Mangools alternatives: 8 tools, prices and limits

By Michael Nefedov, noetio · Updated 21 October 2026

Mangools Basic is €61 a month for 200 tracked keywords. The cheapest alternative that tracks more is SE Ranking Core at €109 for 2k keywords daily.

Which one to pick

Pick by the job you need done, then check the table below.

• More keywords tracked every daySE Ranking Core lists 2k, daily, for €109 a month. Mangools needs Agency (€141) for daily updates.
• Start without payingSemrush or Screaming Frog Semrush has a free plan and a 7-day trial. Screaming Frog is free up to 500 URLs.
• Write pages, not track keywordsSurfer Discovery (€59) or Frase Starter ($49) Both count documents or articles.
• Only AI answer trackingOtterly.AI Lite is €29 a month for 15 prompts.
• Track a short list for one personMangools Basic 200 keywords, €61, with a free account and a 48-hour refund.

Mangools vs the alternatives

Mangools Basic is the cheapest plan here that tracks keywords; the next ones up cost €109 to €134.21.

Entry plan of each tool, from its own pricing page, read on 21 October 2026. Monthly column: pay month to month. Yearly column: the monthly equivalent when you pay for a year.

Euro and dollar signs are as each page showed them in a browser with a German IP. Frase, Writesonic and Screaming Frog print dollars.

• Ahrefs tracks keywords weekly. SE Ranking and Semrush list theirs daily, so keyword counts are not the same measure.
• Surfer prints yearly prices first. Its monthly switch shows Discovery €59, Standard €119, Pro €219 and Peace of Mind €359. The switch also changes the document count: Discovery shows 120 on yearly billing and 10 on monthly.
• Writesonic prints yearly prices first. Its Monthly switch shows Starter $99.
• Semrush prints its monthly price rounded in the yearly view ("instead of €134"). Its Monthly switch shows €134.21.

Sources: the vendor pricing pages linked in the first column ( SE Ranking, Ahrefs, Semrush, Screaming Frog, Frase, Surfer, Otterly.AI, Writesonic), read 21 October 2026, on both billing switches where a page has one.

Mangools pricing: every plan

Mangools has three plans, from €61 to €141 a month, and its page marks yearly billing "Save ~35%".

mangools.com/plans-and-pricing sells each plan with AI Search Watcher PRO (500 prompts monitored, unlimited monitors). Annual billing is the default view. The table has both billing options.

Prices: Mangools pricing page, read 21 October 2026, both toggles. Plans renew automatically (FAQ on the same page). Each card is marked "API & MCP included".

What is in Mangools: six tools

Mangools is six tools in one plan: keywords, SERPs, rank tracking, backlinks, site metrics and AI tracking.

• KWFinder gives search volumes, keyword difficulty and keyword ideas.
• SERPChecker shows local SERP results with SERP features and 49 metrics (the pricing menu says 49; the SERPChecker page itself says 45+).
• SERPWatcher tracks rankings with city-level localization.
• LinkMiner finds backlink opportunities.
• SiteProfiler gives an SEO metrics overview of any website.
• AI Search Watcher tracks your AI visibility, and Mangools offers a free AI monitor.

The tool descriptions above are from the Mangools pricing page menu. The site also lists free mini tools, an SEO content optimizer, an MCP server and an API. Its home page says "Start in 30 seconds. No credit card required." for the free account.

Where Mangools wins

Mangools Basic is the cheapest keyword research and rank tracking plan in this table.

• Basic is €61 a month, against €109 for SE Ranking Core, €119 for Ahrefs Lite and €134.21 for Semrush SEO.
• Surfer Discovery is €59, but it buys documents, not tracked keywords.
• Yearly billing brings Basic to €37.70 a month.
• Every plan includes AI Search Watcher PRO with 500 prompts monitored.
• You can start with a free account without a card. The pricing FAQ allows upgrading, downgrading or cancelling any time, with a 48-hour refund window.

Where Mangools falls short

Tracking is the limit: 200 keywords on Basic, 700 on Premium, weekly updates until Agency.

• SE Ranking Core tracks 2k keywords a day. Ahrefs Lite tracks 750 but refreshes weekly, the same as Mangools Basic.
• Daily updates at Mangools need Agency at €141 a month.
• The refund window is 48 hours and does not apply to 2 consecutive subscriptions.
• The pricing page does not list the free account's limits or a trial.

What a step up costs, in euros on monthly billing

Past 200 keywords, the price jumps from €61 to €81 (Premium) or €109 (SE Ranking Core).

Prices: Mangools pricing page, Ahrefs pricing (Rank Tracker table), SE Ranking subscription page and Semrush pricing, read 21 October 2026. Semrush and SE Ranking list other limits too (see their sections).

The 8 Mangools alternatives, one by one

Each alternative below is the first step up from €61 a month, or a free start.

SE Ranking

Best for more daily tracking. If you outgrow 200 keywords, Core is the nearest jump: €109 a month, or €87.20 on yearly billing (the page says Save 20%). It adds 2k keywords tracked daily, 100 AI prompts a day, 10 projects and 250k audit pages a month.

