Moz vs SE Ranking: 2 SEO Suites 2026 [Benchmarks Inside]
Moz Pro is a self-serve SEO suite with dated Standard, Medium, and Large list prices plus a $49/month starter for a single website. SE Ranking is another rank-and-audit suite whose public $ on this retrieve is contact vendor. This versus names those two products. US Tech Automations sits above both as the ticket layer that can turn a rank-tracker export into a fail-closed CMS write.
TL;DR: Buy Moz Standard at $79/mo yearly ($99/mo monthly) if 3 sites, 1 user, and 300 tracked keywords cover the calendar. Buy Moz Medium yearly at $143/mo when you need 1,500 keywords and 10 sites. Buy SE Ranking only after their cart prints a dated $ you can put next to those numbers — this page will not invent one. Buy neither as a publish ticket. Print Moz yearly and monthly side by side; never average $79 and $99 into a fake $89. A unique-fact column is still the first add even when both suites are already in the stack. Neighbor Semrush SEO at $117.33/mo annual is printed so you can see a third dated cart, not so this versus becomes a three-way. If SE Ranking's cart is still blank when you buy, date the screenshot in the same week and then come back.
COMPARISON earn rate: 17.8% vs 12.2% base according to US Tech Automations (2026) on 12,514 pages counted 2026-08-24 (941 COMPARISON pages). Neutral vertical default: 10 according to US Tech Automations mix-config (2026). Moz Standard yearly: $79/mo according to Moz (2026), retrieved 2026-09-07 ($99/mo billed monthly; 1 user, 3 sites, 300 keywords, 400K pages crawled). Moz monthly list: $99 / $179 / $299 according to Zapier (2026) for Standard / Medium / Large, matching Moz's own monthly column on the same retrieve. Canonical tags: 65% of mobile pages according to HTTP Archive Web Almanac (2024), 69% desktop. Semrush SEO annual: $117.33/mo according to Semrush (2026), retrieved 2026-09-07 — a neighbor suite dollar, not a third product in this versus.
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Rank trackers that disagree on the dollar
They do not disagree on the job. Both sell keyword tracking, site audit, and research. They disagree on what you can print. Moz's page (2026-09-07) shows Standard $99/mo or $79/mo yearly, Medium $179/mo or $143/mo yearly, Large $299/mo or $239/mo yearly, plus a $49/month starter for one website and Enterprise as contact. Zapier's SEO-audit roundup listed the monthly column ($99/$179/$299) plus a free plan. SE Ranking's dollar is contact vendor here. The mistake is blending those columns into one "about $90" and calling a winner.
A second mistake is treating crawl caps as the product. Standard's 400K pages crawled per month is a lot for three sites and a waste if you never open Site Crawl. Medium's 2M and Large's 5M are for teams who actually crawl. If you buy Large because the keyword cap looks safer, you are paying $239/mo yearly ($2,868/year) for 3,000 terms you may not have. Count the term list first. Then pick the cap. Then, separately, decide whether post_status is governed. The suite never makes that last decision for you.
Moz AI features on the same page (1–4 visibility dashboards, 50–200 tracked prompts, 2/10/50 AI content briefs) are GEO add-ons sitting on an SEO suite. They are not Profound and they are not a reason to skip a unique-fact column on HTML URLs. If answer-engine citations are the actual job, leave this versus and use the Profound link above.
If you drifted into graders, read Clearscope versus the ticket layer. If the score question is Surfer versus Clearscope on SaaS URLs, keep Surfer versus Clearscope for SaaS. If the job is AI-overview citations, start at Profound versus Rankability. This page stays on two rank suites and the ticket that neither includes.
Moz also ships AI visibility dashboards (1 on Standard, 2 on Medium, 4 on Large), tracked prompts (50/100/200), and crawl caps (400K / 2M / 5M pages per month on the plan cards; the compare grid also prints 100k / 500k / 1.25M pages crawled per week). Do not mix monthly-crawl and weekly-crawl rows without labeling them. This page uses the plan-card monthly crawl figures next to keyword caps.
Who this versus is for
This page is for SEO leads choosing a self-serve rank suite, and for finance partners who saw Zapier's $99 Moz Standard next to Moz's $79 yearly and asked which number is "real." Both are real. One is monthly. One is yearly. Date them.
It is also for teams about to "just get SE Ranking because it is cheaper" without a dated SE Ranking $ on a vendor page. Cheaper is a number. Contact vendor is not a number.
Red flags: Skip Moz Standard if you need 1,500 keywords on day one — that is Medium. Skip Large if Medium's 10 sites cover you. Skip SE Ranking if you will not open their cart to date a $. Skip both if a spreadsheet and GSC already track the 20 terms that matter.
