SE Ranking

Best for: AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt); Teams needing broad API coverage out of the box; Cost-sensitive teams - low, transparent entry price

Avoid if: You want to try it free before paying; You have strict compliance requirements

Pricing model

Hybrid (base + usage) [2]seranking.com/subscription.html“Ranking's standalone API plan From $179.00 /mo Annual billing only Volume discounts”help.seranking.com/hc/en-us/articles/21487397355420-API-pricing“Paid plans include monthly Data API credits for testing: Core (25,000/month), Growth & Enterprise (100,000/month)”

Published pricing

✓ Yes [3]seranking.com/subscription.html“From $179.00 /mo Annual billing only Volume discounts”help.seranking.com/hc/en-us/articles/21487397355420-API-pricing“Core (25,000/month), Growth & Enterprise (100,000/month)”

Free tier

✗ No [4]help.seranking.com/hc/en-us/articles/21487397355420-API-pricing

Free tier details

14-day free trial with 100,000 free API credits. No credit card required. No perpetual $0 plan available. [5]help.seranking.com/hc/en-us/articles/21487397355420-API-pricingseranking.com/subscription.html“Annual billing only”

Self-serve signup

✓ Yes [6]seranking.com/api/how-to-get-api/“One key, both APIs. A single API key authenticates every endpoint across the Data API and the Project API”seranking.com/api.html“Accessing our API is straightforward. Just log in to your SE Ranking account, navigate to the API tab under the Settings section, and retrieve your unique API”

Requires sales call

✗ No [7]seranking.com/api.html“Accessing our API is straightforward. Just log in to your SE Ranking account, navigate to the API tab under the Settings section, and retrieve your unique API”seranking.com/api/how-to-get-api/“One key, both APIs. A single API key authenticates every endpoint across the Data API and the Project API”

Enterprise plan

✓ Yes [8]seranking.com/subscription.htmlhelp.seranking.com/hc/en-us/articles/21487397355420-API-pricing“Growth & Enterprise (100,000/month)”

Minimum commitment

Annual billing only for standalone API plans and API add-on [9]seranking.com/subscription.html“Annual billing only”

• Historical data
• AI Overview tracking
• Local / geo data
• Competitor analysis
• Search intent
• PPC / ad data
• Bulk / batch
• Real-time

