented

Surfer: Unknown

Google Search Console

SE Ranking: Documented

Surfer: Unknown

Looker Studio

SE Ranking: Documented

Surfer: Unknown

Make

SE Ranking: Documented

Surfer: Unknown

Public API

SE Ranking: Listed* (not yet verified)

Surfer: Listed* (not yet verified)

Wix

SE Ranking: Documented

Surfer: Unknown

WordPress

SE Ranking: Documented (publishing)

Surfer: Documented (publishing)Confirmed from StandardAvailability on lower plans not verified.

Zapier

SE Ranking: Documented

Surfer: DocumentedConfirmed from Peace of MindAvailability on lower plans not verified.

“Unknown” means we found no vendor documentation for it, not that it is unavailable.

Built for (vendor-stated)

SE Ranking: Agencies, Enterprises

Surfer: Agencies

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).

Surfer:

• Agencies delivering on-page SEO.
• Teams producing many articles (360 documents on Standard, unlimited under a fair-use policy on Peace of Mind).

Each vendor's own pages, read on the dates shown. SEOFinder has not independently tested these products.