SE Ranking Pricing, Prices and Plans: Core $129, Growth $279 and Every Add-On in USD
SE Ranking sells two self-serve plans in the United States: Core at $129 a month and Growth at $279, both 20 percent cheaper on annual billing at $103.20 and $223.20 a month. Enterprise is quoted. Add-ons run from $45 to $89 a month. The catch most pricing pages miss: the vendor shows EUR prices to European visitors and USD to American ones, so half the round-ups you will find quote a ladder a US buyer never sees.
Every figure on this page was read from seranking.com/pricing as served to a United States visitor on 16 September 2026. Competitor prices were re-read on 9 September 2026.
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$129
Core plan, monthly billing, US price
$103.20
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SE Ranking pricing in US dollars, and why other pages disagree
SE Ranking's own pricing page is the only reliable source for SE Ranking pricing, and even that page gives two different answers depending on where you load it from. Open it from a European connection and the plans read EUR 109 and EUR 235. Open it from the US and they read $129 and $279. Neither is a conversion of the other; they are two price lists. That single fact explains why third-party reviews disagree with each other, and why several still describe an Essential, Pro and Business ladder the vendor retired. The table below is the US list, read this month.
The second thing the round-ups get wrong is where the API starts. The Core plan card lists 25K API credits and MCP access, and Growth lists 100K, so API access is included on every paid plan rather than gated to the upper tier. The paid API add-on ($45 a month on annual billing) and the standalone data API (from $179 a month) are for teams that need millions of credits, not for getting access in the first place. If an API ladder is what you are pricing, SEO API pricing puts SE Ranking next to Ahrefs, Semrush, Serpstat and DataForSEO.
One honest note so you do not buy the wrong category. SE Ranking is a rank tracker, site auditor and research suite, with an AI writer included (25 articles a month on Core, 50 on Growth per its plan table). It tells you what to fix; you still do the fixing. Rankable is the other way round: it is an agent that runs the website's SEO, so it audits, applies the fixes, writes and publishes the pages and reports weekly, from $99 a month for one site. It is not a rank tracker, not a backlink index and not a keyword database. If you are pricing SE Ranking because nobody has time to act on its reports, the comparison further down is the one to read. If you need daily rank data, buy the tracker; we do not sell one.
SE Ranking pricing table, September 2026 (USD)
Plans, add-ons and extras as listed on seranking.com/pricing for a United States visitor. Annual totals are the per-month annual price multiplied by twelve.
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| Plan or add-on | Price | Includes | Limit that binds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core, monthly | $129 | 10 projects, 1 seat | 2k keywords daily |
| Core, annual | $103.20 per mo | $1,238.40 a year | Same limits as monthly |
| Growth, monthly | $279 | 30 projects, 3 seats | 5k keywords daily |
| Growth, annual | $223.20 per mo | $2,678.40 a year | Same limits as monthly |
| Enterprise | Custom quote | Custom limits | Full API, integrations |
| Agency Pack add-on | $69 per mo | Annual billing only | White label, 30 client seats |
| AI Search add-on | $89 per mo | $71.20 on annual | 200 prompts, AI trackers |
| API add-on | $45 per mo | Annual billing only | 3M credits a year |
| Standalone data API | From $179 per mo | Annual billing only | No platform seat |
| Extra manager seat | From $16 per mo | Either plan | Per added user |
| Extra keywords | From $22.40 per mo | Core (Growth from $32) | Adds daily tracking |
| Extra articles | From $39.20 | Either plan | Above the 25 or 50 included |
Extra manager seats, keywords, articles and locations are sold per unit on top of either plan. The Agency Pack and API add-on are sold on annual billing only.
What the SE Ranking price actually buys
Six things the plan card says that the review sites tend to get wrong.
Two plans, not three
The current ladder is Core and Growth plus a quoted Enterprise tier. Reviews that list Essential, Pro and Business describe a price list the vendor no longer shows.
Annual billing saves 20 percent
Core drops from $129 to $103.20 a month and Growth from $279 to $223.20, billed upfront. The vendor also throws in assisted migration on annual terms.
API and MCP on every paid plan
Core includes 25K API credits a month and Growth 100K, both with MCP access. The $45 add-on and the $179 standalone API are for volume, not for access.
Seats are the hidden line
Core includes one manager seat and Growth three. Extra seats start at $16 a month each, and the vendor's FAQ says only one active session per login.
The AI writer is metered
The plan table lists 25 articles a month on Core and 50 on Growth, with extra articles from $39.20. That is $5.16 and $5.58 per included article.
Geo-priced, so check your currency
The same page shows EUR to European visitors and USD to American ones. If a review quotes a number that does not match this table, that is usually why.
How to pick the right SE Ranking plan in four steps
Size against the limits that bind first, then add seats, then add-ons, then decide whether content belongs on the same bill.
Count projects and daily keywords first
Core tracks 2,000 keywords a day across 10 projects; Growth tracks 5,000 across 30. Those two limits bind long before anything else on the plan card, so size against them, not against the feature list.
Add the seats you will actually use
One seat on Core and three on Growth. If four people need to log in, Growth plus one seat from $16 is cheaper than Core plus three, and it also unlocks historical data and page change monitoring.
