RacoonDR vs SE Ranking Comparison 2026
Both cover seo & discovery. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
Domain Rating tracked daily, with a badge
The full SEO toolkit at a smaller price
At a glance
- RacoonDR starts cheaper, at $5.99.
- Only RacoonDR has a free tier.
Side by side
RacoonDR | SE Ranking | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $5.99 | From $129 |
| Pricing model (they differ) | Free plan, paid tiers | Free trial, then paid |
| Free tier (they differ) | Yes | No |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Monthly or annual |
| Free trial | Not stated | 14 days |
| API | Not stated | Yes |
| Data export | Not stated | Not stated |
| Their cut | None | None |
| Runs on |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
RacoonDR
Domain Rating tracked daily, with a badge
RacoonDR watches one number, the Ahrefs Domain Rating of a site you own, and keeps the history so a month of link building can be told apart from a quiet one. A check needs no account. Every domain checked gets a public page with a chart, a global rank and the domain age, and the badge is the business model rather than a decoration: display it and the link on that page turns followed, or pay to skip it. What it does not do is the research, so anybody who needs the keyword and backlink data itself still needs the tool the number comes from.
Our note
CloutStack and RacoonDR have the same owner, so read this listing knowing whose product it is. It is here because it fits the category and publishes its prices, which is the same test every other listing had to pass, and the link out is followed rather than a tracking link. Weigh the write-up accordingly.
SE Ranking
The full SEO toolkit at a smaller price
SE Ranking does rank tracking, keyword and competitor research, backlink checks and site audits, and prices them well under what the two market leaders charge for the same list. It has since added tracking for what the AI answer engines say about a brand. Agencies use it because reporting and white labelling are built in rather than sold on.
Ratings are the average of reviews readers left. The facts are stated by each tool’s own listing and are not verified by CloutStack. How we make money.