Rankr
About Us

Built by one person,
tired of paying too much.

Rankr was built by Simon — a solo developer who got fed up with paying hundreds of dollars a month for SEO tools that charged a premium just because they could. The goal is simple: give independent creators, freelancers, and small teams access to professional keyword research without the enterprise price tag. No VC funding. No growth hacks. Just an honest tool, built in the open.

The Problem

The SEO industry charges a
ridiculous premium for data.

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Ahrefs starts at $129/month. Semrush at $140/month. Moz at $99/month. These platforms serve the same underlying data — keyword volumes, difficulty scores, search trends — wrapped in dashboards and sold back to you at a 10–50× markup over the actual API cost. If you're a freelancer, indie maker, or small business owner, you're being priced out of the tools you need to compete.

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Enterprise pricing

Plans designed for agencies and Fortune 500s, forced on solo founders who just need basic keyword data.

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Artificial limits

Seat limits, project caps, export fees. Every meaningful feature sits behind a higher-tier paywall.

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Zero transparency

You have no idea what the underlying data costs. Spoiler: it's a fraction of what they charge you.

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Rankr is the answer. We query the same professional-grade data sources the big tools use, strip out the unnecessary overhead, and pass the savings directly to you. No bloated dashboards. No upsell pop-ups. No $500/month agency plans. Just the data you actually need, at a price that respects your budget.

Our Mission

Democratise access to SEO data.

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For the indie maker

You're building something real. You shouldn't need a $500/month SEO budget just to figure out what people are searching for.

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For the freelancer

Your clients don't pay you enough to justify enterprise SEO tool subscriptions. Now you don't have to choose between margin and data.

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For the small team

You're competing against companies with 10× your marketing budget. Better keyword data levels the playing field.

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For the curious

Sometimes you just want to know if an idea has legs. Rankr gives you the answer without a credit card or a 14-day trial.

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Simon

Solo developer. Building Rankr in public. Frustrated by how the SEO industry gatekeeps data behind paywalls that only large agencies can afford.

If you have feedback, ideas, or just want to say hi — X is the best place to reach me.

Follow @517Simon

Updates, new features, and the occasional rant about SEO tool pricing.

Ready to try it?

Free during beta. No credit card. 20 searches a day.