RankMeFast vs Semrush

Side by side, as alternatives to Semrush. Rows that differ are highlighted; the strongest value in a row is marked. Unknown means no source yet.

Also replaces Semrush: + OpenSEO + Unlighthouse + SerpBear + SEOnaut

RankMeFastSelmiAbderrahim/rankme.fast

Semrushpaid product

Cost and coverage

Price

$0 software; you run it

Free plan (10 reports per day); SEO plan £113/month, or £95.07/month billed annually (UK prices as served) source ↗

Keyword research

Partly

Yes

Rank tracking

Partly

Yes

Backlink analysis

Partly

Yes

Site audit

Partly

Yes

Competitor analysis

Partly

Yes

Jobs covered

5 of 5 jobs

All 5

Popularity and activity (from GitHub)

Stars

759

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Gain this week

Unknown

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Signal

Building history

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Commits / 4 wk

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Latest release

Unknown

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Commits / 12 wk

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People committing / 12 mo

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Issues opened / closed, 30 days

46 / 45

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Facts, with sources on each project page

Runs on my machine?

Self-hosted with Docker Compose

Hosted by the vendor

Code licence

AGPL-3.0 (copyleft)

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Model weights licence

No separate model weights

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Commercial use

Allowed under AGPL-3.0; a modified version run as a network service must offer its source

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Paid services needed?

Real SEO data needs a paid DataForSEO account; Google, Firecrawl, LLM and Resend keys optional; fake demo data without keys

Subscription

Hardware

Not documented

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Operating systems

Any host with Docker and the Compose plugin; host operating systems not listed

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Setup effort

Medium, Docker Compose with a few generated secrets in .env, then vendor keys

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Stars over time

Switch to Growth % to compare projects of different sizes fairly.

RankMeFast

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Tracked daily since 18 Oct 2026. Dashed history: estimated from public records of when people starred the repo. Lines connect observations only; gaps contain no measured points.

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A plain summary with today's date and a link to the sources. Check each project page before you publish.

RankMeFast (as alternatives to Semrush)
Figures from RepoQuarry, 21 Oct 2026. Sources: https://repoquarry.dev/compare?ids=rankme-fast&product=semrush

Semrush: Free plan (10 reports per day); SEO plan £113/month, or £95.07/month billed annually (UK prices as served)
RankMeFast: free software; does 5 of 5 Semrush jobs

- RankMeFast: 759 GitHub stars, 93 commits in 12 weeks, licence AGPL-3.0 (copyleft)

Stars show popularity, not quality. Check each project page before publishing.

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RankMeFast vs Semrush

Stars over time

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