Supported actions

get_backlink_summary, get_backlink_metrics, list_all_backlinks, fetch_backlinks_in_batches, get_total_backlinks_count, export_backlinks_data, list_new_lost_backlinks, get_daily_new_lost_backlinks, get_cumulative_backlinks, get_backlink_anchor_texts, list_referring_domains, get_referring_domains_count, list_new_lost_referring_domains, get_daily_new_lost_referring_domains, list_referring_ips, get_total_referring_ips_count, get_total_referring_subnets_count, list_pages_with_backlinks, get_page_domain_authority, get_domain_authority, get_domain_authority_distribution, get_domain_authority_history, get_page_authority, get_page_authority_history, get_domain_overview_by_region, get_worldwide_domain_overview, get_worldwide_url_overview, get_traffic_keyword_history, get_keyword_rankings, get_domain_pages, get_domain_subdomains, get_paid_ads_by_keyword, get_paid_ads_for_domain, get_domain_competitors, analyze_keyword_overlap_gaps, export_keywords_metrics, get_similar_keywords, get_related_keywords, get_question_keywords, get_longtail_keywords, get_ai_search_overview, get_ai_search_leaderboard, discover_brand_by_url, get_prompts_by_brand, get_prompts_by_target, filtering_results, create_audit, list_audits, get_audit_status, get_audit_report, get_all_crawled_pages, get_audit_pages_by_issue, get_all_issues_by_url, get_all_found_links, get_audit_by_date, update_audit_title, delete_audit, recheck_audit, get_subscription_details, list_projects, list_project_search_engines, add_search_engine_to_project, change_search_engine_in_project, delete_search_engine_from_project, list_website_keywords, get_project_summary_statistics, get_keyword_statistics, get_total_number_of_ads_chart, get_historical_dates, add_keywords_to_project, add_project, change_project_settings, delete_project, delete_keywords, set_manual_keyword_position, run_position_check, add_project_group, rename_project_group, delete_project_group, list_project_groups, move_projects_to_project_group, add_keyword_group, move_keywords_to_another_group, rename_keyword_group, delete_keyword_group, list_keyword_groups, add_competitor, list_competitors, get_competitor_keyword_positions, delete_competitor, get_top_10_results, get_top_100_results, get_all_competitors, list_tags, add_tag, update_tag_assignment, delete_tag, get_google_search_console_data, calculate_seo_potential, get_user_profile, list_sub_accounts, create_sub_account, get_sub_account_details, delete_sub_account, update_sub_account, list_shared_projects, list_owned_projects, share_project_with_sub_account, list_search_engines, list_languages_for_google, list_regions_to_get_search_volume, get_keyword_search_volume, list_plan_items, add_task, update_task, delete_task, set_task_status, list_backlinks, add_backlink, import_backlinks_list, update_backlink_import_settings, start_backlink_import_from_google_search_console, get_backlink_import_status_from_google_search_console, delete_backlinks, recheck_backlinks, get_backlink_statistics, list_disavowed_backlinks, add_disavowed_backlinks, delete_disavowed_backlink, list_backlink_groups, create_backlink_group, delete_backlink_group, rename_backlink_group, move_backlinks_to_group, get_site_brand, save_site_brand, list_llm_engines, get_llm_engine, create_llm_engine, update_llm_engine, delete_llm_engine, get_llm_status, get_llm_statistics, list_prompts, add_prompts, delete_prompts, get_prompt_answer, get_prompt_rankings, list_prompt_groups, create_prompt_group, rename_prompt_group, delete_prompt_group, change_group_order, delete_all_prompts_in_group, move_prompts_to_group, move_all_prompts_from_one_group_to_another [10]seranking.com/api/data/reference/“Explore the SE Ranking API Reference API documentation from SE Ranking. Learn about request methods, parameters, and integration use cases.”seranking.com/api/project/getting-started/“A single API key authorizes every endpoint across the Project API and the Data API”

Regions

188+ country databases/regions (global coverage) [11]seranking.com/our-data.htmlseranking.com/api.html

Input types

JSON, query parameters [12]seranking.com/api/data/getting-started/“authenticating your account, making your first request, understanding our credit system”seranking.com/api/data/reference/“Learn about request methods, parameters, and integration use cases”

Output types

JSON, XML [13]seranking.com/api/data/reference/

Webhooks

– Unknown [14]seranking.com/api/data/reference/seranking.com/api/data/getting-started/

Sandbox / test mode

✗ No [15]seranking.com/api/data/getting-started/“authenticating your account, making your first request, understanding our credit system”seranking.com/api.html

SDK languages

Unknown

MCP server

✓ Yes [16]seranking.com/whats-new.html“Once connected, your AI assistant has live access to SE Ranking data across keyword research, domain analysis, backlinks, website audits, AI search visibility”help.seranking.com/hc/en-us/articles/22903914755100-Prebuilt-SEO-Prompts-for-SE-Ranking-MCP-Server“The SE Ranking MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server connects SE Ranking's API with AI assistants, allowing you to access real-time SEO data right inside”zapier.com/mcp/se-ranking“Zapier SE Ranking MCP lets you connect SE Ranking's actions with any AI tool that supports MCP”

SOC 2

– Unknown [17]seranking.com/legal/privacy-policy.htmlseranking.com/legal.html

HIPAA

– Unknown [18]seranking.com/legal/api-terms-of-service.html

GDPR

✓ Yes [19]seranking.com/legal.htmlseranking.com/legal/privacy-policy.html

ISO 27001

– Unknown [20]seranking.com/legal.htmlseranking.com/legal/privacy-policy.html

PCI DSS

– Unknown [21]seranking.com/legal.html

Published SLA

✗ No [22]seranking.com/legal/api-terms-of-service.html“Provider does not provide any service level agreement unless expressly stated in a separate written agreement”

