The price anchor
| Serpdeck | AccuRanker | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $0 — no subscription | $129/mo |
| Annual | $0 after purchase | $1,548 |
| 5-year total | $99 | $7,740 |
| 10-year total | $99 | $15,480 |
Subscription figures from the vendor's published pricing ($129/mo, ~$1,548/yr); the Serpdeck column is the full price, paid once.
Break-even analysis
Versus AccuRanker's cheapest plan, Serpdeck pays for itself in about 23 days — roughly $4,608 saved over 3 years, even counting your API fees.
- After 1 year: Serpdeck has cost you $99 total — AccuRanker has cost $1,548.
- After 3 years: Serpdeck is still $99 — the subscription is at $4,644.
- After 5 years: Serpdeck is still $99 — the subscription is at $7,740.
What you get for $99 once
- Unlimited everything. Unlimited projects, keywords and competitor domains — no per-seat or per-keyword pricing tiers.
- Daily automatic checks. Per-project schedule (pick the hour), plus manual "check now" for a single keyword or a whole project.
- Position history charts. Inverted axis (rank #1 at the top, like it should be) with competitor overlay lines on every keyword.
- Competitor comparisons. Track any number of rival domains per project and see their position alongside yours on every check.
- Big-move alerts. Webhook or email when a keyword moves N+ spots, enters the top 10, or falls out of it.
- No renewal, ever. The license does not expire and there is no per-seat meter — $99 is the whole price.
Pricing questions
Is it really free on GitHub?
Yes — the full source is MIT at github.com/bensblueprints/serpdeck-mvp. The $99 buys the packaged installer and updates for people who'd rather not git clone.
Why do I need my own API key? Why not just scrape Google?
Because direct scraping is a non-starter for a product: Google CAPTCHA-walls datacenter IPs within dozens of queries, it violates Google's ToS, accurate geo/device targeting needs proxy infrastructure the API providers already run at scale, and every Google markup change would break every install. SERP APIs cost fractions of a cent per keyword — a fairly active install (100 keywords daily via DataForSEO) runs $2-6/month. There is no direct-scrape mode, and there never will be.
What does tracking actually cost per month then?
DataForSEO is roughly $0.0006-$0.002 per SERP pay-as-you-go; SerpAPI is ~$75 for 5,000 searches. The $99 one-time price works precisely because the recurring metered cost is yours directly, at provider rates, not marked up into a subscription.
What does AccuRanker do better?
Plenty, honestly — it's a polished agency product with integrations, share-of-voice analytics and multi-user features Serpdeck doesn't have. Serpdeck is for solo SEOs, lean sites and agencies who want to own the infrastructure and pay API costs directly instead of renting a dashboard.
Serpdeck — $99, one time
Or get Serpdeck plus every other app in the suite: the OneTimeSuite bundle is currently $97, one time.