SE Ranking alternatives
By Joris van Huët · each comparison from the vendors' own pricing and help pages, prices dated on the page
The short answer: 4 tools are compared with SE Ranking on this site, and the line under each one is the verdict from its comparison: who should pick which, with the figures that decide it on the comparison itself. Read the one that names your job. What SE Ranking costs and who it suits is in its entry, and how to use SE Ranking walks through one job with it.
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Ahrefs
Choose SE Ranking if your job is reporting rankings across several sites. Choose Ahrefs if your job is link and competitor research, and budget for Standard at $249 if you need two years of history.
Nightwatch
Consider Nightwatch if a whole team or a client roster reads ranking and AI-answer reports and you do not want to pay per seat: Starter tracks 500 keywords and 50 AI prompts for €99 a month, or €79 a month billed yearly (Nightwatch pricing).
Semrush
If your week is reporting rankings for up to 10 sites and 2,000 keywords, SE Ranking's Core plan covers it for $129 a month on monthly billing, with 100 AI prompts tracked daily and an audit of 250,000 pages a month (SE Ranking pricing).
Ubersuggest
Under 125 keywords on one site, checked once a week, you are watching a trend rather than running a reporting operation, and Ubersuggest Individual at $29 a month covers that (Ubersuggest pricing).
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