Rate limits

5 requests per second (RPS) for the Project API and 10 requests per second (RPS) for the Data API; trial accounts: 1 RPS for Data API [23]seranking.com/legal/api-terms-of-service.html“5 requests per second (RPS) for the Project API and 10 requests per second (RPS) for the Data API”seranking.com/api/rate-limits/

Known restrictions

SE Ranking doesn't currently offer first-party SDKs and integration is done via the REST API reference and a Postman collection for endpoint testing., Default requests-per-second limits are lower than some competitors', though these can be increased by contacting the support team., Status 244 – Huge site unsupported: Results for very large domains like google.com or twitter.com are unavailable via API., Currently only 'uk' is accepted for the United Kingdom. Support for 'gb' is planned for a future update., Any access to or use of the Provider API by a direct competitor of SE Ranking requires Provider's explicit written consent., Embedding raw or substantially similar API metrics inside a paid SaaS product, including white-label dashboards, API-based widgets, or multi-tenant products requires prior written consent., Reselling, sublicensing, or bulk redistribution of API data, including data-as-a-service offerings, data feeds, or mirroring Provider's datasets or databases requires prior written consent., Use of API data to train public machine learning or language models requires prior written consent., Customer shall not share API Credentials with any third party, including Customer's clients, nor allow any third party to make direct API calls using Customer's API Credentials, unless expressly permitted in writing by Provider., If you're migrating from another API provider, you'll need to remap your endpoints. [24]seranking.com/legal/api-terms-of-service.html“Any access to or use of the Provider API by a direct competitor of SE Ranking requires Provider’s explicit written consent”seranking.com/api.htmlseranking.com/api/rate-limits/

• Status page

Docs rendering: static

API style

rest

Base URL

https://api.seranking.com

Version

v1

Versioning

url

Stability

ga

Auth methods

api_key

Error format

vendor-specific

Rate limit

10 / second

• Auth docs
• Quickstart
• MCP server

Launched

2013-01-01

Notable customers

HigherVisibility, hurra.com, Votre Site Pro

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  We provide comprehensive SEO and digital marketing data solutions via API

  Usage · public pricing · self-serve

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  SerpApi is a real-time API to access Google search results. We handle proxies, solve captchas, and parse all rich structured data for you.

  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

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  Hybrid · free tier · public pricing · self-serve

• Scrapingdog

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  free tier · public pricing · self-serve

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1. ↑Description: seranking.com
2. ↑Pricing model: seranking.com · help.seranking.com
3. ↑Published pricing: seranking.com · help.seranking.com
4. ↑Free tier: help.seranking.com
5. ↑Free tier details: help.seranking.com · seranking.com
6. ↑Self-serve signup: seranking.com · seranking.com
7. ↑Requires sales call: seranking.com · seranking.com
8. ↑Enterprise plan: seranking.com · help.seranking.com
9. ↑Minimum commitment: seranking.com
10. ↑Supported actions: seranking.com · seranking.com
11. ↑Regions: seranking.com · seranking.com
12. ↑Input types: seranking.com · seranking.com
13. ↑Output types: seranking.com
14. ↑Webhooks: seranking.com · seranking.com
15. ↑Sandbox: seranking.com · seranking.com
16. ↑MCP server: seranking.com · help.seranking.com · zapier.com
17. ↑SOC 2: seranking.com · seranking.com
18. ↑HIPAA: seranking.com
19. ↑GDPR: seranking.com · seranking.com
20. ↑ISO 27001: seranking.com · seranking.com
21. ↑PCI DSS: seranking.com
22. ↑Published SLA: seranking.com
23. ↑Rate limits: seranking.com · seranking.com
24. ↑Known restrictions: seranking.com · seranking.com · seranking.com

Every field change, who made it, and when - from our audited data pipeline and editors.

