# AltoRank

> AltoRank gets a site ranked on Google and cited by AI assistants. It checks
> whether assistants can read the site, fixes what they cannot, researches a
> keyword, writes the article, scores it, and publishes it to any of 10 CMS platforms,
> and nothing goes live until a human approves it. Open source, licensed AGPL-3.0.

AltoRank has no published case studies yet. The source repository is public at
github.com/AltoRank/altorank. Where a figure appears it is first-party and the
method is stated alongside it.

## Start here

- [AltoRank | SEO content for your next customers](https://altorank.co/): Bring keyword research, AI writing and editorial review into one workspace. Create useful content for your audience with AltoRank. Start without a card.
- [Agency Blueprint: Running SEO Content Across a Client Roster](https://altorank.co/agency-blueprint/): Multi-client workspaces, ungated white-label, approval before publish. What AltoRank is building for agencies, what it costs, and data from 1,758 agency sites.
- [Can an AI agent read your site? Free AI-readiness check](https://altorank.co/check/): Nine checks on any domain's public configuration: crawler rules, structured data, sitemap, a machine-readable copy. Free, no signup, results in seconds with a shareable link.
- [Open Source SEO Tools: One Self-Hosted Content Engine](https://altorank.co/open-source/): AltoRank is open source, the whole product, no feature gates. What that means for you, what stops a competitor reselling it, and what ships first.
- [Pricing: Self-Host Free, Managed €69, Agency €199](https://altorank.co/pricing/): Self-host free, or let us run it from €69 a month. Articles are the only meter: no seats, no add-ons. 7-day free trial on hosted plans.

## How it works

- [Approval-First AI SEO Content: The Editorial Workflow](https://altorank.co/approval-first-seo-content/): Every AI page gated behind human review before it publishes. Why it matters, and how the workflow works.
- [AltoRank for E-commerce](https://altorank.co/for/ecommerce/): E-commerce pages are under-represented in AI answers. Rank on Google and get cited, with buying guides and schema.
- [Integrations: Publish to 12 Destinations](https://altorank.co/integrations/): Publish approved articles to WordPress, Shopify, Webflow, Ghost, Notion, HubSpot, GitHub or any webhook. 12 destinations, each with a setup guide.

## Generative engine optimization

- [Collection and Category Page SEO Content at Scale](https://altorank.co/geo/collection-page-seo-content/): Unique, citable content for Shopify collection and Magento category pages: intros, schema, buying-guide depth.
- [GEO vs SEO: Does GEO Replace SEO? (2026 Agency Guide)](https://altorank.co/geo/does-geo-replace-seo/): No, GEO builds on SEO. AI engines cite content that already ranks. How generative engine optimization and SEO work together for e-commerce agencies.
- [GEO Services Pricing: How to Sell GEO to Clients (2026)](https://altorank.co/geo/geo-services-pricing/): Sell GEO as a layer on the retainer: a one-time baseline plus monthly tracking. Price the work, not a citation.
- [Optimize Shopify for ChatGPT Shopping](https://altorank.co/geo/optimize-shopify-for-chatgpt-shopping/): Six steps to make Shopify products citation-ready: schema, answer-shaped copy, AI crawlers, feeds and signals.
- [Unique Shopify Product Descriptions at Scale](https://altorank.co/geo/shopify-product-descriptions-at-scale/): Unique descriptions across thousands of SKUs: per-product briefs, answer-shaped copy, schema, review before publish.
- [How to Track AI Citations for Clients](https://altorank.co/geo/track-ai-citations-for-clients/): A six-step method: freeze a prompt set, sample logged-out, log citations, compute citation rate, report monthly.