The 14-day trial needs no card and is capped at 750 keywords a day. Payments are non-refundable unless the service was not delivered as promised, which is a stricter refund line than Mangools' 48 hours.

Ahrefs

Best if you also need backlink data. Lite is €119 a month: 750 keywords tracked weekly, 5 AI prompts a day (150 checks a month) and 1 user. Standard is €229 for 2,000 keywords and Advanced €419 for 5,000. There is no trial listed, and the Ahrefs FAQ says it does not issue refunds in general. An Ahrefs Free plan exists. On the yearly switch Lite is €99 a month, billed €1,190 a year. See Ahrefs alternatives.

Semrush

Best for a free start. The SEO plan is €134.21 a month, or €112.52 billed yearly, for 5 websites and 500 keywords tracked daily. It has a free plan (1 demo project, 10 reports a day) and a 7-day free trial ("Try Semrush free for seven days. Cancel anytime."), so you can compare it with Mangools without paying. See Semrush alternatives.

Screaming Frog SEO Spider

Best for crawling a site. None of the six Mangools tools is a site crawler, and this one is. Free up to 500 URLs; a licence is $279 per year and lasts one year. Use it for the checks in our technical SEO audit checklist.

Frase

Best for writing with AI prompt tracking. Starter is $39 a month billed yearly or $49 month to month, for 10 articles and 50 audit pages a month. Mangools lists an SEO content optimizer; Frase counts articles, so the units differ. Professional is $103 yearly ($129 monthly). The 7-day trial needs no card. See Frase alternatives.

Surfer

Best for scoring pages. Discovery is €49 a month billed yearly, below Mangools Basic at €61 monthly, but it buys 120 documents on yearly billing (10 on monthly) and 10 tracked pages, not tracked keywords. Month to month Discovery is €59. Standard is €99 (€119 monthly), Pro €182 (€219), Peace of Mind €299 (€359). Auto-renew can be turned off in the app. See Surfer SEO alternatives.

Otterly.AI

Best for AI answer tracking alone. Lite is €29 a month or €25 billed annually for 15 search prompts, tracked daily on ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity and Microsoft Copilot. Standard is €189 (€160 yearly) for 100 prompts. The FAQ says there is a free trial, without a length, and that you can cancel any time. Mangools lists 500 prompts monitored in AI Search Watcher PRO on every plan.

Writesonic

Best for articles plus AI tracking. Starter is $79 a month billed annually, $99 month to month: 50 prompts tracked daily across ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, 15 AI articles, and 10 site audits of 100 pages each, for 1 user. You can start with no card, and the FAQ promises a 7-day refund.

How to pick a Mangools alternative

Count your keywords first, then pick by the limit you hit.

• Track more than 200 keywordsSE Ranking Core or Ahrefs Lite Mangools Premium tracks 700 for €81. SE Ranking Core lists 2k tracked daily for €109, and Ahrefs Lite lists 750 tracked weekly for €119. Count your keywords first.
• Daily rank updatesSE Ranking Core lists keywords tracked daily from €109 a month. On Mangools that is the Agency plan, €141 a month for 1,500 keywords.
• Test for freeSemrush, SE Ranking, Frase or Screaming Frog Semrush has a free plan, SE Ranking has a 14-day trial, Frase has 7 days, and Screaming Frog is free to 500 URLs.
• Pages writtenFrase, Writesonic or Surfer Frase and Writesonic count articles a month (10 and 15). Surfer counts documents (120). The units differ.

More comparisons: Ahrefs alternatives, Semrush alternatives, Frase alternatives, Surfer SEO alternatives and all SEO tool alternatives. To see what AI answer trackers do, read LLM SEO tools.

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Sources

All read on 21 October 2026, in a browser with a German IP, both billing switches where the page has one.

1. Mangools, Plans & pricing, mangools.com. Plan prices, limits, seats, update frequency, FAQ on renewal, cancel and refund.
2. Mangools, home page, mangools.com. Free account, "No credit card required", free AI monitor.
3. Mangools, KWFinder (2.5 Billion related keywords) and SERPChecker (30 M+ SERPs in the database), mangools.com.
4. SE Ranking, Subscription plans, seranking.com. Core and Growth prices, limits, trial and refund FAQ.
5. Ahrefs, Plans & pricing, ahrefs.com. Both billing switches, FAQ on discounts, trials and refunds.
6. Semrush, Plans & Pricing, semrush.com. Both switches, Free plan, seven-day trial line.
7. Screaming Frog, SEO Spider pricing, screamingfrog.co.uk. Free version, 500 URL limit, licence price and term.
8. Frase, Pricing, frase.io. Starter and Professional prices, limits, trial.
9. Surfer, Pricing, surferseo.com. Both billing switches, fair usage note, cancellation FAQ.
10. Otterly.AI, Pricing, otterly.ai. Monthly and annual plans, FAQ on trial and cancelling.
11. Writesonic, Plans & Pricing, writesonic.com. Both switches, FAQ on card, refund and cancelling.

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Written by Michael Nefedov, founder of noetio. Updated 21 October 2026.