Terms used here
Campaign (Moz): a site plus competitors you track. Tracked keywords: 300 / 1,500 / 3,000 on Standard / Medium / Large. Domain Authority: Moz's metric language. post_status: WordPress live field. Mix-config 17.8%: why this URL is a versus. Neighbor Semrush SEO: $117.33/mo annual for 500 keywords — a third suite you might already pay. Unique fact: still required after the tracker says you rank 14.
Weighted criteria
| Criterion | Weight | Moz | SE Ranking | Fail if |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public dated list $ | 25% | $79–$239 yearly | contact vendor | Inventing an SE Ranking $ |
| Keyword cap vs calendar | 20% | 300 / 1,500 / 3,000 | contact vendor | Standard for a 1,500-term list |
| Site / campaign cap | 15% | 3 / 10 / 25 | contact vendor | Extra campaigns unpaid |
| Crawl budget printed | 10% | 400K / 2M / 5M | contact vendor | Mixing week vs month rows |
| Unique-fact gate | 15% | No | No | Treating a suite as a CMS gate |
| First-party COMPARISON earn | 15% | n/a | n/a | 17.8% vs 12.2% is page-type |
Source: Moz pricing 2026-09-07; mix-config 2026-08-24. SE Ranking $: contact vendor.
Feature matrix with first-party numbers
| Capability | Moz | SE Ranking | First-party / dated note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard yearly $ | $79/mo | contact vendor | Moz 2026-09-07 |
| Standard monthly $ | $99/mo | contact vendor | Moz + Zapier |
| Medium yearly $ | $143/mo | contact vendor | Moz |
| Large yearly $ | $239/mo | contact vendor | Moz |
| Starter | $49/mo | contact vendor | Single website (Moz page) |
| Tracked keywords (Std/Med/Lrg) | 300 / 1,500 / 3,000 | contact vendor | Plan cards |
| Sites / campaigns | 3 / 10 / 25 | contact vendor | Plan cards |
| COMPARISON earn | n/a | n/a | 17.8% vs 12.2% |
| Corpus n | n/a | n/a | 12,514 (2026-08-24) |
| Vertical default | n/a | n/a | 10 |
| Unique-fact gate | No | No | Ticket configurable |
Source: Moz Pro pricing; mix-config.
Dated prices
| Plan | Vendor | Monthly list | Yearly-billed monthly | Caps |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | Moz | $99 | $79 | 1 user, 3 sites, 300 kws |
| Medium | Moz | $179 | $143 | 2 users, 10 sites, 1,500 kws |
| Large | Moz | $299 | $239 | 3 users, 25 sites, 3,000 kws |
| Starter | Moz | $49 | contact vendor | Single website |
| Extra seat | Moz | $49/mo per seat | $49/mo | After signup |
| Any plan | SE Ranking | contact vendor | contact vendor | — |
| Neighbor SEO annual | Semrush | $139 | $117.33 | 5 sites, 500 kws |
| Ticket layer | USTA software | contact vendor | contact vendor | — |
Source: Moz 2026-09-07; Zapier roundup for the monthly Moz column; Semrush 2026-09-07. SE Ranking: contact vendor. Do not average yearly and monthly.
Keyword caps versus list dollars
| Seat | Annual-billed $ | Keywords | Sites | $ per 100 kws |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moz Standard yearly | $79/mo | 300 | 3 | $26.33 |
| Moz Medium yearly | $143/mo | 1,500 | 10 | $9.53 |
| Moz Large yearly | $239/mo | 3,000 | 25 | $7.97 |
| Moz Standard monthly | $99/mo | 300 | 3 | $33.00 |
| Semrush SEO annual | $117.33/mo | 500 | 5 | $23.47 |
| SE Ranking any | contact vendor | contact vendor | contact vendor | — |
$ per 100 keywords is a buyer napkin, not a vendor metric. Source: same 2026-09-07 pages.
Moz profile and SE Ranking profile
Moz
Best fit: Teams who want Domain Authority, a dated self-serve cart, and 300–3,000 tracked keywords with crawl and AI-visibility add-ons on the same page. Limitation: Standard is 300 keywords; extra seats are $49/mo; Enterprise is a conversation. Implementation: Track money terms, export gaps, unique-fact, then CMS — the suite does not own post_status. Evidence: Moz. Standard yearly at $948/year ($79×12) is the invoice to try before Medium at $1,716/year ($143×12). If you already pay Semrush SEO at $117.33/mo annual, Moz Standard is a duplicate keyword seat unless you specifically need Moz's metrics language. A realistic Standard month: 3 campaigns, 280 keywords, one weekly crawl glance, one export of gaps. A realistic bad Standard month: 300 keywords that are all variants of one head term, no unique facts, 12 URLs published anyway. The $79 list price is the same. The index risk is not. Extra seats at $49/mo each are how a three-person team turns $79 into $177 without changing the keyword cap — budget that before you call Standard "cheap."