## Comparisons

- [8 Ahrefs Alternatives, Including Cheaper Ones (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/ahrefs/): Eight Ahrefs alternatives, cheaper and free options included, compared by job and price, with every price read from the vendor on a stated date.
- [AltoRank Alternatives: When to Pick One Over Us](https://altorank.co/alternatives/altorank/): The twelve tools people weigh against AltoRank, what each is better at, and where AltoRank is the wrong choice. Checked September 2026.
- [BabyLoveGrowth Review and Alternative (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/babylovegrowth/): BabyLoveGrowth publishes on autopilot with an automated link network. AltoRank is the open-source alternative where every publish is your call.
- [8 Clearscope Alternatives, Compared by Price (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/clearscope/): Eight Clearscope alternatives compared by job and price, every price read from the vendor on a stated date, plus where Clearscope is still ahead.
- [contentbird Review and 8 Alternatives (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/contentbird/): contentbird is a B2B content-ops suite from €399/mo. We tested 8 alternatives on price, e-commerce fit and white-label.
- [Describely Review and 6 Alternatives (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/describely/): Describely does bulk catalog content for one team. We compared 6 alternatives on multi-client, white-label and scope.
- [Distribb Review and Alternative: Open Source, Approval-First](https://altorank.co/alternatives/distribb/): Distribb publishes on autopilot. AltoRank is the open-source alternative where every publish is your call and every article is tracked. With sources.
- [8 Frase Alternatives for Agencies (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/frase/): Eight Frase alternatives compared by job and price, every price read from the vendor on a stated date, plus where Frase is still ahead.
- [8 Jasper AI Alternatives, Compared by Job (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/jasper/): Eight Jasper AI alternatives compared by job and price, with every price read from the vendor on a stated date, and which tool beats Jasper for which job.
- [8 Mangools Alternatives, Compared by Price (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/mangools/): Eight Mangools alternatives for keyword research and rank tracking, compared by job and price, with every price read from the vendor on a stated date.
- [7 MarketMuse Alternatives With Published Prices (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/marketmuse/): MarketMuse hides its paid prices behind a demo. Seven alternatives that publish theirs, compared by job, with every price read on a stated date.
- [Outrank Review and 8 Alternatives (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/outrank/): Outrank publishes on autopilot, one subscription per site. We compared 8 Outrank alternatives on draft review, cost per site and ownership, with Outrank's own reviews.
- [Ranking Coach Alternatives 2026: 8 Tools and Prices](https://altorank.co/alternatives/rankingcoach/): Eight ranking coach alternatives compared by job and price, what rankingCoach actually costs, and which tools are better than ranking coach for each job.
- [RankPill Review and Alternative: Open Source, Approval-First](https://altorank.co/alternatives/rankpill/): RankPill runs a $1 trial that converts, with no refunds. AltoRank shows you your drafts before the card and names the day it charges.
- [RankYak Review and 6 Alternatives (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/rankyak/): RankYak publishes daily on autopilot. We tested 6 alternatives on editorial control, white-label and e-commerce fit.
- [Search Atlas Review and 9 Alternatives (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/search-atlas/): Search Atlas is a broad-stack platform. We tested 9 alternatives on white-label, voice profiles and CMS breadth.
- [8 Semrush Alternatives, Compared by Price (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/semrush/): Eight Semrush alternatives compared by job and price, every price read from the vendor on a stated date, and what changed since Adobe bought Semrush.
- [SEOForge Review & Alternative: Open Source, Approval-First](https://altorank.co/alternatives/seoforge/): SEOForge publishes on autopilot with undisclosed backlinks. AltoRank puts a named person behind every publish and measures what happens after.
- [SEOwind Review and 6 Alternatives (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/seowind/): SEOwind builds SERP-driven briefs. For stores needing a full publish workflow, we compared 6 alternatives.
- [Shopify Magic Review and 6 Alternatives (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/shopify-magic/): Shopify Magic writes product descriptions. We tested 6 alternatives on multi-client, white-label and collection SEO.
- [Soro Alternative: Open Source, Approval-First AI SEO (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/soro/): Soro publishes daily on autopilot for $39/mo. AltoRank automates the same pipeline, open source, then measures whether it worked: indexing, rank, AI visibility.
- [8 Surfer SEO Alternatives for Agencies (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/surfer/): Eight Surfer SEO alternatives compared by job and price, with every price read from the vendor on a stated date, and which tool beats Surfer for which job.
- [8 Ubersuggest Alternatives, Including Free Ones (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/ubersuggest/): Eight Ubersuggest alternatives, free and paid, compared by job and price, with every price read from the vendor on a stated date.
- [8 WooRank Alternatives for Agencies (2026)](https://altorank.co/alternatives/woorank/): Eight WooRank alternatives for agencies compared by job and price, every price read from the vendor on a stated date, plus what to use after the audit.