1. 2026-06-15 Score Agent Friendliness: 30 → 40
2. 2026-06-15 Robots Allows Agents: (none) → Yes
3. 2026-06-15 Has Structured Data: (none) → No
4. 2026-06-09 Best For: AI agents and automation — an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt), Teams needi… → AI agents and automation - an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt), Teams needi…
5. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi… → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
6. 2026-06-09 Score Agent Friendliness: (none) → 30
7. 2026-06-09 Score Pricing Transparency: (none) → 85
8. 2026-06-09 Score Setup Speed: (none) → 45
9. 2026-06-09 Score Docs Quality: (none) → 0
10. 2026-06-09 Score Procurement Friction: (none) → 85
11. 2026-06-09 Score Trust Readiness: (none) → 15
12. 2026-06-09 Scoring Methodology: (none) → Scores are computed deterministically from this profile's published, sourced fi…
13. 2026-06-09 Best For: (none) → AI agents and automation — an agent-ready surface (MCP / llms.txt), Teams needi…
14. 2026-06-09 Avoid If: (none) → You want to try it free before paying, You have strict compliance requirements
15. 2026-06-08 Llms Txt Present: (none) → No
16. 2026-06-08 Status Page URL: (none) → https://status.seranking.com
17. 2026-06-08 Rendering: (none) → static
18. 2026-06-07 Summary Md: (none) → SE Ranking's SEO API automates SEO and GEO workflows: competitor analysis and k…
19. 2026-06-07 Notable Customers: (none) → HigherVisibility, hurra.com, Votre Site Pro
20. 2026-06-07 Fields Not Found: (none) → ga_date, idempotency_supported
21. 2026-06-07 Auth Methods: (none) → api_key
22. 2026-06-07 Auth Docs URL: (none) → https://seranking.com/api/data/getting-started/
23. 2026-06-07 API Style: (none) → rest
24. 2026-06-07 Base URL: (none) → https://api.seranking.com
25. 2026-06-07 API Version: (none) → v1
26. 2026-06-07 Versioning Scheme: (none) → url
27. 2026-06-07 Stability: (none) → ga
28. 2026-06-07 MCP URL: (none) → https://seranking.com/api/integrations/mcp/
29. 2026-06-07 Quickstart URL: (none) → https://seranking.com/api/data/getting-started/
30. 2026-06-07 Error Format: (none) → vendor-specific
31. 2026-06-07 Rate Limit Requests: (none) → 10
32. 2026-06-07 Rate Limit Window: (none) → second
33. 2026-06-07 Requires Verification: (none) → No
34. 2026-06-07 Starting Price Usd: (none) → 50
35. 2026-06-07 Price Basis: (none) → 250,000 API credits
36. 2026-06-07 Free Tier Limit: (none) → 14-day trial, 100,000 API credits
37. 2026-06-07 Launched At: (none) → 2013-01-01
38. 2026-06-07 Capabilities: {"bulk":true,"realtime":true,"local_data":true,"ppc_ad_data":true,"historical_d… → {"bulk":true,"realtime":true,"local_data":true,"ppc_ad_data":true,"historical_d…

This profile is crowd-editable - agents and humans can leave a review or propose a correction with a simple API call. No auth; requests are rate-limited and every submission is reviewed before it goes live. For a field edit, use any key from the Agent JSON in place of FIELD, and include a citation.

curl -X POST https://apio.sh/api/feedback/se-ranking \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"kind":"review","rating":5,"body":"Your experience with this API…"}'

curl -X POST https://apio.sh/api/suggest/se-ranking/FIELD \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"value":"corrected value","citations":[{"url":"https://source.example/page","excerpt":"supporting quote"}],"note":"what changed and why"}'

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