The best Outrank alternatives in 2026
Same $99, plus the questions you are losing and a re-ask after every article.
7 days free, then your plan. Cancel before day 8 and nothing is charged.
The alternatives
You are looking for an alternative to Outrank, which usually means you want to know whether the articles work. Rankli publishes the same way at the same $99, and also asks AI your customers’ questions every week and re-asks them after each article goes live. Here is the field, every price read off the vendor’s own page.
Rankli
7 days free, then $99/month: 50 questions asked of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini every week, 30 articles aimed at the ones you are losing, published to your CMS and re-asked 7 and 14 days later.
Best for: Teams who want to know which articles moved which AI answers, measured in the same product.
RankYak
$99/month for 30 articles, one a day, with a three-day full-access free trial.
Best for: Sites that want daily articles and Site Guard for existing pages.
SEObot
Subscriptions start at $49/month, with the tier detail behind a login.
Best for: Founders buying on entry price.
Byword
Starter $99/month for 25 articles, Standard $299 for 80, Scale $999 for 300, and a free start with 5 articles.
Best for: Publishing at high monthly volume.
AIclicks
Starter $59/month for 30 tracked prompts and 5 AI-optimized articles.
Best for: Small teams who want prompt tracking with a handful of articles.
Rankli and Outrank, side by side
| Row | Rankli | Outrank |
|---|---|---|
| AI assistants asked | ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini on every plan, with Perplexity added on Scale and Agency. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Questions tracked | 50 on Growth, 150 on Scale, 400 on Agency, asked every week. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Questions you are losing, and who wins them | Each round lists the questions where AI recommends someone else, and who it picks instead. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Writes the answer pages | About 30% of each month's articles are planned at the questions you are losing, and Rankli writes them. | Their AI-visibility page says Outrank researches the questions people ask assistants about your category and turns them into a 30-day plan you approve. |
| Articles a month | 30 on Growth, 60 on Scale, 120 on Agency. | 30 a month on the All-in-One plan; 60 for +$85/month and 90 for +$160/month. |
| Publishes to your CMS | 10 connections: WordPress, WordPress.com, Webflow, Shopify, Wix, Ghost, Notion, Framer, Webhook and Next.js Blog. Live or as a draft. | WordPress, Webflow, Shopify, Wix, Framer, Notion, Ghost and a custom webhook. |
| Re-asks the question after publishing | Each article's question is asked again 7 and 14 days after it goes live. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Before and after, per article | On every article: named in how many answers before and after, and whether AI cited the page. | Their AI-visibility FAQ says third-party tools such as Ahrefs report AI citations, and that inside Outrank you track rankings, indexed pages and backlinks. |
| Price | Growth $99, Scale $249, Agency $499, billed monthly. | $99/month for the All-in-One plan, or $999/year. |
| Free trial | 7 days free on every plan. A card starts it; cancel during the trial and nothing is charged. | Their FAQ says trial articles carry an Outrank watermark. The AI-visibility page says "Free trial. Cancel anytime." |
| Article length | 1,500 to 3,000 words, enforced: a draft outside the range is regenerated once. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Internal links | 2 to 5 links to your own pages, placed and checked on every draft. | Not listed on the pages we read. |
| Images | A hero and in-body images with alt text on every article; premium images included from Scale up. | AI images in the plan; Premium Images at $49/month for a better model and custom presets. |
| Keyword volume and difficulty | Keyword research on every plan, with live volume and difficulty once your data provider is connected. | Unlimited keyword research on every plan, with live search volume and difficulty, per their FAQ. |
| Backlink exchange | Included and opt-in: at most 1 exchanged link per article and 3 placements a week. | Automated backlink building, paid for by hosting links in your own articles. Backlink Premium $199/month, Scale $899, Enterprise $1,899. |
| What stops a weak draft publishing | Fifteen checks on every draft, a fabricated statistic among the hard failures, and a setting that holds a failing draft back. | A Human Curated Service at $1,399/month: human editors review, fact-check and polish every article. |
| Languages | 166, detected from your homepage and set per site. | 150+ languages. |
| Sold on top of the plan | Everything is in the plan price. | More articles (+$85, +$160), Human Curated $1,399, backlink plans $199 to $1,899, Free Tools Builder $99, Premium Images $49, Directory Submission $500 once. |
Every Outrank cell was read on from outrank.so/pricing and outrank.so/ai-visibility. Every Rankli figure on this page is a rule, a limit or a price in the running product; every figure about the other product was read off their own live page on the date stamped above.
- Which AI assistants are asked, and how many questions are tracked: their pages point to third-party tools for measurement.
- Article length and internal linking: not stated on the pages we read.
Why teams switch
- Rankli asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini your customers' questions every week and shows the ones you are losing, on the same $99 plan.
- Every article is tied to a question, and that question is asked again 7 and 14 days after it goes live, with before and after on the article.
- Fifteen checks run on every draft before it publishes, in the plan price.
Questions
Outrank also writes for AI answers. What is different?
Rankli measures the answers itself. It asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini every week, plans articles at the questions you are losing, and re-asks each question 7 and 14 days after the article goes live. You see before and after on the article, no second tool needed.
Is Rankli cheaper than Outrank?
Both list $99 a month for 30 articles. Rankli's $99 also includes 50 tracked questions, the re-ask after publish, and fifteen checks on every draft.
How do I switch from Outrank to Rankli?
Add the questions your customers ask, connect your CMS, and start the 7-day free trial. Rankli asks ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini that week, lists the questions you are losing and plans articles at them. It publishes to any of 10 connections and re-asks each one 7 and 14 days after it goes live.
Next: Rankli pricing, a free AI visibility check on your own business, or which AI search visibility tools AI assistants recommend.
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