SE Ranking
AI SEO platform for tracking and validating brand visibility across SEO, GEO, AI search, and social.
By SE Ranking · 4.0/5 Value-Position score (estimate)
Positioning guardrails
Best for
- In-house SEO and GEO teams tracking rankings, AI search visibility, and competitor share of voice
- Agencies running multi-client reporting with white label and scheduled reports
- Marketing teams that want SEO and AI visibility data piped into their own stack via API and MCP
Ideal size: 5–200 (agency teams and in-house marketing) people · Scale-up or agency with an established SEO/GEO program
Not for
- Buyers looking for a single-purpose, low-cost rank tracker
- Teams that cannot commit to annual billing for migrations and add-ons
- Enterprise procurement that requires published security certifications
Value metrics scorecard
Time-to-Value
~2 weeks (14-day free trial)
~14 days to first production value
Total Cost of Ownership
$2,678/yr
Starts at $1,238 · Per-plan subscription billed monthly or annually (annual saves 20%); add-ons and extra limits sold separately
Implementation Friction
2/5
Engineering + admin effort required
Value-Position score
out of 5 · model estimate
Full cost breakdown
Mandatory implementation fee
None
Seat tiers
Core: 1 manager seat, 10 projects; Growth: 3 manager seats, 30 projects; extra manager seats from $16/mo
Add-on costs
- Agency Pack from $69/mo (annual billing only): white label, client seats, lead generator
- AI Search add-on from $71.20/mo: visibility tracking across AI Overviews, AI Mode, Perplexity, ChatGPT
- API add-on from $45/mo annual billing only; standalone API plan from $179/mo
- Planable social media management from $33/mo, 20% off when bundled with SE Ranking
Company & support
Who is behind SE Ranking, and how your team gets help once it is live.
Company
- Founded
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- Headquarters
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How you get support
- PhoneNot listed
- EmailAll plans
- Live chatAll plans
- Support portal / ticketsNot listed
- Community forumNot listed
- Help centre / docsAll plans
- Dedicated account managerPaid plans
- In person / on-siteNot listed
- Hours
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- Response time
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Pricing FAQ: all customers get the Help Center, Academy resources and chat & email support. Higher-tier plans add Customer Success (onboarding and ongoing guidance); Growth lists dedicated customer support.
“Not listed” means the vendor’s public pages don’t mention that channel, not that it is unavailable. Ask about it during evaluation.
Market position
Where SE Ranking sits against its closest alternatives. Pick any two of cost, speed, friction and buyer score, and up to 9 companies to compare.
Quadrant view
Typical annual cost × Time-to-value
The lines cross at the median of the solutions shown, so about half sit on each side of each line.
Companies on the chart 6 / 10
- SE Ranking
- Clearscope
- BrightLocal
- LawPay
- ChargeOver
- Smartlead
Add or change companies
Up to 10 companies including SE Ranking. Listed closest first.
Stack fit signal
Compatibility with standard B2B ecosystems.
No supported MCP path today, so it cannot be driven from an AI client.
AI & MCP readiness
What SE Ranking ships in AI, and what it asks of your ecosystem.
AI features shipped
AI Visibility (SE Visible) monitors brand mentions, sentiment and share of voice across five AI engines, including the prompts and sources behind AI answers. The site also lists an AI Writer, AI optimization tips and AI summaries in scheduled reports.
In your ecosystem
- AI connection
- Not supported
- Model key
- Not recorded
- AI usage audit
- Not recorded
Compliance attestations
* IAPP AIGP certifies individuals, not products. It means named staff hold the credential — not that the platform does.
Bottom line
SE Ranking is an AI SEO platform used by 40,000+ agencies for rank tracking, keyword and backlink research, site audits, content and local marketing, plus GEO/AI search visibility through SE Visible. SEO and AI visibility data can be pulled into GA4, Looker Studio, Make, n8n and AI assistants via API and a native MCP server. Core starts at $103.20/mo billed annually; Growth at $223.20/mo adds API credits, historical data and support.
Frequently asked questions
How quickly can a team get value from SE Ranking?
There is a 14-day free trial with no credit card, and the vendor cites about 30 minutes for initial report setup. Free assisted migration is available with annual subscriptions, so most teams reach usable reporting within the first two weeks.
What does SE Ranking cost per year?
Core is $103.20 per month billed annually (about $1,238 per year) and Growth is $223.20 per month (about $2,678 per year). Add-ons for the Agency Pack, AI Search and API, plus extra seats and keyword limits, are billed separately, and Enterprise is custom-priced.
Does SE Ranking cover AI search visibility, not just Google rankings?
Yes. SE Visible and the AI Search add-on track brand mentions, sentiment and share of voice across five major AI engines, benchmark competitors, and show the prompts and sources behind AI answers, alongside classic rank tracking and backlink monitoring.
How does SE Ranking fit into our existing stack?
It integrates with GA4, Google Search Console, Looker Studio, Matomo, Make.com, n8n and Zapier, exposes projects and research APIs, and offers a native MCP server so data can be queried live inside Claude, ChatGPT or other AI assistants.
What support and implementation effort should we expect?
All customers get the Help Center, Academy resources and chat and email support; higher-tier plans add Customer Success onboarding and guidance. Annual subscriptions include free assisted migration, and there is no mandatory implementation fee.