## Writing

- [Blog](https://altorank.co/blog/): SEO insights, content strategy, and generative engine optimization, from the AltoRank team.
- [AI Content Traffic Drop: The Recovery Path the Data Supports](https://altorank.co/blog/ai-content-traffic-drop-recovery/): Your AI content lost its Google traffic and there is no manual action to appeal. What the 2026 evidence says happened, and the recovery sequence that follows.
- [Answer Engine Optimization: A Multi-Surface Playbook](https://altorank.co/blog/answer-engine-optimization/): AEO covers every system returning direct answers: ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, AI Overviews. One playbook for all.
- [How to Get Cited by AI: 14 Tactics That Work (2026)](https://altorank.co/blog/how-to-get-cited-by-ai/): 14 tactics that earn AI citations in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini, organized by leverage for agencies running GEO across multiple clients.
- [How to Rank in ChatGPT: An Agency Playbook](https://altorank.co/blog/how-to-rank-in-chatgpt/): The four-layer framework agencies use to rank client brands inside ChatGPT, and the loop that sustains it.
- [How to Rank in Perplexity: An Agency Playbook](https://altorank.co/blog/how-to-rank-in-perplexity/): Perplexity cites sources in every answer. The agency framework, adapted to its specific retrieval surface.
- [Best Internal Linking Automation for Agencies (2026)](https://altorank.co/blog/internal-linking-seo/): Propose, don't insert: the criteria for judging internal linking automation, a four-layer link audit, and the publish-time checklist that scales past ten clients.
- [Agency Keyword Research Across 10+ Clients](https://altorank.co/blog/keyword-research-automation/): Per-client keyword sets, opportunity scoring and a monthly refresh cadence that does not burn the strategy team.
- [LLM SEO: How It Differs From GEO and AEO (Agency Guide)](https://altorank.co/blog/llm-seo-for-agencies/): LLM SEO is the practitioner term for optimizing client content to be retrieved and cited by large language models. Here's how it relates to GEO, AEO, and SEO.
- [Open Source AI SEO Tools, Compared by What They Publish](https://altorank.co/blog/open-source-ai-seo-tools-compared/): Five open-source AI SEO projects verified against the GitHub API: licence, maintenance, and the question listicles skip — which can actually publish to a CMS.
- [Schema Markup for AI: The Inventory-Layer Playbook (2026)](https://altorank.co/blog/schema-markup-for-ai/): A technical deep-dive on schema markup for AI retrieval: the JSON-LD types, properties, and patterns that actually move citation outcomes in 2026.
- [SEO Content Strategy for Agencies: An Operating Model](https://altorank.co/blog/seo-content-strategy-agencies/): How agencies turn SEO content into a repeatable engine: voice, inputs, production and measurement.
- [What Is GEO? Generative Engine Optimization Explained](https://altorank.co/blog/what-is-geo-seo/): Earning citations inside AI answers: what GEO is, how it differs from SEO, and how agencies should structure it.

## Italiano

- [Agency Blueprint: contenuti SEO su un portafoglio di clienti](https://altorank.co/it/agency-blueprint/): Workspace multi-cliente, white-label non bloccato, approvazione prima di pubblicare. Cosa costruiamo per le agenzie, quanto costa e i dati da 1.758 siti.