Decide on add-ons before the annual commitment
Agency Pack ($69) and the API add-on ($45) are annual billing only. Bundled with Core they take the monthly figure to $198 and $174 respectively, and the AI Search add-on lifts Core to $218 on monthly billing.
Decide who will do the work
SE Ranking reports; someone still has to act. If that someone does not exist, price the job, not the dashboard: Rankable Starter at $99 audits one site, applies up to 60 fixes and publishes 4 articles a month. Buy the tracker for tracking.
Which plan fits which buyer
A freelancer with a handful of clients
Core at $129 covers 10 projects and 2,000 daily keywords, which is usually enough for five to eight small sites. Pay annually only once the client list is stable, because the discount is billed upfront.
A small agency that white-labels reports
Growth plus the Agency Pack is $348 a month on annual terms and adds 30 client seats and white-label reporting. Compare that with the Semrush tier that carries the same seat count before you decide.
An in-house marketer with no time to act on reports
If the audit findings sit unfixed for months, a tracker is the wrong shape. Rankable Starter at $99 runs one website every week: audit, up to 60 changes applied and 4 articles published. Growth at $249 covers 3 websites daily.
A developer pulling SEO data into a product
The standalone data API from $179 a month on annual billing gives programmatic access without a platform seat. Pay-as-you-go DataForSEO from a $50 minimum is the alternative if volume is unpredictable.
SE Ranking Core against Rankable Starter, line by line
These are different products, so the honest comparison is what each dollar buys. One tracks and reports; the other does the work on the site. Many teams need both.
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| Rankable Starter, $99 | SE Ranking Core, $129 | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $99 | $129 |
| What it is | Agent that runs your site's SEO | Rank tracker and SEO suite |
| Who does the work | The agent, changes applied | You, from its reports |
| SEO changes a month | Up to 60, applied and undoable | Reported, not applied |
| Articles a month | 4, written and published | 25 AI drafts |
| Sites or projects | 1 website, up to 500 pages | 10 projects |
| Daily rank tracking | None, not a tracker | 2,000 keywords |
| Technical audit | 147-point, fixes applied weekly | 250k pages a month, reported |
| Seats | No published cap | 1, extras from $16 |
| API | Agency plan only, own content | 25K credits plus MCP |
| Free trial | No trial, free site audit | 14 days, no card |
| Annual total | $594, half price yearly | $1,238.40 |
SE Ranking pricing questions
How much does SE Ranking cost?
SE Ranking costs $129 a month for the Core plan and $279 a month for Growth on monthly billing, or $103.20 and $223.20 a month when billed annually, which is $1,238.40 and $2,678.40 a year. Enterprise is quoted. Those are the US prices read from the vendor's pricing page on 16 September 2026; European visitors see a separate EUR list.
Is SE Ranking free?
No. SE Ranking has no free plan. It offers a 14-day free trial on both paid plans with no credit card required, capped at 10 projects, 750 tracked keywords a day and 20 AI prompts a day during the trial. After 14 days you pick Core at $129 or Growth at $279, or the account stops.
Is SE Ranking cheaper than Semrush?
Yes, at every comparable point. SE Ranking Core is $129 a month against Semrush's $139 entry plan, and Growth is $279 against Semrush Advanced at $549, the only Semrush tier with API access. On annual billing Core is $103.20 a month against Semrush's $117.33. The gap widens if you need the API, because SE Ranking includes it on Core. The full head-to-head is on SE Ranking vs Semrush pricing.
Does SE Ranking have API access?
Yes, on every paid plan. The Core plan card lists 25K API credits a month and MCP access, and Growth lists 100K. Teams that need more buy the API add-on at $45 a month on annual billing (3M credits a year) or the standalone data API from $179 a month, which needs no platform subscription at all.
Did SE Ranking increase its prices?
The plan structure changed. The vendor's page now sells Core and Growth, and the Essential, Pro and Business names that older reviews quote are gone from it. Because SE Ranking also prices in EUR and USD separately by visitor location, some of what looks like an increase online is a currency mismatch. The US list as of 16 September 2026 is $129 and $279.
Which SE Ranking plan should I buy?
Buy Core at $129 if one person will log in and you track under 2,000 keywords across ten or fewer projects. Buy Growth at $279 if you need three seats, 5,000 daily keywords, 30 projects, all-time historical data or page change monitoring. Add the Agency Pack ($69, annual only) only if you white-label reports for clients.
Is SE Ranking worth it for content production?
Only as a side benefit. The included AI writer works out to $5.16 per draft on Core and $5.58 on Growth, and a draft is not a published, indexed page; someone still edits, uploads and links it. Rankable is priced for the whole job instead: Starter at $99 audits one website, applies up to 60 fixes and publishes 4 articles a month, Growth at $249 runs 3 websites daily with 12 articles, Agency at $599 runs 15 with 40. Per published article that is $24.75, $20.75 and $14.98, more than a draft and far less than a freelancer, with the fixes included. Rankable does not track rankings, so many teams run both. See AI SEO pricing for the full per-article table.
Why does SE Ranking show EUR prices?
SE Ranking serves a EUR price list to visitors it locates in Europe and a USD list to visitors in the United States, from the same URL. A US buyer will be billed the USD ladder on this page. If your browser shows EUR, you are loading the page through a European connection or VPN, not seeing a discount.
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