Semrush (Free Plan)

Freemium

10 free searches/day with keyword tracking and site auditing.

Limited Free Tier

Free plan checked against Semrush (Free Plan)'s pricing page on 2 September 2026. Re-checked monthly.

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About Semrush (Free Plan)

Semrush is one of the most comprehensive SEO platforms available. The free plan gives you a taste of its capabilities with 10 searches per day and limited access to its tools.

What You Get on the Free Plan

10 analytics queries per day - Run keyword searches, domain overviews, or competitor lookups
Track 10 keywords - Monitor rankings for up to 10 keywords
Audit 100 pages - Run a site audit on up to 100 pages
Domain overview - See estimated traffic and top keywords for any domain
1 project - Set up monitoring for one website

What to Know

The free plan is very limited compared to what Semrush offers on paid plans ($139.95+/month). Ten queries per day is enough for occasional research but not for daily SEO work. The free plan is best used to evaluate whether Semrush's data quality justifies the investment before committing to a paid plan.

Key Features

Keyword research

Site audit

Position tracking

Backlink analysis

Competitor research

Content analyzer

Pros & Cons

Industry-leading data

Comprehensive toolset

Great keyword database

Very limited free plan

Expensive paid plans

Aggressive upselling

The free plan in practice

What you can actually do on Semrush (Free Plan)'s free plan (10 reports/day, 1 demo project — no card required), where it stops, and when it's worth paying.

What you can do free

10 analytics queries/day
Track 10 keywords
Audit 100 pages
Domain overview
1 project

Where it stops

10 queries/day
Very limited data
1 project only

When to upgrade to a paid plan

The free plan's 10 lookups a day is built to make you upgrade. Stay free while you're only spot-checking a handful of keywords. Once you're doing keyword research, audits, or rank tracking as a regular habit, the daily cap will frustrate you faster than you expect, that's the signal to pay.

Also replaces

Ahrefs

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Free Plan Details

Free Plan
Free Tier	Limited Free Tier
User Limit	10 reports/day, 1 demo project — no card required
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