SE Ranking
Best fit: Teams who want a rank-and-audit suite and will date a $ on SE Ranking's own cart. Limitation: Public $ is contact vendor on this page; Zapier's roundup listed SE Ranking among audit tools without a dollar this brief treats as a substitute for a vendor page. Implementation: Same export-then-ticket pattern as Moz. Evidence: SE Ranking. SE Ranking wins when the team already lives in that UI and the cart $ is lower than Moz Medium for the same cap — which you can only know after you open the cart. It loses if the pitch was "cheaper than Moz" with no dated number. It is not a unique-fact gate.
Recipe: 300 keywords to a blocked write
Worked example: a 3-site org on Moz Standard yearly at $79/mo ($948/year) tracking 280 of 300 keywords, shipping 12 new URLs/month from the gap list, with WordPress post_status left at draft until a unique fact exists. Five of 12 fail because a canonical sibling already covers the intent (HTTP Archive's 65% mobile canonical usage is the reminder to look). A Make scenario pulls the Moz export, retries 5xx, and logs run_id. US Tech Automations, in a proposed configuration, would ticket the 5 and block the write — CMS token required; human review is the editor of record. Switching those 3 sites to SE Ranking without dating SE Ranking $ does not fix the 5 fails. Upgrading to Moz Medium at $143/mo yearly because "we ran out of keywords" only helps if you actually have 301+ terms; it does not help if you have 280 terms and 5 duplicate intents.
Zapier, Make, or n8n can poll the export, retry, and PATCH WordPress with a run history. You own idempotency (page_key), escalation, access, retention, and the Moz token. If the unique-fact checkbox is optional, you did not build a gate. Budget 2 hours to write the scenario and 1 hour a month to read the log. If nobody owns that hour, a ticket product is the owner of the stop rule.
When NOT to use US Tech Automations: Stay on Moz Standard alone when the team only needs research and a weekly deck. Stay on SE Ranking alone when that UI is already the system of record and an editor already signs URLs. Stay in n8n alone when the scenario already retries, logs, and pages a human.
Common mistakes
Averaging $79 and $99. Inventing an SE Ranking dollar. Buying Large ($239/mo yearly, 3,000 keywords) for a 200-term list. Treating 17.8% COMPARISON earn as a suite quality score. Ignoring canonicals. Paying $49 extra Moz seats for people who only needed a PDF. Calling a rank-14 URL "done" without a unique fact. Mixing the plan-card crawl (400K/2M/5M per month) with the compare-grid crawl (100k/500k/1.25M per week) and panicking about a "cut." They are different rows; label them. Using Moz's $49 starter as if it were Standard, then wondering where the 300 keywords went — starter is a single-website entry, not Standard.
Key Takeaways
Moz Standard is $79/mo yearly or $99/mo monthly (2026-09-07); Medium $143/$179; Large $239/$299; starter $49/mo.
Zapier listed the monthly Moz column; print it next to Moz's yearly column; do not average.
SE Ranking $ is contact vendor on this page.
Neither suite is a unique-fact gate.
First-party COMPARISON earn is 17.8% vs 12.2% base on 12,514 pages (2026-08-24).
Suite decision questions
How is Moz different from SE Ranking in 2026?
Moz prints dated self-serve $ and caps (300/1,500/3,000 keywords). SE Ranking is the same job class with $ as contact vendor here. Pick on dated caps and UI, not on a blended dollar.
What does Moz vs SE Ranking pricing look like?
Moz Standard $79/mo yearly or $99 monthly; Medium $143/$179; Large $239/$299. SE Ranking: contact vendor. Neighbor Semrush SEO is $117.33/mo annual.
Should SEO teams pick Moz or SE Ranking?
Pick Moz when you want a dated cart and Moz's metrics. Pick SE Ranking when that UI is the daily driver and the cart $ is dated. Pick a ticket when publish is ungoverned regardless of suite.
Is Zapier's $99 Moz Standard a conflict with Moz's $79?
No. $99 is monthly. $79 is yearly. Zapier listed the monthly column. Moz's own page shows both. Print both with dates.
Can n8n replace a rank suite?
No. n8n orchestrates exports. It does not provide Domain Authority, crawl, or 300 keyword ranks. It can retry a CMS write after the suite export.
When is a ticket layer optional?
When one editor already refuses empty unique-fact cells and the CMS is the system of record. Add a ticket when two tools can write post_status or 5xx retries duplicate URLs.
If you want a fail-closed ticket on top of a Moz or SE Ranking export, compare the public list on the pricing page.
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