## Other

- [About](https://altorank.co/about/)
- [SEO Tool Comparisons: 23 Head-to-Heads](https://altorank.co/alternatives/)
- [AltoRank Head-to-Heads: Where Each Tool Wins](https://altorank.co/compare/)
- [8 contentbird-Alternativen (2026)](https://altorank.co/de/alternatives/contentbird/)
- [rankingCoach Alternativen 2026: 8 Tools mit Preisen](https://altorank.co/de/alternatives/rankingcoach/)
- [6 Shopify-Magic-Alternativen (2026)](https://altorank.co/de/alternatives/shopify-magic/)
- [Docs: Setup Guides for Every Connector](https://altorank.co/docs/)
- [Connect GitHub to AltoRank: Setup Guide](https://altorank.co/docs/git/)
- [MCP Server and Agent API: Drive AltoRank from an AI Agent](https://altorank.co/docs/mcp/)
- [Connect Shopify to AltoRank: Setup Guide](https://altorank.co/docs/shopify/)
- [Connect Webhook to AltoRank: Setup Guide](https://altorank.co/docs/webhook/)
- [Connect WooCommerce to AltoRank: Setup Guide](https://altorank.co/docs/woocommerce/)
- [Connect WordPress to AltoRank: Setup Guide](https://altorank.co/docs/wordpress/)
- [E-commerce SEO Content for Shopify and WooCommerce](https://altorank.co/ecommerce/)
- [White Label SEO Software for Agencies: Self-Hosted](https://altorank.co/for-agencies/)
- [Generative Engine Optimization for Agencies](https://altorank.co/geo/)
- [Free SEO Growth Plan for Any Domain](https://altorank.co/growth-plan/)
- [Creator Partner Programme for SEO Educators](https://altorank.co/partners/)
- [AI Readability Report 2026: 6 of 274 agencies pass all nine](https://altorank.co/reports/ai-readability-2026/)
- [Free SEO Tools: 46 Checkers, Generators and Calculators](https://altorank.co/tools/)
- [Free Ad Copy Generator: Google, Meta, LinkedIn](https://altorank.co/tools/ad-copy-generator/)
- [Free AI Article Generator: A Draft, Not an Article](https://altorank.co/tools/ai-article-generator/)
- [Free AI Crawler Simulator: See What GPTBot Sees](https://altorank.co/tools/ai-crawler-simulator/)
- [Free Alt Text Generator for Images](https://altorank.co/tools/alt-text-generator/)
- [Free Article Rewriter: Change Tone, Keep Facts](https://altorank.co/tools/article-rewriter/)
- [Free Article Summarizer: Claim, Evidence, Caveat](https://altorank.co/tools/article-summarizer/)
- [Free Backlink Checker: Links and Referring Domains](https://altorank.co/tools/backlink-checker/)
- [Free Blog Outline Generator: H2 and H3 Headings](https://altorank.co/tools/blog-outline-generator/)
- [Free Blog Post Ideas From Real Searches](https://altorank.co/tools/blog-post-ideas/)
- [Free Canonical Tag Checker: Test Any URL](https://altorank.co/tools/canonical-checker/)
- [Free Character Counter With Title and Meta Limits](https://altorank.co/tools/character-counter/)
- [Free SEO Content Brief Template and Generator](https://altorank.co/tools/content-brief-generator/)
- [Free Content Idea Generator](https://altorank.co/tools/content-idea-generator/)
- [Free CTA Generator: Call-to-Action Ideas](https://altorank.co/tools/cta-generator/)
- [Free Email Subject Line Generator](https://altorank.co/tools/email-subject-line-generator/)
- [Free Google Rank Checker: Live Position for a Keyword](https://altorank.co/tools/google-rank-checker/)
- [Free Grammar Checker: Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation](https://altorank.co/tools/grammar-checker/)
- [Free Headline Analyzer: Score Titles Before You Publish](https://altorank.co/tools/headline-analyzer/)
- [Free Headline Generator for Blog Posts](https://altorank.co/tools/headline-generator/)
- [Free Image Resizer and Compressor for the Web](https://altorank.co/tools/image-resizer/)
- [Free Internal Link Checker: Audit Anchors on Any Page](https://altorank.co/tools/internal-link-checker/)
- [Free JSON to CSV Converter, Nested Keys Flattened](https://altorank.co/tools/json-to-csv-converter/)
- [Free Keyword Clustering Tool: Group Keywords by Topic](https://altorank.co/tools/keyword-cluster-mapper/)
- [Free Keyword Combiner: Merge Word Lists Into Keywords](https://altorank.co/tools/keyword-combiner/)
- [Free Keyword Density Checker: A Diagnostic, Not a Target](https://altorank.co/tools/keyword-density-analyzer/)
- [Free Keyword Gap Analysis Tool: Compare Two Keyword Lists](https://altorank.co/tools/keyword-gap-analyzer/)
- [Free Keyword Research Tool: Volume, Difficulty, CPC](https://altorank.co/tools/keyword-research/)
- [Free Link Extractor: Every Link on a Page](https://altorank.co/tools/link-extractor/)
- [Free LSI Keyword Generator (Really: Related Terms)](https://altorank.co/tools/lsi-keyword-generator/)
- [Free Meta Description Generator With SERP Preview](https://altorank.co/tools/meta-description-generator/)
- [WordPress Permalink Generator: Preview Post URLs](https://altorank.co/tools/permalink-generator/)
- [Free Plagiarism Checker: Exact-Phrase Web Search](https://altorank.co/tools/plagiarism-checker/)
- [Reading Level Checker: Flesch Score and Grade Level](https://altorank.co/tools/reading-level-checker/)
- [Free robots.txt Generator With AI Crawler Rules](https://altorank.co/tools/robots-txt-generator/)
- [Free robots.txt Tester: Is This URL Blocked?](https://altorank.co/tools/robots-txt-tester/)
- [Free FAQ Schema Generator (JSON-LD, Article, Breadcrumb)](https://altorank.co/tools/schema-generator/)
- [Interactive SEO Checklist: 33 Checks, Saved as You Go](https://altorank.co/tools/seo-checklist/)
- [SEO Cost Calculator: Build a Budget From Your Own Numbers](https://altorank.co/tools/seo-cost-calculator/)
- [SEO Health Check: The Agency Audit Checklist](https://altorank.co/tools/seo-health-checker/)
- [SEO ROI Calculator: Return, Payback Month and Formula](https://altorank.co/tools/seo-roi-calculator/)
- [Free SEO Title Generator: Title Tags That Fit](https://altorank.co/tools/seo-title-generator/)
- [SERP Analysis: How to Read a Search Result Page](https://altorank.co/tools/serp-analyzer/)
- [Free XML Sitemap Checker and Validator](https://altorank.co/tools/sitemap-checker/)
- [Free Slug Generator: Clean URL Slugs From Any Title](https://altorank.co/tools/slug-generator/)
- [Free Social Media Post Generator: X, LinkedIn, Instagram](https://altorank.co/tools/social-media-post-generator/)
- [Free Website Metadata Checker: Title, OG, Schema](https://altorank.co/tools/website-metadata-checker/)
- [Free Website Worth Calculator: Traffic Value Estimate](https://altorank.co/tools/website-worth-calculator/)
- [Free Word Counter and Readability Checker](https://altorank.co/tools/word-counter/)